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The busy bee
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Understand simple present sentences in a children’s story.
Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.
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Words to know
- bee
- A flying insect that makes honey.
- juice
- Liquid from fruit or plants.
- honey
- A sweet food made by bees.
Answer key
- The little bee gets up early.“Gets up” links: “ge-tsup”.
- She flies from flower to flower.The stress is on “flow” each time.
- She collects sweet juice from the flowers.The ts sound of “collects” runs into “sweet”.
- Back home, she helps to make honey.The k of “back” and the h of “home” are both clear.
- At night, the tired bee goes to sleep.The s of “goes” is a z sound.