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The moon and the boat

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Understand a story with past tense verbs.

Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.

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Words to know

fisherman
A person who catches fish as a job.
shore
The land along the edge of the sea.
path
A narrow way to walk or travel along.

Answer key

  1. An old fisherman sailed out on a dark night.“Sailed out” links: “sail-dout”. Listen for the -ed.
  2. He could not see the way back to the shore.Both words in “could not” are said. “Way back” means the route home.
  3. Then the moon came out from behind a cloud.“Came out from” is said smoothly; “behind a” links: “be-hai-nda”.
  4. It made a silver path across the sea.“Made a” links: “may-da”. The stress in “across” is on “cross”.
  5. He followed the light and arrived home safely.The -ed of “followed” is a d sound. The h in “home” is clear here.

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