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Joy English · Level A1 · Stories for childrenjoy-english.com

The red ball

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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

throw
To send something through the air with your hand.
roll
To move by turning over and over.
find
To see something you were looking for.

Answer key

  1. Sam has a red ball.“Has a” links: “ha-za”.
  2. He throws it to his dog.“Throws it” links: “throw-zit”.
  3. The ball rolls under the car.“Rolls under” links together.
  4. The dog finds the ball.The dz sound of “finds” runs into “the”.
  5. Sam and his dog play all day.“Play all day” runs together.

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