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

The sleepy owl

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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

owl
A bird with big eyes that is awake at night.
tree
A tall plant with a trunk and branches.
dark
With little or no light.

Answer key

  1. The owl lives in a tall tree.“Lives in a” links: “liv-zi-na”.
  2. In the day, she sleeps.“In the day” means during the daytime.
  3. At night, she opens her big eyes.The h of “her” is weak: “open-zer”.
  4. She looks for food in the dark.The ks sound of “looks” joins “for”.
  5. In the morning, she is very sleepy again.The stress in “sleepy” is on “sleep”.

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