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Joy English · Level B2 · Short storiesjoy-english.com

The Tell-Tale Heart

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Hear emphatic questions and formal word order.

Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.

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Words to know

mad
Mentally ill; crazy.
desire
A strong wish.
muscle
A part of the body that makes it move.

Answer key

  1. But why will you say that I am mad?“Why will you say” is a strong, old-fashioned question.
  2. How, then, am I mad?“Then” here means in that case.
  3. For his gold I had no desire.Formal word order: the object comes first.
  4. I did not move a muscle for a whole hour.“Did not move a muscle” means stayed completely still.
  5. His fears had been ever since growing upon him.“Had been… growing” is the past perfect continuous. “Ever since” means from that time.

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