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The tortoise and the hare

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Follow a short fable told in the past tense.

Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.

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Words to know

tortoise
A slow animal with a hard shell.
hare
An animal like a large rabbit that runs very fast.
race
A competition to see who is fastest.

Answer key

  1. A hare laughed at a tortoise because it was so slow.“Hare” sounds like “hair”; here it is the animal.
  2. The tortoise asked the hare to run a race.The -ed of “asked” is a t sound.
  3. The hare ran fast and soon stopped for a sleep.The -ed of “stopped” is a t sound.
  4. Meanwhile, the tortoise kept walking slowly.The t of “kept” is soft.
  5. When the hare woke up, the tortoise had already won.“Had already won” is the past perfect.

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