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The violin in the window
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Follow a longer story with a kind ending.
Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.
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Words to know
- afford
- To have enough money for something.
- pocket money
- Money given to children by their parents.
- owner
- The person something belongs to.
Answer key
- Every day on her way to school, she stopped to look at a violin in a shop window.The -ed of “stopped” is a t sound.
- She knew her parents could not afford it, so she started saving her pocket money.The k of “knew” is silent.
- After almost a year, she finally had enough.The t of “almost” is soft.
- When she reached the shop, the window was empty.The -ed of “reached” is a t sound: “reecht”.
- Inside, the owner smiled and handed her the violin he had kept for her.The h of “her” is weak.