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The wrong umbrella

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Follow the order of events in a short story with a twist.

Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.

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Words to know

stand
Here, a holder by the door where people leave umbrellas.
handle
The part of an object that you hold.
owner
The person something belongs to.

Answer key

  1. It was raining hard when Daniel left the restaurant.“Raining hard”: listen for the -ing. “Left the” sounds like “lef-the”; the t almost disappears.
  2. He took a black umbrella from the stand by the door.“Took a” links: “too-ka”. “By the door” tells you where the umbrella was.
  3. On the way home, he noticed it had a red handle.“Noticed it” runs together. “Had a” is weak: “ha-da”.
  4. His own umbrella had a plain wooden one.“One” here means “handle”, so you do not hear the noun again.
  5. He walked back in the rain to find the owner.“Walked back”: the -ed is a t sound that joins “back”.

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