Category - Listening

Vocabulary forms the basis of the remaining aspects: grammar, reading comprehension, writing, and...

When it comes to learning English, the importance of vocabulary is undeniable. Without words, it...

Words have power. Their meaning crystallizes perceptions that shape our beliefs, drive our...

Listening is the most important skill in English. These lessons will help you to practice English...

I live in a house. My house is small. My house has two bedrooms. My Mom and Dad sleep in one...

My bed is nice and soft. I have a pretty bedspread on my bed. I have sheets and a blanket on my bed...

There is a bathtub in my bathroom. On the wall over the bathtub there is a shower head. We have a...

Somebody once asked me what the most valuable things that I owned were. I thought about that for a...

I used to be very shy. I would not go up to someone that I did not know and say hello. I was afraid...

Some things are opposites of each other. The opposite of black is white. The opposite of happy is...

Sometimes, my teacher gives us homework. I don’t mind doing my homework except when the...

Last Friday my dad came home from work and said that he had a surprise for us. We tried to guess...

My mother does so many things. She has a job at a dress store; she cooks our meals; she cleans the...

My dad is the man whom I respect the most in my life. He works very hard to make the money that...

The church bells are ringing. I am inside the church waiting for my cousin to walk down the aisle...

My aunt just had a baby girl.  We went to the hospital to visit my aunt and to see the new baby. ...

I like to pretend.  I like to make up things that aren’t real.  I use my imagination.  I was...

My mother always told me that if I was lost I could go up to a policeman and that he would help me...

The museum was very interesting.  There were so many things in the museum that I would need more...

My class took a trip to the Toronto Zoo.  I had a wonderful time there.  My favorite animals were...

What kinds of food do you like to eat?  I am lucky, because in Canada there are many foods to...

I live in Canada.  It is a very large country that is made up of ten provinces and three...

Do you watch television?  My mother says that I watch too much television.  I watch cartoons on...

I remember my first day of school.  I was excited, but I was afraid.  I held my mother’s hand...

People move from place to place.  There are lots of ways that you can move around from one place to...

On Saturday, my parents took us to the pet store.  They had everything that you would need if you...

The garden is very interesting.  I sometimes go outside and I watch all the things that go on in...

In December, Christmas comes.  We get a holiday from school, and our parents get a few days off...

A lot of people have hobbies.  Hobbies are interesting things that people like to do in their spare...

Yesterday I told a lie.  I don’t feel very good about it.  I was bouncing a ball in the...

I just got a job at the grocery store.  This is my first job.  I will receive a pay cheque every...

Do you ever think about your emotions?  What kinds of things make you sad?  I get sad when I get a...

We are putting on a play at school.  Some of the students are actors in the play.  Some people are...

My friend’s father is a dentist.  He has an office near my house.  I went to see him on...

I didn’t feel very well last week.  I had a sore throat and a fever.  My mother took me to...

Yahoo! School is over!  We are free for the summer.  My friends and I run out on the last day of...

Some people call autumn the “fall.”  You can call it either one.  Autumn is the time...

Once the fall is over and the snowflakes start to fall I get very excited.  I can hardly wait for...

My grandparents are coming to visit us from Calgary, Alberta.  My father is very happy because they...

I live in a two-storey house.  The bottom of the house is painted white.  The upper part of the...

My family and I went on vacation to Lake Huron.  The water is beautiful and blue there, and the...

My classroom is a large room.  It is full of brightly coloured pictures.  My teacher hangs pictures...

Yesterday I went to a birthday party.  My friend Jane had her tenth birthday.  Her house was...

It rains a lot in the spring.  The trees are full of buds, and the flowers are starting to bloom. ...

My family is very musical.  My father plays the guitar.  He plays in a band.  The band plays...

I got my cat when she was just a tiny kitten.  I named her Puff because her fur is soft and fluffy...

I am special.  Nobody in the world is exactly like I am.  They might have the same colour hair and...

There are two sexes or genders.  There is the male gender, and there is the female gender.  Males...

It is good to be polite.  People like you more when you are polite.  Always say please and thank...

I keep my money in the bank.  I have saved up my money.  I saved all my pennies in a jar.  A penny...

Some people work in an office.  There are special tools that people in an office need to do their...

Which direction should I go in?  Should I go up?  If I go up, I will head toward the sky.  I can go...

These are important words.  They are all words that begin questions.  “Who” is about a...

If you were in an orchestra, what would you play?  Would you play a tuba, a trumpet or a saxophone...

Traffic moves along on the streets and highways.  There are rules that drivers must follow to make...

When you go to a restaurant you might see a sign that says, “Please wait to be seated...

Are you tall or short?  Are you big or small?  People come in many different shapes and sizes. ...

There are many different animals that you can have for pets.  The most common pets are cats and...

Vegetables are very good for you.   They say that you should have three servings of vegetables...

The kitchen is where we make and eat our meals.  There is a stove in the kitchen.  Inside the stove...

Many people are afraid of bugs.  Some bugs do bad things like eating crops or clothes.  Some bugs...

Some fruit grows on trees.  Apples grow on trees.  You can get red, yellow or green apples.  Some...

Some things are different shapes.  They can be described by their shape.  A circle is...

There are seven days of the week.  Sunday is a day of rest for some people, but many people still...

There are twelve months in the year.  January is the first month of the year.  It is...

Some animals are wild. They don’t live in homes or cages. They live in jungles or on plains...

Red is a vibrant color. Roses are sometimes red. Blood is red. White is the color of snow. Clouds...

I change my clothes a lot. If I am going somewhere fancy, I wear a dress. I wear stockings on my...

On the top of my head, I have hair. Below my hair is my face. I have two eyes. I have eyebrows and...

There are many different jobs that you can choose from. You can be a doctor or a nurse. You could...

There are many diseases. Some diseases are very deadly, and some are not so serious. Most people...

Every family that I know has at least one car. Some families have two, or even three cars. Most...

It is fun to take a trip to a faraway place. My brother just went to Italy and France. He got on a...

There are many different stores in the shopping mall. There are ladies’ wear stores. They...

I go to the movies almost every week. There are hundreds of different types of flowers. Most people...

I go to the movies almost every week. Sometimes, I rent movies from the video store. My favorite...

It is very rewarding to have different interests and hobbies. Some people like to play computer...

We have many international students at my school. Some of the students come from England. They...

There are many subjects that you can take at school. My favorite subject is music. I like to sing...

There are different types of schools. There is an elementary school. The children at the elementary...

A house is divided into different rooms. In my house, there is a living room. There is a couch, two...

You can watch the weatherman on TV, to find out what the weather will be like. It might be a nice...

There are four seasons. Winter is the cold season. It snows in the winter. The winds blow, and ice...

Breakfast is very rushed at our house. My brothers and sisters and I have toast or cereal. We also...

I wake up every morning at seven o’clock. I take a shower. I eat my breakfast. I usually have...

There is always housework to do when you live in a house. You have to wash the windows so that you...

Amy is 16 years old. She lives in a small town. Amy is learning how to drive. Amys dad is giving...

We are having Thanksgiving at our house. My whole family is coming. My parents bought a turkey. It...

My grandfather fought in World War II. My grandmother was a nurse in World War II. Today is...

Susan is getting married. Her fiancee’s name is Michael. They are in love. They are getting...