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First Snow Fall. 

Today is November 26th. 
It snowed all day today. 
The snow is beautiful. 
The snow finally stopped. 
My sister and I are excited. 
My Mom doesn't like the snow. 
My Mom has to shovel the drive way. 
My sister and I get to play. 
I put on my hat and mittens. 
My Mom puts on my scarf. 
My Mom zippers my jacket. 
My sister puts on her hat and mittens. 
My Mom puts on her scarf. 
My Mom zippers her jacket. 
My sister and I go outside. 
We begin to make a snow man. 
My Mom starts to shovel the snow. 
My sister and I make snow angels. 
My sister and I throw snowballs. 
It starts to snow again. 
We go inside for hot chocolate.

English Listening Level 1 - Lesson 1 - First Snow Fall

Jessica's First Day of School. 

Today is Jessica's first day of kindergarten. 
Jessica and her parents walk to school. 
Jessica's Mom walks with her to her classroom. 
Jessica meets her teacher. His name is Mr. Parker. 
The school bell rings at 8.45 A.M.. 
Jessica hugs and kisses her Mom goodbye. 
Jessica's Mom says "I love you." At 9.00 A.M., 
Jessica stands for the National anthem. 
Mr. Parker calls out children's names. 
Each child yells back "Here." 
Mr. Parker teaches them about letters. 
Mr. Parker teaches them about numbers. 
At 10:15 A.M. the students have recess. 
Recess is fun. 
The students get to play and eat. 
At 10:30 A.M. the students go to gym class. 
At 11:15 A.M. the students return to Mr. Parker's classroom. 
Mr. Parker tells the students to sit on the carpet. 
Mr. Parker reads the students a story. 
Mr. Parker teaches the students a song. 
The lunch bell rings. 
Jessica's first day of school is over.

English Listening Level 1 - Lesson 2 - Jessica's First Day of School

My Flower Garden. 

My name is Anne. 
I love flowers. 
I have a flower garden. 
My garden is in front of my house. 
My neighbour has a garden too. 
My garden has different types of flowers. 
I have roses in my garden. 
I have tulips in my garden. 
I have petunias in my garden. 
My garden has different colours. 
I plant red flowers. 
I plant orange flowers. 
I plant blue flowers. 
I plant purple flowers. 
I take care of my garden. 
I water my garden every day. 
I kill the weeds in my garden. 
I kill insects that eat my flowers. 
I love my beautiful garden.

English Listening Level 1 - Lesson 3 - My Flower Garden

Going Camping. 

The Bright family went camping on the weekend. 
The Bright family went to Silent Lake. 
The Bright family left on Friday. 
They camped for three days. 
The Bright family brought a big tent. 
They brought a lot of food. 
They brought insect repellant. 
The Bright family had a campfire on Friday. 
They roasted marshmallows. 
They sang campfire songs. 
On Saturday they went canoeing. 
On Saturday they went fishing. 
On Saturday they went swimming. 
They went hiking on Sunday. 
The Bright family saw many birds. 
They saw blue jays. 
They saw hummingbirds. 
The Bright family saw many animals. 
They saw a raccoon. 
They saw a squirrel. 
But they didn't see a bear. 
The Bright family had a fun vacation.

English Listening Level 1 - Lesson 4 - Going Camping

My House. 

I live in a house. 
My house is small. 
My house has two bedrooms. 
My Mom and Dad sleep in one bedroom. 
My sister and I share the other bedroom. 
My house has a kitchen. 
My Mom and Dad cook dinner there every night. 
My house has a living room. 
My family watches television there every night. 
My house has a big bathroom. 
My house has a lot of closets. 
My house has a basement. 
My Dad has a workshop in the basement. 
My Dad makes wood furniture. 
My house does not have a second floor. 
My house has a garage. 
My house has a big backyard. 
My backyard has a maple tree. 
My backyard has a swimming pool. 
My backyard has a vegetable garden. 
My family likes our house.

English Listening Level 1 - Lesson 5 - My House

My First Pet. 

My name is Sarah. 
I am 14 years old. 
I have a pet cat. 
My cat's name is Milo. 
My cat is black and white. 
Milo's paws are white. 
Milo's body is black. 
She is very cute. 
Milo's fur is very soft. 
Milo was a very small kitten. 
Milo is a very big cat. 
Milo cannot have kittens. 
She is fixed. Milo likes to eat. 
Milo likes to play outside Milo likes to hunt for birds. 
Milo likes to hunt for mice. 
She likes her ears scratched. 
Milo likes to sit in my lap. 
Milo likes to sleep on my bed. 
Milo is a good pet.

English Listening Level 1 - Lesson 6 - My First Pet

House.

A house is divided into different rooms. 
In my house, there is a living room. 
There is a couch, two chairs, a coffee table and a television set in the living room. 
In the kitchen, there is a stove and a refrigerator. 
There is also a sink and a dishwasher in the kitchen. 
There is a kitchen table and chairs. 
We eat most of our meals at the kitchen table. 
We have a dining room. 
There is a dining table and chairs in there. 
There is a washroom or bathroom. 
There is a toilet, sink and bathtub in the bathroom. 
There is also a shower in the bathroom. 
We have three bedrooms. 
The bedrooms are upstairs. 
My brother's room, my room and my parent's room all have beds in them. 
We also have dressers in our rooms. 
There are closets in all of the bedrooms. 
We keep our clothes in the closets. 
There is a basement in our house. 
We store things in the basement. 
There is a laundry room in the basement. 
There is a washing machine and a dryer in the laundry room. 
This is where we wash and dry our clothes. 
There is a garage attached to the house. 
We keep the car in the garage. 
You drive up the driveway and into the garage. 
We also have a front yard and a back yard. 
There is a vegetable garden in the back yard. 
There are some flowers and a tree planted in the front yard.

                              

English Listening Level 1 - Lesson 20 - House

Clothing.

I change my clothes a lot. 
If I am going somewhere fancy, I wear a dress. 
I wear stockings on my legs, and I wear a pair of nice shoes. 
If I am going to play sports, I wear a sweatshirt and jeans. 
If I am going to the beach, I wear a bathing suit or a bikini. 
My brother wears swimming trunks to the beach. 
At work, I wear a skirt and a blouse. 
Underneath my clothes, I wear underwear. 
A lady wears a bra and panties as underwear. 
A man wears boxer or jockey shorts as underwear. 
Today, I am wearing a blouse and a pair of jeans over my underwear. 
I have socks and shoes on my feet. 
In the summer, I often wear sandals on my feet. 
In the summer, the tops that I wear are usually sleeveless. 
I usually wear shorts in the summer. 
Sometimes, I wear a sweater or a jacket if the weather is cool. 
I wear a cap or a hat on my head. 
I wear a belt to hold up my jeans or my slacks. 
Women sometimes wear a dress or a skirt. 
Men wear a pair of slacks and a shirt. 
Some men wear a suit and a shirt and tie. 
If it is very cold outside, I wear a winter coat. 
If it is cold, I like to wear gloves or mittens on my hands. 
Sometimes, I wrap a scarf around my neck to keep warm. 
I wear a toque on my head in cold weather. 
I wear boots on my feet in the winter. 
If it is raining, I wear a raincoat. 
The way that I dress depends a lot on the weather.

Learn English via Listening Level 1 Unit 35 Clothing

Wild Animals.

Some animals are wild. 
They don't live in homes or cages. 
They live in jungles or on plains. 
The lion is the king of the beasts. 
He is very mighty. 
He roars loudly. 
The giraffe has a long neck. 
He eats leaves from the tallest trees. 
The elephant is very large. 
He has a trunk and two tusks. 
A tiger has stripes. 
Some bears are black, and some are brown. 
There are even white bears called polar bears. 
A kangaroo lives in Australia. 
That is the only place that you would find a kangaroo, except in a zoo. 
It might be frightening to run into a wolf or a fox. 
Monkeys run and play in the trees. 
In Canada, we don't see lions, tigers, giraffes or monkeys running wild. 
There are squirrels in my back yard. 
Sometimes, I see a raccoon or a chipmunk. 
In northern Ontario, you might see a moose or a bear. 
I have seen a deer in the forest. 
There are many wild animals. 
You can see wild animals if you go to the zoo.

English Listening Level 1 - Lesson 3 - My Flower Garden

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