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HIGHEST FREQUENCY ENGLISH WORDS EARLY-ON … SET TWO (Lessons 24 …)
     

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Lesson 24

  
sir, large, side, told, marry, Mr., important, men, corn, I’d, also, pass, Smith

Yes sir, you can sit at that large table on that side of the restaurant.

I was told that Pam and Sam are going to marry each other.

George, did you know that Mr. Smith is one of the most important men at our school?

Deb, I’d like some more corn, and could you also pass me the salt?

   
eight, twelve, even, numbers, grace, read, chapter, seven, yet, air, farm, terrible, heard, he’d, gone, few, days

Eight and twelve are even numbers.

Grace, have you read chapter seven yet?

The air around their farm smells terrible.

I heard that he’d gone away for a few days.

   
isn’t, Ted, British, England, knew, inside, only, child

I knew what was inside that large box.

They have only one child.

“Isn’t Ted British?” “Yes, he’s from England.”

   
bones, behind, fit, clothes, biggest, river, Earth, Gran, ever, which, bone, excited, face, heard, strange, sound, together, team, shall, win, better

Our dog has a few bones in the woods behind our house.

Sir, I think that these clothes over here will fit you better.

Is that the biggest river on Earth?

Gran said, “George, don’t you ever do that again!”

Dad, which bone should I give to the dog?

How many days are there until Christmas; I’m really excited about it.

Did you see the look on her face when she heard that strange sound?

If we work together as a team, we shall win this game.

   
both, wanted, same, learned, they’d, wrong, shop, another, start, fire, because, such, round, agree, himself, lost, town, you’ll, different, body, exercise, weeks

They both wanted the same thing for their birthday.

We didn’t see the Smiths, and we learned that they’d gone to the wrong restaurant.

Do you want to go shop at another store?

I want to start a fire because I’m cold.

She’s got such a round face, don’t you agree?

He was angry with himself when he got lost in the town.

You’ll feel like you have a different body after you do this exercise for a few weeks.

Which team do you think will win?

The doctor said, “You’ll feel better in two or three days.”

Sam asked Deb, “Will you marry me?”

Dad said, “I’d like to pass that car because it’s way too slow.”

A girl who I knew came up to my right side, but I could not remember her name.

When I eat fish, I don’t like it if it has bones in it.

Pam, does that dress still fit you well?

Let’s get together for dinner in the next few weeks.

I’m going to the gym to get some good exercise for my body.

The man who I work for had to fire Mr. Smith.

I had something important to tell you, but I can’t remember what it was.

I learned many different things about the Earth at school today.

We knew that they’d come to our town if we asked them to.

If it’s not in the lost-and-found, we will have to go shop for another one.

They told me that both of them wanted to go to the new movie.

I heard that both Jack and George made the team!

Which kitty – here at the farm – do you want to take home to be your new pet?

   
turned, add, seen

I turned around when I realized that I was going the wrong way.

You need to be nice; say that to Pam in a different way that will not make her angry.

After you do that, could you also help me put these in the dishwasher?

Mr. Smith, if you’ll let me, I’d like to start work this week.

Deb, do you agree that an apple and an orange are both round?

I don’t think that we have ever had such a cold winter; do you agree with me?

Mom said, “Sam, your dad and I feel the same way about this!”

We heard the sound of thunder, so we thought that the rain would start soon.

Those men helped to put out the fire at the farm.

He did not like to be by himself at home; he would always jump if he heard a strange sound!

Next to my dog, there was the biggest bone that I had ever seen.

Gran is really excited about the new movie that is about to come out.

How do you do, sir? Shall we head on into the restaurant?

Those new people in town have lots of children, so they’d better find a large house to live in.

Our dog got excited and ran into the woods after a squirrel.

I exercise a lot so that my body is always fit.

I saw the dog put his bone behind that tree.

Ted said to his Gran, “What was that sound?”

My dog looked happy after he jumped into the river.

How long would it take to fly all the way around the Earth?

George, would you also like some ice cream with your cake?

I taught my children that it’s very important to say “please” and “thank you.”

We think that Grace wants to marry George!

When I’m in bed, I like to sleep on my left side.

We told the kids to be home by 5:00 PM.

The pig on our farm gets to eat a lot of corn.

He was not happy with himself when he learned that he got too many things wrong, so his teacher had to give him an “F.”

Which of those men by the shop is your father?

Kids, we don’t need another pet in the house!

Let’s pass the time by going to the park for an hour.

I’m eight years old, and my sister is twelve years old.

Add up those numbers and tell me what you get.

Jan, can you please say grace before we start to eat our dinner?

I need to make up for lost time and finally finish up this job.

The doctor said that I should come back to see her in twelve weeks.

What did you read at school today?

I shall do my best to help the team work to win this game.

My British friend Ted is my best friend because he is always so nice to me.

You can have only one cookie after dinner.

We had better go inside; it’s about to rain.

Isn’t Ted seven years old now?

My mom will not let me put on make-up yet, and I get it; I’m just eight years old.

My best friend and I got together on Saturday to go to the zoo.

We got to read about animal bones at school today.

These new clothes feel strange on me; I don’t have to dress up like this very much.

It’s turned out that our new teacher is very nice.

I have wanted to say a big “thank you” for helping me with the yard work.

Those two cats look just the same!

I feel terrible right now, and it’s best that I don’t go into work today.

He’s always been such a nice boy, even when things were not going his way.

I think that I’ll have some corn as part of our dinner.

When you come back into the house, don’t let a lot of cold air into the kitchen.

Don’t put those clothes on; they’re not clean.

I’m going to add a little bit more salt to the soup.

Which of those seven dogs is your pet?

We went to England on one of our vacations last year.

I think that he will win the next round of the tournament.

Isn’t it fun to read?

“Has Gran called us today?” “Not yet.”

There is no wind today, and the water in the river is very even on top.

I like to hear how British people talk.

I didn’t know that he’d gone to England this past winter.

Come on inside the house and get out of the cold!

I knew that he’d like to be in a different job.

Chapter twelve was all about fish.

Show me where the biggest clothes that you have are in your shop.

When I go to live in the new town, it will start a new chapter in my life.

He asked the child, “How many numbers do you know now?”

I just found that out, so only now do I see why Sam was so angry.

Face it, you’re just not very good at this game.

I’m not quite sure, but I think that child is British.

I think that it’s a bit strange when a dog and a cat like each other.

Can you help me to add up these numbers?

   
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Lesson 25

   
here’s, walk, army, war, felt, spring, weather, tough, city, united, states, state, Washington

Ted said, “Here’s the best way to walk to school.”

For the people in the Army, they all think that it’s a great thing that the war is finally over.

She felt so happy when spring came, because the winter weather had been so tough on the city.

I live in the United States, in the state of Washington.

  
book, reading, everyone, crazy, adventures, young, farmer, outside, kind, poor, money, twenty, dollar, bill

In the book that I’m reading, everyone has crazy adventures.

The young farmer went outside to see what kind of weather he might see during the day.

A poor man asked me for some money today, and I gave him a twenty-dollar bill.

   
Mrs., upstairs, rest, bedroom, flag, blows, strong, farmers, any, hire, farms

Mrs. Young said, “I’m going upstairs to rest in my bedroom for a little while.”

Have you seen how the flag blows in such a strong wind?

Ted asked some farmers if there was some job that they could hire him to do on one of their farms.

   
dark, purple, cut, cried, gold, leaves, across, street, fall, buy, bread, near

It was dark in the room, so I turned on the light, and Dad was asleep in the purple chair.

I got a cut on my leg at school, and I cried for a minute.

The gold leaves on the big tree across the street will start to fall off this week.

Will you go to the store that’s near us and buy some bread?

   
started, sing, song, hill, stone, grass, miss, family, friends, trips, far, kick, ball

When Mrs. Smith started to sing, I realized that I knew the song.

That hill is all stone, and there is no grass on it.

I miss my family and friends when I’m away from home on trips.

See how far you can kick this ball.

    
done, ate, full, sometimes, safe, myself, mad, tried, eye, brother

I’m done with my dinner, and I ate so much that I’m really full.

Sometimes I don’t feel safe when I’m home by myself.

I got mad when I tried to do that, because I just could not get it right.

Keep an eye on your little brother, and make sure that he’s always safe.

   
began, learn, later, hole, dug, upon, key, close, bring, fine, held, ship, brain, word, describe

Today, I finally began to learn how to do that.

Let me finish this, and I can help you with your job a little bit later.

Our dog dug a hole in the grass and put a bone in it.

Once upon a time, there was a king who wanted lots of gold.

Use this key to get into the house.

I’d like to close this door; are you okay with that, Ted?

Go over to that hill and bring a big stone back to me.

Just a little bit later, your eye will feel fine.

So that I would not fall into the water, Mom held my hand as we got on the ship.

My brother said a bad word, and Mom was really mad at him because of that.

Have you seen the new movie called “The Brain” yet?

What would be a good word to describe how you feel right now?

I’d like to get up no later than 8:00 AM tomorrow morning.

The dog began to make a hole in the grass, and Dad ran over to stop him.

Did they work your brain hard at school; what did you learn today?

The nurse said, “You’ll be fine; that’s just a little cut.”

Bring that box with you when you get on the ship.

He held out his hand to show me what he had dug up in the back yard.

I don’t know why this key will not work in this door.

Upon smelling the flower, the child said, “I don’t like that smell!”

The best word to describe her is “beautiful.”

I’d like to have a word with you; do you have time right now?

My family will take a trip to a new big city in the United States every year.

Here’s my brother George; he’s in the Army in Washington state.

I’m reading this book; everyone says that it’s really good.

I ate some bread and soup until I was full.

It felt good outside on such a pretty spring day.

Something got into my eye, and I tried to get it out.

I need some rest, so I’ll go upstairs to my bedroom to fall asleep.

How much can I buy when I have a twenty-dollar bill?

When the wind blows too hard and leaves are in the air, I want to come back into the house.

Look across the street; have you ever seen that young boy?

Dad asked me to cut the grass, and I’m happy that it’s not a tough job, since we have such a small yard.

Mrs. Stone is a great teacher, and she’s very kind, as well.

My friends are crazy to want to jump into that ice cold water!

Here’s a book that I tried to read, but it was too tough for me to finish it.

The spring weather is nice; let’s go take a walk near the park.

Here’s a pretty dark purple flower for you to put in that vase.

All together, the leaves in our yard are as big as a small hill, and it’s fun to jump into them.

I want one of those farmers to hire me to work for him; I need to make some money.

Mom cried out to me, “Keep safe when you walk across the street!”

When I started to sing a song, my sister said, “Please stop; you sound terrible!”

Sometimes when I’m done with my work, I sit down and take a little rest.

I saw a flag that was orange, purple, and gold.

What will our adventures be like on our trips this year?

The farmers around here are mad; we have not had any rain in four weeks.

If you kick that ball too far, it will go into the water.

That poor family does not have much money.

Will you miss me when I’m gone?

That four-year-old is quite strong; did you see how far he can kick the ball?

We have eaten all of the bread in the house and will need to buy more today.

I’m going to go live in the city when I am twenty years old.

Everyone I know has a job, and I need a farmer around here to hire me.

The sheep on the farms around here ate grass all day.

Sometimes I go to the zoo with my friends.

I felt kind of poorly this morning, but I feel fine this afternoon.

Many people in the United States Army may have to go to war one day.

What state do you live in?

That poor baby cried through much of the night.

George Washington was a great man.

When I was done at the store, I realized that I didn’t have any money left.

I don’t want to sing that song; it’s too dark and sad.

We will put a flag up outside our house on July 4.

I was mad at myself when I could not keep up with my friends on our long walk.

George got cut from the team, but he said that it would give him time to get a job and make some money.

Bill gave me a dollar so that I could buy some gum.

Can you see if the cat is in the upstairs bedroom?

Most of the farms around here grow a lot of corn.

Farmer Smith has about twenty animals on his farm.

Let’s talk about the crazy adventures that we have had on our many family trips.

I started reading a book last night, but I fell to sleep in about ten minutes.

No one wants to be in a war!

What is that terrible strong smell in the air?

The pot needs to be full of water before I can make the soup.

I have to tell myself to keep at it when I want to finish a job and then go play.

Have you seen Miss Farmer yet; she is our new teacher.

You don’t want to get close to me; I have a bad cold.

Can I bring this to school tomorrow as part of my lunch?

That would be a fine time to get together for dinner at the restaurant.

The ship was so big that it had 8,000 people on it!

I began to learn to play chess when I was five years old.

Dad really wanted to buy that car, but he held off until he had more money.

To add up these hard numbers, you really have to use your brain!

Please don’t say another word to your sister about this.

Mom put the purple vase upon the table.

If the wind blows hard, it will be a good day to fly a kite.

How did you get this hole in your dress?

Our teacher asked us, “What are the three key questions in this chapter?”

Please close the door quietly; the baby is asleep.

It took a long time, but Dad finally dug the car out of the snow.

   
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Lesson 26

   
looking, dear, funny, special, woman, legs, wife, we’ll, meet, garden, yellow, flowers

As soon as I was looking away, my dear friend Bill made a funny face.

At 3:00 PM, we’ll all meet in the garden over there with the purple and yellow flowers.

That very special, pretty woman over there – with the long legs – is my dear wife, Grace.

   
stopped, pull, they’ve, trash, wonder, along, anything, move, else, cars, wish

Sam, can you please pull the trash out to the street before you do anything else?

I wish that these cars would move along; I wonder why they’ve stopped.

   
Columbus, led, sea, ships, hope, plan, goes, someone, pool, splash, tale, knights, cool

Columbus led three ships across the sea on his first trip to the New World.

I hope that this plan goes well for you.

Someone jumped into the pool next to where I sat, and a big splash of water got on my book.

I’m reading a cool tale about the Knights of the Round Table.

   
class, learning, became, American, president, Americans, care, country, times, being, mean

Class, today we’ll be learning about how George Washington became the first American president.

I hope that most Americans really care about their country.

Grace, how many times do I have to tell you to stop being mean to your brother?

   
wood, try, stay, warm, west, kept, quiet, draw, picture, person, huge, nose, mister

I’ll put some more wood on the fire to try to make it stay warm in here.

Mister West said, “Class, I like the way that you have kept still and quiet during the past few minutes.”

I’m going to try to draw a picture of a person with a huge nose.

   
sense, ear, hearing, couldn’t, hit, half, free, won’t, comes, watch, working, met, brought, neighbors

My sense of hearing is not so good in my left ear.

I couldn’t get that hit song out of my head.

We were at the zoo for half of the day yesterday, and it was a special free day to get in.

I won’t like it if Grace comes over to our house, because she’s not my friend.

I’ll watch Bill while you’re outside working in the garden.

I brought some yellow flowers with me when I went over and met our new neighbors at their house.

   
built, you’ve, enough, somewhere, you’d, whether, ago, north, front, scared, wee, without, tall

That’s cool; I didn’t know that Bill had built that all by himself!

George, don’t start working on that until you’ve put together a good plan.

That dog next to the garden has funny looking legs.

How tall do you think that man is?

We’ll stay warm if we sit next to the fire.

I won’t rest until someone gets this huge box of trash out of the house.

I heard that woman say, “I wish that we could buy two new cars.”

On such a hot day as today, I want someone to splash some cool water on me.

I met up with my wife for a special lunch today.

Why are there so many cars along the side of the street?

When Jack comes over, we’ll each try to draw a really funny looking picture.

It’s just not quiet enough where I live; I hope to move somewhere else soon.

Don’t say anything to Mister Wood about this; if you do, you’ll wish that you’d never met me!

Gran said, “Ann was such a dear; she brought me some beautiful yellow flowers.”

I couldn’t sense whether that person who is working on my house was mad at me or not.

You can watch that hit movie on my TV for free.

In my class at school, we are learning how Americans started to head west in the 1800s.

Do you have anything else to say to me about why you were so mean to your brother?

My nose was stopped up, so I couldn’t smell a thing.

I kept quiet and became as still as a rock.

Let’s take a ride away from the city and into the country today.

For the time being, I’m going to get out of the pool and read my book.

Mister North, I’m very happy to meet you.

That’s my wife Ann over on the far side of the pool.

You have to wonder what they’ve just put into that trash can.

If you ever pull something like that again, you’ll find out how angry I can get!

A woman ran out into the street, right in front of our car, but I stopped in time so that I didn’t hit her.

My legs hurt because I ran for so long today by the sea.

Do you have any sense at all; how many times have I told you to take care when you go across the street?

We’ll move to the city of Columbus in two weeks.

I could picture how nice it would be to sit on a beach by the sea on a warm day.

I read a funny tall tale about some knights who couldn’t ride a horse.

Mom, don’t be scared of it; it’s just a wee mouse, and it’s not going to hurt you!

I wonder what the neighbors will be like who move into the house next door to us.

Watch me try this, and you’ll see why I can’t do it without your help.

You’d better come see this, Ann; there’s a huge snake inside the house next to the front door!

I won’t eat all of this apple; would you like half of it?

I’ll free up some time to meet with you this afternoon.

I kept hearing a strange sound under my bed last night, and it scared me.

I’m going to make a big splash when I jump into the cool water.

Should we head north or west when we get to that hill?

Dad took my hand and led me upstairs to my bedroom.

I don’t care to watch that movie; I would be scared all night long.

You’ve built enough of those for now; you should come on into the house.

I think that I left my school book somewhere at their house when I was with the Smiths.

The wee baby cried all night, and not a person in the house got much sleep.

Why would someone want to run for president; that’s a crazy hard job!

Do you mean that you want me to pull that along the side of the street?

When the cold front comes from the north, there will be lots of snow here in Columbus.

At work today, I was hearing about the old car that the Smiths have; it finally stopped working, and now they’ve got to buy a new one.

Look, I just don’t want to go there without you being by my side.

A family who we know – named the Knights – have built a wee house in the country to go to on some of their vacations.

The nurse said that my left ear is fine.

Just stay put; I’ll be back in the house in five minutes.

I’m going to draw a picture of a dog with a long nose.

You’ve had more than enough to eat; now get up and please help me clean off the kitchen table.

Do you know whether school will be out tomorrow, or not, because of the snow that will come tonight?

Cake is just not that great without ice cream to go with it!

When you hear thunder close by, you’d better go somewhere safe!

Those people come from another country, and they like for Americans to take vacations there; it will bring more money into their country.

I know that he lived in England, but he became an American four years ago.

The times were very different back in the 1700s.

I wonder why those huge ships don’t just sink into the sea.

The president told us an important tale about her life from when she was a ten-year-old girl.

If everyone goes by the plan, we should win this game, because their team is not that strong.

I have a pretty wood chess set, but I don’t know how to play the game yet.

I don’t like it when a bug gets into my ear!

I know someone from another country who is learning what it’s like to be an American.

Ann brought her rabbit to school today for show-and-tell.

It was not so long ago that we lived in a different city.

When I ride in the car with Mister Green, I think that he goes too fast.

A long time ago, knights led the army of a king or a queen.

I led my little brother through the door on his first day of school.

Both of those ships have a British flag on them.

I don’t like that the Smiths will move to a new city, because they have been very good neighbors.

The first half of the movie was pretty slow, but after that, it got a lot better.

Whether you like it or not, you have to eat all of the food on your plate first, if you want some ice cream.

That ten-year-old girl is very tall, isn’t she?

   
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Lesson 27

   
often, early, passed, hair, Kay, shot, yelled, almost, wet, pants, God

It’s not often that I see my old friend Jack, but early this morning I passed him in the car and was startled to see that he now has really long hair.

When nurse Kay gave me a shot, I yelled, “Oh, my God!”; it hurt so bad that I almost wet my pants!

   
story, pigs, liked, swim, catch, takes, hunt, ducks, tail

Have you heard the story about the two pigs named Sam and Ted who liked to try to catch fish when they went for a swim?

Mr. North takes his dog Bill – that one over there with the long tail – with him when he goes to hunt for ducks.

   
shoes, boat, deep, coming, toward, pat, bunch, parts, visit, everything, mouth, taste, tea, spit, less, fix, cup, machine

I took off my shoes, jumped off of the boat into the water, and I went down deep; in less than a minute, I saw a big fish coming toward me.

Pat had to get a bunch of things to fix a machine at work, so he went to visit a parts store, and they had everything that he needed.

Pam put the cup to her mouth and took a taste of her tea, but it was so hot that she spit it out all over her dress.

   
hundred, line, wall, spot, star, nothing, thirty, group, America, others, countries

A hundred people were in line by the outside wall to see if they could spot the rock star coming out of the door, but two hours had passed, and they had seen nothing yet.

Ten out of thirty of the people in that group are from America; all of the others are from different countries.

   
problem, voice, hardly, bright, runs, sent, soldiers, Kay’s, doing, pay, maybe, desk, between

He had a problem with his voice, and I could hardly hear him.

Ted is a very bright boy, and he runs really fast.

The president sent some of our soldiers to another country to help them fix a problem.

I heard that Kay’s got a new job, that she’s doing well in it, and that they pay her well.

Kay, maybe you should sit at the desk that’s between Ted and Bill.

   
pick, Aladdin, picked, foot, soil, running, course, known, waves, rough, ocean, wouldn’t, ants

If I had to pick my favorite movie, I think that it would be Aladdin.

When I picked my foot up from the soil, a bunch of ants began running around.

Of course, if I had known that the waves would be too rough to go into the ocean, I wouldn’t have gone to the beach today.

   
stand, getting, grew, kit, stood, rocks, bee, brave, flew, paper, bag

Jan said, “George, stand up and let me look at you”; my, you’re getting so tall; you grew a lot during this past year, didn’t you?”

Kit was brave, and he stood as still as a bunch of rocks while a bee flew around his head.

Grace brought her lunch to school in a paper bag today.

   
bet, race, road, we’re, nuts, sail, yells, muscles, Friday, caught, yell

Kay yelled to Sam, “I bet that you can’t beat me in a race down this road to that big tree.”

You know, we’re nuts to go sail out there in those rough waves; we’re going to get very wet.

When Bill yells “Go,” I hope that your muscles are ready to start running as fast as you can go.

Almost every morning, I swim in my pool quite early, and most often for about a half hour.

Sam needs to have his hair cut; it’s getting way too long.

Ann said, “that food has left a bad taste in my mouth.”

On Black Friday, a hundred people stood in line to come into our store, but we wouldn’t let them in until 8:00 AM.

When you sail out into the ocean, make sure that you don’t go toward those rocks!

George gets lots of exercise, and he has large muscles.

Dad said, “I bet just one dollar at the horse race today, and I didn’t win.”

Pat spit something out of her mouth and yelled, “I can’t eat nuts; they’re really bad for me!”

My new car runs like a top when we’re going down the road.

Bill was going to the park, and – in a paper bag – he had some bread that he would give to the ducks.

I can hardly see the road because the sun is so bright, and I’m scared that I might hit another car.

With a kit that I’ll be getting from the store this Friday, I can put together a new table at home in less than thirty minutes.

My brother Ted liked to play catch while we grew up, so it was quite often that you could find us in the back yard doing just that.

I can’t stand it when a bee wants to fly around me.

Mom yells at our cat George if he jumps up on the kitchen table.

The farmer said, “there is nothing better than farm land like I have, with soil that’s great to grow corn in.”

The brave soldiers went off to war, and they knew that some of them wouldn’t come back to America.

I think that the others who you’re looking for went with a different group of people.

Would you please add some more hot tea to my cup?

I got really scared during some parts of that movie!

That huge red spot on your dress is going to be a big problem to get out.

I had to hunt all over the house to find my new pants.

Grandma Kay is coming here on Friday for a long visit.

Have you heard the well-known story of “The Three Little Pigs?”

Can you pull that chair along the wall and put it about one foot to the left?

You picked a good spot for us to see the first star in the night sky.

Maybe that man with the deep voice will sing a song for us.

Class, please stand up next to each desk, and then we’re going to get in a line by the wall outside so that we can all go to lunch.

I think that Grandma Kay’s going to live to be a hundred years old.

Of course, my cat will spit at you if she’s scared of you, so, just go slow and try to pat her on the head.

I looked down and saw that ants were all over my new shoes.

I almost got my pants caught in that machine!

I heard my brother yell at the dog, “Get your tail out of my face!”

I’ve been running for so long that my muscles hurt.

At the very end of the game, Pat took a shot with the ball, but it didn’t go in.

Our boat takes a group as large as thirty people.

Time flew by over the summer, and before we knew it, it was time to go back to school.

Our teacher said to me, “Please pick up that paper and put it back on my desk.”

Let’s put the new light in between that chair and the small table next to it.

The new teacher thought these words in her head: “God help me that the kids in this class will be nice to me.”

In the story, Aladdin asked the man at the farm, “What would I have to pay to get those two pigs?”

The ball was coming toward him, he stood still, and then he caught it!

Do everything that you can to win that race, Kit!

You will find army soldiers in most countries.

We had a good plan and had a bunch of fun things to do during Kay’s visit.

You’ll have to pay me a lot to fix that beat-up old machine.

It will be hard to grow something in this rough soil.

It was a problem for Aladdin when – in a loud voice – he put his foot into his mouth and said something that was not very bright.

Mom sent Bill to the barber to get his hair cut.

While I grew up, I liked to swim for hours at a time in the pool.

I’d like less tea than I had in my first cup.

Of course, I should have known that he would pick out the two cookies that I wanted!

Maybe I’m doing too much work right now and should take some time off.

The huge ocean waves scared me, and nothing was going to get me to go into that water!

As the sun went down, the people on the boat saw a bright star in the north sky.

I’d like to taste everything that’s sweet in this shop.

Okay, I’ll give it my best shot to try to do that early tomorrow morning.

I hardly know that person, but I’ve heard that she’s really nice.

I bet that Mom yells, “Don’t let the ants get on the food!” since she does that every time we eat outside.

You picked nice-looking shoes to go with that dress.

He ducks his head every time that a bird will fly over him.

It takes lots of work to learn how to catch a ball.

He parts his hair on the left side of his head.

We had lots of rain, and – while I was in the car – I passed by two very wet people on the side of the road.

I’ll come to your house at some time between 3:00 and 4:00 PM this afternoon.

Our brave boy Bill caught his first fish today!

I hope that I can sail around the world one day so that I can get to see many different countries.

You’re nuts if you think that you’re going to get me to do that crazy thing!

A white bird flew over us, and I saw it land on some rocks that were near us.

Mom, what’s in that bag that you’ve brought home from the store?

I told Ann, “There are times when you have a really big problem, and you just have to ‘give it to God’ to help you take care of it.

We have two dogs, and each one of them has a long tail.

There’s no better dog than my dog to come along to help during a hunt.

I’m scared of the kind of crazy animals that might live way deep in the ocean.

I love to sing the song “America, the Beautiful.”

Our group is getting pretty big now; how many others do you think will want to come with us?

You’d better go get that at the store now, before time runs out and they don’t have any more of them left.

We sent a very pretty bowl to Gran for Christmas.

I’m going to draw a picture of a bee that’s on a pretty flower.

      
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Lesson 28

   
cloth, dirty, mess, Mike, stayed, longer, worked, history, grade, evil, smile, watched, toad, hop, waiting, scare

I used this cloth to clean off the dirty mess that Mike left on the kitchen table.

I stayed up longer than I should have and worked on my history paper for school, so that I’ll get a good grade on it.

He got an evil smile on his face as he watched his toad hop into the kitchen sink, with the animal waiting there to scare his mother.

   
folks, talked, build, chicken, toss, pen, showed, company, laugh, silly, however, joke, smiled, seek, hide, till, homes, feed

My folks talked for some time about how a company was going to cut down the trees behind our house and build a bunch of new homes.

The farmer brought out a bag of chicken feed and showed me how to toss it around the pen.

Mike, you can’t go outside to play hide-and-seek till you finish your school work.

I smiled at the joke that Dad told; however, Mom thought that it was too silly, and she didn’t laugh.

   
threw, stick, noise, guess, perhaps, bank, pond, caused, frogs, tiny, quack, native, point, pencil, sharp, write

I threw a stick that hit a tree and caused a loud noise, and my guess is that perhaps a hundred or so frogs jumped from the bank of the pond into the water.

Do you think that those tiny baby ducks can quack yet?

This week we’re going to learn how Native Americans helped the first people who came from England to what is now New England in the United States.

The point on this pencil isn’t very sharp, and I just can’t write well with it.

   
king’s, ring, wear, normal, places, sounds, spoke, party, especially, music, enjoy

The king’s favorite ring is not to be found, and he wants to wear it tonight; have we looked in all of the normal places where he might have left it?

I spoke with your wife, and it sounds like you had a great time at the party; didn’t you especially enjoy the music that they played?

   
grown, smart, act, happened, fight, exclaimed, mice, driving, bucket, sand, castle, making, filled

Grown smart people don’t act like that; what happened to make them get into a fight like that?

Mom exclaimed, “Those mice that keep coming into the kitchen through that hole in the window are driving me crazy!”

Mike has filled his bucket with sand, and he’s going to be making a castle out of it on the beach.

  
lay, soft, window, leave, finished, sell, crops, market, means, cash

Lay that soft cloth down under the window and leave it there; we’re finished with our work for now.

If we sell all of our crops at the market today, it means that we’ll bring home lots of cash.

   
reached, become, fat, fact, choice, Dr., rich, sitting, lamp, moon, touch, shoe, dry, within, couple

It was a fact that I had reached a point where I had become fat, and I now had no choice other than to exercise more and to eat a lot less!

Dr. Rich was sitting next to a lamp, looking out the window at the full moon.

If you touch that shoe, you’ll see that it’s a bit wet, but it should dry off within a couple of hours.

I need to go to the bank to get some cash so that I can buy some food at the market.

She showed her mom what she wanted to wear to the party, but her mom exclaimed, “Put on something more normal looking; that just looks silly!”

Mike filled a bucket with water till it was full, and he took it over to his dad.

In fact, you have a choice here; you can write on this paper with a pen or a pencil.

Mike said, “I plan to sell things when I’m grown up; I’m smart, and I’ll be making lots of money, and I’ll get rich.”

In the first act of the play, the king’s knights got into a big fight over who should live in the castle and who should leave.

These are not native plants, and they’re going to take over lots of places in the woods behind our house.

I reached out to try to pick up the toad, only to see it hop off toward the pond.

We were waiting for our friends to leave our house, but they stayed longer than we had wanted them to.

That family can eat so much food that you feel like you’re going to have to feed an army!

“Can you guess what that crazy noise is?” “Perhaps those are the sounds of a bunch of frogs at the pond.”

I didn’t especially enjoy what Dr. Green said to me, but he made a good point; it’s a fact that I’ve become too fat.

When we were driving to school this morning, another person caused me to make a sharp turn to keep his car from running into us.

Toss this stick and see if that tiny dog will go after it.

That couple sitting over there smiled at me.

The Smiths want to build a new house that looks a bit like a castle, but it won’t be finished for a year or so.

Will you touch this cloth and see if it’s dry yet?

George exclaimed, “What happened to you, Mike; you look like you’ve been in a fight!”

Is this shoe longer than that other one?

We worked hard for many hours, and we made quite a mess.

Kids, please lay out all of your dirty clothes on the rug there under the window.

Don’t try to touch that toad; if you do, it will hop off.

The mice inside the wall were making lots of noise.

I had to laugh when I heard a child say, “Mommy, I can quack like a duck!”

I’m going to hide that cash from my brother.

What grade did you get on your history paper?

I watched as Dad showed us how to sand wood.

The folks at that table talked for over two hours after they finished their dinner.

I think that I’ll fix cream of chicken soup for our company who will be over for dinner tonight.

She’s going to write a story about an evil president who has the means to start a world war.

After I’m grown up, I will seek a way to build a new company that will scare mice and keep them out of your house!

We threw a party for Dr. Smith on his birthday.

I’ll have this job finished within a couple of hours.

The moon is so bright that I might not have to turn on the lamp to read this.

I think that I’ll wear this ring to go with this dress.

I would enjoy hearing some soft music with dinner.

The farmer spoke about how good the crops will be this summer.

I think that joke is funny; however, some people could take it the wrong way, and it might make them mad at you.

That music is especially loud; turn it down, or we won’t hear the phone ring.

There was a tiny smile on her face as she watched her young child try to tell a joke.

When he was young, the king’s teacher was very smart and taught him how a king should act.

We happened to sell lots of crops at the market today.

When you go to the fast-food restaurant, order a bucket of chicken.

Don’t laugh at me if I mess up this joke when I tell it.

Hand me that sharp pencil, please, and then I can toss this old one into the trash.

The kids on the team are not working hard enough; we can’t be soft on them if they want to win any games!

It would be too much money for us to buy one of those huge homes.

I’m going to hide behind the door till Dad comes into the house, and then I’ll make silly loud sounds to try to scare him.

There are a lot of folks waiting to get into the movie.

Why do you have a smile on your face; your little sister just cried because you caused her to do so by being mean to her!

You have to seek out a good way to live your life.

At school today, we talked a lot about native plants that are all around us when we’re in the woods.

However you look at this problem, it’s going to be tough to fix it.

It was not pretty when Ted threw up at school today!

When we’re at the market, stick by my side so that you don’t get lost.

Where are the normal places where we might find the dog when he’s outside?

This food is too rich for me to eat; there is way too much fat in it.

Within minutes, the baby fell fast asleep.

When I reached down for my shoe, the cat jumped out from behind the door and scared me.

Your first-grade teacher spoke about how kind you were at school today.

We got quite dirty as we worked at our job today.

There have been lots of evil things done by bad people in world history.

It stayed really cold outside for many weeks during this past winter.

Don’t guess at that word; sound it out!

Perhaps I’ll lay this down on the rug until it can dry out.

You have a choice to have any job that you want when you grow up; but you’ll have to work hard to become the person who you want to be!

I was sitting down when the light in the lamp next to me went out.

We should see the moon come up around 7:00 PM tonight.

Slow down; you’re driving too fast.

So, I guess that this bad grade means that I can’t go to the party on Friday night, right?

What should I feed our company who are coming over for lunch today?

How did all of this sand get into my shoes?

He filled his glass with ice cold water.

I can write better with that pen that’s over there.

We got to learn about frogs at school today.

On our trip out at sea today, we caught more than a bucket of fish to bring back with us!

The cat heard the loud quack of a duck that was outside, and she ran to the window to take a look at it.

Remember to get some cash when you’re at the bank today.

The pretty baby looked at me and smiled.

We have to move to another city, and Mom and Dad are there right now looking at new homes.

   
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Lesson 29

   
simple, question, answer, students, true, false, figure, check, talking, language, saying, idea

This is a simple question, and the answer is black and white; it’s true or it’s false, and I know that you can figure this out.

Check out those students; I can hear them talking in another language, but I have no idea what they’re saying.

   
decided, able, south, travel, month, march, study, art, carefully, floor, building, carry, second, mail

Have you decided whether you’ll be able to travel to the south of England in the month of March in order to study British art while you’re there?

Pick this up carefully, carry it into the first floor of that building, and then take it up to the second-floor mail room.

   
dream, college, student, teach, believe, begin, science, buffalo, main, months, cost, cab, business, address, center

I can hardly believe it, but my dream is coming true; next year in college, I can begin to student-teach a science class at Buffalo High School on Main Street, and I get to do this for a few months.

What will it cost for me to take a cab to a business that’s at this address in the center of town?

   
books, listen, church, bell, season, women, seem, shopping, visited, several, stores, sale, save, coat, number

I love to listen to the church bell ring on Christmas morning; it helps to make the season seem so happy.

Mom went shopping with some women friends on Black Friday; they visited several stores – always looking for a big sale so that they could save some money – and Mom came home with a new coat and a number of books.

   
letter, post, card, heavy, taking, test, parents, clear, they’ll, low, bottom

In the mail today, we got a letter, a post card, and a small but heavy box.

I’ll be taking a hard test this time tomorrow, and my parents made it clear that they’ll be mad at me if I get a low grade on it, because I’m now close to being at the bottom of my class.

   
mark, sentence, spelling, appear, correct, spell, drive, east, mile, following, train, track, base, mountain, surface

The only bad mark that I got on the test was in one sentence, where I got the spelling wrong on one word; it didn’t appear correct to me at the time, but I didn’t know how else to spell it.

The map says that, from here, we should drive east for a mile, following a train track on the right side of the road; then we’ll be at the base of a mountain, where we’ll turn left; once we make that turn, the surface of the road will get much better.

   
understand, using, tools, trying, lights, above, busy, office, list, open, jobs, wait, area

I understand that you’re busy and are using these tools for trying to fix the lights above the desk in my office; is that correct?

Let’s wait till tomorrow to post this list of new open jobs here at the office; there’s a good area on the wall next to the refrigerator in the lunch room where you can put it up.

   
news, action, movies, police, force, against, guy, power

I heard on the news that one of the best new action movies is about a police force that’s up against a really evil guy who has a lot of power to hurt people.

That college student who I was talking with said that she has to read a lot of science books.

For many Native Americans, the buffalo was very important to them; this animal gave them food, clothes, tools, and more.

Are you following the news; a train ran off the track just south of town and almost ran into a small building; but the police say that no one was hurt.

Students, please stand against the wall and wait there – with no talking – till I’ve decided that it’s okay for us to head to lunch.

Our power has been cut off, and the lights are out; oh, and don’t open the refrigerator door so that it will stay cold inside of it.

It’s not going to do any good if you yell at the dog!

The best way to describe my day at work today is “terrible!”

Someone was able to get into our house; they took some things, and we hope that the police can get to the bottom of this soon.

I’m going to be busy working two jobs this summer after college is out; my dream is to save up enough money to buy a used car.

That heavy guy over there is trying to run a mile in under six minutes.

I wonder what it would cost to travel all around the world.

It does not appear that my students understand why I teach the way that I do; but I believe that it’s good to ask a tough question and have them think hard before they give me an answer.

I’d like to learn another language, and there are several of them that I’ll think about trying.

Get out of the water; there’s a snake at the bottom of the pool!

There’s a bee right above your head; get down low to the ground and maybe it will go away.

The teacher said, “Okay, listen up! You can begin taking your science test now.”

What you’re saying is false; that number is not the correct answer.

Mark started to run toward second base, but he couldn’t help but trip because of the rough surface of the ground.

The sun comes up in the east and goes down in the west; do you understand why that is?

I got this coat on sale when I went shopping at several stores today.

You’re going to really have to study hard and use your brain to figure out the right number in this word problem.

We could hear soldiers march down the road near our office building.

It’s going to be a very busy month for me; look at this long list of all the things that I have to get done.

You’d better check the spelling of your words in this sentence; I believe that some of them are wrong.

It’s about a mile more to walk to the top of this mountain from here.

I don’t know how to tell if art is good or not; I bet that I would pay way too much for bad art!

I hope that they sent that letter to my business address.

I didn’t like the last two jobs that I had, so I’m going to drive a cab for a few months to see if I can make some good money doing that.

There are two new stores at the center of Main Street that I visited yesterday.

Listen to that beautiful church bell; I’m happy that I was able to be here at this time in order to hear it.

I’ve decided that your idea is a really good one, and what is best about it is that it’s so simple, so I think that everyone here will like it.

Think carefully before you do that; if your parents don’t like it, they’ll be very mad at you.

Mom, look at these cool books that they let me check out of the library today.

Remember, you need to write your grandma a thank-you card today and put it into the mail.

Are you crazy; that is way too heavy for me to carry on my own.

You can tell by the leaves and the cool air that the fall season is about to begin.

Does it seem to you like this is a good sale; I don’t want to buy something if I don’t save some money.

On a clear day, you can see the snow on top of that mountain very well.

I have no idea how to spell that tough word; I’m just not good at spelling.

Wouldn’t it be cool to be able to both walk and drive on the surface of the moon?

I hope that there are some great action movies to watch during the Christmas season.

There was a lot of rain on Friday, but on the following day, the sun was out.

I want to study art when I go to college.

Walk carefully on that floor; it’s very wet, and I wouldn’t want you to fall down.

When I was at the center of town this morning, I saw three women trying to catch a cab; it took them around ten minutes to get one.

There’s one word in that sentence where a letter is wrong; I’ll mark that for you so that you can fix it and spell it right.

In this area of the city, there are a lot of new jobs to be found.

Students, when you read books, you always want to be looking for the “main idea.”

Our teacher said, “Ted, you don’t need to yell; please use your inside voice.”

Snow is on the ground for months every year in Buffalo.

In just a second, the school bell will ring, and each student will be out for the summer.

In a few weeks, the birds will start to fly south for the winter.

Dad, does it cost a lot to start a new business?

I can’t tell what they’re saying because they’re talking in a different language.

I’m going to have to travel a lot in the month of March.

Does it seem to you like there are more people at church today than come on most days?

I’ve sent a card to her that says, “I hope that you feel better soon.”

Our parents are taking us out to dinner tonight.

In this paper that I’ll write, I’ll make it clear what is true and what is false about what that person says in her new book about the president.

If I appear to look poorly, it’s because I ate something bad and I feel terrible.

Mark, you have to stop using bad words!

This is a list of tools that I need to buy to fix some things in the house.

When you have to teach a child to read, there are many tools that you must learn about in order to do it right.

I can’t begin to tell you how much fun we had at your party!

How can those women carry all of that; they must have been shopping all day.

I just sent you our new address on a post card.

He has a low, deep voice.

How many different jobs have you had in your life?

If you open that door, very cold air will get into the house.

Put this box at the base of the Christmas tree; it’s for Mom.

This morning, when I took a letter to mail it at the post office, I made it clear to them that I need to be able to track it.

We’re going to take this train east to go into the city.

We’ll be using these lights to put around the Christmas tree, and those lights over there will go above the front door.

Following church today, we can go to the movies if you’d like to.

Wait here for me, because you can’t go into that area of the building.

There is too much sad news on the TV!

The police want to take action against that bad guy.

Come on, Mom; you can’t force me to clean up my room, can you?

We’re done with this job, so it’s time to power down that machine.

My favorite saying from the movies is, “May the force be with you!”

Dad, can I ask you a simple question?

Mom, I had a bad dream about a snake that was under my bed.

We visited our grandparents this past summer, and we had a great time.

I need to coat the chicken with milk before I put it into the pan.

Do you think that they’ll let us come to their party?

When she went across the finish line, she let out a big yell.

       
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Lesson 30

   
happen, doll, yeah, cry, wash, she’ll, explain, rule, change, toy

“Mommy, I thought that this might happen; my doll got all dirty at the beach.” “Yeah, I can see that; but don’t cry, because we’ll put her in the wash when we get home, and she’ll be as good as new!”

Let me explain a rule we have in our house that we can’t change; if a friend comes over and wants to play with your favorite toy, you have to let them do that.

   
probably, short, wave, bye, serve, pancake, butter, syrup, weight, certain, sports, lose, shape, pound

I know that you’re probably sad that your grandparents have to leave after such a short visit, but smile and wave “bye” to them, and don’t cry.

What would you like for me to serve you to put on your pancake, maybe some butter and syrup?

Oh no, my weight has gone up a lot; it’s certain that I need to get back into sports and exercise – and eat less – in order to lose a pound every day or two, so that I’ll be in better shape.

   
usual, late, meeting, doesn’t, example, reach, cooking, oil, shelf, among, bottles, pages, cover, whole, poems, possible

As usual, Mark is late to our meeting; that doesn’t set a very good example, does it?

Can you reach the cooking oil for me; it’s up there on the top shelf among some other glass bottles.

Class, please read pages 102 to 113 tonight, and we’ll cover that whole chapter of poems tomorrow, if that’s possible.

   
Sunday, press, bus, field, quick, burger, photo, age, beauty, complete, vice, share, view, common, concern, Congress

After the game was over, a bus took the whole team on a quick ride from the playing field to a well-liked burger restaurant.

Each photo that I look at of my grandma – going back to when she was a child – showed that she was a complete beauty at every age of her life.

The vice-president will share her point of view on this common concern about Congress this Sunday on the TV news show “Meet The Press.”

   
though, form, including, title, sign, space, below, training, wheel, bike

Even though you’ve been here before, the company doctor says that you need to complete this form, including your job title, and then sign it in the space below this line.

Dad, a training wheel came off of my bike!

   
whose, product, thousand, dollars, seems, piece, junk, cow, barn, fill, size, step, hold, cross

Whose bright idea was it to make this product; I had to pay a thousand dollars for it, and it seems to me that it’s a piece of junk that won’t ever work right!

If you’ll milk each cow in the barn, I think that you can fill up a bucket that’s about this size.

Carefully step down here and hold my hand when we cross the street.

   
decide, color, pair, inch, seed, follow, proud, note, send, mind, join, having, measure, pictures, island, plane, shown, notice, seemed, plain, themselves

Did you decide what color you’d like your new shoes to be?

Please fill that bucket to an inch from the top with this bird seed.

The class was able to follow my most important rule on our field trip today, and they should be proud of themselves for that.

Write your note on plain white paper and send it in our office mail to Mr. Smith.

If you don’t mind, I’d like to join you at your table where you’ll be having lunch so that we can talk more about how to fix this problem.

Can you measure this piece of wood and see if you get the same answer that I did; it seems to me to be an inch too long.

I let my students color pictures for a half an hour today in class.

To get to that island, we have to go in a small plane.

We’re trying to sell our house, but it has not been shown to any new people in over two weeks.

There was a notice on the front door of the store about a special sale on bread.

The tea that I had for lunch seemed too sweet to me.

“Did you notice that Sam seemed sad at school today?” “Yeah, I think his girl friend is really mad at him about something.”

I’ll measure your feet to see what size shoes you wear.

Would you like some ice cream with your pound cake.

Put all of your weight against this barn door and press hard to see if you can get it to open.

Mom took a good photo of me as I bit into my huge burger; I was able to eat the whole thing!

“Is a doll kind of like a toy?” “Yeah, I’d say that it probably is.”

Put these soft drink bottles among the other junk in the back of the car.

With all of this ice on the ground, hold on to me and carefully take one step at a time.

I’ll send these pictures to Grandma along with the note that I’m about to write.

I’m going to join the cross-country team at school; that’s always been one of my favorite sports.

Let me explain why we need to change this rule.

Notice how my cat will follow me around to every place that I go; my view is that he really wants to be a dog!

The water around this island is ice cold; you’d be out of your mind to take a swim in it!

We’ll be including Grace in the meeting; she’ll tell us a lot about what goes on in Congress, and it’s possible that she will help us to come up with a better plan of action.

What is the title of that very large book of poems; it looks like it could have a thousand pages in it!

He ate all of his dinner even though he doesn’t really happen to like fish.

I’m having to decide whether to fix the back wheel on my bike or to just get a new one; it’s in pretty bad shape.

I’m going to let the kids fix dinner all by themselves without my help; let’s see what might happen with that!

I need to get the bag of seed that’s in the barn; while I’m there, I’ll let the cow out.

It’s getting late; get to bed now, because you have to get up early for Sunday church.

They had to change the oil in our school bus today.

That’s one beauty of a black eye; as usual, did you get into another fight on the playing field today?

I’ll have just plain white-bread toast with no butter, please.

When you’re training for a new sports season, they exercise you like crazy!

Jan, please show the class an example of the good form that you keep with your body when you do that exercise.

Let’s meet at 3:00 PM just below that yellow sign that’s on that building.

There’s a nice common space in the center of town where we could meet for a quick lunch.

We hope to pound the other team in the game today.

As she said “bye” to me on Sunday morning, she began to cry.

I’m getting very good training in the cooking class that I’m taking.

If you think that there’s something wrong with the plan, please share your concern.

Could you please serve me toast with butter in place of the usual pancake?

The next wave will wash your toy boat up to the sand.

The vice-president asked if we could take a few short minutes to check on our phone calls.

Are you certain that you want to try some of this syrup in your hot tea?

When you reach my old age, you almost want to cry when you have another birthday!

Cover those pages so that they don’t get wet in the rain.

That sports team gets really mad every time that they lose a game.

Put this syrup back up on that shelf, please.

I wonder whose twenty dollars those are.

We have shown our new product to about a hundred people, and we’re proud to say that they like it very much!

I’d like to learn how to fly a plane, and then I could go high up and get a great view of the land below me.

If I could go up into space, I’d want to go to the moon and see the beauty of the Earth from there.

Would you like for me to serve you some apple butter for your toast?

If you’re nice to her, I know that she’ll share her favorite doll with you and let you play with it.

Mom, did you put my short dress in the wash to get that little bit of oil out of it?

When you’re cooking my burger, would it be possible for it to come out well-done?

When I went to get on my bike, I realized that one wheel didn’t have any air in it.

“What age is Ted?” “I’m pretty certain that he’s ten years old.”

I need to complete my school paper before Friday, and I have a big concern that I can’t pull that off.

I can’t reach that on the shelf; it’s too high up.

I heard that she’s running for Congress; do you think that she can win?

The school bus was late to our stop this morning; I think it’s probably because it took a while to start it up on such an ice-cold day.

What should we serve for dinner when the Smiths come over tomorrow night?

A big wave was coming toward the island, and everyone was running up a big hill in order to be safe.

I like these pictures because they have a lot of color in them.

“Did you decide what new product to send to your brother for Christmas?” “Yes, and it was less than a hundred dollars.”

Whose dog is that in our yard; I’m scared to step outside until it leaves.

Fill that box with your junk and put it in the trash, if you don’t mind.

It seemed like he might have the biggest pair of eyes that I had ever seen.

I can’t even inch forward a little bit because all of the cars have come to a complete stop.

Why is that cow in the road; it’s going to be in bad shape if a car runs into it!

After I ate my pancake, I said “bye” and went outside to catch the school bus.

Did you happen to wash my clothes yet; I need to wear some of them to a meeting tomorrow.

Though I’ve already put more than enough food in your lunch box, I’ll also be including an apple.

His job title at work is Vice-President of Product Training, and he will be on the TV news talking to the press this afternoon.

I want to take a quick photo of this funny-looking animal; it’s huge, and I wonder what its weight is.

The students ran their meeting by themselves, having asked if they could do that without a teacher being there.

This is a good example of a common form that you’d find when you go to see a doctor, and it doesn’t have any crazy language in it; you would just sign it right here.

Look what I found among the paper in this box; these are the love poems that you sent to me when we were young; I don’t ever want to lose them!

I want you to cover this in the meeting: please explain to everyone why we made this rule.

We must have seen a thousand buffalo out on the plain.

Hold this pair of bottles for me while I measure this piece of cloth.

Follow me, and I’ll show you where I’m having to keep the bird seed in the barn.

I’ve shown you time and time again how you have to close the door on the plane before you take off!

I can fill your order now; what size soft drink would you like?

It seems like I’ve done this a thousand times, but I’m not proud to say that I still can’t get it quite right most of the time.

I heard him yell, “Cross the street and come join us over here!”

Send this note to the vice-president.

This old pair of shoes is still in pretty good shape.

   
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Lesson 31

   
slowly, followed, bears, hiding, walking, forest, lead, afraid, brush, yummy, honey, Easter, bunny, giant, ears, teeth, skin, holding, basket, chocolate, candy

Though we were a bit afraid, we slowly and carefully followed a couple of bears in the forest – hiding behind trees as we were walking through the brush – in the hope that they would lead us to a tree where they had found some yummy honey.

I want to draw a picture of a crazy Easter bunny, with giant ears, huge sharp teeth, with skin that looks like that of a snake, and he will be holding a basket full of rocks that look like chocolate candy.

   
scary, monster, pink, monkey, wings, watching, swallowed, single, bite, stared, joy, standing, dressed, Thanksgiving, delicious, pumpkin, pie, eating, perfect, meal, turkey

The scary monster looked like a pink monkey with wings, and as we were watching it, it swallowed large whole birds in one single bite.

Mom was standing by the kitchen sink, and I stared at her with joy while she dressed the turkey for our Thanksgiving dinner; but as delicious as I knew that it would be, all I could think of was the pumpkin pie that I’d be eating at the end of our perfect meal.

   
kid, Valentine’s, gonna, shouted, sick, dropped, herself, wasn’t, glad, weren’t, rose, replied, hmm, uh, um, sorry, page, breath

Dad, one kid in our class ate so much candy at our Valentine’s Day party that she shouted, “I’m gonna be sick!” Then she dropped to the floor and threw up all over herself; it wasn’t pretty, and you should be glad that you weren’t there!

The teacher asked Rose for the answer, so she took a deep breath, and then she replied, “Hmm, uh, um … I’m so sorry Mrs. Page, but what was the question again?”

   
wonderful, singing, flying, lovely, who’s, lady, dreams, magical, leprechaun, fairy, nobody, trouble, worried, Halloween, trick, treat, opened, dinosaur

On Halloween evening, when I opened the front door, each kid would yell “trick or treat,” and though I was a bit worried about the kids, I’m glad to say that nobody got into any trouble that night.

I keep having dreams where I’m in a magical forest, and there are a leprechaun, a fairy, and a lovely lady who’s got a wonderful singing voice – and who has a pet that’s a flying dinosaur.

   
million, shiny, straight, stars, amazing, sight, blew, son, living, cloud, self, pity, explained, feels, alone, empty

We were outside in the country on a clear night, far away from any city lights; I looked straight up to the sky, and I think that I saw a million shiny stars; it was an amazing sight that just blew me away!

My son is living in a black cloud of self-pity these days; his girl friend left him, and he explained to me that he now feels all alone and empty.

   
thanks, thinking, wrote, welcome, yourself, hi, ease, heat, heart, real

“Hi, Jan; thanks for thinking of me with the nice card that you wrote to me.” “You’re very welcome; I was worried about you and am now glad to see that you’re taking such good care of yourself since you had your fall.”

The wind blew snow into my eyes, and I wasn’t able to see; I was afraid that I was going to lose my sight, and that the bears who followed me would catch up to me and make me their evening meal!

I was so full that I couldn’t take another single bite of the delicious Thanksgiving turkey; if I ate any more, I knew that I would get sick.

If I don’t brush my teeth now, people will tell me that I have bad breath.

My friends are holding a Valentine’s Day party; I hope that I’ll have a lovely time there and that they’ll have my favorite pink candy for us to eat.

I swallowed hard as this big kid got in my face and shouted, “I’m gonna pound you into the ground if you don’t give me five dollars!”

When the president visited a group of men and women from the Army, he walked into the room and said, “At ease, soldiers!”

Who’s that lady with such a wonderful singing voice; she’s the one over there dressed in the pink dress.

As I was watching my teacher today, she just wasn’t herself; I’m afraid that she’s sick.

The honey that I put in my tea makes it yummy.

I’m going to heat up some chicken soup for lunch.

My grandpa has such a kind heart.

That monster isn’t real, honey; it’s just from a story!

Look, we can’t monkey around with this; you need to take the lead on this now and get your team to fix this problem!

Nobody who I know has crazy dreams like I have; in them, I’m always being followed by a scary monster.

I’ve been thinking about what you wrote to me, and you’re right; I’m so straight with other people – when I tell them what they don’t want to hear – that it gets me into trouble some of the time.

I like the thought of living in that cool house, but it would take two million dollars to buy it, which we don’t have!

I’m walking slowly because I hurt my right foot.

What are you hiding behind your back; might it be a yummy treat that you got from the Easter bunny?

My skin is red because a bug with giant wings bit me there.

My son explained to me what he learned in science class today; it was all about how stars form.

Hmm, that’s a tough question for me to answer; I’m gonna have to get back to you on that.

Hi, I’d like to welcome you to our home, and I hope that you enjoy yourself while you stay with us.

Thanks for those kind words; I’d almost worked myself into a state of self-pity.

The boy said to his mom, “Um, can I tell something funny from my school day?” She replied, “I’m all ears; tell me about it!”

Look at that big black cloud that just blew in; it feels like we’re going to get some heavy rain.

I’ve got to ease into that ice-cold water an inch at a time so that my body slowly gets used to it.

I dressed like a leprechaun on Halloween, and people seemed to get a kick out of that.

With a look of joy on her face, she swallowed her first bite of the delicious pumpkin pie.

There’s a bee flying around me that’s really getting under my skin; I wish that it would go away!

He made a perfect three-point shot that dropped right into the basket!

“Who’s at the front door?” “Well, I looked out the front window, and there’s nobody there.”

Ted, I want you to slowly lead the class into the library.

My favorite candy on Easter is a chocolate bunny.

Um, this time tomorrow we’ll be eating our Thanksgiving dinner.

I was standing still in the forest, hiding behind a tree, when I saw two bears walking near me.

Today, a monkey at the zoo started to jump up and down like crazy; I just stared at it and began to laugh.

I’m going to brush my hair so that it will cover my ears.

I’m sorry that you weren’t able to come to our party on Friday; I was worried about you when you didn’t show up.

We opened the box, but it was empty.

My doctor is going to check out my heart today.

My friend dreams of flying a plane for the Air Force when he’s grown up.

The young boy said, “I’ve got a magical trick that I’d like to show you.”

It was cold enough outside that we could see our breath.

It’s hard for that single mom to take care of her kids all by herself.

That little boy won’t let go of his toy dinosaur.

Come inside from the heat and cool off.

Dad, in the movies, how do they make certain things look so real, when they’re really not?

I’d to like to see and hear a singing fairy in the woods at night.

Ted has a sister who is a lovely young lady.

We had a wonderful time on Halloween night, and I was always watching with joy when my little sister shouted “trick or treat” when each door opened.

Mom rose from her chair and asked, “Could you please help me with something?” Dad replied, “Of course, honey, that will be no trouble at all.”

We have lots of turkey left over for our meal tomorrow night.

I’ve been thinking that we need more shiny things on our Christmas tree.

“Hi, I want to tell you that the book you just wrote is amazing!” “Uh, well, thanks very much!”

Son, go straight to school; you need to be there on time!

Don’t you just love the Christmas movie “Home Alone?”

Sorry, I just dropped a bite of pumpkin pie on the floor.

“Mom, there’s a scary monster under my bed.” “No there’s not; it’s just the cat who dropped by in your room to say ‘hi’ to you.”

There’s a picture of a perfect chocolate cake on this page.

A rose fell out of the basket of flowers that she was holding.

What will we be eating at our Valentine’s Day party?

She didn’t have the heart to keep her dog outside when it was so cold out there.

The leprechaun said, “Hmm, how is that fairy flying when her wings are so small?”

I stared at the dinosaur bones and said, “Uh, those must be the biggest animal bones in the world!”

She said, “Um, weren’t you out of school sick today; so why are you here at the party tonight?”

Turn the heat up, please; it’s way too cold inside the house.

Mr. Smith swallowed hard and said, “Look, you need to be on the same page with me about how we’re going to fix this problem together, or else; you got it?”

She’s so much better at chess than I am that she’ll win our game with ease.

In this book, there’s a magical story about a giant honey bee that’s as big as a person!

There’s nobody living in that house; you can tell because it’s empty, and there are not any lights on.

I hope that she feels welcome – and not all alone – when she comes to work for our company.

I explained, “Look, you can’t beat yourself up when you did everything that you knew how to do, so stop the self-pity party right now and move on with life!”

Some animals are so funny looking that you wonder if they are real!

That cloud is an amazing sight; what animal does it look like to you?

Those two movie stars each have on a shiny dress.

“How are you doing these days?” “Things are great, and I feel like a million dollars!”

We’re standing by, still waiting for the president and his team to arrive.

That child just lost two of her front teeth.

Figure out how to fix this problem.

    
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Lesson 32

   
arrived, quickly, crowd, surprised, noticed, anyone, hug, kiss, whispered, rather, tired, sleeping, cozy, roof, tummy, woke, suddenly, rolled, moment, wondered, Santa, onto

I arrived at the party and quickly looked through the crowd, and I was surprised as I noticed that I didn’t know anyone there.

When I got home, I gave my wife a hug and a kiss, and then I whispered to her, “You know, I’m rather tired, so I’ll probably go to bed early tonight.”

I was sleeping on my tummy in my cozy bed, but I woke up suddenly when I heard a noise on the roof; I rolled over onto my back, thought for a moment, and then I wondered if it was Santa.

   
feeling, ends, super, toes, fingers, fluffy, climbed, wide, hung, shook, spread, hurry, hungry, stuff, grabbed

It was super cold outside, and I had lost feeling in the ends of my toes and fingers, but I stayed out a while longer because I was having fun in the fluffy snow.

My dog climbed out of the pond, all wet, and he walked over to me; then he spread his legs wide, hung his head a bit, and he shook water all over me!

I was in a hurry, but I was also hungry, so I ran down to the kitchen and grabbed some stuff from the refrigerator; as I ate, I almost swallowed my food whole.

   
throw, break, fear, starts, third, everybody, parade, forever, growing, dancing, excellent, gift, fancy, lucky, faster

Don’t throw that ball too near the house, because you might break a window, and I fear that your dad would be quite angry with you if you did that!

School starts back after Christmas break on the third, and everybody I know wants a few more days off; of course, the only way that could happen would be if we got some snow days.

I thought that the parade would go on forever, and I was growing tired, but at the end, some dancing bears went by, and that was excellent!

I’m so lucky; the best Christmas gift that I got was brought to me by Santa, and it’s a fancy new bike that goes way faster than my old one.

   
tears, pulled, goodbye, laughed, guys, hadn’t, haven’t, changed, count, ways, cook, remembered, wow

She gave her boy friend a hug and a kiss, and then tears came into her eyes as she pulled away from him, because she now had to say “goodbye” to him since he was going off to college.

The two guys hadn’t seen each other in years; they shook hands, laughed, and one said to the other, “You haven’t changed a bit.”

You can’t count the many ways that there are to cook an excellent chicken dish, but I just remembered something special that my mom taught me, and I know that this dish will “wow” you.

   
tells, works, surprise, nine, papa, thinks, wild, hooray, born, gently, arms, seat, clouds, rainbow, colors, miles

Mom tells me that nine guys where papa works are going to throw him a surprise birthday party, and she thinks that they’re all going to have a wild time.

Hooray, I hear that your baby boy was born yesterday; I can hardly wait to hold him gently in my arms.

I had a seat next to a window, and when the plane came out of the clouds, I could see a rainbow of many colors just a few miles away.

   
Mary, Henry, cabin, California, we’ve, simply, chance, truck, spent, moved, twice, useful, variety, toys, goodness, giving, sold, Paul, dirt, everywhere

Our friends Mary and Henry have a cozy cabin in California; we’ve been there once, and it has a simply beautiful view of the ocean, so we hope to have a chance to visit there again.

My truck is stopped in the deep snow, and I’ve spent two hours trying to get it out; just twice, it moved a little bit, but then it stopped again, and nothing else that I’m doing seems to be useful.

We have a variety of toys that we’re giving to our kids for Christmas, and thank goodness we got them before any of them sold out.

When Paul came into the house, his shoes were a mess, and now there’s dirt everywhere all over the kitchen floor.

Mary gently held her son Henry in her arms and gave him a hug and a kiss; she then whispered to him, “It’s going to be okay,” and his tears went away quickly.

Honey, thank goodness you’re giving away these nine large old toys; we’ve just got too much stuff in the house that’s no longer useful, and it takes up too much space everywhere.

We’ve just seen a wild and crazy movie that has a big new surprise in it about every five minutes.

Papa thinks that we’ve watched way too much TV during this past week, so he’s grabbed these books from the shelf and says that he wants for us to read them.

What week works best for you guys to come visit us at our new cabin; we will have moved into it by the end of the month.

Paul tells me that you were born in California and have lived in a variety of places all over the state.

I haven’t had time to cook dinner, so I’ll hurry to fix something easy since I fear that you’re all very hungry.

Has anyone noticed that the road ends here and that we haven’t arrived at the Smiths; wow, how did we get so lost?

The truck was almost out of gas, so it just rolled down the hill for a couple of miles in order to save gas.

Henry, look at that rainbow with such pretty colors!

The doctor tells me that she’ll be with you in a moment, so I wondered if you might like a drink of water.

Mom pulled a fast one on Papa and held a surprise party for him; some people hung around quite late before they said “goodbye” and went home.

The teacher said, “Each of us has ten fingers and ten toes; let’s count them together.”

Our third son is now driving a truck for his company; twice, he’s been all the way to California and back.

Henry spent a lot of time getting our cabin ready, and he had to fix many things, but we finally sold it for nine-thousand dollars more than we thought we would.

Is there a chance that you carry wild honey at your food store; I simply can’t find any at other stores.

Thank goodness, I just remembered that I hadn’t changed the baby yet; to have been waiting any longer would have caused a mess.

We haven’t gone dancing in forever, and I think that it would be rather fun for a change; how about you?

The baby is growing tired and hungry, so can you drive a bit faster – while being safe about it – to get us home soon?

The crowd was surprised when the clouds went away and the sun came out; many people laughed, and some folks yelled “hooray!”

I was lucky to get such a fancy gift from my best friend Mary.

I’ve been in his seat for the last hundred miles, and I haven’t moved an inch; could we please take a break and stop at the gas station?

Everybody at the parade was dressed in a warm coat since it was so cold outside.

We had a super time at their party, where they had a great spread of food and drink.

With tears coming out of her eyes, she said, “We’ve looked far and wide today, but haven’t seen our cat Fluffy; I fear that she’s climbed a tall tree and is hiding from us.”

Paul whispered to his girl friend, “Let me tell you all the ways that I love you,” and she laughed back at him and said, “You just like me because I’m a great cook.”

It was the first time that I had had to sleep in a sleeping bag, and there was nothing cozy about it, with the thing being spread out on dirt and rocks; I woke up a bunch of times that night.

Suddenly, a car rolled out in front of us; Dad stopped quickly, but we still almost hit it; he hung his head and said, “I had a bad feeling about that car, and I just really don’t like being on the road with people who don’t drive well!”

I hadn’t said “goodbye” yet, and I’m glad that I remembered to say to the Smiths, “thank you for such a nice evening,” before I left.

Wow, there are way too many people in that crowd to count them all.

As I pulled up to his house and dropped him off, I said to my old friend, “You know, you have changed in so many ways for the better since we were kids in third grade!”

I spent twice as much time shopping for toys for the kids than I thought it would take me to.

He asked the nurse, “Will you be giving me a different shot in each of my arms?”

Dad thinks that those clouds will bring us a good rain.

Everybody in my class was feeling terrible from a bad cold at some point in time last month.

When this movie ends, I need to hurry home to see if my grandparents have arrived yet.

Our cat Fluffy rolled around on the floor for a moment, and then she suddenly jumped up onto the blue chair.

If you take a chance at this, you might get lucky!

I simply love this excellent gift that you gave to me.

As Dad climbed up to the roof, I was afraid that he might throw his back out.

If your tummy starts to hurt, you might be getting sick.

I love to feel the sand at the beach with both my toes and my fingers.

Is the front door wide enough for us to get the new large refrigerator into the house?

Paul, you won’t be growing forever; I think that you’ll end up being six feet tall.

As he flew down onto to the next roof, Santa wondered what fancy food would be there in the house for him to help fill his hungry tummy.

I got a variety of very useful tools for the house for Christmas; I think that this was my favorite gift.

I’m sold on your idea, Henry; let’s find out if anyone in the office can find any kind of problem with it.

I woke up and was surprised when I noticed that there was a foot of snow on the ground outside.

The Earth shook from the loud thunder.

It’s going to take forever to box up all of this stuff.

There was a lot of dancing in the street during the parade.

After the car starts, it takes a little while for the heat to begin working.

Mom, thanks for making such a super dinner for my birthday; there was nothing else that I would rather have eaten!

I grabbed my lunch box and ran faster than I ever had before in order to catch the school bus.

I plan to be sleeping until 8:00 AM tomorrow morning.

The wall in her room has rainbow colors on it.

I gently took a seat on the plane next to a nice-looking lady.

Everywhere that I looked around the kitchen, there was dirt that I was going to have to clean up.

Did you hear what that guy said – “The second that I was born, it made the world a better place to live in” – can you believe that?

I’ve been trying to fix up this old car; let’s see if it finally works now!

Many people in the crowd yelled “hooray” when Paul shot a three-point basket.

   
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Lesson 33

   
choose, practice, Spanish, matter, laughing, whatever, honest, stupid, middle, covered, wake, nearly, aren’t, wearing, dance, forget, tight, turns, he’ll

I try to practice my Spanish with Miles, but no matter what I say out loud, he’ll always start laughing; whatever I say just doesn’t sound right, or to be more honest, it just sounds stupid coming out of my mouth!

In the middle of the night, the ground will become covered with snow and ice, and when we wake up tomorrow, any of us who would choose to drive a car is nearly crazy.

You aren’t wearing that to the dance are you; did you forget that it turns out that that dress is way too tight for you now?

   
stories, dragon, sleepy, towns, throughout, ancient, anyway, symbol, meant, hearts, lives, bold, danced, anymore, cute, date, except, penny, girls

Miles wrote a number of stories about a dragon that liked to set fire to sleepy little towns that were found throughout what’s now England, during its ancient times.

Any way that you look at it, the new king’s bold symbol for his rule over the country is meant to drive fear into the hearts and lives of his people.

I can’t believe anything that he says anymore.

Miles danced with some cute girls at the dance, but he won’t take any of them out on a date, except for Penny.

I don’t think that she’ll say “yes,” but I’ll ask her anyway.

   
worry, missed, motion, extra, imagine, bigger, roll, begins, Thursday, paid, ones, happens, answered, computer, Internet, instead

Don’t worry that we missed the date to put our plan into motion; we needed some extra time to perfect our kick-off, and now we imagine a bigger and better roll-out than before, and it begins next Thursday.

When I paid for the food in cash, I asked for the change that they would give me to be with as many ones (dollars, of course) as possible, and the good news was that they could do that for me.

My car ran out of gas, and I don’t like it when that happens!

I heard what Miles said when he answered the phone; it was “whatever you might want to do, please let’s not go to the park; how about, instead, we go to the new action movie about the computer guy who takes down the whole Internet?”

There aren’t nearly enough girls at our middle school who want to try out for a sports team.

There are too many tight turns on this road; instead of going this way any longer, can you look on the map and see if there is a better way to go?

Wake up, Miles, and use your brain to choose better words; that was a pretty stupid thing to say to Mary, and I have to wonder if you even want her to be your girl friend anymore!

On this bigger road, we won’t have to drive through a bunch of sleepy little towns that would really slow us down.

   
loves, chase, sees, climb, knows, won, gives, sang, York, cheer, rang, shout

Our dog loves to chase our cat, but when he sees the cat about to climb a tree, he knows that the cat has won, and he then he just gives up.

The crowd let out a shout and then sang a song of good cheer on the busy New York street, right as the bell rang at 12:00 AM to let in New Years Day.

   
ahead, farther, Indians, talks, closed, comfort, television, coffee, luck, horrible, mistake, ashamed, prepare

He looked ahead and realized that he must go much farther down the road to get where he had to be to meet up with the Native American Indians, in order to begin their talks.

She closed the door, turned on the television, sat down in comfort in her favorite chair, and picked up her cup of hot coffee, ready for some time alone by herself.

With lots of luck, our team won; the other team – ashamed of themselves – played a horrible game, making mistake after mistake; they would have to prepare much better for their game in the following week.

   
hey, laid, ah, rode, wizard, magic, owl, landed, readers, alike, admit, least, awful, football

“Hey Miles, do you know where I laid my science book down?” “Ah, I think that you put it on the seat next to you when we rode the school bus home.”

The wizard used magic to turn himself into an owl, and he flew up and landed on the roof of the church.

Students, we have two readers coming to our class today, and they’re going to share stories from all over the world that are a lot alike, even though they came from different places.

I admit that I was awful in the football game today, but at least I had put in a lot of practice time this past week.

   
spend, bottle, pop, mine, aunt, chip, finger, bath, ok, hello, paint, shows

Chip, put your finger in the bath water to make sure that it’s not too hot, so that you can find out if it’s ok to get into now.

Hello Mr. Smith; it’s time to paint the outside of our house, which we do about every five years; how much will we have to spend to get it done this year?

That bottle of pop is mine, Aunt Rose.

Look Miles, this is not a laughing matter; you made a horrible mistake by doing that, you’re in bigger trouble than you can imagine, and you should be ashamed of yourself!

Aunt Rose just woke up, so I’m going to prepare the breakfast coffee while she begins her morning bath.

Are you going to shout and cheer throughout the game for your school football team, the Indians?

I needed to write this in Spanish, so I got on my computer, looked on the Internet, and it answered my question and gave me a correct sentence.

When I looked ahead, I saw how hard the hill was going to be to climb; so, I went no farther, turned around, and went back home.

I had an awful dream last night about an evil wizard who had a man-eating dragon for a pet; the dragon wanted to chase me until I couldn’t run anymore.

My dad loves to watch television shows about cooking, and sometimes he’ll spend hours at a time looking at them.

Is it ok if I choose to put some extra candy hearts on top of my ice cream?

I paid the bill – which was ten dollars – all with ones.

My Aunt Rose lives in York, England, and right now my mom is on a plane flying over there because she sees her once every year.

The talks between the two countries are closed to the press, but we’ll learn about what happens from the television news later this evening.

Though those two girls don’t seem to have much in common, you at least have to admit that they look a lot alike.

Ah, who knows where I laid that book down; I have bad luck and always lose things.

Dad said, “Hey Grace, I finally covered up that chip in the paint on the kitchen wall.”

It gives me great comfort to enjoy a hot cup of coffee.

Let’s set a date for our follow-up meeting; I can do it any day next week except for Thursday.

With lots of study practice – and just a bit of luck – I think that I missed just one question on my Spanish test.

To be honest with you, I thought that the movie was pretty stupid; I can’t tell you how many times I had to roll my eyes at each horrible joke!

Have you noticed how your ears pop when a plane is taking off; I don’t like it when that happens.

If I’m on a boat where the waves rock it up and down, that motion makes me feel sick, so that’s why I worry every time that I get onto a boat.

When we go to the store, I’m going to spend every penny that’s mine on pop or candy; I admit that this is stupid, but I’m going to do it anyway!

I hope that the owl that likes to sit in the tree next to my window doesn’t wake me up in the middle of the night again.

All of us in our book group are great readers, and we read bold books that really make you think hard.

No matter what I do, I forget about things all the time; to be honest with you, whatever I try just doesn’t help me to remember things any better.

That cute little boy was wearing me out as I watched him dance around the room; he was in motion for twenty minutes straight!

My phone rang, I answered it and said “hello,” and then someone who I didn’t know sang “happy birthday” to me; before I could tell them that they had called a wrong number, they hung up on me.

I had no comfort at all when I rode my first horse ever; after a while, it stopped, got down on the ground, and started to roll over on me; I jumped off just in time!

The teacher tried to explain what this ancient symbol meant, but it all went right over my head.

The plane was almost out of gas, so it landed on an open field that was covered with snow; everyone was safe, thank goodness!

Hey, what gives you the right to take that when you know that it’s mine; I’m going to chase you till you give it back!

I don’t know what she sees in him, but she loves him so much that it’s like she’s been put under a magic spell.

You can pop the top off of this bottle with just one finger, and even my baby brother knows how to do it.

Our hearts were light as we danced throughout the night at the big party.

Cheer up and don’t worry; you’re not in any trouble, because you missed just one question on the test.

Mom, I’m not wearing that dress to the dance; it’s not cute enough, for one thing, and it’s a little bit too tight for me now, anyway.

I wish that the wizard would teach me at least one safe magic trick; for example, I think that it’s cool when he turns on a light with the point of a finger!

When we were in New York, we saw a great football game, and our favorite team won it.

Each of us rode a horse to the base of the mountain, but to go any farther ahead, we had to go by foot and climb the rest of the way.

I feel awful right now, but I imagine that I’ll be ok tomorrow.

Mr. Smith did a great paint job on the house, and I paid him for his good work on Thursday.

I meant to prepare dinner ahead of time, but when the plane that your dad was on landed early, I had to get in the car and go pick him up.

This is a hard job, and I’m going to have to chip away at it over time to ever get it done.

When the front door closed and the Smiths were walking to their car to drive home, I let out a little shout and sang a happy song; I thought that they were never going to leave!

I hope that my aunt shows me how to play her favorite card game; it looks like it’s a lot of fun.

Ah, it turns out that I didn’t forget where I’d put it, after all; I laid the baby bottle on the kitchen table; can you go get it and bring it to me, please?

Sometimes my cat will roll her ears back, and she looks like an owl for a moment.

The phone rang, I answered it and said “hello,” but I didn’t know the voice on the other end; I then said, “I think that you made a mistake and called the wrong number.”

Both of my little boys are alike in that they each like to have a toy boat with them when they take a bath.

I’m a bit ashamed to say this, but when he talks, I find it a little hard to understand him.

There are many Indians from the Far East in my computer science class at college.

Readers of the books that I write like bold action stories about the lives of people in ancient times, and my last book begins with a dragon that’s born nearly five thousand years ago.

My teacher asked me, “do you see those boys over there; are they the ones who started a food fight in the lunch room on Thursday?”

I wish that I would get a penny for every stupid thing that I said last year!

I know everyone here in the room except for that tall girl with the long brown hair.

Mom said, “I’m going to fix you something extra special for your birthday dinner.”

While I danced with Mary, she was laughing with me when I would trip over my own two feet.

Dad said to my baby brother, “You aren’t sleepy, are you?”

Don’t worry grandma, this won’t be hard for you; he’ll show you how easy it is to find this store address on the Internet.

Instead of going to the beach, let’s drive to a couple of towns near here that have cute gift stores.

This flying bird on their flag is a symbol that the people in their country are free.

Ted has been on an exercise kick, and it really shows; he’s lost a lot of weight.

   
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Lesson 34

   
cousin, screamed, uncle, web, ugly, spider, serious, danger, hate, kill, officer, Tuesday, protect, public, acts, crime, responsible, prison

My cousin screamed down to my uncle, “Dad, I’m in serious danger, because there’s a web with a big ugly spider in it up here in my room, and I hate it; can you please come up here and kill it?”

A police officer came to talk to our class on Tuesday, and she said, “My job is to protect the public from acts of crime, and to help put people into prison who are responsible for crime.”

    
shirt, gray, suit, tie, boring, photograph, neighbor, pain, mention, aware, trust, arrange, realize, drop, price, waste, naughty, dig, neck

I’m going to wear a blue shirt with my gray suit, and my tie can’t be boring, because I want to stand out in the photograph that they’ll take of the group that I’m with at the big meeting.

I had to mention to my neighbor that his naughty dog is a pain in the neck and will not stop trying to dig a hole in my front yard; he said, “Oh no, I wasn’t aware of that, and trust me, I’ll arrange things so that this doesn’t ever happen again.

When we went into the gift shop, Mom said, “Do you realize that if you pick that up, then drop it and break it, that I’ll have to pay for it, and its price is a hundred dollars; that would be such a waste, wouldn’t it?

   
suggest, goose, continue, conversation, charge, cheap, expensive, afford, fair, cows, horses, fence, eleven, spiders, accept, offer, loved, doubt, darling, honor, husband, absolute

“Could I suggest that we try to cook a goose for our Christmas dinner?” “Let’s continue this conversation after we find out what a store will charge for one, because I don’t think that they’re cheap, and they may be too expensive for us to afford.”

When I was at the State Fair, looking at some cows and horses, I was standing next to a fence where I could count eleven baby spiders in a large web.

I had lots of doubt that your mom would accept my offer for her to marry me, but she loved me way more than I was aware of; her answer was, “My darling, it would be an absolute honor to have you as my husband for the rest of my life!”

What they want for that car just isn’t fair; I’m not going to waste any more time trying to buy that car until they drop the price another three-thousand dollars; what they are trying to charge me is just too expensive, and I can’t afford that.

   
promise, plenty, program, Monday, depend, prince, stage, inform, strike, shut, system, judge, situation, basic, rights, fellow, issue, shoot, film, court

I promise you that we’ve got plenty of people working on this to have the program kick-off next Monday; you can depend on that!

The Prince is coming onto the stage in a moment to inform the public about the situation with the possible strike; if it happens, it will shut down our train system.

She stood up in the court and said to the judge, “Your Honor, this fellow has basic rights which we must all protect, and there should be no issue here; he had the perfect right to shoot a part of his film on the street in question.”

   
tax, support, govern, educate, raise, wine, health, hall, fortunate, local, lord, insure, parent, amaze, drug, quarter, excite, employ, billion

You have to tax people to put into place a system that will support, govern, and educate every person in a country.

The judge said, “To all of you here in the Great Hall, please stand and raise your glass of wine, and let us toast our Prince.” He then turned to the Prince and said, “my Lord, we wish you the best of health, as we are all fortunate to have you to govern us!”

In our little local business, we employ around 50 people, and we pay them well and insure that they have a safe place to work; our parent company is very proud of the work that we do.

We have a plan that will amaze and excite Wall Street, when we sell a billion dollars of our new health drug during the next business quarter.

   
terrific, beyond, tend, doc, camp, underneath, nature, autumn, rope, bugs

I tend to find that autumn is my favorite season to camp out underneath the stars and to enjoy being out in nature, in a quiet place far beyond the busy city.

I love it when Bugs Bunny says, “What’s up, Doc?”

This rope will help you to climb up this hill; hold onto it and pull with your arms.

I had a terrific time at your party; thanks for asking me to come.

The sky in this photograph is gray, ugly, and boring; there are plenty of tools that you can use with a computer program that can make it look a lot better.

My cat that acts like he’s a dog ran down the hall after a spider.

If a police officer is in serious danger from a bad guy, he or she might have to shoot to kill him to protect his or her own life, as well as the lives of others who are in the area.

The Prince yelled, “This is a tough situation for us; I suggest that we strike hard now with our army if we want to win this ugly war.”

I made a promise that I would stay after school on Monday to help set up the stage for the school play.

It’s tough work to be a parent; it’s hard to know how to raise and educate a child, much less to keep them in good health!

My cousin and I saw eleven cows and horses at the State Fair.

There must have been a billion bugs at the beach today, and they were driving me crazy.

I really need to depend on your support on Tuesday when I ask Congress to pass this new tax in order to raise the pay for those who work in the public health system.

Doc Smith said, “I trust that you’re in a lot less pain since I gave you that new drug, right?”

The judge needs to inform all of you that he will be back in the court in ten minutes.

You tend to continue to run the water in the sink a long time; do you realize that the water isn’t free, that they charge us money to pay for that water, and that it’s not cheap; please shut the water off when you don’t need to use it!

I loved that red wine that your husband decided to choose to serve to us; it went along so well with the terrific goose that you had for your dinner party.

Uncle Bill told me that he’s going to accept the job offer that he just got to become a police officer.

In summer camp, I’m going to learn how to rope cows and horses!

Our company has just started a new program that will employ ten new people this coming Monday.

My best friend asked me, “Don’t you just really dig that song?”

That fellow will amaze you with this magic trick that he can do; I promise that you won’t believe it!

Our family is fortunate to always have plenty of food to eat, and we thank the good Lord for that!

Whether you can go to the party, or not, on Friday will depend on the grade that you get on your science test tomorrow; you’d better study hard to insure that you do well on it!

On Tuesday night, when I heard the loud thunder, I screamed and got underneath the kitchen table.

Did I ever mention to you that I have a first cousin who was in prison for five years?

That goose has a really long neck, and I think that it’s funny-looking!

My neighbor has a responsible son who I’m going to pay to paint the fence around my yard.

I hate it when I get red wine on my white shirt, because my mom then gets into a long conversation with me about how much trouble it is to clean it.

It’s part of the nature of a cat that it likes to hunt birds and other little animals; if the cat will kill one of them, you might hate them for that, but you can’t judge them, because they don’t know right from wrong like people do.

With all of this snow, we need to inform you that we’re going to have to shut down school for a couple of days.

This film will educate you about what basic rights we Americans are so lucky to have.

I need another quarter to buy this gum; it’s not as cheap as I thought it was.

How long would it take to go a billion light years in space?

We got to study a bunch of different bugs in science class this past week.

I have no doubt that the new king will govern us in a fair way; I just hope that he won’t tax us any more than we’re used to.

The situation at our local truck plant isn’t good, and I think that the basic issue that they have will force them to go on a strike.

She did a terrific job on getting that clean, because she went above and beyond what most people would do.

Nature is at its best in autumn, when the air is cool and the leaves are so pretty.

I screamed when I saw a spider underneath my desk at school, and the kid who was sitting next to me said, “Oh come on now and grow up; you’re eleven years old now, and you should not be scared of spiders!”

Darling, I’m really on the fence about whether I want to go to the Smiths’ party or not; the people who are going to be there just don’t excite me very much.

I heard that parent say, “Lord help me, but when is my naughty boy going to stop getting into trouble?”

I didn’t realize that there had just been a big price drop for gas at our local gas station; it’s fortunate that this will save me some money!

When he acts in the school play, he comes out onto the stage looking like he’s in serious danger.

“It’s such a pain in the neck to have to wear a suit and tie!” “I’m aware of that, son, but trust me; sometimes you have to dress up when you go to some fancy places.”

My uncle started to have some gray hair on his head when he was just twenty years old.

Did I mention to you that my cousin is so kind that he’d give you the shirt off of his back, and more than that, he has so much honor that you can trust anything that he says to be right!

My darling husband is an absolute hot mess in only one sense: he’s very scared of spiders, and I have to insure him that I will do the dirty work and take care of them if he sees one!

Don’t go beyond that rope; it’s not safe to be there.

Hey Doc, I’d like to suggest that we arrange for me to have another check-up in about six months.

You tend to think that you have rights that others don’t have; so, what makes you think that you’re any better than your fellow man?

We have an issue with the film shoot today; we can’t get into the dark hall in the building where we were told to set up today.

Our company will need to employ more people to help sell our new health drug that’s about to go on the market.

When Doc Smith tells me what I need to do to have better health, I trust and accept what he says without any doubt, and I try to be more responsible in doing what he tells me to do.

I think that it’s a huge crime for a big company to let their waste product get into the river.

I had a conversation with my wife and got her to agree with me that the trip that we wanted to go on was too expensive, and that we couldn’t afford it right now.

Can you get on the computer, get on the web, and see if there’s a company that can offer this product at a better price than the store that you went to?

It’s time to suit up to be ready to run out to the football field for the game.

I loved that new tie that you were wearing last night.

I would hate to have to go to prison, so I will just always say “no” to being part of any crime.

We told our neighbor that her naughty cat is an absolute pain, because it likes to chase birds in our yard, and the birds make a lot of noise.

You can’t continue to pay for this product each month; you just simply can’t afford it anymore.

Mom, the way that you arrange flowers is always so beautiful.

Not only is that photograph boring, but it’s also not sharp enough.

It will take me just a quarter of an hour to finish this.

This white wine just doesn’t excite me; its price is way too high for what you get.

What these very young kids can read will just amaze you!

Let me see what I can dig up in the kitchen to fix for dinner.

When you run for local office, of course I will support you.

They took her to court to make her pay that tax.

I’m going to be in a fun day camp this summer.

Use this rope to tie the boat up.