While we sailed to the French coast
the ship's cat caught mice.
When we arrived someone shouted "Soldiers!"
So we stayed on board the ship.
My uncle gave me ten pounds.
When someone gives me money,
I pay it into the bank to keep it safe.
I like to save my money.
A cloud hung above the shopping centre.
A child sat on the corner of the street
watching a fire engine rush past,
ready to fight the blaze.
The spider waits for the insects.
Don't you know you'll get stuck in his web!
I know spider webs are sticky.
Poor little things!
The glass hit the stone floor;
it broke into tiny pieces.
"What a horrible mess." she thought.
She put the pieces straight in the bin.
Do you know about decimals and fractions?
I looked them up in a dictionary.
You can express a number either way.
they are exactly the same value!
My father did a thorough job of mending the roof.
He is a professional builder, and very determined.
Some of the tiles were ancient!
He replaced over forty.
Although it went horribly wrong,
please don't criticise it!
I doubt you could do any better.
I find art and design hard.
I broke one of my fingers
and had to visit the hospital.
It caused me a lot of trouble.
It still hurts if you touch it.
Our computer equipment is old.
It has lots of wires.
It's very slow;
thus it's hard to finish my work.
You can cook nice cakes cheaply.
They only cost a few pence per person.
A variety of natural food is available.
Try the market, eggs cost less there.
I walked up to the mine all alone;
it was a cool day.
There wasn't a single sound in the valley.
Then a bird sang a melody.
My dad goes to marvellous islands in the East.
He has climbed the tallest mountain.
I hope I have the opportunity to go one day.
Maybe I can persuade him to take me.
I had a strange feeling in my foot.
I rolled down my sock for the doctor.
She hit my knee with a little hammer.
She thinks it'll be fine with a bit of rest.
"Don't talk with your mouth full!"
"Your room won't clean itself!" she continued.
"Mum, don't embarrass me." I reply.
Maybe she is right though.
I thought maths was horrible!
I exaggerate, but I found addition very hard.
Then a kind teacher smiled
and showed me how to do it.
A compound word is made from two words.
They are joined together;
like armchair or ringtone.
Sometimes the pronunciation is hard.
Britain was as hot as a desert!
If there is no rain, the crops will fail.
Food will be in short supply;
then the cost of food will rise.
I appreciate you are just learning to ride.
But I suggest you be more careful next time.
The skin is all grazed.
and you need to put ice on the muscle.
In the back yard, I have a garden.
I planted a row of seeds
and I marked them with a stick.
But it's possible they won't grow.
The cottage can accommodate our family easily.
It's quiet and I have my own key.
But I'm glad we don't live farther away from town.
It's convenient being close to the shops.
Some humans go on hunting trips.
I suppose they see it as leisure;
I think they just harass the poor ducks.
Whose side are you on?
I practice hockey in my spare time.
You have to learn to control the ball at speed
and to communicate with your team.
The referee is a strange lady.
Should I use 'a' or 'an'?
Sometimes I forget.
If a word starts with a consonant, use 'a'.
If it starts with a vowel, use 'an'.
If you're going to climb, you need to equip yourself.
You need to wear a helmet and boots.
Choose carefully, you have to fit it all in your bag!
And stay with your party so you don't get lost.
The Romans made sacrifices to please the gods.
They also built temples to individual gods.
Some of them are still in existence today.
You might be familiar with the famous ones.
He was caught in the act
of trying to saw through steel bars.
The police sent him to the holding cells.
After his trial, he was transferred to jail.
I sincerely hope that when I'm older,
there will be no prejudice in the world.
At the moment it's against the law,
but it still remains.
We received a large gas and electricity bill.
It came direct to our house.
They provided all the details.