LV01 - 115. The Bedroom

LV01 - 115. The Bedroom

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The Bedroom

My bed is nice and soft. 

I have a pretty bedspread on my bed. 

I have sheets and a blanket on my bed also. 

I use two feather pillows. 

My pillows have pillowcases on them. 

My dresser has a mirror on it. 

I have a lamp on top of my dresser. 

I also have some picture frames with pictures of my friends and family on top of my

dresser. 

There is an alarm clock beside my bed so that I can wake up on time in the morning. 

I keep many clothes in my dresser drawers. 

The drawers are nice and deep. 

My closet is large. 

It is a walk-in closet. 

I have my clothes hanging in my closet. 

All of my clothes are hung on hangers. 

My shoes are all lined up on the floor of my closet. 

There are shelves at the top of my closet. 

I keep games up there. 

There is a rug on my bedroom floor. 

My bedroom window looks out over the back yard. 

There are curtains on my bedroom window. 

My bedroom is very cozy. 

At night, I turn off the lamp and get under the covers. 

I set my alarm clock for seven o'clock. 

I lay my head on the pillow, and I fall asleep.

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LV01 - 114. The Bathroom

LV01 - 114. The Bathroom

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The Bathroom

There is a bathtub in my bathroom. 

On the wall over the bathtub there is a shower head. 

We have a shower curtain hanging on the rod over the bathtub. 

If we want to take a shower, we close the curtain. 

There is soap and shampoo in the bathroom. 

The soap is used for washing yourself, and the shampoo is used to wash your hair. 

Towels are hanging on racks. 

There are washcloths or face cloths to wash yourself with. 

The sink has hot and cold taps. 

There is a plug for the drain. 

When you pull the plug, the water runs out of the sink. 

There is a toilet in the bathroom. 

When you flush the toilet, the water swooshes out of it. 

There is toilet tissue hanging beside the toilet. 

We keep other things in the bathroom too. 

There is a medicine cabinet which holds pain killers, toothpaste and makeup. 

My mother likes to wear a lot of makeup on her face. 

There is also hair spray and gel. 

There are brushes and combs for our hair. 

There are toothbrushes and dental floss for our teeth. 

We only have one bathroom, so we line up to use it. 

It is good to have more than one bathroom in a house.

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LV01 - 113. Places to Live

LV01 - 113. Places to Live

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Places to Live

I live in a house. 

My house is in a town. 

My uncle lives in an apartment building. 

His apartment building is in a busy city. 

My cousin lives in a dormitory in a school. 

He shares his room with a classmate. 

My uncle lives out in the country. 

He lives on a farm. 

The police caught a criminal. 

Now the criminal lives in prison. 

When I go to summer camp, I live in a tent. 

When my parents go on vacation, they live in a motel or a hotel. 

A motel only has one or two floors. 

A hotel usually has many floors. 

My aunt and uncle live in a trailer. 

They like to move around from place to place. 

My friends live in a cottage by a lake. 

My grandfather lives in a retirement home. 

Many people who are about the same age as he is live there. 

I would like to live in a palace. 

I think you have to be a king or a queen, or a prince or a princess to live in a palace.

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LV01 - 112. Roommate Wanted

LV01 - 112. Roommate Wanted

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Roommate Wanted

Spacious two bedroom apartment with kitchen facilities. 

On the bus route to Brock University. 

Looking for quiet female roommate. 

Must be a non-smoker.  

Available from Sept. 1. 

$300 a month. 

Hydro is included. 

Call Barb after 5. 

905-111-1111 

For Sale 

Ten speed men's bike for sale. 

Excellent condition. 

$100 or best offer. 

Call Fred 905-111-1111 

Apartment for Rent 

Three bedroom apartment in the downtown area. 

$450 a month. 

Within walking distance to stores and bus route. 

Utilities not included. 

Call (905) 111-1111. 

Please leave a message on the machine, and I will get back to you. 

Roommate Wanted 

Responsible, quiet roommate wanted to share two bedroom apartment. 

Some furniture included. 

First and last month's rent required. 

$300 a month. 

Utilities included. 

Call before 6. 

905-111-1111 

Ask for George. 

Help Wanted 

Friendly reliable person wanted to work part time hours at shoe store. 

No experience necessary. We will train you. 

Please leave resume at Friendly Feet Shoe Store, 34 Main Street, Niagara Falls. 

For Sale 

Textbooks for sale. 

Included are 2nd year English and American history texts. Excellent condition. 

For complete list of texts, call Marie at (905) 111-1111 anytime after 5. 

Upper Half of Duplex for Rent 

Within walking distance to Brock University. 

Two bedrooms and balcony. 

Laundry facilities in basement. 

Very spacious and clean. 

Hydro not included. 

References required. 

$700 per month. 

Call 905-111-1111 and ask for Mr. Bridges.

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LV01 - 111. Memories

LV01 - 111. Memories

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Memories

Somebody once asked me what the most valuable things that I owned were. 

I thought about that for a long time. 

Then I realized that most of the things that I had could be replaced. 

What I would not be able to replace were the photographs that I had of my friends and

family. 

Photographs are memories that are captured on film. 

Some of the photographs are of people who are no longer with us. 

I would hate to lose them. 

Memories are precious. 

They are all we have sometimes to link us to days gone by. 

I remember the good times. 

I try to relive them in my mind sometimes. 

I remember the sad times. 

Some of the sad memories are painful, but they are all a part of my life, and I don't want

to lose any of my memories. 

People come into our lives and people leave our lives, but most people leave a memory

for us. 

I have lots of memories, and when I look at my photographs, the memories come

flooding back into my brain. 

I remember what people were like when they were younger. 

I remember vacations that I took. 

I remember days that seemed ordinary at the time, but you never get to relive even the

ordinary days. 

Memories are so precious. 

Cherish your memories, and keep them in a place close to your heart.

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LV01 - 110. Amy

LV01 - 110. Amy

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Amy

Amy was a girl who came into our classroom. 

She had many things wrong with her. 

Amy was in a wheelchair, and she couldn't talk. 

She couldn't make her hands and feet do what she wanted them to do. 

We wondered why Amy would even be in our class, because she really couldn't do much

of anything. 

Amy had a teaching assistant who had to stay with her all the time. 

One day the teaching assistant got called away. 

I had to look after Amy. 

I was afraid to look after her. 

I really didn't know what to do. 

I sat beside Amy, and I smiled at her. 

She smiled back at me. 

I never realized before that she had such a nice smile. 

Amy made a noise. 

It seemed like she wanted a crayon that was lying beside her. 

I put the crayon into her hand. 

She had trouble holding it, but eventually she got the crayon into her hand well enough

so that she could make marks on the paper that was on the tray in front of her. 

Amy spent a long time making marks on the paper. 

She tried so hard to create whatever it was that she was drawing. 

She worked for a long time. 

I just watched her, and I gave her a lot of credit for not giving up when she obviously had

so many problems. 

When she was finally done, she picked up the paper with great difficulty. 

With a look of pride on her face, she handed me the picture. 

It was for me. 

I was very touched that she spent all that time drawing something for me. 

I thanked Amy and smiled at her. 

I told her I loved the picture. 

I still have that picture, although I'm not sure what it is a picture of. 

I learned a lot from Amy that day. 

I saw a brave girl who wouldn't give up. 

Whenever I think my problems are too big to handle, I think of Amy and I remember her

smile.

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LV01 - 109. Time

LV01 - 109. Time

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Time

Time is something that you should never waste. 

Once an hour is gone, it is gone forever. 

You should make the most of every minute. 

Time is a funny thing. 

Some days go by so slowly. 

Those are the days that you do things that aren't fun. 

When you are having fun, time just flies by. 

Time is made up of different units. 

Seconds turn into minutes. 

Minutes turn into hours. 

Hours turn into days. 

Days turn into weeks. 

Weeks turn into months, and months turn into years. 

We measure our lives by time. 

We are very concerned with time. 

Even little children are very conscious of time. 

Little children often want to appear older, so if you ask a three-year-old how old he is, he

will often say three and a half. 

Many of our sayings are based on time. 

"Give me a minute." 

"Hold on a second." 

"I'm running out of time." 

"Time's up." 

"I just want an hour of your time." 

All of these are common things that we say, and they're all based on time. 

We are a society that lives by the clock. 

We almost all wear watches, and we glance at our watches a lot. 

Time is something that we can't see, but it is a big factor in our lives. 

How many times a day do you look at a watch or a clock? 

I bet you'd be surprised at just how many times you do.

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LV01 - 108. Getting Old

LV01 - 108. Getting Old

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Getting Old

My grandfather is getting old. 

When I was younger, my grandfather would carry me on his shoulders, and we would go

for a walk. 

Now, my grandfather cannot put me on his shoulders. 

He has a hard time walking, and he uses a cane. 

My grandfather used to have lots of hair. 

Now he is bald. 

His skin doesn't look like it used to. 

It is more wrinkled. 

My grandfather takes more naps than he used to. 

He goes to the doctor's, and he takes pills for his heart. 

I love my grandfather very much. 

I don't like the fact that he is getting older, but my mother says that growing older is just

a fact of life. 

She says that we will all get older. 

Sometimes my grandfather forgets things. 

My mother says to be patient. 

I am patient. 

I try to help my grandfather as much as I can. 

I sometimes go for walks with him. 

I help him to walk when he has trouble. 

I cheer him up if I think he might be sad. 

I get things for him, and I even read to him at night. 

He used to read to me when I was little. 

Now his eyesight is bad, and he can't see very well. 

My grandfather tells me stories about when he was a boy. 

The world was a very different place then he tells me. 

His stories are interesting. 

Sometimes I wish we could trade places for a day so that I would know what it felt like to

be old. 

My grandfather doesn't complain.

He jokes about his old bones. 

I spend a lot of time with my grandfather. 

I hope that he is around for a long time.

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LV01 - 107. Making Friends

LV01 - 107. Making Friends

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Making Friends

I used to be very shy. 

I would not go up to someone that I did not know and say hello. 

I was afraid that people would not want to talk to me. 

I have changed. 

I have become less shy. 

I have learned that making friends is easy to do. 

All you have to do is say hello. 

Most people will respond to a smile and a friendly hello. 

People will begin to talk to you about little things in their lives. 

You will soon realize that you have something in common with that person. 

Whenever I start talking to a new person I find that there is some interest that we share. 

Maybe we know some of the same people, or we went to the same school. 

Often we find that we like the same music or the same movies. 

It is easy to have a conversation with someone once you find a topic that you both can

relate to. 

The most important part to making friends is to listen to what the other person says. 

If you take an interest in them, they are sure to take an interest in you. 

I have learned many things from meeting people. 

I have had many fascinating conversations, and I have made a lot of good friends. 

One day a girl came up to me and said that she was lost. 

She couldn't find her way to her English class. 

I said that I was going to that class too. 

I told her to come with me. 

We began talking, and we became very good friends. 

That was a few years ago. 

She is still one of my best friends. 

Just think, if she hadn't been lost we might never have become friends.

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LV01 - 106. Favorite Colours

LV01 - 106. Favorite Colours

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Favorite Colours

My very favorite colour is purple. 

There are not a lot of things that are purple. 

Some grapes are purple. 

Sometimes the sky looks purple. 

My second favorite colour is blue. 

Some things are blue. 

The sky is blue, and water is blue. 

Many people have blue eyes. 

Green is a very common colour in nature. 

Trees are green in the summer. 

Some trees are green all year long. 

Grass is green. 

Sometimes water looks green. 

Many People have green eyes. 

Many vegetables are green. 

Broccoli, cabbage, beans, lettuce, peas, and cucumbers are all green. 

Green vegetables are very good for you. 

Yellow is a bright colour. 

The sun looks yellow. 

Bananas are yellow. 

Some people have yellow hair. 

Daffodils and dandelions are yellow. 

White is a common colour, especially in the winter. 

Snow is white. 

Clouds are white. 

Polar bears, some dogs and some cats are white. 

There are white flowers that grow. 

Some flowers are red. 

Roses can be red. 

Blood is red. 

Sometimes the sky is red at night or in the morning. 

Artists use all these colours to make beautiful paintings. 

Nature used all these colours to make the beautiful earth. 

We are fortunate to be surrounded by beauty. 

We should do our part to make sure that nature stays beautiful and clean.

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LV01 - 105. When I Grow Up

LV01 - 105. When I Grow Up

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When I Grow Up

I have been thinking about what I'd like to be when I grow up. 

There are so many choices. 

I could be a principal like my father. 

I could be a teacher. 

I like animals. 

Maybe I should be a veterinarian. 

My cat just went to the veterinarian to get her shots. 

I don't think my cat was too happy to be there. 

I could be a farmer and grow vegetables. 

Maybe I could be a doctor and cure people. 

If I was good enough, I could be a famous sports person or a singer. 

I could be an actor on television or in the movies. 

Maybe I would like to be a policeman or a fireman. 

I could rescue people. 

I can play the piano. 

Maybe I should be a musician. 

I could be a lawyer. 

I sometimes watch shows about lawyers defending people. 

Lawyers have to be able to speak well. 

I could be a carpenter and work with wood, or I could be a welder and work with metal. 

There are just so many jobs. 

I could work in a restaurant. 

I could cook food, or I could serve food. 

I could be an airline pilot or the captain of a ship. 

I could be a repairman or an artist. 

The world is full of jobs. 

Some of the jobs require a lot of education. 

Some require a little bit of training, and some require a lot of training. 

It's all up to me. 

I can be whatever I want to be.

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LV01 - 104. The Library

LV01 - 104. The Library

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The Library

One of my favorite places is the library. 

I go there to get books for school, and I go there to get books for pleasure. 

I often read mysteries for fun. 

In the summer, I read lots of mysteries. 

I like to sit outside and read. 

In the winter, I have to read books for school. 

I go to the library to find out things for my projects. 

I often use the dictionary and the atlas. 

Some of my friends go with me, and we sit at the tables and do our homework. 

We can't make a lot of noise in the library. 

People have to be quiet when they are in a library. 

When I first went to the library, I was confused about how to find books. 

The librarian showed me how to use the computer to find books. 

Now I am able to do all my research myself. 

I have read some very interesting books. 

I have learned a lot from library books. 

I always bring the books back on time so I don't get a fine. 

I am collecting books at home. 

People often give me books for gifts. 

Soon I will have my own library. 

Reading is a good hobby. 

Everyone in my family likes to read. 

The library has other things besides books. 

There are videos at the library. 

There are also compact discs at the library. 

I have a library card so I can get books, videos or compact discs whenever I want to. 

My mother sometimes goes to the library to look at the magazines. 

She gets some good recipes from the magazines. 

My father looks for books on how to build things. 

He is building some bookshelves for me at the moment. 

He found the instructions in a book. 

My little brother reads children's books. 

He likes books about trains. 

I have liked books ever since I was very small. 

My mother says that reading is a good habit to get into.

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LV01 - 103. Niagara Falls

LV01 - 103. Niagara Falls

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Niagara Falls

I live in Niagara Falls. 

Niagara Falls is a famous place. 

A lot of tourists visit here every year. 

Most of the tourists come to see the waterfalls. 

The waterfalls are very beautiful and powerful. 

At night they shine lights on the falls that make them even more dramatic. 

Tourists line up against the railings to watch the water as it tumbles into the Niagara

River. 

There are other things in Niagara Falls that the tourists like to visit. 

There are a lot of gift shops and museums. 

There are many hotels that the tourists can stay at. 

Tourism is very important to Niagara Falls. 

Many people work in the tourism industry. 

There are many jobs in the tourism industry. 

You can take a special bus and tour Niagara Falls. 

You can ride in a horse-drawn carriage in Niagara-on-the-Lake, or you can take a balloon

ride over the falls from the American side. 

You can even ride in a helicopter over the falls. 

Niagara Falls is very busy in the summertime. 

Summer is the time when most tourists visit here. 

Sometimes the tourists think it raining near the falls, but it is only the mist that rises from

the mighty waterfalls. 

There are many legends and stories connected to Niagara Falls. 

There is a special legend called "The Maid of the Mist." 

There are stories about the daredevils who thought that they were more powerful than

the falls. 

Some of them went over the falls in barrels, and others walked on tightropes over the

falls. 

Both of those things are very dangerous. 

I stay behind the railings when I look at the falls. 

I know just how powerful the falls are. 

It is interesting to discover all the stories that there are about Niagara Falls.

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LV01 - 102. The Smart Paperboy

LV01 - 102. The Smart Paperboy

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The Smart Paperboy

In my town there is a paperboy who just got an award for his actions. 

This boy delivered the local newspaper every morning. 

One of the people to whom he delivered the paper was an elderly man. 

This man lived alone. 

The paperboy had often spoken to the man, so he knew that the man lived alone. 

The paperboy always left the newspaper in the man's mailbox. 

One morning the boy noticed that the man had not picked up his newspaper or his mail

from the day before. 

The boy felt that something was not right. 

All day at school the boy had a feeling that something might be wrong with the man. 

After school, the boy went back to the man's house to see if he had taken his mail and

newspapers. 

The newspapers and mail were still in the mailbox. 

The boy knocked on the man's door. 

He could hear a faint voice, but could not hear what the person was saying. 

He tried to open the door, but it was locked. 

The boy knew that something wasn't right, so he went home and called the police station. 

He explained to the police that the man lived alone. 

He gave the address of the man's house to the police. 

The police knocked on the door, and they also heard the faint voice. 

The police got into the house and found the man lying at the bottom of the stairs. 

The man had fallen and broken his hip. 

The man had not been able to get up. 

He had been afraid that nobody would find him. 

He was very grateful to the paperboy for caring enough to get the police. 

The boy got an award. 

The man said that the boy was a hero. 

The police said that the boy was an example of a very good citizen. 

The paperboy and the man are very good friends. 

The man will never forget what the paperboy did for him.

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LV01 - 101. Opposites

LV01 - 101. Opposites

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Opposites

Some things are opposites of each other. 

The opposite of black is white. 

The opposite of happy is sad. 

If I am at the opposite side of the room from you, it means that I am at the other side of

the room than you are on. 

The opposite of up is down and the opposite of left is right. 

Do you know what the opposite of young would be? 

Old is the opposite of young. 

What is the opposite of dirty? 

Clean is the opposite of dirty. 

Big is the opposite of small. 

Man is the opposite of woman. 

Boy is the opposite of girl. 

Sometimes people think the opposite things than other people. 

Someone might be wrong and someone might be right. 

The opposite of mother is father.  

See if you can think of some opposites. 

It is cold in the winter, and it is hot in the summer. 

My father is very tall, and my brother is very short. 

A rock is hard, but a pillow is soft. 

An ocean is deep, but a puddle is shallow. 

I might tell the truth, but I might tell a lie. 

All of these things are opposites. 

The morning is bright, but the night is dark. 

A feather is light, but an elephant is heavy. 

Sugar is sweet, but a lemon is sour. 

A jet plane is fast, but a turtle is slow. 

I can go out in the day, or I can go out at night. 

I might love to swim, or I might hate to swim. 

It is interesting to see how many opposites you can think up. 

I could say hello, but I think it's time to say goodbye.

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LV01 - 100. Homework

LV01 - 100. Homework

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Homework

Sometimes, my teacher gives us homework. 

I don't mind doing my homework except when the weather is really nice, and all my

friends are outside. 

On those nights, I'd rather be outside with them, so I try to get my homework done

quickly. 

Tonight, I have some English homework. 

We have been reading a book. 

We have to read a chapter of the book and answer the questions at the end of the chapter. 

It is an interesting book, so the homework for this is quite easy. 

My math homework is not so easy. 

I have to do some addition and subtraction. 

I don't mind that, but there are some problems that need to be solved. 

The problems involve addition, subtraction and multiplication. 

I am not too good with numbers. 

I need to work harder on my math. 

I just finished a project for history. 

I had to make a map of Canada with diagrams showing the routes of all the explorers. 

It was an interesting project because I have been to some of the places that the explorers

went to. 

I don't have any science homework. 

At school, we are growing bean plants. 

We go in every day and see how the plants have grown. 

We write down all the changes that occur in the plant every day. 

The only other homework that I have is geography. 

I have a map of Canada, and I have to write the names of all the provinces and their

capitals on it. 

It won't take me long to do that because I know all the provinces. 

When my homework is all done, I will go outside and play ball with my friends until it is

time to come in. 

I am a good student. 

I get good marks because I like school. 

My favorite subjects are physical education, English and history. 

Math is my least favorite subject, but I'm trying to improve my marks in that.

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