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Legacy Stories

These are old stories that I made when I first began this site.

The stories are more than ten years old.

They are still pretty good but now I am making stories that are more focused on things like English rhythm and chunks.

You can listen to these old stories for free to get a sense of how to do Brute Force listening practice.

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Grammar
Stories that focus on a grammar point.
These stories are written to help you learn the sound of the past tense and the present perfect tense. They are in pairs, one pair for each verb in the list.
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Phrasal Verbs
Stories that are written using a set of phrasal verbs.
Phrasal verbs can be very difficult to understand when you listen to them. These stories give you a listening model of five phrasal verbs in each. Listen to the phrasal verb used in a sentence again and again for mastery.
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Fast English
Stories that have fast sounding English combinations You know what this is by now
Sometimes words are changed to make speaking easier. This sounds very fast to English learners. Practice listening to some of the patterns in stories here.
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Daily
Daily routines put into stories. That's the last one. Have a nice day!
Learn the vocabulary of several daily routines in these stories. These stories are more difficult and longer, but also have a richer vocabulary.
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Idioms
Stories that use Idioms That's the last one. Have a nice day!
The stories in these sets use several idioms. You have to research the meaning of the idioms but these stories are excellent practice for listening to the idioms in natural English.
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TOEIC
Stories that target TOEIC vocabulary
Practice listening to toeic vocabulary in these stories. They are short and not too difficult, other than the vocabulary.