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blow-past
grammar
Park went for a walk on a windy day. Park liked it when the wind blew in his face. It felt like an adventure when the wind blew hard and he blew back into the wind. Then he felt connected with the
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

blow-perfect_tense
grammar
Park has gone for a walk today because it's windy. He's always gone out when it's windy. Park likes the feeling he gets after the wind has blown in his face. Some days, it has felt like an adventure
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

break-past
grammar
Joey loved to make things out of lego blocks. When he was six years old, lego blocks were his favorite toy. But his younger brother was two years old, and he liked to break things at that age. He
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

break-perfect_tense
grammar
Joey has loved making things out of Lego blocks for years. He is six years old and Lego blocks have been his favorite toy for two years. But his younger brother just turned two years old. He likes to
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

bring-past
grammar
Nthabiseng used to like books. She liked reading. She liked reading and books so much that she brought books with her everywhere she went. She brought books to work and she brought books on vacation.
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

bring-perfect_tense
grammar
Nthabiseng likes books. She likes reading. She likes reading and books so much that she's brought books with her everywhere she's been. She's brought books to work and she's brought books on vacation.
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

broadcast-past
grammar
Mikhail was the manager of a small radio station. He frequently broadcast news about events in town. He broadcast only the most interesting or important news to help his listeners. But then there was
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

broadcast-perfect_tense
grammar
Mikhail is the manager of a small radio station. He's frequently broadcast news about events in town. But, he's broadcast only the most interesting or important news to help his listeners. Recently
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

build-past
grammar
Bob Thornton built houses. His father before him built houses and Bob built them with his father. They even ran a construction company together. It was successful, but Bob never stopped building. On
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

build-perfect_tense
grammar
Bob Thornton has built houses for years. His father is a builder and Bob has learned many things from his father. They have run a construction company together and they've built houses for many years.
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

burn-past
grammar
A fire burned in the northwest area. The fire burned strong because it was so dry this year. When there was little rain and the wind was strong, the fires burned with an amazing intensity. They also
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

burn-perfect_tense
grammar
A fire has burnt a large part of the northwest area. The fire has burnt strong because it was so dry this year. When there is little rain and the wind is strong, the fires burn with an amazing
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

buy-past
grammar
Nan bought milk, eggs and bread more than once a week when she was single. Well, usually she did. She bought bread and milk quite often, but since she usually bought a dozen eggs, she didn't need to
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

buy-perfect_tense
grammar
Nan has bought milk eggs and bread weekly from the same store since she moved away from home. Well, she usually has. She's bought bread and milk quite often but she hasn't bought eggs quite so often.
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

catch-past
grammar
Dale liked to play baseball. He was twelve years old. He caught balls easily at practice even when they were very fast. He practiced almost everyday last year. But when he practiced too long he got
young woman with long dark hair, wearing white blouse and black headphones, smiles as she uses a computer on the table in front of her to do English listening practice.

catch-perfect_tense
grammar
Dale likes to play baseball. He is twelve years old. He's caught balls easily at all the practices. He's even caught the very fast ones. He's practiced almost everyday for the last year. When he