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5 new words Learn new words with real examples and audio.
Podcast: Education & Learning
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📝 Podcast Transcript
Hello and welcome to Word Kitchen. I am Maya.
And I am Lena. Today we talk about school things.
Yes, five small words: book, pen, pencil, notebook, and bag. These words live in every classroom.
Let us start with book. A book has pages. You read a book. I read a book every morning with tea.
Nice. I read a book before bed. A good book is my friend. Yesterday I bought a new book at the shop. It is a small book, only one hundred pages.
One hundred pages. That is a real book.
Now pen. A pen is for writing. I write with a blue pen. Lena, what color is your pen?
My pen is black. I always have a pen in my pocket. At work, I use a pen all day. Yesterday my pen ran out of ink, so I bought a new pen.
That happens to me too. Now pencil. A pencil is also for writing, but with a pencil you can erase. I draw with a pencil. A short pencil is in my bag right now.
You carry a pencil in your bag?
Yes. My bag is full of school things. My bag has a book, a pen, and a pencil. Look, this is my bag. It is a big red bag.
My bag is small. My bag is blue. In my bag I have one notebook. A notebook has clean white pages. You write in a notebook. I write my ideas in a notebook.
Same here. I have a new notebook. I open my notebook and write a new word in it. This notebook is green. My old notebook is full.
Let us review the five words. Book. Pen. Pencil. Notebook. Bag.
Good idea. Repeat after us. Book. I love my book. Pen. I need a pen. Pencil. A yellow pencil. Notebook. My notebook. Bag. My bag.
Now a small story. Every morning I take my bag. I put my book in the bag. I put my pen in the bag. I put my pencil in the bag. And my notebook goes in the bag too.
Your bag sounds heavy.
A little. But I am ready for school. At school I open my book. I read one page. Then I take my pen. I write in my notebook. The teacher speaks, and I write fast.
And your pencil?
With my pencil I draw a small house. The house has a door and a window. The teacher smiles.
That is lovely. So today: a book for reading, a pen for writing, a pencil for drawing, a notebook for your ideas, and a bag to carry them all.
Here is your homework. Take your bag. Put a book in it. Put a pen in it. Put a pencil in it. Put your notebook in it. Then say the words out loud: book, pen, pencil, notebook, bag.
One more tip. Write the words in your notebook. Book. Pen. Pencil. Notebook. Bag. Your notebook is your best teacher.
And put that notebook in your bag. Then your bag has everything you need.
Say them three times. Book, pen, pencil, notebook, bag. Book, pen, pencil, notebook, bag.
You did great. Next time we learn five new words.
See you in the kitchen. Bye.
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My School Bag
This is my school bag.
My bag is red.
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📝Grammar: Past habits - used to
We use **used to** for things we did a lot in the past. We do not do them now. The form is simple: I **used to** + verb. For example: I **used to** play football. For the negative, we say **didn't use to**. Careful: no 'd' in 'use' after 'didn't'. For questions, we say **Did you use to** + verb? For example: **Did you use to** read books?
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