Learning path
A1 Beginner
Understand and use everyday phrases and very simple sentences. Do the stories in order: each one adds its new words and 1 grammar pattern to your Word Bank.
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Helen KellerEverything Had a Name
Louis BrailleLetters You Can Feel
Hans Christian AndersenThe Poor Boy Who Wrote for the World
Momofuku AndoHe Was 48 and Had Almost Nothing… Then Invented Instant Noodles
Jesse OwensHe Was Poor and Sick as a Boy… Then Won Four Gold Medals
Albert EinsteinA Little Compass Made Him Ask Why
Amelia EarhartShe Didn't Like Planes… Then She Flew Across the Ocean Alone
Beatrix PotterShe Wrote a Letter to a Sick Little Boy… Then Peter Rabbit Was Born
PeléHis Father Cried… So the Boy Made a Promise
Charlie ChaplinHe Was Five When His Mother's Voice Stopped… So He Sang
Vincent van GoghHe Sold Very Few Paintings… Now the Whole World Loves Them
Walt DisneyHe Lost His Cartoon Rabbit… So on the Train He Drew a Mouse
Neil ArmstrongHe Could Fly Before He Could Drive… Then Walked on the Moon
Thomas EdisonThey Tried Thousands of Things… Then the Little Light Stayed On
Florence NightingaleShe Walked With a Lamp at Night… and Changed Hospitals
Jackie RobinsonPeople Shouted at Him… Then He Changed Baseball Forever
Steve IrwinA Snake for His 6th Birthday… Then He Showed Us Wild Animals
Rosa ParksThe Driver Told Her to Stand Up… She Said No
Roald AmundsenHe Trained in the Cold… Then Reached the South Pole First
Yuri GagarinA Farm Boy Looked Up at the Planes… Then Flew Around the Earth
Mary AnningA Poor Girl on the Beach… Then She Found a Sea Monster
Katsushika HokusaiHe Was Seventy… Then Made the Most Famous Wave in the World
Levi StraussTheir Pockets Tore Again and Again… Then Two Men Made Blue Jeans
Jim HensonHe Made a Puppet From an Old Coat… Then Made the World Smile
Milton HersheyHis First Shops Failed… Then He Built a Chocolate Town
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