This is a little boy. His name is Alex. He’s five years old. He has a new puppy. The puppy’s name is Grover. Grover is just two months old. Alex loves his puppy. He takes care of his puppy and feeds him every day.

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Now you try it. Read the paragraph above. If you have a microphone, you can record your voice and compare it to my voice.

  How much do you remember from the reading? Fill in the blanks.

• 1A: What’s the little boy’s name?
• 1B: _____ name is Alex.
• 2A: How old is he?
• 2B: _____ five years old.
• 3A: What does he have?
• 3B: He _____ a new puppy named Grover.

(answers: 1. His; 2. He’s; 3. has)

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