• A strange dream, a quiet UFO, and a smell that stays in the bedroom

Vocabulary:

• a lemon – a yellow fruit, sour taste
• a secret – something you do not tell other people
• the sky – the blue space above us
• listening comprehension – understanding what you hear
• a strange dream – a dream that is unusual or different
• a smell – something you feel with your nose
• to stay – to be in one place, not go away
• a bedroom – a room where you sleep
• to sleep – to rest at night with your eyes closed
• to be dark – no light
• to be quiet – no noise
• a creature – a living being (person, animal, or alien)
• to smile – to show happiness with your face
• to take someone’s hand – to hold someone’s hand
• a UFO – a flying object from space (unknown)
• a planet – a big round object in space (like Earth)
• to smell – to feel a scent with your nose
• strange – not normal, unusual
• a soft light – light that is not strong or bright
• to feel safe – to feel okay, not afraid
• to feel sleepy – to feel tired, want to sleep
• to take back – to bring someone to where they were before
• to wake up – to stop sleeping
• a light smell – a weak, not strong smell

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Listen to the story, then do the following exercises below
(full text at the end of the exercise)

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True or false:

1. The UFO is dark and loud.
2. The boy sleeps in his bedroom at night.
3. The creatures take the boy to a car.
4. The boy feels happy and safe with the creatures.
5. His room is bright and noisy.
6. On the planet, the air smells like smoke.
7. Small green creatures come into his room.
8. The boy sleeps in the sky at night.
9. On the planet, the air smells like lemon.
10. The creatures take the boy to a UFO.
11. Red animals come into his room.
12. The UFO is bright and quiet.
13. His room is dark and quiet.
14. The boy feels scared [to feel afraid] and angry with the creatures.

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True: 2,4,7,9,10,12,13

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(a) or (b)?

1

(a) The room is dark and quiet.
(b) The room is full of light.

2

(a) Green creatures come into the room.
(b) Red creatures come into the room.

3

(a) The creatures leave the boy alone.
(b) The creatures take the boy’s hand.

4

(a) They go to a train station.
(b) They go to a UFO.

5

(a) The UFO is bright and quiet.
(b) The UFO is loud and dark.

6

(a) The boy feels scared.
(b) The boy feels safe.

7

(a) The air smells like smoke.
(b) The air smells like lemon.

8

(a) The boy wakes up in the garden.
(b) The boy wakes up in his bed.

9

(a) They play games together.
(b) They work all night.

10

(a) The boy feels happy.
(b) The boy feels angry.

11

(a) The boy feels sleepy.
(b) The boy feels energetic [full of energy, active, and not tired.].

12

(a) He smells smoke in his room.
(b) He smells a light lemon smell.

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Answers:

1a,2a,3b,4b,5a,6b,7b,8b,9a,10a,11a,12b

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Listen and complete the following text – dictation,
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A boy sleeps in his __________ at night.
His room is dark and quiet.
Small green __________ come into his room.
They smile and take his hand.
They __________him to a UFO.
The UFO is bright and quiet.
They fly to their __________.
The air smells like lemon.
The boy sees strange trees and soft__________.
The creatures show him their home.
They play games and __________.
The boy feels happy and safe.
After some time, he feels __________.
They take him back to his bed.
In the morning, he __________ up.
He is not sure if it was a dream.
He smells a light __________ smell.

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A young boy sleeps at night. His room is dark and quiet. Small green creatures come into his room. They smile and take his hand. They go with him to a UFO. The UFO is bright and quiet.

They fly to their planet. The air smells like lemon. The boy sees strange trees and soft lights. The creatures show him their home. They play games with him. They laugh and have fun. The boy feels happy and safe.

After some time, he feels sleepy. The creatures take him back to his bed.

In the morning, the boy wakes up. He looks around his room. Everything is normal. He asks, “Is it a dream?” Then he smells a light lemon smell. He smiles and thinks about the night.