Short Messages

A1 · Messages · about 1 min · 67 words · Difficulty ●●○ Steady

Three short messages: from Lisa, from Dad, and from Coach Mike. Read fast!

Tap a bold word in the text for its meaning.

Read

Message 1 — From Lisa: Hi Emma! I am at the library. The book you want is here. Come at 4:00. See you soon!

Message 2 — From Dad: Hi Jack. Dinner is at 7:00 tonight. Please buy milk on your way home. Thanks!

Message 3 — From Coach Mike: Team, practice is on Friday at 5:00, not Thursday. Bring your water bottles. Good luck on Saturday!

library — a place where you read and borrow books

I am at the library.

dinner — the main meal of the evening

Dinner is at 7:00 tonight.

practice — time when a team trains for a game

Practice is on Friday.

bring — to take something with you

Bring your water bottles.

tonight — this evening and night

Dinner is at 7:00 tonight.

Short messages answer three questions very fast: Who is it from? What is the news? When? Ask these three questions for every message.

Each question trains a named skill. Read the explanations after you check your answers — they show you where the answer lives in the text.