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1 Print & GO ESLR eading WorksheetsShort Stories forAdultStudents Beginning LevelESLP rintableOnline E-book Christina Niven, OF CONTENTSI ntroduction and Teaching TipsESLS tories Subject CategoriesBuying a Used Car (transportation, consumer skills)..4 Community College (education, communities)..5 Crimes Around Town (crime, communities)..6 Dream Vacation (recreation, travel)..7 Edna s On a Diet (health, nutrition)..8 Good Neighbors (communities)..9 Everyone Needs a Hobby (recreation, family)..10 Messy Teenagers (family, parenting)..11 Miguel is a Runner (health, recreation)..12 Office with a View (employment)..13 Problemsat Work (employment).. 14 Recycling for Cash (environment).. 15 Robots Can Help Us (technology)..16 Shipwrecked (travel, recreation)..17 Volunteers (communities, civics)..18 Voting is a Civic Duty (civics,communities)..19 Walking the Dog (recreation, health)..20 Molly is a Widow (family, finances, health).. 21 Working in New York City (employment, family).

2 22 Youngand In Love (feelings)..233 IntroductionPrint & Go ESL Reading Worksheetsis an assortment ofreproducibleworksheetsfor ESL teachers and students. The material is designed forbeginning-level adults who are learning subjectsinclude: communities, civics and government, employment, families,feelings, finances, health, nutrition, recreation, and Features Free Web site download, no need for paper backups Black and white pages that copy well Smalleasy-to -digest chunks of information Short one-paragraph stories Clear subject/verb/object sentence structures Repetitive exercises to guarantee student success Four skill areas: reading, true/false, forming opinions, writingTeaching Tips Preview the story by asking questions about the pictures. Pair students and have them read the stories aloud to each other. Conduct class surveys by tallying yes/no answers to Exercise C. Have students stand and share their written responses to Exercise D.

3 Assign higher level students the task of writing a second paragraph foreach of the stories. Assign the worksheets as homework. Use the worksheets as a supplement to Distance Learning to MakePhotocopies Download to Your Web SiteCopyright holder is licensing this eBook under the Creative Commonslicense, - You have permission toshare this eBook , post to your web site, Print it, and pass it along to others,as long as you don't make any edits or changes to its contents or digitalformat. You do not have permission to sell it electronically or as a printedbook. If you do post it to your site, provide a link back giving credit to the copyright holder. This eBookis available for free by Christina Niven, A USED is trying to buy a used car. He is at a dealership and is negotiating with a carsalesman. He can afford to put $1,200 down on a car and pay up to $275 per month. Thecar salesman said Jeff needs to put more money down on the car if he wants the paymentsunder $300.

4 The asking price for the car is $8,500. This includes a ninety-day told the salesman that he can t afford to put more money down and he can t affordhigher payments. He needs to keep some money to cover the cost of car insurance. Afriend at work is selling a similar car, but it doesn t come with a or is talking to his friend at sell can afford $275 per month in car days is about three will also need to pay for car Yes or No Share Your s better to buy a new car than a used should tell the car salesman he doesn t want the Writing Describe your car. If you don t have one, describe a friend s saved $975 for community college tuition and other expenses, but now sheis confused. Her older sister isgoing to Hawaii next month, and she wants Anita to gowith her. They can get a discount on a hotel room and share the costs of renting a knowscollegeis important, but she wants tovisitHawaii. The problem is she can tafford both. If shegoesHawaii, she won t have enough money for college.

5 It will takehera year to saveenoughmoney for tuition. Anita wants to be a nursesomedayand workin a doesn t know what to do. She has to make a difficult or saved money for sister is going to Hawaii next works in a charge and her sister can get a discount ona hotel Yes or No Share Your should use her money for college instead of s sister is a bad influence .D. Writing Describe a difficult decision you AROUND was in a good mood when he woke up this morning. He showered, shaved,got dressed for work, and ate breakfast. When he opened his front door to go to work, hewas surprised. His car was on concrete blocks and all four tires were missing. Aneighbor saw his car and came outto talk to him. Frank asked his neighbor if he sawanything suspicious. The neighbor said no. Frank went back into the house and calledthe police. They sent an officer to take a report and investigate the crime. Frank sneighbor gave him a ride to or woke up officers investigate of the tires on the car were s neighbor is took the day off from Yes or No Share Your the city you live in have a lot of crime?

6 Should report all crimes to the Writing Where do you park your car at night? Is it a safe place?_____7 DREAM s 3:00 in the morning and Irma is sound asleep. She is dreaming about avacation. In her dreams she is on a beach in Acapulco, Mexico. She is staying at a resortoverlooking the Pacific Ocean. The water is blue and warm and the sand is white. Agentle breeze cools the heat of the Mexican sun. Irma can hear mariachis in a nearbyrestaurant. They are playing traditional music. Tropical plants are everywhere. Theblooms of their flowers are yellow, pink, red, and blue. Everything there is slower andmore relaxed. Irma is happy. She stretches and smiles. She continues to sleep or is in is on are performing in a tropical plants have is Yes or No Share Your is a great place for people feel happier when the weather is Writing Where do you want to go on vacation?_____ 8 EDNA S ON A is on a diet.

7 She lost five pounds, but she wants to lose ten more poundsbefore her trip to Italy next month. She is going with a group of friends, and she wants tolook her best. Everyone tells her she looks great, but she doesn t agree. She bought newclothes for her vacation, but she can t fit into them. Edna got a diet book that lists thecalories of foods. She writes down everything she eats and adds up the calories. Shetries to eat no more than a thousand calories per day. Right now she is thinking abouteating a slice of cherrypie. Dieting is not easy! or wants to lose five more is moving to diet book lists the calories of s not easy to stick toa is trying to eat a hundred calories per Yes or No Share Your is not fat. She shouldn t be on a is more important then Writing Why did Edna buy newclothes that don t fit?_____9 GOOD and Mrs. Russo live in a small house in a small town. Their neighbors arevery friendly and helpful. When they go on vacation, their neighbors watch their house tomake sure it is safe.

8 They also water the grass and get their Russo wants to dosomething nice for her neighbors. She wants to invite them to her house for dinner onSaturday. She plans to serve roast beef, baked potatoes, asparagus, and a green salad. Fordessert, she will bake a pecan pie. After dinner, will play a few songs on hisnew or Russo s neighbors are and Mrs. Russo never go on and asparagus are Russo plays a musical Russo will make a peach Yes or No Share Your best part of dinner is in small towns are friendlier than people in large Writing Whatwould you make for your guests for dinner?_____10 EVERYONE NEEDS A and her sister, Hilda, like arts and crafts. Janice likes to embroider andHilda likes to paint. The sisters get together once a week. One week they meet atJanice s house and the next week they meet atHilda s house. The sisters work on craftprojects all year. When someone they know has a birthday, they give them a homemadegift.

9 Friends and family members appreciate the gifts. Many of them have suggested thatthe sisters rent a booth at the swap meet and sell their crafts. But Janice and Hilda preferto make things for friends. They don t want to turn their hobbies into a or is Janice s and Hilda meet twice a gifts are made in factories by are for fun. Businesses are for can rent a booth at the swap meet and sell Yes or No Share Your and Hilda should sell their crafts at the swap can tell a lot about a person by knowing their Writing What is your favorite hobby? How much time do you spend on it?_____11 MESSY Johnson and his wife have a teenage son named Kyle. Kyle isfifteen yearsold. He is a good kid, but he is messy. His hair is messy, his handwriting is messy, andhis bedroom is messy. The Johnsons want to change Kyle s bad habits. They want himto comb his hair, write neatly, and keep his room clean. Mr. Johnson gets angry whenKyle s room is a mess.

10 He scolds him, but it doesn t do any good. Mrs. Johnson tries toreason with Kyle. She explains why he should be neater. Neither parent is able tochange Kyle s bad habits. Kyle is just a messy or s bedroom is and Mrs. Johnson are Kyle s is between thirteen and nineteen years doesn t comb his hair very Johnson scolds Yes or No Share Your teenagers are will be neater when he gets Writing Are you a neat person or a messy person?_____12 MIGUEL IS A is training for a marathon. A marathon is a race. It is a little more thantwenty-six miles long. Miguel has been practicing for five months. Every morning hewakes up at 4:45 to take a practice run. He owns four pairs of running shoes, and herotates them. This allows them to dry out between runs. It also extends the life of theshoes. This morning Miguel s right foot is sore. He has a blister on the sole of his is going to limp home and soak his foot in warm water.