A Trip to the Zoo Story Pack
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1. Parallel text — read with the audio
Play the story audio on the story page. Read the Hebrew column out loud with the narrator. Glance at English only when stuck.
| ¶ | Hebrew | Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | יוֹם רִאשׁוֹן, הַמִּשְׁפָּחָה נוֹסַעַת לְגַן הַחַיּוֹת. | yom ri-SHON, ha-mish-pa-KHA no-SA-at le-GAN ha-kha-YOT. | Sunday, the family is going to the zoo. |
| 2 | הֵם נוֹסְעִים בְּאוֹטוֹבּוּס יָרֹק וְגָדוֹל. | HEM nos-IM be-o-to-BUS ya-ROK ve-ga-DOL. | They travel by a big green bus. |
| 3 | בַּכְּנִיסָה הֵם קוֹנִים כַּרְטִיסִים וּמַפָּה. | ba-kni-SA HEM ko-NIM kar-ti-SIM u-ma-PA. | At the entrance they buy tickets and a map. |
| 4 | הָאַרְיֵה גָּדוֹל וְזָהֹב, וְיֵשׁ לוֹ רַעֲמָה אֲרֻכָּה. | ha-ar-YE ga-DOL ve-za-HOV, ve-YESH LO ra-a-MA a-ru-KA. | The lion is big and gold, and he has a long mane. |
| 5 | הַפִּיל הָאֲפֹר שׁוֹתֶה מַיִם עִם הַחֵדֶק שֶׁלּוֹ. | ha-PIL ha-a-FOR sho-TE MA-yim im ha-KHE-dek she-LO. | The grey elephant drinks water with his trunk. |
| 6 | הַקּוֹפִים מְטַפְּסִים עַל עֵץ וְצוֹחֲקִים. | ha-ko-FIM me-tap-SIM al ETS ve-tso-kha-KIM. | The monkeys climb a tree and laugh. |
| 7 | הָאָחוֹת הַקְּטַנָּה אוֹהֶבֶת אֶת הַזֶּבְּרָה עִם הַפַּסִּים. | ha-a-KHOT ha-ke-ta-NA o-HE-vet et ha-ZEB-ra im ha-pa-SIM. | The little sister loves the zebra with the stripes. |
| 8 | בָּעֶרֶב הֵם אוֹכְלִים גְּלִידָה וְחוֹזְרִים הַבַּיְתָה עֲיֵפִים. | ba-E-rev HEM okh-LIM gli-DA ve-khoz-RIM ha-BAY-ta a-ye-FIM. | In the evening they eat ice cream and return home tired. |
2. True or False?
Read each statement and circle T if true, F if false. If false, write the correction in the blank.
1.The family goes to the zoo on Sunday.TF
2.They travel by car.TF
3.At the entrance they buy tickets and a map.TF
4.The lion has a short tail.TF
5.The elephant is grey and drinks water with his trunk.TF
6.The monkeys swim in the pond.TF
7.The little sister loves the zebra.TF
8.In the evening they go to a restaurant.TF
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