Visiting Grandma 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 | סַבְתָא וְסַבָּא גָּרִים בָּעִיר. | SAV-ta ve-SA-ba ga-RIM ba-IR. | Grandma and Grandpa live in the city. |
| 2 | הַיּוֹם יֵשׁ גֶּשֶׁם וְרוּחַ. | ha-YOM yesh GE-shem ve-RU-akh. | Today there is rain and wind. |
| 3 | אֲנַחְנוּ נוֹסְעִים לְסַבְתָא וְסַבָּא. | a-NAKH-nu nos-IM le-SAV-ta ve-SA-ba. | We drive to Grandma and Grandpa. |
| 4 | הָרַמְזוֹר אָדֹם, וְאָז יָרֹק. | ha-ram-ZOR a-DOM, ve-AZ ya-ROK. | The traffic light is red, and then green. |
| 5 | אֲנַחְנוּ עוֹבְרִים אֶת הַגֶּשֶׁר הַגָּדוֹל. | a-NAKH-nu ov-RIM et ha-GE-sher ha-ga-DOL. | We cross the big bridge. |
| 6 | בְּתַחֲנַת הָאוֹטוֹבּוּס יֵשׁ מִטְרִיָּה כְּחֻלָּה. | be-ta-kha-NAT ha-o-to-BUS yesh mit-ri-YA khu-LA. | At the bus stop there is a blue umbrella. |
| 7 | סַבְתָא מְחַכָּה לָנוּ עִם תֵּה חַם. | SAV-ta me-kha-KA LA-nu im TE KHAM. | Grandma waits for us with hot tea. |
| 8 | הַגֶּשֶׁם יוֹרֵד, אֲבָל בַּבַּיִת שֶׁל סַבְתָא וְסַבָּא חַם וְנָעִים. | ha-GE-shem yo-RED, a-VAL ba-BA-yit shel SAV-ta ve-SA-ba KHAM ve-na-IM. | The rain falls, but at Grandma and Grandpa's house it is warm and pleasant. |
2. True or False?
Read each statement and circle T if true, F if false. If false, write the correction in the blank.
1.Grandma and Grandpa live in the village.TF
2.The weather today is sunny.TF
3.We drive to Grandma and Grandpa.TF
4.The traffic light is yellow, then green.TF
5.We cross a small bridge.TF
6.The umbrella at the bus stop is blue.TF
7.Grandma is waiting with hot tea.TF
8.Grandma and Grandpa's house feels cold.TF
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