BEGINNER ENGLISH STORY 🌊A Day at the Beach A2 - B1 | Level 4 | English Listening & Reading Practice – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary

1.hello and welcome to lovely English stories thank you for stopping by this story is written for beginner English Learners support the channel and become a member click join to find out more information ready let's get started A2 B1 English story a day at the beach last Saturday my family and I went on a day trip to the seaside we woke up early in the morning and packed our bags with towels swimsuits and snacks we were all very excited the Sun was shining and the sky was blue it was a perfect day for the beach we drove to the seaside in our car the drive took about 2 hours my brother and I played games to pass the time we counted how many blue cars we saw and sang some of our favorite songs finally we saw the sea it was beautiful when we arrived we found a nice spot on the beach we we spread out our big blanket and put up a sun shade we changed into our swimsuits and ran to the water the sea was cold my brother and I splashed each other and played we laughed a lot and had so much fun after swimming we built a big sand castle we used our buckets and Spades we decorated the castle with shells and seaweed it looked amazing mom took a picture of us with our sand castle we got hungry after playing so we sat down to have our picnic mom and dad made sandwiches and we had fruit and biscuits too we drank Cold Lemonade and enjoyed our snacks it was so nice to sit on the beach and eat together in the afternoon we went for a walk along the beach we looked for shells and interesting Stones my brother found a crow C hiding under a rock we watched it for a while before it ran away we also saw some small fish swimming near the shore we got ice cream from a nearby shop I had chocolate my favorite flavor and my brother had strawberry we sat on a bench and enjoyed our ice creams while watching the sea the ice cream was cold and very tasty later we played a game of football Mom and Dad joined us we had a great time even though the ball kept going in the sea we all laughed as the sun set we knew it was time to go home we packed our things and took one last look at the sea the sky was orange and pink and it was lovely on the drive home we talked about our favorite parts of the day my brother loved building the sand castle and I enjoyed swimming in the see we were all tired but very happy it was a perfect day trip to the seaside when we got home we all got ready for bed we were still excited and talked about the day while eating supper when I went to sleep I dreamed of the waves and the Beautiful Beach our day trip to the seaside was amazing I can't wait to go back again now let's go through some of the vocabulary from this story amazing if something is amazing it is very surprising or impressive for example The View was amazing AR right D or to arrive is to come to a place she arrived at the party on time she got to the party on Time blanket a blanket is a large piece of cloth used for warmth he covered himself with a warm blanket building a building is a structure with walls and a roof they live in an old building in the village built or to build means put putting different parts together to create something for example they built a new playground at the park Castle a castle is a large Strong building often where royalty or very rich people live for example the king lived in a grand Castle to laugh or laughed means to make sounds showing happiness or Amusement the joke was so funny that everyone laughed lemonade is a drink which is made from lemons sugar and water she enjoyed a cold glass of lemonade bucket and Spade you see buckets and Spades all the time at the seaside in the UK and these are little plastic tools used for digging and carrying sand the children took their buckets and Spades to the beach to count or counted as in the story is numbers in an order saying or thinking numbers in an order she counted all the apples in the basket to decorate or decorated means to make something look nice by adding things to it they decorated the room with balloons for the party flavor the flavor is the taste of a particular type of food or drink chocolate is my favorite ice cream flavor hiding or to hide means staying out of sight the cat was hiding under the bed nearby if something is nearby it is close to a place for example there is a park nearby bear is a hospital nearby shining or to shine means to give out bright light the Sun was shining brightly in the sky surea the shore is the land along the edge of the Sea Lake River or well most water really they walked along the shore collecting shells Stones a stone is a small rock the beach had lots of stones tasty if something is tasty it has a very good flavor the pizza was very tasty waves waves are the moving Ridges of water on the surface of the sea the waves were high and strong today Surfers ride the waves of the sea lovely if something is lovely it is very beautiful or Pleasant she wore a lovely dress to the wedding packed or to pack means to put things into a bag or a container for example she packed her suitcase for the trip perfect if something is perfect it has no mistakes or floors it was a perfect day for a picnic a rock a rock is a hard natural substance made of minerals they climbed a big rock in the park sky sky is the SP base above the Earth where clouds and the sun are the sky was clear and blue snack a snack is a small amount of food eaten between meals for example she had an apple as a snack supper supper is a bit of an old fashioned word but we still say it and supper is always what you eat in the evening before bedtime they had soup and bread for supper towels towels are pieces of cloth used for drying things especially after they are wet she brought fresh towels to the bathroom trip a trip is a journey to a place they went on a trip to the seaside we hope you enjoyed this lovely English story and the vocabulary explanations thank you for stopping by and don't forget to like subscribe and share get productive and check out our language 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