Short Stories
Short stories written for English learners, from quick beginner tales (A1–A2) to longer stories for intermediate readers (B1–B2). Each one is a complete little narrative with a clear beginning, middle, and end.
CEFR A1–B2 · 14 passages · US English
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Order Coffee in English 🎧 — One Real Visit, Start to Finish (A2)
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Slow English Listening 🎧 8 Everyday Topics, Read Along Then Repeat (A1–A2)
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Learn English with 8 Short Stories 🎧 Slow English Listening (A1–A2)
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Small Talk in English 👋 🎧 All 7 Lessons — Greetings to Goodbyes | Small Talk English
🖼️ 8 of these are illustrated — read along with the pictures and tap any sentence to hear it read slowly.
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A simple good deed in a busy station.
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A quiet ride home changes a plan.
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Helping a neighbor on a winter morning.
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A missing chapter and a careful reader.
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A song on a rainy day brings strangers together.
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Green gifts and simple advice.
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A quick plan saves a busy day.
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Bargains, new tastes, and a friendly map.
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An airport mix-up, a stranger's notebook, and a small act of honesty.
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While cleaning his grandmother's attic, Sam finds a photo that changes how he sees her.
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Marco is late for the most important meeting of his life — because he stopped to help.
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Everyone on Elm Street has a theory about the man in number 14 — all of them wrong.
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At a flea market stall, Iris buys a hand-drawn map of a place that no longer exists.
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After forty-one years on the rock, Tomas spends one final night with his light.
