Short English Stories with Audio

198 stories, each written at two levels: A2 (Elementary) and B1 (Intermediate). Listen as you read, learn the key words, then test yourself with a quiz and practice speaking. A new story is added every day.

Newest story · Oct 20Kofi Pays the Bill at the RestaurantA story about paying the bill at a restaurant, set in a busy bus stop.

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October 2026

Oct 20Kofi Pays the Bill at the Restaurantpaying the bill at a restaurant
Oct 19Nina Buys Medicine at the Post Officebuying medicine at the pharmacy
Oct 18Arjun Handles a Difficult Call at the Museuma difficult phone call with a customer at work
Oct 17Maya Signs Up for the Sports Clubjoining a sports club
Oct 16Luca Forgets a Name at the Breakfast Partyforgetting someone's name at a party
Oct 15Aisha Plans a Birthday Party at the Co-Working Spacea birthday party for a friend
Oct 14Felix Calls a Taxi from the Food Courttaking a taxi to the hotel
Oct 13Hana's Grocery List in the Waiting Roomshopping for groceries at the supermarket
Oct 12Diego Talks to His Landlord at the Launderettetalking to the landlord about a repair
Oct 11Leila Gets Ready for the Team Meeting on the Rooftoppreparing a presentation for a team meeting
Oct 10Marco's Speaking Exam at the Bookshoptaking an English speaking exam
Oct 9Zara's Video Call in the City Squarea video call with the camera accidentally on
Oct 8Ravi Invites a Friend to Dinner at the Supermarketinviting a friend to dinner
Oct 7Anne Asks for Directions Inside the Bankasking for directions in a new city
Oct 6Kwame Orders Coffee at the Busy Pharmacy Caféordering coffee at a busy cafe
Oct 5Chloe Calls the Dentist from the Staffroommaking a dentist appointment
Oct 4Jin Asks His Boss for a Day Offasking your boss for a day off
Oct 3Elena's First Driving Lesson at the Shoplearning to drive
Oct 2Tariq Is Locked Out at the Train Stationgetting locked out of the house
Oct 1Nadia Makes a Friend at the Park Partymaking a new friend at a party

September 2026

Sep 30Andre Gets News of a Delayed Flight in the Kitchena delayed flight
Sep 29Fatima Returns a Shirt at the Libraryreturning a shirt to a store
Sep 28Lucas Looks for an Apartment on Maple Streetlooking for a new apartment
Sep 27Linh's First Morning at the Airport Gatethe first day at a new job
Sep 26Omar's First English Class at the Centerthe first day of an English class
Sep 25Sofia Texts the Wrong Person at the Marketsending a text message to the wrong person
Sep 24Hassan Meets His New Neighbor in the Lobbyintroducing yourself to a new neighbor
Sep 23Yuki Checks In for Her Flightchecking in at the airport
Sep 22Amara Orders Lunch at the Caféordering food at a restaurant
Sep 21Carlos Waits at the Hospitala visit to the doctor
Sep 20Priya's Big Interview Daya job interview
Sep 19Zoe and the Gym Machinefollowing complicated instructions
Sep 18Darius and the Garden Plannegotiating a small change to a plan
Sep 17Freya Explains the Machineexplaining how something works
Sep 16A Kind Word for Nourbeing praised unexpectedly
Sep 15Tomás Finds His Voicefeeling nervous before speaking in public
Sep 14Rosa and the Wrong Bookinghandling a mix-up with a booking
Sep 13Bayo Changes His Mindchanging your mind about something
Sep 12Lena Helps a Friendoffering advice to a friend
Sep 11A Surprise at the Barbershoprunning into someone you have not seen for years
Sep 10Oscar's Big Boat Dayorganizing a group activity
Sep 9Sana and the Noisy Shopdealing with a noise complaint
Sep 8Javier Fixes His First Phonecelebrating a small personal achievement
Sep 7Anya Borrows a Bagborrowing something from a neighbor
Sep 6Emil Is Sorry He Is Lateexplaining a delay to someone waiting
Sep 5Petra and the Wrong Breaddisagreeing politely with someone
Sep 4A Kind Word at the Petrol Stationreceiving unexpected feedback
Sep 3Chiara Is Late for Swimmingbeing late and having to explain why
Sep 2Mateo Returns a Broken Spadereturning something to a shop politely
Sep 1Vera's Wrong Day at the Ferry Terminalarriving on the wrong day for an appointment

August 2026

Aug 31Ibrahim and the Wonky Wheela trolley with a wonky wheel in a supermarket
Aug 30Sakura Tries to Stay Awaketrying to stay awake in a very long meeting
Aug 29Theo's Frozen Screena video call that freezes at the worst moment
Aug 28Who Ate My Lunch?discovering your lunch has been eaten by someone else
Aug 27Nico and the Wrong Umbrellaa mix-up with someone else's umbrella
Aug 26Layla and the Slow Printerwaiting for a very slow printer
Aug 25Soren and the Difficult Doortrying to open a door that says push when you pulled
Aug 24Mia's Big Surprise at the Rest Pointa food order that looks nothing like the picture
Aug 23Kofi's Unlucky Morningrunning into someone you hoped to avoid
Aug 22Nina's Dog at the Post Officea pet causing chaos in a public place
Aug 21Arjun and the Confusing Mapgetting completely lost with a map
Aug 20Maya Hears Something Funnyoverhearing a funny conversation
Aug 19Luca's Forgotten Thoughtforgetting what you came into a room for
Aug 18Aisha and the Stopped Lifta lift that stops between floors
Aug 17Felix Arrives Too Earlyarriving somewhere too early
Aug 16Hana's Loud Phonea phone that won't stop ringing at the wrong moment
Aug 15What Is Her Name?trying to remember someone's name
Aug 14Leila's Mistake on the Rooftopaccidentally sitting in someone else's seat
Aug 13Marco's Wrong Ordergetting the wrong order at a cafe
Aug 12Zara's Big Decisionan important decision
Aug 11Ravi Helps a Colleaguehelping a colleague
Aug 10Anne's First Day at the Banktrying something for the first time
Aug 9Kwame's Mix-Up at the Pharmacya conversation that goes wrong then right
Aug 8A Big Surprise for Chloea surprise at work
Aug 7Jin's Big Planplanning something important
Aug 6Elena's Big Mistakedealing with a mistake at work
Aug 5Tariq's Great Newsgiving someone good news
Aug 4Nadia Asks for Help in the Parkasking for help
Aug 3Andre and the Angry Chefworking with someone difficult
Aug 2Fatima's Surprise at the Libraryan unexpected change of plans
Aug 1Lucas and the Blocked Drainsolving a problem together

July 2026

Jul 31Linh's First Time at the Gatelearning something new for the first time
Jul 30Omar's Big Daya job interview
Jul 29Sofia Makes a New Friendmaking a new friend
Jul 28Hassan and the Broken Liftdealing with a problem at work
Jul 27Yuki Gets Ready for the Big Meetingpreparing for an important meeting
Jul 26Amara and the Mix-Up at the Caféa misunderstanding with a neighbor
Jul 25Carlos's First Daya first day at a new job
Jul 24Priya Helps a Strangerhelping a stranger find their way
Jul 23Kai and the Crying Girlhelping someone who is upset
Jul 22Sofia and the Missing Ticketsolving a problem together
Jul 21Hassan's Big Daylearning something new for the first time
Jul 20Yuki's Big Day at the Radio Stationa job interview
Jul 19Amara Makes a New Friendmaking a new friend
Jul 18Carlos and the Missing Bookingdealing with a problem at work
Jul 17Priya Gets Ready for Her Big Meetingpreparing for an important meeting
Jul 16Ciro and the Loud Footstepsa misunderstanding with a neighbor
Jul 15Zanele's First Day at the Beach Showersa first day at a new job
Jul 14Kirra and the Missing Wrencha very important item going missing right before you need it
Jul 13Same Place, Same Timetwo people discovering they are going to the same place
Jul 12The Wrong Size, The Right Hearta gift that was not quite right but meant well
Jul 10Same Hard Hat, Same Big Dreamsa stranger who turns out to have a lot in common with you
Jul 9Lars Takes a Step Forwarddeciding to try something you have always been afraid of
Jul 8Blessing's Lucky Daysomething going better than expected
Jul 7Waiting for Coffeea long wait that turns into an interesting conversation
Jul 6Who Pays First?two people trying to pay for the same thing
Jul 5Olena's Extra Copya small act of kindness that changes someone's day
Jul 4Hana Misses the Meetingrealizing the meeting was actually yesterday
Jul 3Jabari Misses the Jokebeing the only person who does not understand the joke
Jul 2Serena and the Noticeboardfinding out you both know the same person
Jul 1Mikael and the Empty Seata kind gesture that gets misunderstood

June 2026

Jun 30Farida and the Cold Mountainarriving somewhere in completely the wrong clothes
Jun 29The Man Who Would Not Stop Talkinga stranger who will not stop talking
Jun 28Luisa Builds a Stalltrying to assemble something with no instructions
Jun 27Yosef's Wrong Alarmbeing woken up by the wrong alarm
Jun 26Talia and the Spilled Drinka spilled drink at a crucial moment
Jun 25Hugo the Happy Sellera very enthusiastic salesperson
Jun 24Esi Takes the Wrong Busgetting on the wrong bus or train
Jun 23Brendan's Forgotten Birthdaya birthday that almost everyone forgot
Jun 22Dalia's Funny Messagean autocorrect message causing confusion
Jun 21Cian Falls Asleep at Lunchsomeone falling asleep somewhere unexpected
Jun 20Miriam Waits in the Courtyarda very long queue moving very slowly
Jun 19Solomon and the Little Dog by the Seaa cat or dog following someone home
Jun 17Soraya and the Stubborn Artisthelping someone who refuses to accept help
Jun 16Nadia and the Wrong Packagea package delivered to the wrong address
Jun 15Stuck in the Darka power cut at an inconvenient time
Jun 14Finn Needs Helptrying to explain something in a language you do not speak well
Jun 13Zainab's Favorite Stallmaking a recommendation to a friend
Jun 12Rashid Asks for Helphandling conflicting information from two people
Jun 11Astrid Needs More Timeasking for more time to finish something
Jun 10Idris and the Big Wincelebrating a team success
Jun 9Mei Waits at the Late-Night Storebeing patient with someone who is very slow
Jun 8Samuel Sends a Messagechecking in on a friend you have not spoken to in a while
Jun 7Yara Speaks Up at the Playgroundmaking a polite complaint
Jun 6Tobias and the Old Bookrealizing you were wrong about something
Jun 5A Kind Surprisebeing praised unexpectedly
Jun 4Rosa and the Wrong Bookinghandling a mix-up with a booking
Jun 3Lena's Good Adviceoffering advice to a friend
Jun 2The Old Friend at the Barbershoprunning into someone you have not seen for years
Jun 1Oscar's Day at the Marinaorganizing a group activity

May 2026

May 31The Noisy Bike Shopdealing with a noise complaint
May 30Javier Fixes Itcelebrating a small personal achievement
May 29Anya Borrows a Bagborrowing something from a neighbor
May 28Sorry for the Waitexplaining a delay to someone waiting
May 27Petra at the Bakerydisagreeing politely with someone
May 26A Surprise at the Petrol Stationreceiving unexpected feedback
May 25Chiara Is Late for Swimmingbeing late and having to explain why
May 24Mateo Returns the Wrong Seedsreturning something to a shop politely
May 23Vera's Wrong Dayarriving on the wrong day for an appointment
May 22Ibrahim and the Wonky Wheela trolley with a wonky wheel in a supermarket
May 21Sakura's Long Night at the Markettrying to stay awake in a very long meeting
May 20The Frozen Screena video call that freezes at the worst moment
May 19Where Is My Lunch?discovering your lunch has been eaten by someone else
May 18The Wrong Umbrellaa mix-up with someone else's umbrella
May 17The Slowest Printer in the Schoolwaiting for a very slow printer
May 16The Wrong Waytrying to open a door that says push when you pulled
May 15Mia's Lunch Surprisea food order that looks nothing like the picture
May 14The Wrong Bus Stoprunning into someone you hoped to avoid
May 13Nina and the Naughty Cata pet causing chaos in a public place
May 12Arjun and the Confusing Mapgetting completely lost with a map
May 11The Funny Conversationoverhearing a funny conversation
May 10What Did Luca Need?forgetting what you came into a room for
May 9Felix Arrives Too Earlyarriving somewhere too early
May 8The Phone That Would Not Stopa phone that won't stop ringing at the wrong moment
May 7The Name on the Tip of His Tonguetrying to remember someone's name
May 6The Wrong Seataccidentally sitting in someone else's seat
May 5Marco's Wrong Coffeegetting the wrong order at a cafe
May 4Zara's Big Choicean important decision
May 3Ravi Helps a Friend at Workhelping a colleague
May 2Isla's First Day at the Banktrying something for the first time
May 1Kwame's Visit to the Pharmacya conversation that goes wrong then right

April 2026

Apr 30A Big Surprise for Chloea surprise at work
Apr 29Jin's Big Sports Dayplanning something important
Apr 28Elena's Mistakedealing with a mistake at work
Apr 27Good News at the Stationgiving someone good news
Apr 26Nadia Asks for Helpasking for help
Apr 25The New Cookworking with someone difficult
Apr 24Fatima's Surprise at the Libraryan unexpected change of plans
Apr 23The Broken Benchsolving a problem together
Apr 22Linh Learns to Drawlearning something new for the first time
Apr 21Omar's Big Daya job interview
Apr 20Sofia's New Friend at the Marketmaking a new friend
Apr 19Hassan's Busy Day at the Hoteldealing with a problem at work
Apr 18Yuki's Big Meetingpreparing for an important meeting
Apr 17The Wrong Cupa misunderstanding with a neighbor
Apr 16Carlos and the Waiting Rooma first day at a new job
Apr 15The Lost Visitorhelping a stranger find their way
Apr 14Fatima's Day at the Libraryan unexpected change of plans
Apr 13The Broken Benchsolving a problem together
Apr 12Linh Learns at the Airportlearning something new
Apr 11Omar's Big Daya job interview
Apr 10Sofia's New Friend at the Marketmaking a new friend
Apr 9Hassan Fixes the Problemdealing with a problem at work
Apr 8Yuki's Big Meetingpreparing for an important meeting
Apr 7The Wrong Cupa misunderstanding with a neighbor
Apr 6Carlos and the Waiting Roomhelping a stranger
Apr 5Priya Helps a Strangerhelping a stranger
Apr 4Priya's First Daya first day at work

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