Short Stories · Section 8

Learning to dance

I went to England with my mother. She used to be a singer in a band.

Level: B1 · 31 sentences

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1. I went to England with my mother.
2. She used to be a singer in a band.
3. We went to the hotel that she used to sing at.
4. It was a big fancy hotel.
5. Some of the people that she knew when she sang in the band were still there.
6. They remembered my mother, and they had a good time talking to her and remembering old times.
7. Many people told me that I looked like my mother.
8. In the hotel, they had a fancy hall where they had ballroom dancing.
9. I am not used to that kind of dancing.
10. I always dance to rock music.
11. A man told me that he would teach me how to dance.
12. It looked very easy.
13. I held one of his hands, and put my other hand on his shoulder.
14. He told me exactly how to move my feet.
15. I was very clumsy, and I stepped on his toes.
16. He was patient with me, and he counted "one, two, three".
17. I tried to waltz with him.
18. I would start out pretty well, but then I would get mixed up and stand on his toes again.
19. The man laughed about it.
20. I told him that I wasn't a very good dancer, but he said that I was good for a beginner.
21. I think he was just being polite.
22. The man asked my mother to dance.
23. My mother is a very good dancer.
24. I didn't know that about her.
25. She never stepped on the man's toes once.
26. The man thanked us for dancing with him, and I thanked him for giving me dancing lessons.
27. I don't think I'll ever be very good at that type of dancing.
28. Each generation has a specific type of dancing.
29. The way that I dance is different from the way that my mother dances.
30. The way that I dance doesn't involve moving your feet too much.
31. I'm not too good at fancy steps.