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The Time-Traveling Bicycle

On a rainy afternoon, Liam was looking through an old box in his garage when he found something strange. Hidden behind some dusty tools and old clothes, there was an old bicycle. It looked just like any other bicycle—except for one thing: it had a glowing gear on its wheel. The glowing gear spun slowly, as if it were alive.

Liam was curious. He had never seen this bicycle before. His family didn’t have it, and he had no idea where it came from. He decided to take it outside and see what would happen. As soon as he started pedaling, the air around him began to change. The sound of the rain disappeared, and the world seemed to slow down.

Liam pedaled faster, and in a blink of an eye, everything changed. The rain stopped, and the street he was riding on looked different—older. The houses were smaller, the cars were from a different time, and people were dressed in old-fashioned clothes. Liam realized he wasn’t in his time anymore—he had traveled back in time!

As he rode the bike through the strange new world, Liam saw a sign that said "Year 1950." He was amazed. The bicycle wasn’t just a bike—it was a time machine!

But soon, Liam noticed something even stranger. The bicycle’s glowing gear was starting to spin faster, and the world around him began to blur. Was it time to go back to the present, or would he end up in a completely different time? Liam had no idea, but he couldn’t wait to find out.

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English Listening Quiz

1. Where does Liam find the bicycle?




2. What is special about the bicycle?




3. What happens when Liam starts pedaling the bicycle?




4. Where does Liam find himself after pedaling faster?




5. What does Liam realize about the bicycle?




Synonyms and Antonyms Table

Word Synonym Antonym
rainy wet sunny
old ancient new
strange unusual familiar
hidden concealed visible
dusty dirty clean
curious inquisitive indifferent
outside outdoors inside
change transform remain
disappeared vanished appeared
different unusual similar
amazed astonished unimpressed
blur distort clarify
present now past
idea thought ignorance
wait anticipate rush