Table of Contents

Short Vowel Sounds ........................................ 1

Short Vowel Passages ...................................... 3

Short Vowel Sounds ........................................ 14

Two (2) Letter Words ....................................... 28

Three (3) Letter Words .................................... 32

Four (4) Letter Words ...................................... 36

Syllables ........................................................... 44

Consonant Blend .............................................. 49

Words with Silent Letters List .......................... 62

Parts of Speech ................................................ 64

Antonyms ......................................................... 68

Synonyms ......................................................... 69

Sentence Structure ........................................... 70

Reading Comprehension .................................... 86

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Short Vowel Sounds - a, e, i, o and u

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Write the middle vowel sound for each word.

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 Short Vowels Passages

Short Short Short Short Short

a e i o u
- ad - ed - id - ob - ub

- am - en - ig - og - ug

- ag - et - im - op - um

- an - eg - in - ot - un

- ap - eb - ip - ox - ut

- at - it - us

- ack

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CVC List (consonant-vowel-consonant)

▶ Short a Vowel Sounds

an at ag ap ad am ack
pan fat bag map lad ham back
van sat wag nap had Pam Zack
fan hat sag lap dad yam hack
can rat lag tap sad jam lack
tan bat tag cap bad bam tack
man cat jag gap mad Sam sack
ran mat nag rap pad tam rack
wan pat rag zap rad Ram pack

▶ Short e Vowel Sounds

ed en et eg -e-
bed Ben bet beg web
fed hen get keg gem
led men jet leg hem
red pen let peg pep
Ted ten met yes
wed Zen net neck
zed pet bend
set check
vet ref
wet
yet

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▶ Short i Vowel Sounds
ib id ig im in it ip -i -
bib bid big dim bin bit dip his skin
fib did dig him din fit hip skid thin
rib hid fig rim fin hit lip slid twin
kid gig pin lit rip slim whim
lid rig sin pit sip trim shin
rid win sit tip chin

▶ Short o Vowel Sounds

ob og op ot ox -o-
cob bog cop cot box mom
gob cog hop dot fox pom
job dog mop got pox rod
lob fog pop hot sod
mob hog top tot
rob jog lot
sob log not
pot
rot

▶ Short u Vowel Sounds

ub ud ug um un ut -u-
cub bud bug bum bun but cup
hub cud dug gum fun cut pup
nub dud hug hum gun gut bus
rub mud lug mum nun hut
sub mug sum pun jut
tub pug run nut
rug sun rut
tug

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Find and highlight the words.

1) .cat .sat .mat .hat .rat

My Cat
Here is my cat. My cat sat
on a mat. My cat sat on a
hat. My cat sat on a rat!
My cat sat and sat.

2) .Ken .Ben .net .pet .web

Ken and Ben
Let’s go Ken! I have a net.
We can get a bug for a pet.
It is in the web. Ben met Ken
at the web.

3) .dip .rip .zip .sip .tip

Time to swim
Let’s go for a dip. I will zip my bag
and have a sip. The tip of the bag
can rip. I will zip it fast.

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Find and highlight the words.

4) .dog .Tom .bog .hot .log .sob

Tom’s Dog
Tom has a dog.
The dog is in the bog.
The dog is hot.
The dog sat and sat.
Tom did not sit in the hot bog.
Tom sat on a log.
Tom did sob.

5) .yum .gum .hum .mum

Yum! I Like Gum!

Yum! I like gum!
I like to chew gum.
I like to chew gum and hum.
My mum has gum.
She gives me some.
Yum! Yum!
I like to chew gum!

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Short Vowels Test
See the picture below and circle the correct answer.

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CVC Words (consonant-vowel-consonant)

Read the words. Color the pictures and write the

words.

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Color the pictures. Write the scrambled words
correctly.

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Draw a line to match the word with the picture. Write
the word.

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Say the name of the picture. Circle the letters that
represent the sound of the picture. Write the name of
the picture.

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Use the picture clues to complete the puzzles.
Write the name of each picture on the lines below.

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Long Vowel Sounds - a, e, i, o and u

Long Long Long Long Long

a e i o u
- ai - ea - ie - o_e - ew
- ay - ee - i_e - oa - u_e
- a_e - ey - y - oe - ue
- ei - igh - ow

Long A Long E Long I Long U Long U

table peach tiger pony music
cake sheep knight nose mule
train monkey child goat
spray puppy window
eight gold

Other Other Other Other Other

Patterns Patterns Patterns Patterns Patterns
ea - steak e_e - these ie - pie oe - toe eu - feud
ei - vein ei - ceiling oo - door ew - few
ey - they ie – shield ou - soul ue - argue
i - radio ough - though

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▶ Long Vowels
When a vowel sounds like its name, this is called a
long sound.

Long a

acorn train snake rain hay cake

Long e

equal key thief leaf tree baby bee

Long i

fly pie bike fire light

Long o

oval bone robot boat toe

Long u

moon cube screw glue ruler unicorn

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Read the long vowel words and color the pictures.

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Read the long vowel words and color the pictures.

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Read the long vowel words and color the pictures.

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Read the long vowel words and color the pictures.

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Read the long vowel words and color the pictures.

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Long/Short Vowel Sorting

Look at the pictures and read the words.

Write each word in the correct column below.

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Look at the pictures and read the words.
Write each word in the correct column below.

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Look at the pictures and read the words.
Write each word in the correct column below.

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Look at the pictures and read the words.
Write each word in the correct column below.

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Look at the pictures and read the words.
Write each word in the correct column below.

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Vowel Families

Read the words in the box. Write them in their correct

vowel families.

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Long Vowels

Write the long vowel for each word below.

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 Two (2) Letter Words

Two letter words list

ad be do go he if me no of so to up we

am by in my oh us

an is on

as it or

at

ax

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Two letter words. Read and match.

Read out the words. Draw a line to connect the

matching words.

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Read out each word and write the word beside it.

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Read out each word and write the word beside it.

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 Three (3) Letter Words

Three letter words list

pan fat bag map lad ham

van sat wag nap had Pam
fan hat sag lap dad yam
can rat lag tap sad jam
ran mat nag rap pad tam
wan pat rag zap rad Ram
bed Ben bet beg web met
fed hen get keg gem net
led men jet leg hem pet
red pen let peg pep set
bib bid big dim bin bit
fib did dig him din fit
rib hid fig rim fin hit
cob bog cop cot box mom
gob cog hop dot fox pom
job dog mop got pox rod
cub bud bug bum bun but
hub cud dug gum fun cut

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Three letter words. Read and match.

Read out the words. Draw a line to connect the

matching words.

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Read out the words. Draw lines to connect the pictures
to the words.

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Say the name of each picture. Read the words, trace,
and write the words.

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 Four (4) Letter Words

Four letter words list

boat frog hand door baby moon best

nest four clip yarn back rain blue

bone bowl book duck bear away both

fire fish nose ring ball dust room

worm girl belt shoe book lamp swan

leaf bell bean tree bang lift port

lock feet cake fork pork sink hail

vest nail horn ship chin many done

cone sock mask crab cola name pine

file drum road meat word bird pain

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The words below are missing their beginning sounds.
Write them, match and write them again.

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The words below are missing their beginning sounds.
Write them, match and write them again.

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The words below are missing their beginning sounds.
Write them, match and write them again.

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The words below are missing their beginning sounds.
Write them, match and write them again.

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The words below are missing their beginning sounds.
Write them, match and write them again.

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The words below are missing their beginning sounds.
Write them, match and write them again.

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Read and write the words below.

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 Syllables
a single unit of speech , either a whole word or one of
the parts into which a word can be separated , usually
containing a vowel.

Examples :

1) The word ‘banana’ has three (3) syllables.

2) The word ‘robot’ has two (2) syllables.

ro/bot

3) The word ‘baby’ has two (2) syllables.

ba/by

4) The word ‘dog’ has one (1) syllable.

dog

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Read and trace the words. Count how many
syllables are in each word and color the
numbered box that matches the answer.

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How many syllables?

Color the picture. Read the word.

Color one circle for each syllable.
Write the number of syllables.

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Color the picture. Say the word.
Color the circle for each syllable. Write the
number of syllables.

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Say the name of each animal. How many syllables
can you hear? Circle the correct number of
syllables for each animal.

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 Consonant Blend

▶ Consonant blend with ‘r’

including br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr and tr

br cr dr fr gr pr tr
bread crab drum frog grapes pretzel trap

brush crayon dress fries grass press trash

bricks crib drop fruit green print tray

broom crack dream frill groom train

broccoli crash drink frost grill tractor

brush crop drag fresh grab tree

brass crust draft from gram trip

brim craft drift grant track

drug trust

drill

drip

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Complete the words with br or tr.

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Complete the words with br, tr, cr, dr, gr, fr or
pr.

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▶ Consonant blend with ‘s’
including sn, sc, sk, sl, sw, sp, st and sq

sn sc sk sl sw sp st sq
snail scale skates sloth swan spider star square
snake scooter skirt sled swim spoon string squid
snack scarf skull slipper swing sprout stool squirrel
snow skip stamp
strawberry

stair
street
stone

▶ Consonant blend with ‘l’

including bl, cl, fl, gl, pl and sl

bl cl fl gl pl sl
blake cloak flower gloves plane slow

black cloud flag glide plain sleep

block clover flute glow plan slay

bleed clock flip grow slip

blew clamp flops slap
clip flat
clap
clue

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Consonant blend with ‘s’

Complete the words with st or sn.

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Consonant blend with ‘s’

Complete the words with sl, sp, sk, sw or sc.

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Consonant blend with ‘s’

Complete the words with the correct blends and

match them.

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Consonant blend with ‘l’

Complete the words with cl or fl.

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▶ Ending consonants blend

What is the ending sound of each picture? Circle

the correct ending blends.

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What is the ending sound of each picture? Circle
the correct ending blends.

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▶ Consonant digraph

Sound the digraph. Write the digraph to complete

the word.

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Sound the digraph. Write the digraph to complete
the word.

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Complete the words.

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 Words with Silent Letters List
Silent B Silent T Silent W Silent K Silent H
bomb butcher answer knee ghost
climb castle sword knew honest
comb Christmas two knickers hour
crumb fasten whole knife mechanic
debt hustle wrack knight rhythm
doubt listen wrap knit scheme
dumb match wrist knitting school
lamb mortgage wrinkle knob what
limb nestle wreck knock when
numb often wren knot where
plumber rustle wrench know whether
subtle witch wrestle knowledge while
thumb soften writing knuckle white
succumb watch wriggle knack why
　 　 wrong 　 technical
　 　 　 Silent U stomach
Silent G Silent C Silent L guard monarch
sign conscience almond biscuit echo
campaign conscious talk vogue chemical
champagne crescent calf building character
cologne descend calm tongue chaos
gnome descent chalk guilty architect
design disciple walk guitar 　
resign evanesce folk guess Silent P
foreigner fascinate half guest coup
align fluorescent palm build cupboard
assign muscle salmon circuit pneumonia
reign 　 　 disguise pseudo
　 　 　 league psychiatrist
Silent A Silent E Silent D guide psychic
artistically age badge antique psychology
logically breathe edge 　 psychotherapy
musically bridge handsome Silent N raspberry
physically change hedge autumn 　
critically clothes sandwich column Silent S
　 gene wedge damn aisle
　 hate Wednesday hymn island

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▶ Silent or Magic Word Lists

a-e i-e o-e u-e

ate site note use
cane ride cone cube
wave wine tone cute
pane bite rote tube
fade hide mope dune
fate fine rode fume
tape ripe node mule
cape pine hope tune
rate time dote tube
lake hike vote
late mice joke
cave line hole
game kite rose
sale nine code
whale pile poke
shade hide home
hate dice robe
face live rope
ace spine
same file
safe wipe
make
take
gate
date
cake
lane
tale
race

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 Parts of Speech

1) Noun – A noun is generally defined as a person, place, or

thing; however, ideas are also nouns.

People Mary, John, Dad, Mom, woman, man, girl, boy, child
Places Philippines, kitchen, room, park, school, market
Things book, pencil, flower, shoe, car, apple, grapes
Animals Tiger, dog, bird, cat

2) Pronoun – A pronoun is a word that is used to replace a

noun  For example, instead of saying “Andy is studying hard”
we can use “He” as a substitute for Andy.  We need to be
careful with pronoun use, as pronouns should only be used
after a noun has been used first, and it must be clear which
noun the pronoun is replacing.

　 Singular 　 Plural
Ours
1st person familiar I >
We/ Us
My
1st person humble I >
We
Your
2nd person familiar You >
Yours
2nd person humble You > You
He They/
3rd person familiar She > Theirs
He/She/It 　
Them, Those

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3) Adjective – a word that modifies or describes a noun or
pronoun.
Ex. Clear sky: The sky is clear.

blue two cold big clear beautiful dark

green fun happy small young long pink

4) Verb – Shows an action or a state of being.

▶ In grammar, tense is a category that expresses time

reference with reference to the moment of speaking. Tenses
are usually manifested by the use of specific forms of verbs,
particularly in their conjugation patterns.

▶ Ex. go, walk, speak, eat, live, are, is

- Basic tenses found in many languages include the past,
present, and future.

Past Tense Present Tense Future Tense

(already happen) (happening now) (will happen)
- Regular verbs - (added-ed)
listened listen will listen
walked walk will walk
talked talk will talk
looked look will look
- Irregular verbs - (change)
ate eat will eat
slept sleep will sleep
sat sit will sit
ran run will run

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5) Adverb – a word used to modify the sense of a verb,
participle, adjective, or other adverb, and usually placed near
it.

Happily very prettily

comfortably well entertainingly
conveniently too deliciously
largely always cheaply
beautifully dangerously busily
quietly difficultly quickly

6) Preposition – shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun

to another word.
- a preposition combines with a noun or pronoun to show
location, time, or movement.

Location Time Movement

above after against
behind before along
below by down
beside during from
between from into
by on off
in past on
inside since onto
near through out of
on to toward
over until up
through upon upon

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7) Conjuction – joins two words, ideas, phrases together and
shows how they are connected.

for but so
and or because
nor yet

8) Interjection – a word or phrase that expresses a strong

emotion. It is a short exclamation.

- Awesome! / Woah / Amazing! / Super cool!

- OMG!- Oh My God! / Opps
- What / What the.. / OMG!
- Really? / For real? / Seriously?
- Are you kidding me?
- Hey!
- Yes! / Hooray! / Hurrah! / Yay!
- By the way!
- Huh?
- Ouch!
- Is it so? / Is that so? / Really?
- Good! Well done! Like that!

Interrogatives
An interrogative sentence is a sentence that asks a question.
The term is used in grammar to refer to features that
form questions.

What Why

Which How

Where What kind of

When How many

Who How Much

Whom How much, How long

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 Antonyms
An antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning
of another word.
Long ............ Short
Same ........... Different
Near ............ Far
Many ............ Few
High ............. Low
Hot ............... Cold
Wide ............. Narrow
Cheap ........... Expensive
Strong .......... Weak
Easy .............. Difficult
Delicious ....... Not Delicious
Begin ............. End
Start ............. Finish
Arrive ........... Leave
Black ............ White
Best .............. Worst
Absent .......... Present
Admit ............ Deny
Answer ......... Question
Alone ............ Together
Alive ............. Dead
Agree ............ Disagree
Big ............... Small
Heavy .......... Light
Fast ............. Slow
Hot ............... Cold
Good ............. Bad
Light ............. Dark
Loud ............. Quiet
Happy ........... Sad
Clean ............ Dirty
Above ............ Below
Before ........... After
Beautiful ........ Ugly
Soft ................ Hard
Bitter ............. Sweet
Interesting ..... Boring
Awale ............ Asleep
Achieve ......... Fail
Admit ............ Reject
Answer ......... Ask
Always ......... Never
Ancient ....... Modern
Accept ......... Refuse
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 Synonyms
A synonym is a word that means exactly or nearly the
same as another word.
Angry .............. Mad
Danger ............ Harm
Admit .............. Confess
Alike ................ Same
Ask ................. Inquire
Cold ............... Chilly
Begin ............... Start
Big ................... Large
Scared ............. Afraid
Center .............. Middle
Child ................ Kid
Choose ............. Select
Complete .......... Finish
Delicious .......... Yummy
Depart .............. Leave
Difficult ............ Hard
Easy ................. Simple
Cut ................... Chop
Evil ................... Bad
Answer ............. Response
Dangerous ........ Unsafe
Sick .................. ill
End ............. Finish
Fall .............. Drop
Fast ............. Quick
Fool ............. Idiot
Enjoyment ... Fun
Trash ........... Garbage
Gather ......... Collect
Present ........ Gift
Sad ............. Unhappy
Help ............. Assist
Thought ........ Idea
Interesting ..... Exciting
Kind .............. Helpful
Rest .............. Relax
Listen ........... Hear
Mistake ........ Error
Neat ............. Tidy
Correct ......... Right
Exit ............... Leave
Connect ........ Join
Danger .......... Harm
Beautiful ........ Pretty
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 Sentence Structure

Abbreviations of sentence structure:

S - Subject A - Adjective
N - Noun O - Object
V - Verb 　 　 　

Basic Sentence :

▶ Subject + Noun / S + N
I am a student.

▶ Subject + Verb / S + V
Mina runs.

▶ Subject + Adjective / S + A
Mina is beautiful.

▶ Subject + Object + Verb / S + O + V

I ate bread.

▶ Subject + Verb + Adjective / S + V + A

Laura is busy
She is smart.
The flowers are red.

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Read and write.

Read the words in the box. Circle the word that fits
the sentence. Write the word in each sentence. Read
the sentence out loud.

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Read the words in the box. Circle the word that fits
the sentence. Write the word in each sentence. Read
the sentence out loud.

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Read the words in the box. Circle the word that fits
the sentence. Write the word in each sentence. Read
the sentence out loud.

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Read the words in the box. Circle the word that fits
the sentence. Write the word in each sentence. Read
the sentence out loud.

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Complete the sentences

Read the words in the box. Read the sentences. Use

the words to complete the sentences.

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Read the words in the box. Read the sentences. Use
the words to complete the sentences.

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Read the words in the box. Read the sentences. Use
the words to complete the sentences.

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Read the words in the box. Read the sentences. Use
the words to complete the sentences.

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Sentence builders

Use the words to write a sentence about the picture.

Begin the sentence with the uppercase letter and end it
with a period.

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Use the words to write a sentence about the picture.
Begin the sentence with the uppercase letter and end it
with a period.

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Use the words to write a sentence about the picture.
Begin the sentence with the uppercase letter and end it
with a period.

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Use the words to write a sentence about the picture.
Begin the sentence with the uppercase letter and end it
with a period.

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Use the words to write a sentence about the picture.
Begin the sentence with the uppercase letter and end it
with a period.

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Use the words below to complete the sentences.

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Read.
Greetings and Introduction.

Hi! Good morning!

Hello! Good afternoon!

What is your name? Good evening!

My name is ______. How are you?

How old are you? How have you been doing?

I'm 8 years old. I am doing well.

Nice to meet you. I'm fine, thanks. (and you?)

See you soon. Thank you for the meal.

What grade are you in? Thank you, that was a great meal.

Thank you in advance. Good Bye.

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 Reading Comprehension

Library
I have a brother.
His name is John.
We like to read books
We read books in the library.
1) I have a brother and his name is .
a. Bill
b. John
2) We like to .
a. swimming
b. read books
3) We read books in .
a. the library
b. class

My Pet
I have a pet dog.
My dog is little and brown.
My dog likes his little ball.

1) Check the picture that matches the story.

2) My dog likes his .

3) My dog is and brown.

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 The Dog
The dog’s name is Jerry. He has brown fur
and is very playful. He loves to chase his
ball in the park.

1) What is the dog’s name?

2) What color is the dog’s fur?

a. Brown b. Blue C. Black
* Now color the picture in with the fur.

3) What does the dog like to do at the park? .

My Little Red Car

I drive my little red car everywhere. I can
go fast and takes me to many amazing
places. Last week it took me to the mountains.

1) What color is the car?

a. Green b. Yellow C. Red
* Now color the picture in the correct color.

2) Can the car go fast?

The Little Girl

The little girl has a monkey.
The monkey is little and brown.
The monkey likes banana.

1) What does the little girl has?

2) The monkey is and .

3) The monkey likes .

a. banana b. apple c. orange

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 A Little Bird
I see a bird in the bush.
The bird is very little.
It is blue. The bird is
looking for a worm.

1) What do I see?

2) What color is it?

3) What is it looking for?

WHO? WHAT? WHERE?

Mag the Cow is sick.
She does not moo.
She does not give milk.
John will have to get the
vet to look at her.
She is in the barn waiting.
The vet will make Mag the
Cow better. Then we will
get milk again.

1) WHO will make Mag the Cow better?

2) WHAT is wrong with Mag the Cow?

3) WHERE is Mag the Cow?

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 An Octopus Grabs
The octopus lives under the sea.
He sometimes comes out of the
sea to grab things. He grabs apples
to eat and a beachball to play with.
He grabs things with his long legs.

1) Where does the octopus live?

2) What did he grab to eat?

a. banana b. grapes c. apples

3) What did the octopus grab to play with?

4) How did the octopus grab things?

The Ice Cream Salad

Bobby’s mom wanted him to be healthy.
The salad had lettuce, carrots and
tomatoes. When his mom went away,
Bobby put ice cream all over his salad.

1) What did Bobby’s mom want him to be?

2) Was there lettuce on the salad?

3) Was there onion on the salad?

4) What did Bobby put all over his salad

when his mom left?

5) Do you like ice cream?

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