Wheels

Rob Sved
Read and discover all about wheels ...
• What can wheels do?
• How many wheels does a unicycle have?
Read and discover more about the world! This ser ie'> 01
non-fiction readers provides interesting and educatloll .d
content, with activities and project work.
Series Editor: Hazel Geatches

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300 headwords '& 600 headwords I:::iY 900 headw
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Wheels
Rob Sved

Contents' Introduction 3
1 What Are Wheels? 4
2 Carts and Chairs 6
3 Bicycles 8
4 Cars, Planes, Trains 10
5 Wheels for Fun 12
6 Wheels to Cut 14
7 Wheels at Home 16
8 Water and Wind 18
Activities 20
Project 28
Pictu re Dictiona ry 30
About Read and Discover 32

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Aiamy 1'1'.3 (bike w heels/Carlos Voss), 5 (bus/MO Peerbaeus,
roll e rska ters/MARKA). 15 (comb ine halvestcr/Joh n McKenna);
Co rbi s 1'1'.6 (stro ll er/Co rey Rich/Aurora Pholos); CellY Images Where are these wheels?
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'What Are
L---.....I-.I Wheels?
Wheels are machines. Wheels are
round and the-y turn. People use
wheels to do man-y things.
People use wheels to move. This
People use wheels to carr-y things. school bus has four big wheels. It
This wheelbarrow has one wheel carries lots of people.
at the front. The girl walks and
Wheels are fun, too. Look at these
the wheel turns.
roller skates. A roller skate has four
little wheels. With roller skates,
people can move fast .

.. Go to page 20 for activities.

 Some people
Carts and Chairs can't walk.
The!;) use
In a store, people use a shopping wheelchairs
cart to carry man!;) things. The cart to move. The!;)
has little wheels. People can push push the big
and pull the cart. wheels with
their hands.
A stroller has wheels, too. People
push the strollers and babies can
sleep in them.

People use wheelchairs in sports.

These people are in a long race. They
can go 42 kilometers in two hours!

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Do 1Jou have a bic1Jcle? Bic1Jcles
have two wheels. You use 1Jour legs
to turn the wheels. You wear a
helmet to protect 1Jour head.
Some bic1Jcles can go ver1J fast.
These people are in a race.
Look at this bic1Jcle wheel. It's
a metal wheel with a rubber tire.
The tire helps the wheel to turn on
bump1J roads. You use a pump to
put air into the tire.
A unicycle has one
wheel. It's fun to ride!
+ Go to page 22 for activities. •
 A PLane
·Cars, Planes, Train
Cars, planes, and trains all have
wheels. The-y have an engine, too.
The engine makes the wheels
turn fast.

How man-y wheels does a car A plane uses wheels to move ver-y
have? It has four wheels. It has a fast, and then it flies into the sk-y.
steering wheel, too. You turn the How man-y wheels can -you see?
steering wheel and the car moves
Trains have metal wheels. The
left or right.
wheels turn on a metal track.
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Wheels for fun

People use wheels for fun, too!
You can see man1:) wheels at the
fairground. This big wheel turns,
and people go round and round.

.. BI9 WheeL

This wheel is a merr1:)-go-round.

Children stand on the wheel. Other
people push it round and round.

Man1:) t01:)s have

wheels. This t01:)
has little wheels.
Children sit on it
and the1:) use their
legs to move .

A yo-yo is a wheel. It turns

fast a nd goes up a nd down .

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 Wheels to Cut
People use wheels to cut things.
A round, metal saw is very sharp.
The saw uses electricity to turn very
fast. It can cut many things. This Wheels can cut food, too. You can
round saw can cut wood. push this cutter on a pizza. The metal
wheel turns and it cuts the pizza.

This combine harvester has wheels to

move and wheels to cut. The metal
wheels are very sharp and they turn
fast. The combine harvester moves
and the metal wheels cut the wheat.

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, Wheels at Home
People use wheels to do man-y
things at home. Look in -your home.
How man-y wheels can -you find?

This clock has man-y wheels inside.

The wheels turn together, and the-y
make the hands move. This rolling pin is a long wheel.
People use a rolling pin to make
bread and cookies.

Do -you know
people can
paint with
wheels? People
use a roller to
paint walls.

Go to page 26 for activities.

 Water and Wind
People use rivers and the wind to
turn wheels.

This is an old water mill. The water

in the river turns a big wheel. The
big wheel turns other wheels in the
water mill. The wheels make flour
from wheat.

A wind turbine has wheels inside.

The wind turns the wheels. This
makes electricit!:).

We use wheels ever!:) day, and they

help us do man!:) different thing s.
Which is !:)our favorite wheel?
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What Are Wheels? Carts and Chairs

.. Read pages 4-5. .. Read pages 6-7.

1 Write the words. Find and write the words.

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2 CompLete the sentences. big front 2 Write true or false.
1 Wheels are round and they turn. 1 Babies can sleep in stroLLers. true
2 A wheelbarrow has a wheel at the 2 A shopping cart has big wheels.
3 People push a shopping cart.
3 A bus has _ _ __ wheels. 4 People in wheelchairs push the
4 A roLLer skate has _ __ _ wheels. wheels with their hands.
 Bicycles Cars, Planes, Trains
... Read pages 8-9. ... Read pages 10-11.

1 Find and write the words. 1 Write the words.

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You use your legs ~ to protect your head. 2 Write true or false.
You use a pump to put air into a tire.
You wear a helmet to turn bicycle wheels. 1 A ca r has six wheels.
2 You turn a steering wheel and the
1 You use your legs to turn bicycle wheels. car moves left or right.
2 - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - -
3 Trains don't have wheels.
3 4 Trains move on a metal track.
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Wheels for Fun Wheels to Cut

+ Read pages 12-13. + Read pages 14-15.
1 Write the words. 1 Match. Then write the sentences.
down left round up right A combine harvester cuts wood.
1 _ _ __ A pizza cutter cuts wheat.
2 _ _ __ o Asaw cuts pizza.
3 _ _ __
4 _ _ __ 1
5 _ _ __ 2 _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
3

2 Corn plete the sentences. 2 Circle the correct words.

sit push yo-yo fairground 1 A metal saw is very sharp / wood.
2 A saw turns very fast / food.
1 There are many wheels at the _ _ __
3 A pizza cutter has a meta l wheel/pizza.
2 People can a merry-go-round. 4 A combine harvester has wheels to move
3 You can on a toy. a nd wheels to cutter / cut.
4 A _ _ __ goes up and down. 5 A combine harvester sits / moves and the
wheels cut the wheat.
 Wheels at Home Water and Wind
+ Read pages 16-17. + Read pages 18-19. electricit!::! wi nd tu rbi ne
1 Write the words. Then match. 1 Write the words. river water mill

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clock -

1 2

3 _ _ __ _ 4
2 CompLete the sentences.
2 Write true or false.
long make turn paint
1 The wind turns a wheel in a water mill. _ __
1 People use a rolling pin to - - - - bread 2 Wheels in a water mill can make flour
a nd cookies. from wheat.
2 A clock has man!::! wheels that - - - - 3 The wind turns a wind turbine and this
together. makes electricit!::!.
3 People use a roller to _ _ __ walls. 4 You can't use wheels to make
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My Wheels Write words.

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Is it fast?
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down eLectricity fairground fast push race right road

flour food front hour sharp sleep sports store

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