Easy

English!
- with
Alford
Books
- Volume 1

includes:
. English Intro -Signs, Sounds & Sentences
. Robin’s First Flight
. Understand Each Other
. Turtle Jumps
 Easy English
- with Alford Books
Volume 1

Written by Douglas J. and Pakaket Alford

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 This book is part of the
learn English with Alford
Books program.

Easy English

Bee’s Sneeze
Jungle Fire!
Birdy
Fishi &
lk s
e Wa
ho
ath
S
M
ey
Mon m
ps
!
Ju
r tle
Tu
g!
s Hu
o g
g eh
d
He

© Copyright Alford Books part of Manufacturing Application Konsulting Engineering

(MAKE) 2016 All rights reserved.
Teachers may copy this book for classroom use.
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 Table of Lessons

Page Description
1 Signs, Sounds & Sentences
30 Robin’s First Flight
57 Greet, Meet & About Me
77 Understand Each Other
102 Syllables, Stress and “S”
123 Turtle Jumps
151 Phonics, First & Faces

“How to Read this Book!

Read, re-read and repeat the
words out loud. To help, advance
pages with pictures of me, ‘Doctor
Know’ are included. I recommend
you skip these parts, the first
time reading this book!”

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 English Intro
- Signs, Sounds & Sentences

Table of Contents
Page Description
1 Intro to English
2 Learn Easy English
3 Signs
4 Sounds Have Meaning
5 Letters Make Sounds
6 Vowels
10 Rules and Breakers
12 Letter Sounds
13 C,K,Q
14 Letters Blend
16 Vowels Blend too
17 Activity #1 Practice Sounds
19 Join Letters into Words
20 Word Join into a Sentence
21 Sentence Types
22 Describe
23 Tell What Do or Not
24 Show Emotion
25 Questions
26 Next
27 Plurals
28 Punctuation
iv 29 Action Words
 Robin’s
First Flight
-Wings of Courage
Table of Contents
Page Description
30 Robin’s First Flight
31 Action!
32 Wings of courage
33 Name is Robin
34 Live in a nest
35 Want to fly
36 See friends fly
38 Afraid to try
39 Believe I can
40 Teach to fly
41 Tree is tall
42 Jump from the nest
43 I fly!
44 Fly across the sky
45 See different World
46 Fly tall
47 Word list
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 Robin’s Buddy Book
- Greet, Meet, About Me & More
Table of Contents
Page Description
48 Robin’s Buddy Book
49 a Sounds
50 e Sounds
51 i, o and u Sounds
52 R
53 TH
54 Silent Letters
55 Action Words
56 Noun
57 Rhyme
58 “a, an, the”
59 Describe Words
60 How Many? (numbers)
62 What Color?
63 Greet
64 Slang Greeting
65 Meet
67 About Me
68 Describe Myself
69 Time (Tense)
70 Activity #2 Tenses
72 English Origins
vi 73 Robin’s Review
 Understand Others
- Same Meaning
Table of Contents
Page Description
75 Understand Others,Syllables, Stress, ‘S’
77 Different Words
79 One Story at a Time!
81 Bird Flies Nearby
82 Everything is Familiar
83 Big Storm
84 Everything is Different
85 Ask Directions
86 Moo
87 Maw
88  Can’t Understand
89 Quack
90 Gaap
93 Croak
94 Ope
95 Speak Different Words
96 Same Meanings
97 Work Together
100 Bird Flies Back Home
101  Understand Each Other vii
 Understand Others
Buddy Book
- Syllables, Stress, “S” and More
Table of Contents
Page Description
102 Buddy Book
103 ‘a’ & ‘e’ Sounds
104 ‘i,o,u’ Sounds
105 Say Different Than Spell
106 Spell ‘ur’ sound
107 Noun
108 Action words
109  Describe words
110 Different Words
111 Different Meanings
112 Same Meanings
113 Activity #3 Same Words
114 Oppoosites
115 Word Parts
116 Stress
117 Short Sign ( ‘)
118 “s, es, ies’ nouns
119 “s” to some verb
120 “You & I” Break rules
121 Different review
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 Turtle Jumps
- A Tale of Determination
Table of Contents
Page Description
123 Turtle Jumps + Buddy Book
124 Turtle Jumps
125 Action!
126 Own Way to Jump
127 Name is TJ
128 Sometimes Happy
129 Sometimes Sad
130 Glad I’m a Turtle
131 At School
133 Last One Picked
134 Slowpoke
135 Everyone to Jump
136 Can’t Jump
138 Why Can’t I Jump?
140 Many Talents
141 I Want to Jump
142 Idea
144 TJ-1 Fails
145 STJ-2
146 WAHOO!
147 Jump & Jump
148 Turtle-naut
149 Finish Homework ix
 Turtle Jumps Buddy Book
- Phonics, First and Faces
Table of Contents
Page Description
151 Turtle Jumps Buddy Book
152 Doctor Know
153 ‘Say Name’ Vowels
154 More Vowels
167 Review Vowels
168 Silent ‘e’
169 ‘th’ - 1 (buzz)
170 ‘th’ - 2 (blow)
171 First to Fifth
172 Sixth to Tenth
173 Faces
175 S + V Sentences
176 S + V + O Sentences
177 Describe Adverb + V
178 Describe Adjective + O
179 Invent
180 Quotes
181 Conclusion
182 More Practice
188 Credits
189 More Alford Books
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 Easy English
-With Alford Books

Easy
Easy Robin’s
Intro! First Flight,
English!
Signs, Greet,
Sounds
Signs, &
Sounds Meet &
& Sentences
Sentences About Me
Volume 1

Understand Turtle
Others /
Jumps!
Syllables, Phonics,
Stress First
& ‘S’ and Faces

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 English
Intro!
- Signs,
Sounds and
Sentences

1
I will learn Easy
English with this Book!

ice!
Pract

People speak English

around the world.

2
 Signs

All around us are signs. Signs mean

something. This sign means stop!

3
 Sounds

“When we talk we make

sounds. The sounds
have meaning.”

4
 Letters
make sounds.

A a N n
B b O o
C c P p
D d Q q
E e R r
F f S s
G g T t
H h U u
I i V v
J j W w
K k X x
L l Y y
M m Z z

There are two types of letters:

UPPERCASE and lowercase.

5
 Vowels

a e i o u

Five letters called vowels are

special. Like glue, they join
letters together.

6
 Sometimes vowels
say their names!

a ate
e eat
i kite
o go
u use

Sometimes “y” is a vowel too

like in the words: try, fly or sky.

7
 Sometimes vowels
make more sounds!

a at
e pet
i it
o on
u up

Vowels can make even more

sounds that we will learn later.

8
 Sometimes two
vowels make one sound.

ea eat
ie tie
oa goat
oe toe
ue blue

There is a “rule” to help us.

9
 Rule

When two
vowels go
walking,
the first
one does
the talking.

Examples
ea eat
ue blue
ie pie
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 Rule Breaker

Often English does

not follow the rules.

ea great
oe shoe

The best way is to listen

to the words and say them
11 outloud for yourself.
To review, letters are
signs that make sounds.

B bag P pig
D dog R run
F face S sit
G go T to
H hi V van
J job W water
L leg X x-ray
M mop Y yell
N no Z zero

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 C, K, Q make the same sound.

C car
K king
Q queen

Q needs a ‘u’ make the ‘k’ sound.

Sometimes ‘c’ makes an ‘s’ sound.

C in city, CD, ceiling and center.

Certainly, this will take some practice.

13
Letters blend together
to make new sounds too.

bl blue
ch chew
sh shoe

This is a little confusing.

It just takes practice.

14
 More blended letters are:

bl- blue blend

br- brown breakfast
ch- chin ouch
cl- clean close
cr- cry crab
dr- drink drive
fl- fly flag
fr- free fruit
gl- glass glad
gr- green grin
pl- play please
pr- prize prepare
sh- ship push
sk- sky skin
sl- slip sleep
sm - small smart
sp- spot speed
sq - squid squirt
st- start stop Focus on sounds,
sw- sweet swim learn the words later.
spr- spray spring
str- strong street
th- thanks think
th- them this
thr - three throw
tr- tree travel

-ng ring sing

-nk think ink
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 Vowels blend together too.

ai air chair
ar dark bark
aw saw paw
ay pay play
ea eat ear
ea great
ee see feet
eer cheer beer
er her teacher
ew few chew
ey they
ie pie
ir bird shirt
oa coat road
oe toe
oe shoe
oi oil boil
oo good
oo food boot
or for
or word
ou ouch couch
ow cow
ow tow blow
oy boy toy
ue blue true
ur sure hurt

There are other blended letters too.

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 Activity #1
Practice Sounds

#1 Pair up with a friend.

Take turns reading the next
page. Mark the sounds the
reader needs to improve.

17
 Activity #1 Read out loud.
Practice what you need to improve.

air chair blue blend

dark bark brown breakfast
saw paw chin ouch
pay play clean close
eat ear cry crab
great drink drive
see feet fly flag
cheer beer free fruit
her teacher glass glad
few chew green grin
they play please
pie prize prepare
bird shirt ship push
coat road sky skin
toe slip sleep
shoe small smart
oil boil spot speed
good squid squirt
food boot start stop
for sweet swim
word spray spring
ouch couch strong street
cow thanks think
tow blow them this
boy toy three throw
blue true tree travel
sure hurt
ring sing
think ink
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 Letters join
to make words.

m-a-k-e w-o-r-d-s
make words

Notice how the word “make” follow

the rule. The vowel says its name
when the word ends in a silent ‘e’.
See how the “or” in “word” makes an ‘ur”
sound like in burn. English has features.

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 Words join together
to make a sentence.

We read books!

Subject is “we.”
Action is “read.”
Object is “books.”

20
 Sentence Types

Sentences:
1) describe something;
2) tell what to do;
3) show emotion;
4) ask questions?

There are 4 types of sentences.

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 1) Sentences describe
people, places or things.

My name is TJ. Bird flies.

Big storm blows.

Panda eats.
22
 2) Sentences tell
what to do or not do.

Don’t be late. Do your homework.

Practice playing. Don’t watch

too much TV.
23
 3) Sentences
show emotion!

Frog is happy! She smiles!

I am sad! TJ laughes!
24
 4) Why do we
ask questions?

Where am I?

What can I do? How are you?

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 Next

English helps us find the

answers to our questions.
Now, I know the basics.
I will use English everyday!

Continue to Learn

English is called the global language.

Using English opens up world wide
doors. Much of the world’s knowlege
is in English. Access to it, leads to rich
opportunities.
English is worth the effort it takes to
learn it. Improve your English with
Alford Books, One Fun Story at a Time!

The End
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 Learn More

Plurals
Add an “s” to make more
than one. Book becomes books.

Easy English

Red Panda
Jungle Fire!
Birdy
Fishi &
lk s
e Wa
Sho
th
y Ma
M one ps
!
m
Ju
le
rt g?
Tu Hu
o gs
eh
dg
He
Do
w
Ho

Sometimes:
. add “es” fish fishes
. minus y, add “ies” baby babies
. new word foot feet

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 Punctuation

What does ‘!’ mean?

It is one of the special signs.
! means excitement!

Here are other signs.

, comma means pause;

. period means the end of a sentence;
? means the sentence is a question.

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 Action words called
verbs change with time.
This is called tenses.

This is an
example.
Past - was
Present - is
Future - will be

tense

The End
English Intro!
Signs, Sounds and Sentences
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 Robin’s
First Flight,
Greet,
Meet &
About Me

The Start
30
 Action!

Read the short story

called Robin’s “First Flight.”
Next, practice the words in
the “Buddy Book” called,
“Meet, Greet and About
Me.” Remember, on the
first read, to skip the
parts with “Doctor Know.”

The “Buddy Book” teaches sounds, words and

sentences building on the Alford Books stories.
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 Robin’s
First Flight
- Wings of Courage

May the ‘Robin’ in each of

us find the courage to fly!

32
 Hi! My
name is Robin.

33
I live in a nest.

34
 I want to fly but
I am afraid to fall.

35
I see my friends fly.

36
 I want to fly too.

37
But I am
afraid to try.
Please help me.

38
 Mom tells me
to believe I can.

39
Dad teaches me how
to fly. He said, “Think,
jump and flap as fast
as you can.”

40
 The tree is tall but
I want to try!
I believe I can fly.

41
I think about
flying. I jump
from the nest.

42
 I flap and
flap very fast.
I can fly!

43
I fly high
across the sky!

44
 High above the forest
I fly. The world looks
different from up here.

sky
mountain

lake

forest tree

45
I am not small
when I fly tall!

46
 Word List
a (one) find jump small
about first lake tall
above flap little teach
across flight, live tell
flying
afraid fly looks that
am forest may the
and friends me think
as from mom this
before go mountain to
believe have my to give
but name too
can help nest tree
courage here not try
(noun, verb)
dad hi of up
different high please us
do how practice very
each I Robin want
fable in said world
fall is see
fast it sky

The End
Robin’s First Flight
47 - Wings of Courage
 Robin’s
First Flight
Buddy Book

Greet, Meet
and About Me

The Start
48
 ‘ a ’ Sounds

‘ ā ’ ‘ ă ’
a at
name dad
fable flap
lake fast

Other ‘ a ’ Sounds
‘ ah’ a (‘uh’)
father about
want afraid
walk again

Rule:
When words end in silent “e”
vowels often say their names.
Breaker: have
49
 ‘ e ’ Sounds

‘ ē ’ ‘ ĕ ’
me ten
be red
we help
green nest
tree forest
greet sentence
meet
three
easy
English

50
 ‘ i, o, u ’ Sounds

‘ ī ’ ‘ ĭ ’
I in, is, it
hi, high first
like flight
time live

‘ ō ’ ‘ ŏ ’
go on, off
phone mom

Other ‘ o ’ Sounds
do, to, too , one

‘ ū ’ ‘ ŭ ’
blue jump
use up
51
 R Sound

Practice: “r” in Robin

Other “r” words:

red rat runs in the rain
red rat reads

first
write
afraid
from
across
green Red Robin

52
 TH Sound

1st Practice “th” in:

the this that there

2nd Practice “th” in:

thanks
three

thumbs

think

53 a friend of Robin
 Silent Letters

Some words have silent

letters.
1) “h”  in:
why, where, what

2) “k” in: know, knife

3) “w” in:
two, write, answer

4) “gh” in: eight, flight

54
 Action Words

Some words show action.

fly flap

Examples:
ask believe fall jump

live see teach tell think

___________________
55 verb
 Nouns

A noun is a person,
place or thing.
Robin forest nest
mom sky tree
dad

Pronouns
replace a noun.
I, me, he, she, they
___________________
56
 Rhyme

Some words sound

similar or rhyme.

small pay try my

tall day fly sky

greet see he be
meet tree she me

fat
cat

See how the word is spelled

57 “rhyme” but we say (rime).
 a an the

English often uses “a,

an or the” before nouns.

the sky

the tree

a nest

an egg
To mean one of something, use “an” when
the next word makes a vowel sound. Else,
use “a.” English has features
articles 58
 Describe Words

Some words
describe nouns.

blue sky
The tree is tall.

Describe words also tell:

How many?
What color?
59 adjectives
 How Many? (numbers)

zero
0

three eight
two four seven nine
3 8
2 4 7 9
one
ten
1 10
five six
5 6

60
 More Numbers

10
thirteen
twelve seventeen eighteen
13 fourteen
17 18
12 nineteen
eleven 14 19
11
fifteen twenty
15 20

16
sixteen

0 zero 60 sixty
10 ten 70 seventy
20 twenty 80 eighty
30 thirty 90 ninety
40 forty 100 one hundred
61 50 fifty 1,000 one thousand
 What Color?

green

blue yellow

e
red
ng
pur

ora
ple

white brown black

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 Greet

What do we say when

we greet each other?

Hi, Hello

How are you?

good morning
I am ______.
good afternoon
good well fine ok so-so
good evening
Nice to meet you.
nice to meet you too
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 Slang Greetings

More ways to say Hi!

Yo! Very informal greeting in USA.
Use with close friends
Hiya! This greeting, short for “how are you?”,
is commonly used in certain parts of England.
Howdy! Very informal abbreviation of “how do
you do?” Common in parts of the U.S.A. like Texas

More ways to say How are you?

How is it going? How is it goin’?
Are you OK?, You OK? You alright?
What is up? What’s up? Sup? or Whazzup?
It is common among teenagers. You can answer
“nothing” or “not much” or “ a lot is happening”.
G’day mate! This is a casual Australian greeting
short for “good day”. 

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 Meet
When we meet, we learn
more about each other.

My name is Robin.

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you too.

65
My name is Doug.

What is your name?

My name is _______.

Where do you come from?

I come from _________.

Japan England USA China Thailand
France Germany Indonesia Africa
66
 About Me

I live in a nest.

Where do you live?

I live in ________.

house apartment condo hotel

67
 Describe Myself

I am ___ years old. or

My age is ____.

I am ___ centimeters tall.

See page 61 for numbers.

Describe my shape.
I am _______.
tall short right-size
Describe how I feel.
I am _______.
happy sad mad glad
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 Time (Tense)

Action words change

with time.

Past Present Future

flew fly will fly
tried try will try
went go will go

69 Robin’s friend Birdie.

 Activity #2
Practice Tenses

#2 Pair up. Take turns, making up

sentence for the different verb tenses.

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 Activity #2 Pair up. Take turns, making
up sentence for the different verb tenses.
(5 minutes total)

Past Present Future Example

was is will be What is today?
drank drink will drink Yesterday, he drank too much.
ran run will run I am running in a race.
thought think will think Tomorrow, I may think differently.
had have will have I have a test.
saw see will see Tomorrow, I will see that movie.
ate eat will eat I will eat soon.
went go/goes will go/goes She goes shopping.
bought buy will buy She will buy a lot.

Discuss:
I go. You go. We go.
He or she goes.
They will go tomorrow.

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 English Origins

English is from England.  Over 2

thousand years, England was invaded by
Romans, Germans, Vikings and French. 
Each left their marks on the language. 
It is why English has features.  We
will talk more about these later.
Pasakon Samlandee

Roman German Viking French

English comes from many places.

The features take practice.

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 Robin’s Review
yellow
blue
black
green

red

brown

good morning good afternoon

good evening good night

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Learn English with “Robin’s First Flight. ” This is
the story of wanting to fly but being afraid to try.
Robin overcomes fear and learns to fly! This fable
helps each of us find our own wings. We also learn
English sounds, signs and sentences along the way.

The End
Greet, Meet
and About Me

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 Understand
Others /

Syllables,
Stress
& ‘S’

The Start
75
 Action!

Read the short story

called “Understanding Others”
Next, practice the words in
the “Buddy Book” called,
“Sylables, Stress and S.”
Remember, on the first read,
to skip the parts with “Doctor
Know.”

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 Understand Others
- Different Words

Written by Douglas J. and Pakaket Alford

Illustrated by Chanita Worakhan

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 Understand Others
- Different Words

© Copyright Manufacturing Application Konsulting Engineering

(MAKE) 2015. All rights reserved.
Teachers may copy this book for classroom use.

78
 Learn English,
One Story
at a Time!

Alford books!
79
Learn each others’ words.
See how we are all the same.
Understand where we are different.

80
 Close by, a green bird
flies in the clear blue sky.

81
familiar

The bird looks down.

Everything is the same.

82
 Suddenly, a big storm
blows the bird far, far away.

83
The bird is not hurt.
The bird looks down again.
This time, everything is
different.

84
 The bird is lost. It
flies down to the ground
to ask directions.

85
The bird asks a
cow,“moo, moo, moo”
that means which
way is my home?

86
 “Maw, maw, maw,”
said the confused cow
from the new country.

87
The bird said, “I can’t
understand you. Cows
here don’t speak the
same words as cows
where I come from.”

88
 Next, the bird sees a yellow
duck. “Quack, quack quack,”
said the bird to the
newly met duck.

89
“Gaap, gaap, gaap,” said
the happy but confused duck.

90
 The bird said, “I can’t
understand you. This is not
how ducks in my country talk.”

91
Bird sees a frog and
flies over to talk with it.

92
 “Croak, croak, croak,”
said the bird to the
newly met frog.

93
“Ope, ope, ope,”
said the friendly
but confused frog.

94
 The bird wonders, “Why
don’t the animals in this
new country speak the same
as where it comes from?”

95
The bird learns that other
countries use different words
which have the same meanings.

96
 The animals work together
to learn each others languages.

97
Soon, the bird can talk
with its new friends.

98
 The new animals
teach the bird which
way to fly home.

99
As it flies away from
the new country, the
bird thinks ...

100
 Different words are
just ways to learn
more about each other.

The End
Understand Others
-Different Words
101
Understand Others
- Different Words
Buddy Book
Syllables, Stress,
“S” and More

The Start
102
 ‘ a ’ Sounds

‘ ā ’ ‘ ă ’
a as
name ask
same can

‘ e ’ Sounds
‘ ē ’ ‘ ĕ ’

green met
me stress
mean
see
we

103
‘ i, o, u ’ Sounds
‘ ī ’ ‘ ĭ ’
I is, it
time big

‘ ō ’ ‘ ŏ ’
home frog
blow not

‘ ū ’ ‘ ŭ ’
blue but
use duck

104
 Say Different
Than Spell
way [wā]

said [sĕd]

my [mī]

look
(“oo” sound takes practice. Try
to say “food” and “good” too.)

moo [mū] soon [sūn]

come [kŭm] from [frŭm]

moo

105
Spell ‘ur’ sound

word way-to-say:
bird [burd]
shirt [shurt]
word [wurd]
work [wurk]
hurt [hurt]

The bird is not hurt.

106
 Nouns

- person, place or things

sky clouds

bird

frog cow

duck
grass

107
 Action Words

look fly

ask
learn

108
 Describe Words
clear blue sky

yellow
Sun
green bird

friendly frog confused

cow
Notice: adjectives come before nouns.
109
 Different Words

Different language use different

words for the same meaning.

croak “ope”
moo “maw”
quack “gaap”

110
 Different Meanings
Words can have
more than one meanings.

close [klōz] - to shut

Close the door!
close [klōs] - near, short distance away
The store is close by.

mean [meen] - not nice

The bully is mean.
mean [meen] - define word
This word means something.
mean = action meaning = thing

stress [stres] - to make a syllable loud

Stress the 1st syllable.
stress [stres] - pressure
He has work stress.

111
 Same Meanings
Different words can
have the same meanings.

Different words can have the same meaning.

big large huge
small little tiny
look see
glad happy
talk speak

large
Suddenly, a big storm
blows the bird far, far away.
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 Activity #3
Same Words

#3 Re-read the story. Write

in other words that have the
same meaning.
Page New Word
83 big ---> large
86 home ---> house
88 words ---> language
90 said ---> replies

113
 Opposites
up down
big small
hot cold
on off
near far
young old
happy sad
same different
close open

What is the
opposite of a
happy duck?
__________
happy duck
114
 Word Parts

Words parts that we say

together are called syllables.

# word way-to-say:
1 bird [burd]
2 country [kuhn-tree]
3 animals [an-uh-muh l]
together [tuh-geth-er]
language [lang-gwij]
syllable [sil-uh-buh l]

115 syllables
 Stress
Notice this but don’t worry
(stress) about it. One word
part is stressed or said a
bit louder and longer than
the other parts.

word way-to-say:
1st country [kuhn-tree]
1st animals [an-uh-muh l]
2nd together [tuh-geth-er]
1st language [lang-gwij]
1st syllable [sil-uh-buh l]
3rd horizontal [hor-uh-zon-tl]
Often the 1st syllable is stressed.

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 Short Sign ( ‘ )
‘ means to shorten

contraction
can not can’t
do not don’t
I am I’m
is not isn’t
will not won’t

The bird answers, “I can’t

understand you. This isn’t
how ducks in my country talk.”

‘ is an apostrophe
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 More Than One.
“s, es and ies” nouns

single plural
bird birds
cow cows
duck ducks
frog frogs
kiss kisses
brush brushes
country countries

plural 118
 “s” to some verbs
Feature Rule
- with some single nouns:
add “s” to the verbs.

single plural
bird asks birds ask
he looks they look
she sees birds see
bird flies birds fly
bird replies birds reply
cow speaks cows speak
bird answers birds answer
bird thinks birds think
he goes they go

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 “You & I” Break Rules

Rule Breaker
- “You or I” verb has no “s”
(act like plural).

I go.
You go.
I ask a question.
I fly.
You look great.
You talk fast.
I think.
I reply, “ok”.

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 Different Words - Review

Yesterday, I flew.
Today, I’m flying.
Tomorrow, I will fly too.

Am I happy or unhappy?
glad sad
joyful
cheerful

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A storm blows a bird to another country.
At first, the bird can’t talk with the new
animals. This is the story of learning about
languages. How can different words have
the same meanings?

The End
Understand Others
-Different Words
Buddy Book
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 Turtle
Jumps!
Phonics,
First
and Faces

The Start
123
Turtle Jumps!

English

Written by Douglas J. & Pakaket Alford

Illustrated by Tami Ashby

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 Action!

Read the short story

called “Turtle Jumps”
Next, practice the words in
the “Buddy Book” called,
“Phonics, First and Faces.”
Remember, on the first read,
to skip the parts with “Doctor
Know.”

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 May we each find
our own way to jump!

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 Hi! My name is TJ.
I am a turtle.

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Sometimes, I am happy.

128
 Sometimes sad.

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Mom and Dad say
I should be glad
that I am a turtle.

130
 At school I am often last. I get
to class just as the bell rings.

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Sometimes I feel
like I don’t fit in.

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 At recess, I am the
last one picked to play.

133
Often, I am the last to finish
board work. Sometimes, I am
called slowpoke. I don’t like that.

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 In gym, everyone gets to jump.

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I try, but I can’t.

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 Everyone laughs. I laugh too,
on the outside. Inside, I am sad.

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I ask Dad, why can’t I jump?

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 Dad said, Well! We are turtles.
Turtles can’t jump. We don’t
have knees built for jumping.

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Mom said, but you do have
many talents! Go find them.

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 I want to jump. No turtle has
ever jumped but I want to jump.

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I think and think about
jumping. I get a good idea.

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 My friends and I build this.
We name it TJ-1, that stands
for Turtle Jumper-One.

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We try it! Sadly, it fails.

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 We redo it. We make the STJ-2, the
Super Turtle Jumper-Two. We try again.

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It works! WAHOO!
I’m jumping!

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 I jumped! I am the first
turtle to ever jump! We
worked on it. We did it!
I jump and jump and jump!

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What should I do next? I think
I will be an… astronaut! Actually,
a TURTLE-NAUT! I want to be the
first turtle to jump in outer space.

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 First, I have to
finish my homework.

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A Turtle named TJ wants to jump. How
can a turtle jump? This story teaches
us all how to keep trying until we succeed.

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 Turtle Jumps!
Buddy Book
Phonics, First
and Faces

The word “phonics” means the sounds letters make.

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 Learn English!

Doctor Know reminds me to

speak, read and write English
every day! Don’t be afraid.
Like Robin and TJ have courage.
First, I read the English words
of others. Next, I find ways
to express my own ideas!

Start with sounds.

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 ‘Say Name’ Vowels

ā ape cape

ē bee sneeze

ī kite bite

ō bone phone

ū cute fruit
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 More Vowels

ă glad dad

ĕ egg legs

ĭ pig wig

ŏ frog log

ŭ fun sun

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 More ‘ ă ’
at
am
and
bag
can
cat
dad
gas
happy
have
has
sad

fat cat hat

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 Other ‘ a ’ Sounds

“ah” a (uh)
baht about
father afraid
haha again
wahoo alone
want pizza
walk
water*

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 Say Name ‘ ē ’
be
each
easy
free
he
keep knee
key
me
see
she
teach
team team
tree
we
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 More ‘ ĕ ’

bed egg
get bell
jet
leg
get
men
pen
pet
ten
wet
red

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 Say Name ‘ ī ’

find
like
I’m
light
five
like
nine
ride
right
tight
time

write
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 More ‘ ĭ ’
if is it
bin
big
fit
find
him
lip sit
ring

six
with
zit

in space
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 ‘ i ‘ as an ‘ e ’ Sound

bring
kiwi
piano
pizza
ring
radio
sing
ski
spring
think

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 ‘ y ‘ as ‘ ī ‘ Sound

by
buy
cry
dry
fly
fry
my
sky

try
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 Say Name ‘ ō ‘

bone
close
cold
go
gold clothes
home
no
oh
open
phone
toe
slowpoke

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 More ‘ ŏ ’

frog
off
on
dog
hot
log
mop
not
top

mom
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 Say Name ‘ ū ‘
cute
huge
music
true
unique
use
you

blue

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 More ‘ ŭ ’

us
up
bug
bum
sun
but
cup
cut
fun
duck
hug
jump
just
run

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 Review Vowels

ă ā
ăt āte

ĕ ē
ĕgg ēēl

ĭ ī
ĭt īce

ŏ ō
ŏn ōK

ŭ ū
ŭp ūse

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 Silent ‘e‘
Rule: vowels say their name
when the word ends in a silent e.

ă ā
căp cāpe
măd māde

ĕ ē
pĕt Pēte

ĭ ī
bĭt bīte
Tĭm tīme

ŏ ō
hŏp hōpe
mŏp mōpe

ŭ ū
cŭt cūte
hŭg hūge
Rule breaker: ‘have’ 168
 ‘ th ‘ - 1 (buzz)
the
that
them
then
there
these
they
this
those

father
feather
mother
other
weather
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 ‘ th ‘ - 2 (blow)
thank
thin think
third three
thumb
thunder

bath
mouth
tooth teeth
math
month
north south
with

“th” is also part of the place in a race. 170

 First to Fifth

First   1st
Second  2nd
Third  3rd
Fourth  4th
Fifth 5th

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 Sixth to Tenth

Sixth 6th
Seventh 7th
Eighth 8th
Ninth 9th
Tenth 10th
Words show how my face feels. 172
 Faces

happy sad
glad unhappy

scared cool

173 emotions & emoticons

 More Faces

cry laugh

smile love
I smile when I join words into sentences. 174
 S+V
Sentences
Simple sentences have
a subject and a verb.

I eat.
Panda eats.
He drinks.
She buys.
We go.
They understand.
Robin flies.
TJ jumps.

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 S+V+O
Sentences
The subject does the
verb with the object.

I eat food.
Panda eats leaves.
He drinks water.
She buys a car.
We go on a trip.
They understand English.
Robin flies to the sky.
TJ jumps in space.

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 Describe
Adverb + V
Adverbs
describe verbs.

I quickly eat.
Panda loudly eats.
He slowly drinks.
She happily buys.
Robin carefully flies.
TJ excitedly jumps.

See how adverbs often end in ‘ly.’

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 Describe
Adjectives + O
The subject does the
verb with the object.

I eat spicy food.

Panda eats green leaves.
He drinks hot coffee.
She buys a red car.

Robin flies in the blue sky.

TJ jumps in outer space.

Describe words add colors,

shapes and spices to our sentences.
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 Invent

More inventions are made

in English than any other
language
Automobile cars, electronics
like computers and airplanes
all begin with blank pieces
of paper written on in English.

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 Quotes
Much of the world’s knowledge
is written in English. Here are
a few quotes to think about.

Cherry blossoms briefly bloom

but last a lifetime in my memory.

Laughter is spice to life.

Success is 99% sweat and 1% idea.

I learn, least my mind be mush .

What I do speaks louder than what I say.

A smile is to my face as flavor is to food.

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 Conclusion

Now, I know easy

English, I will
use it every day.

Practice
Improve
Apply

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 Learn English,
One Story at a Time
with Alford Books!

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 More Practice
Time (tense)

Verbs change with time.

Yesterday Today Tomorrow

Past Present Future
asked ask will ask
wondered wonder will wonder
learned learn will learn
worked work will work
talked talk will talk
flew fly will fly

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 English Accents

English explorers settled in America,

Asia Africa and Australia. English
has different accents. Different
places use different words too.

Public Domain

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 Grammar

1) A sentence should have one noun (subject)

and one verb (action). Sentences with more
than one are hard to understand.
2) Words that describe nouns (called adjectives)
usually come before the noun. Example: yellow
car; pretty girl; handsome man.
3) Words that describe verbs (called adverbs)
often have ‘ly’ at the end.
Example: run quickly; drive slowly;
4) Period at the end of a sentence means a
brief pause.
5) Only use capital letters for proper nouns
and at the beginning of a sentence.
6) An apostrophe shows ownership like Ket’s
books. It also is used in words like can’t and
don’t which abbreviate cannot and do not.
7) Remember to use the right time version
(tense) of verbs.
8) Be careful with the use of the word ‘and.’
It can make sentences go on and on.
9) Use pronouns (I, me, my, he, she) to
replace nouns. Example: He is hungry.
She is getting something to eat.
10) Understand syllables and emphasis (stress).
Example: water [WAW-ter]
www.dictionary.com can help with emphasis
(em-fuh-sis) and pronunciation.
11) Be aware of different accents like
British, American and Australian English.

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 Questions ?
Question words include: what,
when, where, which, who and why.
For example: What should we do?
Notice the question mark at the
end of the sentence.

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 Spelling Tip
English spelling is a challenge. Here are
some tips.
1) Correctly use ‘s’ with single verbs.
For example: A parrot yells but parrots yell.
A monkey aims but monkeys aim.
For verbs ending in o or (ch,sh,s and x) add
an ‘es’ instead of ‘s.’
For examples: She goes. He washes.
Examples of tricky plurals are:
potato / potatoes;
church / churches
box / boxes
2) Often, the final ‘y’ changes to ‘ies.’
Examples: fly becomes flies.
3) A final ‘y’ after a vowel doesn’t change.
For example: play becomes plays.

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 Credits

“Alford Books - Learn English One Story at a Time©”

and including “Easy English - Signs, Sounds and
Sentences” are the original Proprietary Information
of Douglas J. and Pakaket Alford.
Illustrations are the property of Mfg Application
Konsulting Engineering (MAKE) Used with permission

Chanita Worakhan illustrated ‘Understand Others and

Panda Reads
C J Haacke illustrated Robin’s First Flight
Tami Ashby illustrated Turtle Jumps
Jamie Shekina Mapa illustrated Too Much TV

All other pictures are from the Public Domain.

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