Rainbow Readers

Title: Big Machines!

Word Study

A. Read and write.

Word Box
dirt machine old hole

B. Fill in the blanks using the words.

dig dirt holes street machines

1. The machines make big ______________.

an opening where something is missing
2. Men and women use big ______________.
a large thing with moving parts, like a tractor
3. Machines can move dirt on a ______________.
the road
4. A machine takes the ______________ out of the hole.
the brown part of the ground
5. These big machines ______________ up dirt.
to break up or loosen dirt

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Reading Comprehension

C. Write the missing words in each sentence.

1. hole, dirt, digs

This big machine ____________ up dirt.
It takes the ____________ away.
It makes a ____________.

2. fall, street, open

Machines move dirt on a ____________.
They ____________ a big hole.
Don’t ____________ in the hole!

3. old, new, moved

Some machines take down ____________ houses.
The dirt is ____________.
A ____________ house comes.

D. Read and write the correct letter.

1. Men and women use big machines!

2. Some machines take the dirt away.
3. They move dirt on a street.
4. Some machines take down old houses.
5. They move dirt for a house.

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