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Monkey Star Money Math Hug!
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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 Sounds
19 Join Letters
20 Join Words
21 Sentence Types
22 Describe
23 Tell What Do or Not
24 Show Emotion
25 Questions
26 Next
27 Plurals
28 Punctuation
29 Action Words
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Lesson 1
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
10
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
outloud for yourself.
11
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
12
C, K, Q make the same sound.
C car
K king
Q queen
Q needs a ‘u’ to 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
15
Vowels blend together also.
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.
16
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
18
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.
19
Words join together
to make a sentence.
We read books!
Subject is “we.”
Action is “read.”
Object is “books.”
20
Sentence Types
There are 4 types of sentences.
Sentences:
1) describe something;
2) tell what to do;
3) show emotion;
4) ask questions?
21
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?
25
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
26
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
27
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.
28
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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NEXT
Lessons 2 & 3
Robin’s
First Flight,
Greet,
Meet &
About Me
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