Reading Simple Sentences

🎯 What You'll Learn

You will read complete sentences by combining your letter sounds and tricky words. You are reading!

🌟 Let's Start

This is the moment you have been working towards! You can now read real sentences in English. Chidi reads the sentence on the board: "The big dog ran fast." His teacher claps! Let us read sentences together.

📚 New Concept

How to read a sentence:

1. Look at the first word. Is it a tricky word or can you sound it out?
2. Read each word one at a time.
3. After reading all the words, say the whole sentence smoothly.

Read these sentences:

• "The cat is on the mat."
• "I can run fast."
• "The hen has ten eggs."
• "A big red bus."
• "The dog dug in the mud."
• "I sat on a log."
• "He got a hat and a cap."
• "The sun is hot."

Tips for smooth reading:

• Do not stop too long between words.
• Read the sentence again to make it smoother.
• Think about what the sentence means.

🎮 Let's Practice

1. Read: "The fat cat sat on the red rug."
2. Read: "I hid the cup in the bag."
3. Read: "The man had a big hat."

Click to see answers

1. "The fat cat sat on the red rug." Well done! You read 8 words!
2. "I hid the cup in the bag." Excellent! You understood every word.
3. "The man had a big hat." Perfect reading!

💡 Remember

You are reading sentences! Sound out each word, use your tricky word knowledge, and read from left to right. You are now a reader. Keep practising every single day!