An old woman had seven children. She made a big pancake. The children said, "We want that big pancake." The pancake heard the children. It said, "The children shall not eat me." And it rolled away.
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An old woman had seven children. She made a big pancake. The pancake rolled away.
The old woman ran after the pancake. The seven children ran after it.
An old man saw the pancake. "Stop," said the old man. I want to eat you."
A hen saw the pancake. "Stop, pancake," said the hen. I want to eat you."
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An old woman had seven children. She made a big pancake. The pancake rolled away. The pig ate the pancake. TheTeachersDesk.info
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Circle the nouns (person, place, thing).
Circle the verbs (action words).
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A woman had seven children.
1.
She made a big pancake.
2.
The pancake rolled away.
2.
The pancake rolled away.
3.
My children want to eat you.
3.
I can not stop for you.
4.
"Stop," said the old man.
4.
"Stop," said the old man.
5.
A hen saw the pancake.
5.
Do not go so fast.
6.
They came to a brook.
6.
I will go with you.
7.
I can not go into the water.
7.
I can swim over the brook.
8.
Get on my snout.
8.
Get on my snout.
9.
You are a good pancake.
9.
I will swim over with you.
10. He ate it up.
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Number the words in alphabetical order:
Circle the correctly spelled words.
_____ woman _____ children
woman
wumen
childrin
children
pancake
pancack
dog
dogg
_____ pancake _____ man _____ hen _____ cock _____ boy _____ dog _____ pig
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The copytext for this on-line edition is READING-LITERATURE THE PRIMER, adapted and graded by Harriette Taylor Treadwell and Margaret Free, illustrated by Frederik Richardson, Evanston: Row, Peterson & Company, 1910. It is in the public domain in the United States.
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