Wheels Rob Sved

Read and discover all about wheels ... • What can wheels do? • How many wheels does a unicycle have?

Read and discover more about the world! This ser ie'> 01 non-fiction readers provides interesting and educatloll .d content, with activities and project work.

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Level 1 300 headwords

f.1't\ Level 3 '& 600 headwords

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t!Jl\ Level 4 & Level 6 '<::iJJ 750 headwords '<!:i:J 1,050 head

Cover photograph: Photolibrary (Dumper truck wheels/ Fotosearch)

ISBN 978-0-19 111> 1"

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Wheels Rob Sved

Contents' Introduction 3

1 What Are Wheels? 4

2 Carts and Chairs 6

3 Bicycles 8

4 Cars, Planes, Trains 10

5 Wheels for Fun 12

6 Wheels to Cut 14

7 Wheels at Home 16

8 Water and Wind 18

Activities 20

Project 28

Pictu re Dictiona ry 30

About Read and Discover 32

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Introduction We use \vheels every day. All wheels are round, but some wheels are big and some wheels are little. Wheels can do many things.

Where are these wheels? Where can you see other wheels?

Now read and discover more about wheels!

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'What Are L---.....I-.I Wheels?

Wheels are machines. Wheels are round and the-y turn. People use wheels to do man-y things.

People use wheels to carr-y things. This wheelbarrow has one wheel at the front. The girl walks and the wheel turns.

People use wheels to move. This school bus has four big wheels. It carries lots of people.

Wheels are fun, too. Look at these roller skates. A roller skate has four little wheels. With roller skates, people can move fast .

.. Go to page 20 for activities.

Carts and Chairs In a store, people use a shopping cart to carry man!;) things. The cart has little wheels. People can push and pull the cart.

A stroller has wheels, too. People push the strollers and babies can sleep in them.

Some people can't walk. The!;) use wheelchairs to move. The!;) push the big wheels with their hands.

People use wheelchairs in sports. These people are in a long race. They can go 42 kilometers in two hours!

.. Go to page 21 for activities. •

Do 1Jou have a bic1Jcle? Bic1Jcles have two wheels. You use 1Jour legs to turn the wheels. You wear a helmet to protect 1Jour head.

Some bic1Jcles can go ver1J fast. These people are in a race.

Look at this bic1Jcle wheel. It's a metal wheel with a rubber tire. The tire helps the wheel to turn on bump1J roads. You use a pump to put air into the tire.

A unicycle has one wheel. It's fun to ride!

+ Go to page 22 for activities. •

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· Cars, Planes, Train Cars, planes, and trains all have wheels. The-y have an engine, too. The engine makes the wheels turn fast.

How man-y wheels does a car have? It has four wheels. It has a steering wheel, too. You turn the steering wheel and the car moves left or right.

A PLane

A plane uses wheels to move ver-y fast, and then it flies into the sk-y. How man-y wheels can -you see?

Trains have metal wheels. The wheels turn on a metal track.

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Wheels for fun People use wheels for fun, too! You can see man1:) wheels at the fairground. This big wheel turns, and people go round and round.

BI9 WheeL

This wheel is a merr1:)-go-round. Children stand on the wheel. Other people push it round and round.

Man1:) t01:)s have wheels. This t01:) has little wheels. Children sit on it and the1:) use their legs to move.

A yo-yo is a wheel. It turns fast a nd goes up a nd down.

+ Go to page 24 for activities. CD

Wheels to Cut People use wheels to cut things. A round, metal saw is very sharp. The saw uses electricity to turn very fast. It can cut many things. This round saw can cut wood.

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Wheels can cut food, too. You can push this cutter on a pizza. The metal wheel turns and it cuts the pizza.

This combine harvester has wheels to move and wheels to cut. The metal wheels are very sharp and they turn fast. The combine harvester moves and the metal wheels cut the wheat.

, Wheels at Home People use wheels to do man-y things at home. Look in -your home. How man-y wheels can -you find?

This clock has man-y wheels inside. The wheels turn together, and the-y make the hands move. This rolling pin is a long wheel.

People use a rolling pin to make bread and cookies.

Do -you know people can paint with wheels? People use a roller to paint walls.

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Go to page 26 for activities.

Water and Wind People use rivers and the wind to turn wheels.

This is an old water mill. The water in the river turns a big wheel. The big wheel turns other wheels in the water mill. The wheels make flour from wheat.

A wind turbine has wheels inside. The wind turns the wheels. This makes electricit!:).

We use wheels ever!:) day, and they help us do man!:) different thing s. Which is !:)our favorite wheel?

.. Go to page 27 for activities. CD

What Are Wheels? .. Read pages 4-5.

1 Write the words.

roLLer skates , • • ~.'-!to '-'" I ~~III" P.; . AJ.r vv nee- DU I I...,VV people bus

1 wheelbarrow 2 _ _ __ _

3 -----4 _ ___ _

2 CompLete the sentences. little i--atTn&

big front

1 Wheels are round and they turn.

2 A wheelbarrow has a wheel at the

3 A bus has ____ wheels.

4 A roLLer skate has ___ _ wheels.

Carts and Chairs .. Read pages 6-7.

Find and write the words.

(i};;IiL otepushWh ~troLlerspo{tss\; eelchair

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1 2 - - -- 3 _ __ _

6 pull 4 ___ _ 5 - - --

2 Write true or false.

1 Babies can sleep in stroLLers.

2 A shopping cart has big wheels.

3 People push a shopping cart.

4 People in wheelchairs push the wheels with their hands.

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Bicycles ... Read pages 8-9.

1 Find and write the words.

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p a p u m p h e l m e t

1 road 2 h ----=--=-----

3 P 4 m 5 -----'t"'-------__ _

2 Match. Then write the sentences.

You use your legs ~to protect your head. You use a pump to put air into a tire. You wear a helmet to turn bicycle wheels.

1 You use your legs to turn bicycle wheels. 2 - ---------------

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Cars, Planes, Trains ... Read pages 10-11.

1 Write the words.

car plane train bicycle

1 2 - ---- -----

3 -----4 ____ _

2 Write true or false.

1 A ca r has six wheels.

2 You turn a steering wheel and the car moves left or right.

3 Trains don't have wheels.

4 Trains move on a metal track.

Wheels for Fun + Read pages 12-13.

1 Write the words.

down left round up right

1 ___ _

2 ___ _ o 3 ___ _

4 ___ _

5 ___ _

2 Corn plete the sentences.

sit push yo-yo fairground

1 There are many wheels at the ___ _

2 People can a merry-go-round.

3 You can on a toy.

4 A ____ goes up and down.

Wheels to Cut + Read pages 14-15.

1 Match. Then write the sentences.

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A combine harvester

A pizza cutter

Asaw

cuts wood.

cuts wheat.

cuts pizza.

2 _______________ _

3

2 Circle the correct words.

1 A metal saw is very sharp / wood.

2 A saw turns very fast / food.

3 A pizza cutter has a meta l wheel/pizza.

4 A combine harvester has wheels to move a nd wheels to cutter / cut.

5 A combine harvester sits / moves and the wheels cut the wheat.

Wheels at Home + Read pages 16-17.

1 Write the words. Then match.

1 kccol

clock -

2 CompLete the sentences.

long make turn paint

1 People use a rolling pin to - - -- bread a nd cookies.

2 A clock has man!::! wheels that ---­together.

3 People use a roller to _ ___ walls.

4 A rolling pin is a ____ wheel.

Water and Wind + Read pages 18-19.

1 Write the words.

1

3 ____ _

2 Write true or false.

electricit!::! wi nd tu rbi ne river water mill

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4

1 The wind turns a wheel in a water mill. __ _

2 Wheels in a water mill can make flour from wheat.

3 The wind turns a wind turbine and this makes electricit!::!.

4 You can't use wheels to make electricit!::!.

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My Wheels 2 How many wheels does it have? Write words.

1 Find 0 r draw pictu res of wheeLs. Then write. 1 wheel 2 or 3 wheels

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Is it big or little? yo-yo

Is it fast? ~

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Is it big or little?

Is it fast?

"" 4 wheels many wheels

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Picture Dictionary

air bumpy children cut paint people protect pull

down eLectricity fairground fast push race right road

flour food front hour sharp sleep sports store

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inside left machine metal turn up water wheel

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