Lesson 3

trick

twist

finish

milk

swing

print

mist

bring

fill

slip

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All of the words in this lesson

are short i words. The letter i
in each of them sounds like the
i in is and win.

Practice: Rewrite each of the list words in the spaces below.

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Match the words on the right with the correct meanings below.
a) Food that comes from a cow.

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b) A toy that you may find at a playground. ___________________

c) You must do this in order to come in first at a race. __________
d) What you do on ice.

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e) A type of joke.

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Change the vowel in each of the following list words to another vowel, to
make a new word. Do it like this: big - bag
slip - ____________

trick - ___________

swing - __________

mist - ___________

fill - ___________

When the endings ed or ing are added to words that have a short
vowel in the middle followed by just one consonant, that final consonant
is usually doubled. Example: fan fanned, fanning
Add the endings ed and ing to the following words.
pin -

____pinned_________

_____pinning___________

drip -

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skid -

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ship -

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knit -

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skip -

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When the endings ed or ing are added to words that have a short
vowel in the middle followed by more than one consonant, that final
consonant is NOT doubled.
Example: cash cashed, cashing

Add the endings ed and ing to the following words.

finish -

____finished_________

_____finishing___________

mist -

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twist -

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print -

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trick-

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swing -

______swung________

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