There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

Poor old lady, she swallowed a fly.

I don’t know why she swallowed a fly.
Poor old lady, I think she’ll die!

Poor old lady, she swallowed a spider,

It squirmed and wriggled and turned inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
I don’t know why she swallowed a fly.
Poor old lady, I think she’ll die!
 Poor old lady, she swallowed a bird,
How absurd! She swallowed a bird.
She swallowed a bird to catch the spider.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don’t know why she swallowed a fly.
Poor old lady, I think she’ll die!

Poor old lady, she swallowed a cat,

Think of that! She swallowed a cat.
She swallowed a cat to catch the bird.
She swallowed a bird to catch the spider.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don’t know why she swallowed a fly.
Poor old lady, I think she’ll die!
 Poor old lady, she swallowed a dog,
She went the whole hog when she swallowed a dog.
She swallowed a dog to catch the cat.
She swallowed a cat to catch the bird.
She swallowed a bird to catch the spider.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don’t know why she swallowed a fly.
Poor old lady, I think she’ll die!
 Poor old lady, she swallowed a cow,
I don’t know how she swallowed a cow.
She swallowed a cow to catch the dog.
She swallowed a dog to catch the cat.
She swallowed a cat to catch the bird.
She swallowed a bird to catch the spider.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don’t know why she swallowed a fly.
Poor old lady, I think she’ll die!
Poor old lady, she swallowed a horse.
She died, of course.
 Work
My mother is a police officer.
My father is a taxi driver.
They work and help people in many ways.
I’d like to be like them someday.

My sister is a zookeeper
My brother is an actor.
They work and help people in many ways.
I’d like to be like them someday.

My grandmother is a teacher.
My grandfather is a sailor.
They work and help people in many ways.
I’d like to be like them someday.
Word Root word Suffix Meaning of Meaning of
the suffix the word

officer office -er one who one who work on

office
driver drive -er one who one who drives

zookeeper zookeep -er one who one who work on

the zoo
actor act -or one who one who act
teacher teach -er one who one who teach
sailor sail -or one who one who sail
 Rosario elementary School won in the different events
in the recently held District Athletic Meet. Their 100
meter-dash run(n) ______ won first erplace. Their
basketball play _____ woner second place only because the
last shoot ____ did not makeerit. Their tennis player won
third place because the competit____ was so tough to
or
beat. The happiest of them all is the train ____ of football
because his players made or it to the finals.
Write the proper word by adding –er or –or to a root word. The meaning
given will help you. The first has been done for you.
1. one who writes writer
2. one who paints paintor
3. one who dreams dreamer
4. one who trains trainor
5. one who sells seller
6. one who sends sender
7. one who encodes encoder
8. one who helps helper
9. one who leads leader
10. one who reads reader