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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.
Series Editor: Hazel Geatches
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Word count for this reader: 675

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Wheels
Rob Sved

Contents'

Introduction

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1 What Are Wheels?

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2 Carts and Chairs

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3 Bicycles

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4 Cars, Planes, Trains

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5 Wheels for Fun

12

6 Wheels to Cut

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7 Wheels at Home

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8 Water and Wind

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Activities

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Project

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Pictu re Dictiona ry

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About Read and Discover

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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.

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Co rbi s 1'1'.6 (stro ll er/Co rey Rich/Aurora Pholos); CellY Images
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Where are these wheels?
Where can you see other wh eels?
Now read and discover
more about wheels!

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'What Are
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.

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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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A PLane

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

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

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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, 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.

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

.. Read pages 6-7.

1 Write the words.
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Carts and Chairs

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2 Write true or false.
1 Babies can sleep in stroLLers.
2 A shopping cart has big wheels.
3 People push a shopping cart.

3 A bus has _ _ __ wheels.
4 A roLLer skate has _ __ _ wheels.

pull

4 People in wheelchairs push the
wheels with their hands.

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Cars, Planes, Trains

Bicycles
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... Read pages 10-11.

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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.

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You use your legs to turn bicycle wheels.

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plane

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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.

+ Read pages 14-15.

1 Write the words.
down

left

round

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1 Match. Then write the sentences.
up

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Wheels to Cut

A combine harvester

cuts wood.

A pizza cutter

cuts wheat.

Asaw

cuts pizza.

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2 Corn plete the sentences.

sit

push

yo-yo

fairground

2 Circle the correct words.
1 A metal saw is very sharp / wood.
2 A saw turns very fast / food.

1 There are many wheels at the _ _ __
2 People can
3 You can
4 A _ _ __

a merry-go-round.
on a toy.
goes up and down.

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.


Water and Wind

Wheels at Home
+ Read pages 16-17.

+ Read pages 18-19.

1 Write the words. Then match.

1 Write the words.

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

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clock -

2 CompLete the sentences.

long

make

turn

paint

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2 Write true or false.
1 The wind turns a wheel in a water mill. _ __

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

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

2 A clock has man!::! wheels that - - - together.
3 People use a roller to _ _ __ walls.

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

4 A rolling pin is a _ _ __ wheel.

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


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My Wheels

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Is it fast?
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children

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food

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paint

people

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race

right

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hour

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sleep

sports

store

water

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