Lee And Pat Like Animals: Word by Word Graded Readers for Children, #6

By Philip Gibson

Lee and Pat really like animals. They like all animals, and they have some animals that they look after in their garden. Lee has some chickens, and Pat has a duck. Pat's duck is very special. This duck thinks it is the same as Pat. It thinks it is a girl. It thinks it is a girl, and it likes to go with Pat everywhere Pat goes. This duck even goes to school with the other children!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Philip Gibson
• Release date: Dec 26, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393921578

Book preview

1.  We know this family

New Words

people

family

speak

I’m = I am

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Can you see the people here?  Can you see a girl?  That girl is Pat.  Pat is sitting with her brother, Lee.  She is sitting with her mommy and daddy, too.  This is Pat’s family.  This family has a dog.  The dog’s name is Kim, and all the family really like Kim.

Kim is a very good dog.  He likes people, and he really likes the people in this family.  He is a good friend to the children in this family.  He is a good friend to Lee and Lee’s sister, Pat.

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Kim likes to play with those children, and those children like to play with Kim.  It is fun to play together.  All the people in this family like to play together.  They like to eat together and speak together, too.

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The children in this family have a friend.  Their friend’s name is Tom.  Tom is really Lee’s friend.  He is not really Pat’s friend.  Pat doesn’t like Tom very much.  Pat likes the friends she plays with at school. 

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Pat’s school friends are all girls.  She likes to play with girls and speak with her girlfriends.  She doesn’t like to play with or speak with Lee’s friends very much.

This morning, all the people in this family are sitting together in the garden.  Mommy is sitting with Daddy, and Lee is sitting with his sister, Pat.  He is reading.  He is reading his English book.  Lee is good at reading now.  Pat is not reading.  She is writing.  Pat likes to write, and she is getting good at writing now.

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Kim, the dog, is not reading or writing.  Dogs can’t read or write, can they?  Kim is looking at the people in the family.  He is not very happy.  He is hungry.  Kim wants to go in the house and eat something.  He wants the family to go in the house and have lunch.  He knows that when the family has lunch, he can have something to eat, too.

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Daddy and Lee are speaking together.

Daddy

How are you today, Lee?

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Lee

I’m very well, thank you.  And you?

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Daddy

I’m very well, too.  What are you doing?

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Lee

I’m reading my book.  This book is new for me.

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Daddy

Really?  Is it good?  Is it a good book?  Is it easy to read?

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Lee

It’s not very difficult.  I can read a lot of it.  Some of the new words are difficult to read, but I think I can read them all right.

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Daddy

That’s good.  I want you to read well, Lee.

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Lee

I know you do, Daddy.  You say that to me every day.

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Daddy

Do I?

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Lee

Yes, you do.  Every day, you say you want me to get good at reading.  You say the same thing when you speak to Pat, too.

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1.   Who is Pat sitting with?

2.  What is the dog’s name?

3.  Does Pat like to speak with Lee’s friends?

4.  Is Tom Pat’s friend, or is he Lee’s friend?

5.  Where are the children sitting?

6.  Can Kim read and write?

7.  Are some of the new words in Lee’s book difficult to read?

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2.  A house with a garden

New Words

live (v)

sometimes

Oh!

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Pat and her family live in a big house.  Pat lives in this house with her brother, her mommy and her daddy.  The children’s dog Kim lives there, too.  The house has a garden.  It is a big garden, and there are a lot of trees in the garden. 

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Sometimes, when it is not very hot or very cold, the family like to go and sit in the garden.  When they do this, they can take their lunch and eat their lunch in the garden.  The children like to do this.  Lee and Pat think it is fun to go and play in the garden and eat lunch there.

All the people in this family like to be in the garden.  They like to go in the garden and read books.  They like to go in the garden and play.  They like to go in the garden to eat lunch, and they like to go in the garden to speak together.

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Lee’s friend Tom likes this garden, too.  Sometimes, Tom comes to see Lee in Lee’s house.  When Tom goes to see Lee, the two boys can go and play in the garden.  Tom likes to go in the garden and play with Lee.  The garden is very big, and it is a lot of fun to play in all the trees in the garden. 

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Pat is not in the garden now.  She is in the house.  She is in the house with her mommy.  Pat does not like to play in the garden when Lee’s friends come to the house.  When Lee’s friends come to play in the garden, Pat goes into the house. 

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Pat does not like Lee’s friends very much, and she doesn’t like to speak with them.  Pat likes to speak with her friends. Pat’s friends are all girls. She likes to speak with her friends, and she likes to speak with her mommy, but she does not like to speak with Lee’s friends.

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Pat and her mommy are speaking about breakfast.

Pat

Hello, Mommy.  How are you?

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Mommy

Oh, I’m very well, thank you.  And you?

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Pat