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Week 27

A Word a Day

yelp

The puppy yelped when Chris accidentally
verb stepped on its paw.

You yelp when you
cry out quickly and When might you yelp?
sharply in pain. • when you are stung by a bee

• when you eat a hamburger
• when you step barefoot on a tack
• when you feel like you’re going to fall

• when you draw a picture

Tell about a time when you yelped or you heard a yelp.
Yelp for your classmates.

swift

A swift wind quickly blew the sailboats
adjective out to sea.

Something that
is swift moves Which words mean about the same as swift?

very quickly. • poky
• quick
• speedy

• slow
• fast

What is something swift that flies through the air?
t
t
Tell about some swift animals.

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