Different Words

- Same Meaning

English A5 Version

Written by Douglas J. and Pakaket Alford

Illustrated by Chanita Worakhan
 English A5 Version

Different Words
- Same Meaning

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 Learn each others’ words.
See how we are all the same.
Understand where we are different.

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 Table of Contents

Page Description
1 Bird Flies Nearby
2 Everything is Familiar
3 Big Storm
4 Everything is Different
5 Ask Directions
6 Moo
7 Mawe
8  Can’t Understand
9 Quack
10 Gaap
13 Croak
14 Gope
15 Speak Different Words
16 Same Meanings
17 Work Together
20 Bird Flies Back Home
21  Understand Each Other
22 More Alford Books

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 Table of Contents Continued

Page Description
22 Buddy book
23 Same or different
24 Same but different
25 Opposites
26 Different words
27 Short sign (‘)
28 Spell ‘ur’ sound
29  Noun
30 Action words
31 Describe words
32 Word parts
33 Stress
34 “s, es, ies’ nouns
35 “s” to some verb
36 “You & I” Break Rules
37 Time (Tense)
38  Word List
41 More Alford Books

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 Learn English,
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at a Time!

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 Close by, a green bird
flies in the clear blue sky.

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 The bird looks down.
Everything is the same.

familiar 2
 Suddenly, a big storm
blows the bird far, far away.

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The bird is not hurt.
The bird looks down again.
This time, everything is
different.

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 The bird is lost. It
flies down to the ground
to ask directions.

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The bird asks a
cow,“moo, moo, moo”
that means which
way is my house?

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 “Mawe, Mawe, Mawe,”
said the confused cow
from the new country.

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The bird said, “I can’t
understand you. Cows
here don’t speak the
same language as cows
where I come from.”

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 Next, the bird goes over to
a yellow duck. “Quack, quack
quack,” said the bird to the
newly met duck.

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“Gaap, gaap, gaap,” replies
the happy but confused duck.

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 The bird answers, “I can’t
understand you. This is not
how ducks in my country talk.”

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Bird sees a frog and
rushes over to talk with it.

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 “Croak, croak, croak,”
said the bird to the
newly met frog.

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“Gope, gope, gope,”
replies the friendly
but confused frog.

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 The bird wonders, “Why
don’t the animals in this
new country speak the same
as where it comes from?”

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The bird learns that other
countries use different words
which have the same meanings.

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 The animals work
together to learn
each others languages.

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Soon, the bird can talk
with its new friends.

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 The new animals
teach the bird which
way to fly home.

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As it flies away from
the new country, the
bird thinks ...

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 Different words are
just a way to learn
more about each other.

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 Different Words
- Same Meaning
Buddy Book
Syllables, Stress,
“S” and More

Written by Douglas J. and Pakaket Alford

Illustrated by Chanita Worakhan 22
 Same or Different
Words can have
more than one meanings.

close [klōz] - to shut

Close the door!
close [klōs] - near, short distance away
The store is close by.

mean [meen] - not nice

The bully is mean.
mean [meen] - define word
This word means something.
mean = action meaning = thing

stress [stres] - to make a syllable loud

Stress the 1st syllable.
stress [stres] - pressure
He has work stress.

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 Same but Different
Different words can
have the same meanings.

Different words can have the same meaning.

big large huge
small little tiny
look see
glad happy
talk speak
Action: Re-read the story. Write in
other words with the same meaning.

large
Suddenly, a big storm
blows the bird far, far away. 24
 Opposites
up down
big small
hot cold
on off
near far
young old
happy sad
same different
close open

What is the
opposite of a
happy duck?
____________

happy duck
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Different Words
Different language use different
words for the same meaning.

moo mawe
quack gaap
croak gope

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 Short Sign ( ‘ )
‘ means to shorten

contraction
can not can’t
do not don’t
I am I’m
is not isn’t
will not won’t

The bird answers, “I can’t

understand you. This isn’t
how ducks in my country talk.”

27 ‘ is an apostrophe
Spell ‘ur’ sound

word way-to-say:
bird [burd]
shirt [shurt]
work [wurk]
hurt [hurt]

The bird is not hurt.

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 Nouns

- person, place or things

sky clouds

bird

frog cow

duck
grass

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 Action Words

look fly

ask
learn
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 Describe Words
clear blue sky

yellow
Sun
green bird

friendly frog confused

cow
31 Notice: adjectives come before nouns.
 Word parts

In a word, syllables
are groups of letters
that you say together.

# word way-to-say:
1 bird [burd]
2 country [kuhn-tree]
3 animals [an-uh-muh l]
together [tuh-geth-er]
language [lang-gwij]
syllable [sil-uh-buh l]

syllables 32
 Stress
Notice this but don’t
worry (stress) about
it. One word part is
stressed or said louder
than the others.

word way-to-say:
1st country [kuhn-tree]
1st animals [an-uh-muh l]
2nd together [tuh-geth-er]
1st language [lang-gwij]
1st syllable [sil-uh-buh l]
3rd horizontal [hor-uh-zon-tl]
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“s, es and ies” nouns

single plural
bird birds
cow cows
duck ducks
frog frogs
kiss kisses
brush brushes
country countries

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 “s” to some verbs
Feature Rule
- with some single nouns,
add “s” to the verbs.

single plural
bird asks birds ask
he looks they look
she sees birds see
bird flies birds fly
bird replies birds reply
cow speaks cows speak
bird answers birds answer
bird thinks birds think
he goes they go
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 “You & I” Break Rules

Rule Breaker
- “You or I” verb has no “s”
(act like plural).

I go.
You go.
I ask a question.
I fly.
You look great.
You talk fast.
I think.
I reply, “ok”.

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 Time (tense)

Verbs change with time.

Past Present Future

asked ask will ask
wondered wonder will wonder
learned learn will learn
worked work will work
talked talk will talk

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 Word List
a come
about confused
again country
animal cow
answer croak
are different
as directions
ask don’t
away down
big duck
bird each
blow everything
blue far
but flies
can fly
can’t friendly
clear friends
close by frog
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 Word List - continued

“gaap” just
go/goes language
“gope” learn
green look
ground lost
happy “mawe”
have meaning
here means
house met
home moo
how more
hurt my
I new
in newly
is next
it not
its

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 Word List - continued

other that 
others the
over think
quack this
replies time
rush to
said together
same understand
see use
sky way
soon where
speak which
storm why
suddenly with
talk wonder
teach word
work
yellow
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 A storm blows a bird to another country.
At first, the bird can’t talk with the new
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