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 Level Al
Table of Contents

mmer OO me O o
Simple Sentences 1

Simple Sentences 2

Simple Sentences 3

Simple Sentences 4

Csm fCe
Simple Sentences 5

Corm [smemo | ane

Croo |asemase S e
Deco |semos T e|

ierre |wanrasronsonner | ee
ec |sronsoneroese
wenna | re |
150 |mecrasronsoneroeso | e
151 ~ 160

161 ~ 170
=
Making Short Sentences 4

Making Short Sentences 5

171 ~ 180 Vocabulary Review 1

181 ~ 190 Vocabulary Review 2

191 ~ 200 Story 2

SCT* = Standard Completion Time

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Al 1-2-3-4

The river
The horn
A boy

The cloud
flows
A boy rows

The horn

The straw The queen

The ice The ballerinas
The juice The women

melts turn
The tall glass The women
The straw bends The pretty bird sings

[sample answer] [sample answer]

The juice The queen

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 Al 5-6-7-8

The stars
The moon
The sun

twinkle
The earth
glows
at night

Lisa
is stuffy
Her mom

laugh
laughs
clouds
cloud

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Al 9-10-11-12

1) The students 1) My mother

2) feed 2) holds out
3) A policeman 3)) | always

1) The birds 1) Luis

bread father

ring
read
breaks

The teacher
ring
His pencil breaks

[sample answer]
read

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 Al 13-14-15-16

The hat shades drive

drop The cowboys
The umbrella The family camps

fits children
itches buttons
match cowboy
sweater
socks
This sweater
hurt my feet
His socks socks
match children
sweater
cowboy
buttons

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Al 17-18-19-20

baby brother
He
love

new
brother

My brother
He
drinks

Wally
sleep outside

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 Al 21-22-23-24

is fun
is silly
are huge

The elephants
is sticky
The clown
silly

[sample answer]
is fun

are ripe looks shallow

is soft is clear
is fresh are shiny

are sweet The water

are ripe looks shallow
This cheese is soft The boy
fishing

[sample answer]
is fresh [sample answer]
are shiny

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Al 25-26-27 -28

are cold pond

are warm feet
are dry bread
elephant
clown
feel warm
My hands
Her scarf pond
yellow bread
clown
feet
[sample answer]
elephant
are dry

We
taste delicious
are left

drinks milk

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 Al 28-30-31-32

is closed 1) is white
watch 2) are bright
Small toys 3) The campfire

children 1) beard
wind cheek

The bird
The frog
crawls

The frog
sings
The whale sprays

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Al 33-34-35-36

The actor The ship

The theater The engine
plays lands

acts lands safely

clap hums
The theater opens A helicopter
the traffic

[sample answer]
plays [sample answer]
ship

The boys frog

My brother whale
break band
pancake
video
laughs
break
The video game is fun band
frog
video
[sample answer]
whale
read
pancake

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 Al 37-38-39-40

hum know
sprays The alarm clock
clap Our day
plays

sleeps
play bed
plays
act
acts

1) The moon
2) plays
3) The children

1) parrot
hello

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Al 41 -42-43-44

scares
lies
sleeps

very brave
scares
The treasure lies under

[sample answer]
dragon

tastes
talks
milk

drink make
tastes pours
My class Our father
lunch to dinner

[sample answer] [sample answer]

talks boils

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 Al 45-46-47-48

whistles pours
a picture boils
dry talks
paints
rains
wave
whistles
The clothes pours
on the line rains
paints
talks
[sample answer]
boils
paints

waves The radio

whistle listen
paint to sing along
scare

take
umbrellas

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Al 49-50-51-52

We have
answers talk
are quiet The students

teacher will bring

story frog

are wet
is big
The owl

is small
The shopping bags
My boots
wet

[sample answer]
wise

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 Al 53-54-55-56

is long is new
is soft are bright
The water The clothes

is young are bright

A whisper are loud
Her hair My clothes
very long clean

[sample answer] [sample answer]

water new

is closed
is messy
The snails

are slow
this morning
The shoe store
closed

[sample answer]
messy

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Al 57-58-59-60

is swim
smells The girl
are to leave
feels

collect
shells

is full 1) is soft
My sister and | 2) shades us
The waves 3) Our family

build sandcastles 1) waves wash

footprints

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 Al 61-62-63-64

can
able to

can
able to
My sister
run fast

can
not able

sing Will
cannot sing Please put it
able to Can you help me
horse show

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Al 65 - 66-67-68

Could movie
have to drive
shoe
horse
drive us ticket
| will
Will you
next to me

will be

fresh vegetables
Will
can enjoy

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 Al 69-70-71-72

raining
We can
Would you

Would
to walk

may
must go
wear
coat

computer

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Al 73-74-75-76

may not should not

have to have to

have to leave
stay must
must not have to do
your teeth summer

must not flowers

should not play
homework
summer
play computer
must wash
wipe
off their shoes play
flowers
summer
flowers computer

homework

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 Al 77-78-79-80

must
is sticky
will be

must not light

has to look can play
dangerous have to

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Al 81-82-83-84

might
should bring
| will
more film

[sample answer]
camping

should be ) should
might must

should be is closed
to play must
will have tomorrow
after dinner should be open

might/may

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 Al 85-86-87-88

can teach
should story
cookies
library
teaching me
friend
will not
can swim very well
story
[sample answer]
library
swim
friend
teach
cookies

Squirrels
hide
watch

can

apple pies

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Al 89-90-91 -92

must start 1) are changing

rakes 2) orange
is always fun 3)) are gathering

1) jackets

watched
will watch
saw

finished
is going
will watch
later

[sample answer]
hit

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 Al 93-94-95-96

are going walk

is reading walked
am looking am walking

is reading to be
will watch rides
this week walked
will be back yesterday

[sample answer] [sample answer]

the/a map school

wanted teacher
wrote scarf
will be tonight
whistle
quiet
will bake
will sing
looking forward teacher
next week scarf
whistle
[sample answer]
quiet
open
tonight

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Al 97-98-99-100

collected breath
sailed are getting
painted will go

[sample answer]
The girls painted a picture. must
The men sailed far away. coat
The women worked in the garden. hat
The boys collected shells on the
shore.

watch quiet
never gets to snuggle
wish will soon

ice skate
snowmen

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 Al 101-102-103 -104

take
shared
wait

will walk
yesterday
go to the store

[sample answer]
take

makes
dresses
will play

are ready was late

is driving We waited
picked arrived
an elephant this afternoon

[sample answer]
elephant package

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Al 105-106-107
-108

rings sneakers
will lead circus
going to hot dog
mail
parade
our bikes
arrived early
are going to mail
this afternoon sneakers
hot dog
[sample answer]
parade
lead
circus

please
Suddenly
To the mountains

The apple was ripe. goes to

The grapes were sweet. city
The banana was green.
The limes were sour.

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 Al 109-110-111-112

take remembers
walks He says
tall buildings will take

will
dinner

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Al 113-114-115-116

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 Al 117-118-119-120

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Al 121-122-123-124

The children
home.
She
capital letter video games.
spaces
period
question mark The frog
green.
The children
home.
She
video games.

| like The cat

apples. milk.
He The dog
ripe bananas. the stick.
She Our
juicy oranges. talks to me.

| like apples. The dog fetches.

He likes bananas. Our parrot talks.
She likes oranges. The cat drinks.

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 Al 125-126-127 -128

The children Is
at the clowns. ripe?
We draw Do
pictures. a dog?
The bird
away. ;
Does she swim well?
Do you have a dog?
We draw pictures. Do you like bananas?
The bird flies.
The children laugh.

Are The frog

hungry? very tired.
Do
like videos?
your book funny? This mountain is high.
The frog leaps to the pond.
The baby is tired.
Are you hungry?
Do they like videos?
Is your book funny?

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Al 129-130-131 - 132

The choir My sweater

sing loudly. Are your hands
they good? puts on mittens.

They are singing. Are your hands cold?

The people are clapping. The girl puts on mittens.
Will they sing again? Is your sweater warm?
My sweater is warm.

) race to the corner.

pump air into it.

[sample answers]
flat
pumps
tire

The children fix her bike.

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 Al 133-134-135
-136

eat the cookies. on the envelope.

and cookies taste good. it in his pouch.

[sample answers] [sample answers]

bake wrote
cookies letter
good. thank you

They drink cold milk. walked to the mailbox.

for the pitch. mailman

out of the park. stamp
crowd
[sample answers]
tire
ball
mittens
game

stamp
The crowd cheered for the team.
crowd
mittens
tire
mailman

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Al 137-138-139-140

The water is not cold.

This popcorn is not salty.
Dragons are not scary.

The paint is wet.

The children are noisy. overdue book
The computer is broken.
The strawberries are ripe.

must find opened

will be last night
not found will be

His book
mitten video game
the drawer mitten

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 Al 141-142-143-144

dropped the glass.

put a bandage on his finger.

finger
bandage

His finger hurts him.

hike in the mountains. ) sleep in sleeping bags.

easy to put together. in a mountain stream.

[sample answers]
) stream
fishing

) We eat a picnic lunch. | love to fish.

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Al 145-146-147 -148

we fry it for dinner. finger

around the campfire. glass
mountain
[sample answers]
ground
fish
bandage
songs

glass
We roast marshmallows. bandage
ground
finger
mountain

| do not wear my watch. are going

Sara does not buy new shoes. to share
We do not climb the tree. the monkeys

Talia does not like to dance. cannot

They do not dance to the music. animals
Alan does not like to sing.
Talia and Alan do not sing to the
music.

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 Al 149-150-151 - 152

loves eating 1) to feed

zookeeper 2) No Feeding
healthy food 3)) snatches

The monkey ) stomach

closer ache
brother

1) play video games.

2) play after school.

D [sample answers]
1) school
games
2) friends

1) They are good friends.

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Al 153-154-155
- 156

book to read. does not speak English.

must stretch to reach teach her new words.

[sample answers] [sample answers]

books friend
book lunch
high teach

| like to read poems. We like talking together.

crawls under the fence. shelf

finds some carrots to eat. bike
garden
fence
carrots
stretch
rabbit
garden
fence
shelf
The rabbit hides behind a fence.
bike
garden
stretch

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 Al 157-158-159
- 160

Is the moon far away? Everyone

Is it big and bright? the box
Are we going there someday? wished for

The rocket is here. My family

We are going to fly. to the kitchen
There are two seats left.
The air is fresh there.

wrapping my seat
the bow keep steady
to know brake

teach bike
to ride my bike spring
summer
fall

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Al 161-162-163 -164

has no food left.

dog is very hungry.

feed
store
dog
hungry

dog loves to eat.

listen to the story. ) wants to get his basketball.

will read the story again. can get the basketball.

[sample answers] [sample answers]

class basketball
teacher looks
listen crossing
story

Dean get his basketball?

The class sits close together.

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 Al 165-166-167
- 168

through the night. store

over the snowcapped mountains. doctor
hungry
[sample answers]
street
flies
carpet
carpet
over
mountains hungry
doctor
carpet
flies past the stars.
store
street

Do they play tennis? cannot

Do we jump rope? lam
Does Tony run track? will give

Do snowmen melt in the sun? reads the letter chart

Does rain fall from a cloud?
Do birds fly south in the fall?
Do flowers bloom in the spring?

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Al 169-170-171-172

1) checks doctor
2) far away pair
3) to wear the board

1) is able the girl

the letters friends
down the street

hug
tail
pretty
hear
garden
dark

chair
fall
flowers
name
tiger
boat

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 Al 173-174-175-176

hear letter
boat shop
closed ate
flowers laugh
young
wood
pretty
chair
tiger smile
dark yell
sisters
wheel
tomorrow
sing

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Al 177-178-179-180

vegetables smile
bus shelf
shoe yell
seat picture
draw
trick

picture
coin
noisy
truck
toothpaste
shelf

shop sisters
draw noisy
wheel tomorrow
Vegetables coin

letter Toothpaste
truck sing
young trick
wood shoe

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 Al 181-182-183 -184

pirate
flash
river
goat
butterfly
owl

valley
hammer
bright
empty
donkey
listen

beach
trunk
pour
pirate

owl
hammer
sick
butterfly

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Al 185-186-187
- 188

blanket
splash
present
sneaker
mountain
bottom
wash
valley
write kitchen
listen video
driver
tickle
newspaper
finger

quickly sneaker
angry angry
weather bottom
climb stomach
stomach
phone
finger
climb
hospital thumb
thumb tickle
party
knot
shiny
castle

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 Al 189-190-191 -192

knot video
phone blanket
castle splash
newspaper party

driver kitchen
hospital mountain
weather shiny
present quickly

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Al 193-194-195-196

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 Al 197-198-199-200

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 Reading | Answer Book Al
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Kumon North America, Inc.

Published June 1991

Revised July 1997
Reprinted May 2020

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