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Creative Commons BY-NC Adapted from "Ammachi's Amazing Machines" by Rajiv Eipe and Rajiv Eipe. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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Practice Words

Words featuring the 'ie' vowel team, making /iː/ as in 'grief' or /aɪ/ as in 'tie'.

tries wields spies pies
Page 1
A grandmother in a sari waters plants with a hose while a young boy turns on the water tank beside a house with a tiled roof.

It is time to water. Turn on the tank! Gran tries to give all of the plants a drink.

Page 2
A joyful boy jumps with arms raised in a garden while his grandmother with glasses smiles and points at the plants.

I tell the plants to grow up big and strong so that we can have some fruit.

Page 3
A boy operates a pulley wheel while grandmother rides up a coconut palm tree on a homemade lift with a fabric slide attached.

Gran has made a lift. I turn the wheel and she goes up into the tree.

Page 4
Grandmother sits high in a palm tree sending coconuts down a fabric slide while a boy watches them land in a net below.

She sends the fruit down on a slide. The net grabs them.

Page 5
Grandmother removes a coconut husk on a stand while the boy pulls hard, with husked coconuts in a basket nearby.

This is how we take off the husk. The husk is hard to cut through.

Page 6
A tired boy holds his stomach while grandmother laughs and holds coconut husks, catching him trying to sneak away.

I am tired from that. Gran spies me going off to play. She says there is still a lot to do.

Page 7
Grandmother raises a blade to crack open a coconut while coconut water sprays into a bowl held by the kneeling boy.

Gran wields a blade. She cracks the coconuts open and I catch the water inside.

Page 8
A boy scrapes coconut flesh using a grater in a kitchen while grandmother cooks at the stove in the background.

Now we scrape out the flesh. The flesh is hard. We use a blade.

Page 9
Grandmother pours grated coconut into a pan on a stove while the boy stretches and yawns beside her.

Now it is time for me to rest. Gran cooks the coconut. She can make a lot of things, like pies and bars.

Page 10
Grandmother pours coconut mixture into a baking tin while the boy watches eagerly at the table with jars nearby.

She tips the coconut into a tin so that she can bake it into a bar.

Page 11
Grandmother and boy sit at a table with coconut bars in a tray, a jar, and a plate, ready to store them.

The coconut is in chunks now. We put it into jars.

Page 12
Grandmother holds a plate of coconut treats while the happy boy raises one piece in the air, ready to eat.

Now is the best part. It is time to eat!

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