What’s Your Name? (Suffix)

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Creative Commons BY-NC Adapted from "Let's Play Together" by Ina Inong and Rizky Ramadhan. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Free Decodable Reader with es Plurals | What's Your Name?

Practice Words

Two-syllable words with common suffixes such as -ness, -ment, -er, -ful, -less, and -ly.

hopeless reckless needless helpless
Page 1
A boy in blue number 11 jersey holds a ball and watches through a fence as a smaller boy in red practices soccer alone.

Jojo sees a boy playing by himself out on the football field. He is good. Jojo wants to be better. He wonders if the boy will play with him.

Page 2
Split panel showing a boy in blue kicking a ball that bounces down to a boy in red number 10 jersey who catches it on his chest.

Jojo kicks the ball to the boy and he jumps up to hit it with his chest. You can't grab the ball with your hands in this game.

Page 3
A determined boy in a red number 10 jersey and cap dribbles a soccer ball while another boy in blue chases from behind.

The boy is so swift! Jojo is taller than he is, but he finds it hard to keep up with him. He feels like he is so hopeless at football.

Page 4
Three panels showing two boys' legs and feet as they compete for a soccer ball on grass, wearing red and blue uniforms.

Jojo watches as he controls the ball with ease. The ball goes from foot to foot and stops where he wants it to.

Page 5
Two boys compete for a soccer ball on a dusty field, one in a red number 10 jersey with a cap and one in a blue jersey.

Jojo calls out for a break, but the boy does not stop. Needless to say, Jojo keeps on trying to get the ball off him.

Page 6
A boy in a red jersey and cap watches as a taller boy in a blue Etihad jersey kicks a soccer ball on a field.

Just then, the boy throws a really hard kick, and the ball flies right off the field. Jojo watches to see where it will land.

Page 7
A boy in a red number 10 jersey picks up a soccer ball on a dusty road while another boy waves from behind, with a bicycle wheel visible in the foreground.

The boy runs out into the road to get the ball. He is so reckless. Jojo calls to him, but he does not lift his head. He starts to wonder if the boy cannot hear.

Page 8
A frustrated boy in blue pulls away as the boy in red number 10 jersey holds his hand trying to apologize while holding a soccer ball.

Jojo takes the boy by the hand and pulls him off the road just as the bike is about to run into him.

Page 9
Two boys sit back to back on the ground with a soccer ball between them, one wearing a red Fafa 10 jersey and one in blue.

Jojo is tired from all of the football and the stress of the bike. He is glad that his new friend is alright, though.

Page 10
Two boys sit on the ground talking with a soccer ball nearby, plus four views of hands making sign language gestures on red jerseys.

The boy points to his shirt to tell Jojo his name: Fafa. He signs his name as well. Jojo copies the hand movements.

Page 11
A boy in a blue jersey crouches down writing the name Jojo in the sand with an orange soccer ball beside him.

Jojo does not know the signs for his own name. He feels a little helpless until he realises that he can spell his name in the dirt to show Fafa.

Page 12
Two happy boys lie on a soccer field at sunset with soccer balls nearby, one in red jersey and one in blue Etihad jersey.

These two new friends are ready to head home. They watch the clouds for a little while first. Jojo cannot wait to learn more signs to share with Fafa.

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