I Choose That Home!

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Family Decodable Reader with the ng Digraph

Practice Words

Words with the 'ng' digraph, producing the nasal /Ε‹/ sound.

bang brings clings gang hangs long longs rings sings spring swings
Page 1
On the left side of the image, a young child stands on the ground looking up at a tall wooden house raised high on stilts with a ladder leading up to its entrance. The child carries a basket filled with fruit on their back. The scene is set outdoors during the daytime, with a green tree beside the stilted house, rolling green fields, and misty mountains in the background. The right side of the image is open sky and landscape, left clear for text.

Ling brings figs to Nan. 'That huge house up on stilts! I want THAT house!'

Page 2
On the right side of the image, a woman stands smiling behind the counter of a small roadside shop attached to her home, interacting with a customer who leans in closely to see her goods. A child sits on the shop's front porch near plates of freshly cooked food on a low table, while another child stands nearby eyeing the food. An older man sits on the ground to the far right beside a pile of green produce. The shop has various items displayed on tables out front and goods hanging from the awning, set outdoors on a clear day with trees faintly visible in the background. The left side of the image is open sky and bare ground, left clear for text.

A bell rings. Ling smells hot lunch. The shop is a home! 'I want THAT house!'

Page 3
On the left side of the image, a large raised communal home with a wraparound porch and front staircase sits on an open lot with rolling green hills in the background. Beneath and around the elevated house, several children are racing and playing together with happy, lively expressions and cheerful laughter, while two adults stand nearby β€” one sitting on a bench and another standing, watching over the kids closely. A small pet curls up sleeping calmly on the ground in the lower centre, and a green bush with a planter sits beside the front steps. The right ~40% of the image is open sky and plain background.

A gang of kids runs and jumps. 'So much fun! I want THAT house!'

Page 4
On the right side of the image, a woman stands proudly smiling behind a wooden fruit stand loaded with bananas, watermelons, pineapples, and other fresh produce stacked brightly in the sun, set up outside a storefront with a red awning and blue-shuttered windows. A man stands facing her across the stand, reaching for some fruit. In the lower right corner, a young boy on a bicycle looks up toward the stand, one hand raised in a wave as he rides by. The left side of the image is open background, left clear for text.

Stacks of fruit in the sun! Ling longs for all of it. 'I want THAT house!'

Page 5
On the left side of the image, a tall apartment building is shown at an angle, with multiple floors of stacked units visible. In an upper-floor apartment, seen through a large window, a woman sits at a sewing machine while a child stands closely beside her, both looking engaged. Clothes hang on a rack behind them, and a fashion poster brightens the wall inside the room. Potted plants sit on a lower ledge near the ground floor. The right ~40% of the image is plain white/light background, left clear for text.

Up top, a mum makes a cape. A kid clings close to watch. 'I want THAT house!'

Page 6
On the right side of the image, a two-story house is shown with an open garage built right underneath. Inside the garage, a man crouches beside a large motorcycle, carefully fixing it with tools hung neatly on the walls. In front of the garage, a young child cheerfully rolls a tyre along the ground with a happy expression, while a small dog sits nearby watching. The scene is set outdoors on a clear, bright day in a quiet neighbourhood setting. The left side of the image is open background, left clear for text.

Bang! A man fixes a huge bike in his house. The bang rings out as the dog and child grin. 'I want that house!'

Page 7
On the left side of the image, a wooden houseboat with a shingled roof and a front porch floats on calm turquoise-green water. Three children are on the wooden deck β€” one stands near the railing at the front holding a fishing net over the railing, another sits calmly at the edge of the porch, and a third stands near potted plants at the far side of the deck, all appearing content and relaxed. A small rowboat bobs alongside the houseboat, ready if they need supplies from shore. The scene is outdoors in bright daylight with open peaceful water stretching across the right side of the image. Small fish are visible near the surface of the water.

The land ends. A house swings on the waves! A kid hangs a net off the deck. 'I want THAT house!'

Page 8
On the right side of the image, a teacher stands smiling in front of a chalkboard, holding a pointer toward three pinned photographs showing different styles of homes from around the world. She faces a group of young students seated at wooden desks in a bright classroom; several children are eagerly raising their hands, ready to share what they have learned, while others look attentively toward the board. The left side of the image is plain light background, leaving space for text.

'Each home is strong,' sings Miss Ung. 'Which one is best?' Hands spring up.

Page 9
On the left side of the image, five pinned photograph-style illustrations are arranged against a warm golden-yellow background, showing different types of homes: a tall house perched high on stilts (top), a raised wooden communal home and a houseboat floating on water (middle row), and a rustic cabin with a porch and a small storefront with a fruit stand (bottom row). The photos are slightly tilted and held with small clips, giving the feel of snapshots pinned to a bulletin board. The right ~40% of the image is plain golden-yellow background with no detail.

'Which home, Ling?' Ling grins. 'THAT one! And that one! And THAT one!' Ling sings.

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