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Step-by-step practice: English · Level 1Chapter 8 · Tricky words: my, you, they, all, are, was, her
Step-by-step English Level 1 · Tricky words: my, you, they, all, are, was, her · Summary

Step-by-step English Level 1 Tricky words: my, you, they, all, are, was, her: summary and key words

Part of the Step-by-step English Level 1 tricky words: my, you, they, all, are, was, her chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page

Chapter summary

SkillMethod
Read my, you and they by sightRead the whole sentence, then choose the word that fits
Read all, are and her by sightCheck who or what the sentence is about
Tell was and saw apartwas is about a time; saw is about looking
Use a tricky word in a phraseRead the phrase aloud and check the order

Can you…?

  • I can read my, you, they, all, are, was and her by sight
  • I can choose the tricky word that completes a sentence
  • I can tell was and saw apart
  • I can find a tricky word in a list

Key terms

tricky word
a word that does not follow the usual sounds, so we learn it by sight
belonging
something that is someone's, such as my bag
phrase
a short group of words, such as all of us

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