🔤 English from Zero (ESL) · Lesson 6 of 8
First reading
Three-letter words and sight words.
Blending sounds
Read short words by saying each sound and then blending them: c-a-t → cat, d-o-g → dog, s-u-n → sun. These are called CVC words (consonant–vowel–consonant). They are the first words to read.
Word families
| -at | cat, hat, bat, mat, sat |
|---|---|
| -og | dog, log, fog, jog |
| -in | pin, win, tin, fin |
| -un | sun, run, fun, bun |
Sight words
Some very common words don’t follow the rules, so we learn them by sight: the, a, I, is, you, to, and, he, she, we, was, said, are, have, of. They are in almost every sentence.
First sentences
The cat is on the mat. / I see a big dog. / We can run in the sun. / Is it a red hat? Read slowly, point to each word, and then read again faster.
Tip
💡 Read the same short text 3 times. The first time is slow; by the third time it sounds like real reading.
✏️ Practice: your turn
- Blend and read: cat, pen, sit, hot, bus
- Make new words in the -at family
- Write 5 sight words on cards and practice them
- Read a very short story from the Stories page with a helper
🧠 Quick quiz
Answer all 4 questions correctly to mark this lesson as done.
0 of 4 correct
All lessons in English from Zero (ESL)
- 🔠 1. Letters and soundsThe name of a letter vs. the sound it makes
- 🐶 2. First wordsAnimals, family and things at home
- 🎨 3. Colors and numbersTen colors and numbers 1–20
- 👋 4. Hello! How are you?Introduce yourself and answer simple questions
- ❤️ 5. I like, I have, I canThree sentence patterns for talking about yourself
- 📖 6. First readingThree-letter words and sight words
- 🏠 7. Everyday EnglishMorning, food and play: English at home and around town
- 🚀 8. What’s nextA plan to keep learning, by age