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Basics on the topic Reading from Left to Right

Join Dee and Kala and learn all about how we read from left to right.

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Reading from Left to Right exercise

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  • Which hand is which?

    Hints

    Are you left handed or right handed? Which hand do you write with?

    If you hold up your hands, palms facing away from you, you can see an L shape in your left hand.

    Solution

    Here we can see the correctly labelled hands.

  • How do we read books in English?

    Hints

    This is an open book. Which side would we start reading on?

    You can use your hands to help you remember which is left and which is right.

    Solution

    In English, we read books from left to right.

  • Where do we start reading?

    Hints

    We should start reading on the left.

    We should start reading at the beginning of the first line of writing on a page.

    Solution

    We always start reading on the left, at the beginning of the first line of writing on a page.

  • Can you label these parts of a book?

    Hints

    Where is the front of the book and where is the back?

    The spine holds the book together.

    The title is what the book is called.

    We turn the pages when we read.

    Solution

    Here we can see the book labelled correctly.

  • Which book is ready to read?

    Hints

    When looking at the front cover, the spine should be on the left.

    Is the writing the right way round?

    Solution

    This book is ready to read. We can see the spine on the left and the writing is the right way round.

  • What is the first word that we would read?

    Hints

    We start reading in the top left corner.

    The first word in a sentence always starts with a capital letter.

    Solution

    This is the first word we would say if we were reading this book.