Remember: One sentence can use all twenty-six letters. Type the shy letters slowly, with the right finger.
Read and answer
Read the story, then answer.
Grandad's puzzleMateo's Grandad Joe loved word games. "Can one sentence use every letter?" he asked. Mateo tried "I like my big dog," and colored a square on the grid for every letter it used. Most squares stayed empty. Then Jack the jackdaw, a black bird, landed on the window sill. "Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz!" said Grandad. A sphinx is a stone statue with a lion's body, and quartz is a shiny stone. This time all twenty-six squares filled in.
1
Mateo's first sentence, I like my big dog, uses every letter.
TrueFalse
2
What is a sphinx?
a shiny stonea stone statue with a lion's bodya black bird
3
Grandad's sentence fills squares on the grid.
The shy letters
Q, z, x and j are shy letters. Short words such as quiz, box, jam and zoo help you practice them.
4
Circle the shy letters. (circle every one)
qtzjs
5
The blank key starts the word quiz. Write its letter:
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The blank key is the last letter of the word box. Write it:
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Join each word to the shy letter it starts with.
1quiz
2zoo
3jam
Aq
Bj
Cz
8
Typing Jack's sentence touches the q, z and x keys too.
TrueFalse
9
The three lines quiz jump box, wavy flag yes and thick drink craft hold every letter between them.
TrueFalse
10
Number the pieces of Jack's sentence in order.
quartz
jackdaws love
my big
sphinx of
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Mateo thinks a short sentence cannot use every letter. What does Grandad's sentence show?
only a long story can use every letterno sentence can use every letterone short sentence can use every letter
Copy and write
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Copy it. box fox jam jug
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Make up a silly sentence of your own and write it here.
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Answer key · Set A
Words with every letter
1False Only a few squares were colored; most stayed empty.
2a stone statue with a lion's body A sphinx is a stone statue with a lion's body. Quartz is the shiny stone, and Jack is the bird.
326 Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz uses all twenty-six letters.
4q, z, j Q, z, x and j are the shy letters, because they hide in very few words.
5q Quiz starts with q, one of the shy letters.
6x Box is b, o, x. The x is on the bottom row.
71-A, 2-C, 3-B Quiz starts with q, zoo with z, and jam with j.
8True The sentence uses every letter, so you touch every letter key, even the shy ones.
9True Between them, the three lines use all twenty-six letters.
104, 1, 2, 3 The sentence is: jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz.
11one short sentence can use every letter Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz is one short sentence with all twenty-six letters.
13Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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