OD 4: U1. Words with ei

Match the following

• Space observatories don't weigh anything once they are in space.

• 
• Esteban grabbed the reins and rode his horse through the rain.

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• Leah received a beautiful red sleigh for her birthday.

• 
• The young woman wore a beautiful white veil on her head.

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• In the future, spacecraft may deliver freight to other planets.

• 

During winter, children love riding a (...) down the snowy hill.

• sleigh

• eighty

• reins

• weigh

1. The farmer used (...) to control and guide the horses.

• 1. sleigh

• 1. eighty

• 1. reins

• 1. weigh

The teacher asked the students to spell the word (...) correctly.

• sleigh

• eighty

• reins

• freight

The delivery truck was loaded with heavy (...) to be transported to the warehouse.

• sleigh

• eighty

• reins

• freight

I saw an old photo of a Finnish man and his wife going to town on a large ​ (a)   carrying ​ (b)   chickens in cages. Two large horses pulled it. The man had the ​ (c)   in his hand, and the horses were moving quickly through the snow. The chickens probably did not ​ (d)   very much. I think the horses seemed happy to be pulling such light ​ (e)  

• sleigh
• eighty
• reins
• weigh
• freight

1. The horse's (...) were held tightly by the rider.

2. Reorder the letters to find the word missing

• n

• i

• e

• r

• s

1. Can you (...) the package to see how heavy it is?

2. Reorder the letters to see the word missing.

• g

• i

• e

• h

• 1. w

1. The bride wore a beautiful (...) over her face during the wedding ceremony.

2. Reorder the letters to find the word missing

• v

• i

• l

• e

1. Santa Claus rides his (...) pulled by reindeer.