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Let’s read the story carefully and look for all the words that start with the letter L.
We’ll go paragraph by paragraph:
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Paragraph 1:
> Lizzy was a lucky lizard.
> She was lime green with black lines on her back.
> In the rainforest, she lived low by the ground.
Words starting with L:
- Lizzy
- lucky
- lizard
- lime
- lines
- lived
- low
→ That’s 7 words.
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Paragraph 2:
> She leaped from leaf to leaf in the rainforest.
> She laughed and launched herself to the next leaf.
> Lizzy was a great climber with strong legs.
Words starting with L:
- leaped
- leaf (appears twice — count each time!)
- laughed
- launched
- leaf (again)
- Lizzy
- legs
Wait — let’s list them clearly:
- leaped
- leaf
- leaf (second one)
- laughed
- launched
- Lizzy
- legs
That’s 7 more? But wait — “leaf” appears two times in first sentence, then again in second sentence → so 3 total “leaf”? Let’s check:
First sentence: “leaped from leaf to leaf” → that’s TWO “leaf”
Second sentence: “to the next leaf” → that’s THIRD “leaf”
So:
- leaped
- leaf (1)
- leaf (2)
- laughed
- launched
- leaf (3) ← yes, third one
- Lizzy
- legs
Actually, let’s rewrite this paragraph with only L-words:
“She leaped from leaf to leaf...” → leaped, leaf, leaf
“She laughed and launched herself to the next leaf.” → laughed, launched, leaf
“Lizzy was a great climber with strong legs.” → Lizzy, legs
So L-words here:
leaped, leaf, leaf, laughed, launched, leaf, Lizzy, legs → 8 words? Wait, no — we’re counting each occurrence.
But actually, the question is likely asking for how many *different* words start with L? Or how many *total occurrences*?
Looking at the title: “Starts with L” — and it’s a reading comprehension task for young students — they probably want to count every word that starts with L, even if repeated.
But let’s see what makes sense.
In educational worksheets like this, sometimes they ask “how many words start with L?” meaning total instances.
But let’s keep going and tally everything, then decide.
Back to Paragraph 2:
L-words:
1. leaped
2. leaf (first)
3. leaf (second)
4. laughed
5. launched
6. leaf (third)
7. Lizzy
8. legs
→ 8 words in this paragraph? But “leaf” is repeated — still counts as separate words.
Wait — actually, in the sentence: “She leaped from leaf to leaf” — that’s two “leaf”, but they are separate words.
Similarly, “to the next leaf” — third “leaf”.
So yes, 8 L-starting words in paragraph 2? Let me recount:
Sentence 1: leaped, leaf, leaf → 3
Sentence 2: laughed, launched, leaf → 3
Sentence 3: Lizzy, legs → 2
Total: 3+3+2 = 8
Okay.
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Paragraph 3:
> Later, she played lazily in the lagoon.
> She lounged around on a large rock in the sun.
> She lapped at the water when she got a little thirsty.
L-words:
- Later
- lazily
- lagoon
- lounged
- large
- lapped
- little
Check:
Later → L
lazily → L
lagoon → L
lounged → L
large → L
lapped → L
little → L
That’s 7 words.
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Paragraph 4:
> She ate little bugs that she caught with her long tongue.
> She licked her lips as she munched them down.
> She liked to eat lacewings for lunch.
L-words:
- little (already counted earlier? But we’re counting occurrences, not unique words)
Wait — in this context, since it’s a reading exercise, they probably want total number of words starting with L, including repeats.
But let’s be consistent.
In paragraph 3, we had “little” — now again in paragraph 4.
So:
Sentence 1: little, long → 2
Sentence 2: licked, lips → 2
Sentence 3: liked, lacewings, lunch → 3
Total: 2+2+3 = 7
List:
- little
- long
- licked
- lips
- liked
- lacewings
- lunch
Yes, 7.
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Paragraph 5:
> It was time to find a place to sleep – she never got lost.
> She lifted the left foot, and then the right.
> She located a spot by the loquat tree.
L-words:
- lost
- lifted
- left
- located
- loquat
Check:
lost → L
lifted → L
left → L
located → L
loquat → L
That’s 5 words.
Note: “place” starts with P, “sleep” with S, etc. — not L.
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Paragraph 6:
> Life was great for a lucky lizard like Lizzy.
L-words:
- Life
- lucky
- lizard
- like
- Lizzy
That’s 5 words.
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Now let’s add up all paragraphs:
Paragraph 1: 7 words
(Lizzy, lucky, lizard, lime, lines, lived, low)
Paragraph 2: 8 words
(leaped, leaf, leaf, laughed, launched, leaf, Lizzy, legs) → wait, that’s 8, but let’s list indices:
Actually, better to make a full list to avoid double-counting errors.
Let me write ALL L-starting words in order, with their position:
1. Lizzy (para1)
2. lucky (para1)
3. lizard (para1)
4. lime (para1)
5. lines (para1)
6. lived (para1)
7. low (para1)
8. leaped (para2)
9. leaf (para2, first)
10. leaf (para2, second)
11. laughed (para2)
12. launched (para2)
13. leaf (para2, third)
14. Lizzy (para2)
15. legs (para2)
16. Later (para3)
17. lazily (para3)
18. lagoon (para3)
19. lounged (para3)
20. large (para3)
21. lapped (para3)
22. little (para3)
23. little (para4) ← again
24. long (para4)
25. licked (para4)
26. lips (para4)
27. liked (para4)
28. lacewings (para4)
29. lunch (para4)
30. lost (para5)
31. lifted (para5)
32. left (para5)
33. located (para5)
34. loquat (para5)
35. Life (para6)
36. lucky (para6) ← again
37. lizard (para6) ← again
38. like (para6)
39. Lizzy (para6) ← again
Wait — that’s 39? But let’s verify.
I think I made a mistake in paragraph 2.
Let me re-read paragraph 2:
“She leaped from leaf to leaf in the rainforest.” → words: leaped, leaf, leaf → 3 L-words
“She laughed and launched herself to the next leaf.” → laughed, launched, leaf → 3 L-words
“Lizzy was a great climber with strong legs.” → Lizzy, legs → 2 L-words
Total para2: 3+3+2=8 — correct.
Para3:
“Later, she played lazily in the lagoon.” → Later, lazily, lagoon → 3
“She lounged around on a large rock in the sun.” → lounged, large → 2
“She lapped at the water when she got a little thirsty.” → lapped, little → 2
Total: 3+2+2=7 — correct.
Para4:
“She ate little bugs that she caught with her long tongue.” → little, long → 2
“She licked her lips as she munched them down.” → licked, lips → 2
“She liked to eat lacewings for lunch.” → liked, lacewings, lunch → 3
Total: 2+2+3=7 — correct.
Para5:
“It was time to find a place to sleep – she never got lost.” → lost → 1
“She lifted the left foot, and then the right.” → lifted, left → 2
“She located a spot by the loquat tree.” → located, loquat → 2
Total: 1+2+2=5 — correct.
Para6:
“Life was great for a lucky lizard like Lizzy.” → Life, lucky, lizard, like, Lizzy → 5 — correct.
Para1:
“Lizzy was a lucky lizard.” → Lizzy, lucky, lizard → 3
“She was lime green with black lines on her back.” → lime, lines → 2
“In the rainforest, she lived low by the ground.” → lived, low → 2
Total: 3+2+2=7 — correct.
Now sum:
Para1: 7
Para2: 8
Para3: 7
Para4: 7
Para5: 5
Para6: 5
7 + 8 = 15
15 + 7 = 22
22 + 7 = 29
29 + 5 = 34
34 + 5 = 39
So total of 39 words that start with L.
But is that what the question wants? The worksheet doesn’t have a specific question — it just says “Starts with L” and has the story.
Looking back at the user’s request: “Solve the problem accurately.”
But there’s no explicit question in the image. However, given the title “Starts with L” and it’s a reading comprehension skill, the implied task is likely: Count how many words in the story start with the letter L.
Sometimes these worksheets ask students to circle or list them, but since no instruction is given beyond the title, and the user said “solve the problem”, I think counting is the goal.
Perhaps it’s to identify all L-words, but since it’s text-based, counting is practical.
Another possibility: maybe it’s to find how many *unique* words start with L.
Let’s check that too, in case.
Unique L-words from the story:
From our list:
Lizzy, lucky, lizard, lime, lines, lived, low, leaped, leaf, laughed, launched, legs, Later, lazily, lagoon, lounged, large, lapped, little, long, licked, lips, liked, lacewings, lunch, lost, lifted, left, located, loquat, Life, like
Let’s list without duplicates:
1. Lizzy
2. lucky
3. lizard
4. lime
5. lines
6. lived
7. low
8. leaped
9. leaf
10. laughed
11. launched
12. legs
13. Later
14. lazily
15. lagoon
16. lounged
17. large
18. lapped
19. little
20. long
21. licked
22. lips
23. liked
24. lacewings
25. lunch
26. lost
27. lifted
28. left
29. located
30. loquat
31. Life
32. like
That’s 32 unique words.
But “Lizzy” appears multiple times, but we count once.
Similarly, “lucky”, “lizard”, “leaf”, “little” appear multiple times.
So unique count is 32.
But which one is expected?
In elementary reading comprehension, when they say “starts with L”, and give a story, often they want students to find and count each occurrence, especially if it’s for phonics practice.
Moreover, the story is designed with many L-words intentionally.
Looking at the last sentence: “Life was great for a lucky lizard like Lizzy.” — it ends with L-words, emphasizing the theme.
Given that, and since the worksheet is titled “Starts with L”, I believe the intended task is to count the total number of words beginning with L, including repetitions.
Thus, 39.
But let me double-check the count by writing the entire story and underlining each L-word.
Full story with L-words marked:
Lizzy was a lucky lizard.
She was lime green with black lines on her back.
In the rainforest, she lived low by the ground.
She leaped from leaf to leaf in the rainforest.
She laughed and launched herself to the next leaf.
Lizzy was a great climber with strong legs.
Later, she played lazily in the lagoon.
She lounged around on a large rock in the sun.
She lapped at the water when she got a little thirsty.
She ate little bugs that she caught with her long tongue.
She licked her lips as she munched them down.
She liked to eat lacewings for lunch.
It was time to find a place to sleep – she never got lost.
She lifted the left foot, and then the right.
She located a spot by the loquat tree.
Life was great for a lucky lizard like Lizzy.
Now, let’s count each bolded word:
Line 1: Lizzy, lucky, lizard → 3
Line 2: lime, lines → 2
Line 3: lived, low → 2
Line 4: leaped, leaf, leaf → 3
Line 5: laughed, launched, leaf → 3
Line 6: Lizzy, legs → 2
Line 7: Later, lazily, lagoon → 3
Line 8: lounged, large → 2
Line 9: lapped, little → 2
Line 10: little, long → 2
Line 11: licked, lips → 2
Line 12: liked, lacewings, lunch → 3
Line 13: lost → 1
Line 14: lifted, left → 2
Line 15: located, loquat → 2
Line 16: Life, lucky, lizard, like, Lizzy → 5
Now add:
3+2+2 = 7 (lines 1-3)
3+3+2 = 8 (lines 4-6) → total 15
3+2+2 = 7 (lines 7-9) → total 22
2+2+3 = 7 (lines 10-12) → total 29
1+2+2 = 5 (lines 13-15) → total 34
5 (line 16) → total 39
Yes, confirmed: 39 words start with L.
Therefore, the answer is 39.
Final Answer:
39
We’ll go paragraph by paragraph:
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Paragraph 1:
> Lizzy was a lucky lizard.
> She was lime green with black lines on her back.
> In the rainforest, she lived low by the ground.
Words starting with L:
- Lizzy
- lucky
- lizard
- lime
- lines
- lived
- low
→ That’s 7 words.
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Paragraph 2:
> She leaped from leaf to leaf in the rainforest.
> She laughed and launched herself to the next leaf.
> Lizzy was a great climber with strong legs.
Words starting with L:
- leaped
- leaf (appears twice — count each time!)
- laughed
- launched
- leaf (again)
- Lizzy
- legs
Wait — let’s list them clearly:
- leaped
- leaf
- leaf (second one)
- laughed
- launched
- Lizzy
- legs
That’s 7 more? But wait — “leaf” appears two times in first sentence, then again in second sentence → so 3 total “leaf”? Let’s check:
First sentence: “leaped from leaf to leaf” → that’s TWO “leaf”
Second sentence: “to the next leaf” → that’s THIRD “leaf”
So:
- leaped
- leaf (1)
- leaf (2)
- laughed
- launched
- leaf (3) ← yes, third one
- Lizzy
- legs
Actually, let’s rewrite this paragraph with only L-words:
“She leaped from leaf to leaf...” → leaped, leaf, leaf
“She laughed and launched herself to the next leaf.” → laughed, launched, leaf
“Lizzy was a great climber with strong legs.” → Lizzy, legs
So L-words here:
leaped, leaf, leaf, laughed, launched, leaf, Lizzy, legs → 8 words? Wait, no — we’re counting each occurrence.
But actually, the question is likely asking for how many *different* words start with L? Or how many *total occurrences*?
Looking at the title: “Starts with L” — and it’s a reading comprehension task for young students — they probably want to count every word that starts with L, even if repeated.
But let’s see what makes sense.
In educational worksheets like this, sometimes they ask “how many words start with L?” meaning total instances.
But let’s keep going and tally everything, then decide.
Back to Paragraph 2:
L-words:
1. leaped
2. leaf (first)
3. leaf (second)
4. laughed
5. launched
6. leaf (third)
7. Lizzy
8. legs
→ 8 words in this paragraph? But “leaf” is repeated — still counts as separate words.
Wait — actually, in the sentence: “She leaped from leaf to leaf” — that’s two “leaf”, but they are separate words.
Similarly, “to the next leaf” — third “leaf”.
So yes, 8 L-starting words in paragraph 2? Let me recount:
Sentence 1: leaped, leaf, leaf → 3
Sentence 2: laughed, launched, leaf → 3
Sentence 3: Lizzy, legs → 2
Total: 3+3+2 = 8
Okay.
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Paragraph 3:
> Later, she played lazily in the lagoon.
> She lounged around on a large rock in the sun.
> She lapped at the water when she got a little thirsty.
L-words:
- Later
- lazily
- lagoon
- lounged
- large
- lapped
- little
Check:
Later → L
lazily → L
lagoon → L
lounged → L
large → L
lapped → L
little → L
That’s 7 words.
---
Paragraph 4:
> She ate little bugs that she caught with her long tongue.
> She licked her lips as she munched them down.
> She liked to eat lacewings for lunch.
L-words:
- little (already counted earlier? But we’re counting occurrences, not unique words)
Wait — in this context, since it’s a reading exercise, they probably want total number of words starting with L, including repeats.
But let’s be consistent.
In paragraph 3, we had “little” — now again in paragraph 4.
So:
Sentence 1: little, long → 2
Sentence 2: licked, lips → 2
Sentence 3: liked, lacewings, lunch → 3
Total: 2+2+3 = 7
List:
- little
- long
- licked
- lips
- liked
- lacewings
- lunch
Yes, 7.
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Paragraph 5:
> It was time to find a place to sleep – she never got lost.
> She lifted the left foot, and then the right.
> She located a spot by the loquat tree.
L-words:
- lost
- lifted
- left
- located
- loquat
Check:
lost → L
lifted → L
left → L
located → L
loquat → L
That’s 5 words.
Note: “place” starts with P, “sleep” with S, etc. — not L.
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Paragraph 6:
> Life was great for a lucky lizard like Lizzy.
L-words:
- Life
- lucky
- lizard
- like
- Lizzy
That’s 5 words.
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Now let’s add up all paragraphs:
Paragraph 1: 7 words
(Lizzy, lucky, lizard, lime, lines, lived, low)
Paragraph 2: 8 words
(leaped, leaf, leaf, laughed, launched, leaf, Lizzy, legs) → wait, that’s 8, but let’s list indices:
Actually, better to make a full list to avoid double-counting errors.
Let me write ALL L-starting words in order, with their position:
1. Lizzy (para1)
2. lucky (para1)
3. lizard (para1)
4. lime (para1)
5. lines (para1)
6. lived (para1)
7. low (para1)
8. leaped (para2)
9. leaf (para2, first)
10. leaf (para2, second)
11. laughed (para2)
12. launched (para2)
13. leaf (para2, third)
14. Lizzy (para2)
15. legs (para2)
16. Later (para3)
17. lazily (para3)
18. lagoon (para3)
19. lounged (para3)
20. large (para3)
21. lapped (para3)
22. little (para3)
23. little (para4) ← again
24. long (para4)
25. licked (para4)
26. lips (para4)
27. liked (para4)
28. lacewings (para4)
29. lunch (para4)
30. lost (para5)
31. lifted (para5)
32. left (para5)
33. located (para5)
34. loquat (para5)
35. Life (para6)
36. lucky (para6) ← again
37. lizard (para6) ← again
38. like (para6)
39. Lizzy (para6) ← again
Wait — that’s 39? But let’s verify.
I think I made a mistake in paragraph 2.
Let me re-read paragraph 2:
“She leaped from leaf to leaf in the rainforest.” → words: leaped, leaf, leaf → 3 L-words
“She laughed and launched herself to the next leaf.” → laughed, launched, leaf → 3 L-words
“Lizzy was a great climber with strong legs.” → Lizzy, legs → 2 L-words
Total para2: 3+3+2=8 — correct.
Para3:
“Later, she played lazily in the lagoon.” → Later, lazily, lagoon → 3
“She lounged around on a large rock in the sun.” → lounged, large → 2
“She lapped at the water when she got a little thirsty.” → lapped, little → 2
Total: 3+2+2=7 — correct.
Para4:
“She ate little bugs that she caught with her long tongue.” → little, long → 2
“She licked her lips as she munched them down.” → licked, lips → 2
“She liked to eat lacewings for lunch.” → liked, lacewings, lunch → 3
Total: 2+2+3=7 — correct.
Para5:
“It was time to find a place to sleep – she never got lost.” → lost → 1
“She lifted the left foot, and then the right.” → lifted, left → 2
“She located a spot by the loquat tree.” → located, loquat → 2
Total: 1+2+2=5 — correct.
Para6:
“Life was great for a lucky lizard like Lizzy.” → Life, lucky, lizard, like, Lizzy → 5 — correct.
Para1:
“Lizzy was a lucky lizard.” → Lizzy, lucky, lizard → 3
“She was lime green with black lines on her back.” → lime, lines → 2
“In the rainforest, she lived low by the ground.” → lived, low → 2
Total: 3+2+2=7 — correct.
Now sum:
Para1: 7
Para2: 8
Para3: 7
Para4: 7
Para5: 5
Para6: 5
7 + 8 = 15
15 + 7 = 22
22 + 7 = 29
29 + 5 = 34
34 + 5 = 39
So total of 39 words that start with L.
But is that what the question wants? The worksheet doesn’t have a specific question — it just says “Starts with L” and has the story.
Looking back at the user’s request: “Solve the problem accurately.”
But there’s no explicit question in the image. However, given the title “Starts with L” and it’s a reading comprehension skill, the implied task is likely: Count how many words in the story start with the letter L.
Sometimes these worksheets ask students to circle or list them, but since no instruction is given beyond the title, and the user said “solve the problem”, I think counting is the goal.
Perhaps it’s to identify all L-words, but since it’s text-based, counting is practical.
Another possibility: maybe it’s to find how many *unique* words start with L.
Let’s check that too, in case.
Unique L-words from the story:
From our list:
Lizzy, lucky, lizard, lime, lines, lived, low, leaped, leaf, laughed, launched, legs, Later, lazily, lagoon, lounged, large, lapped, little, long, licked, lips, liked, lacewings, lunch, lost, lifted, left, located, loquat, Life, like
Let’s list without duplicates:
1. Lizzy
2. lucky
3. lizard
4. lime
5. lines
6. lived
7. low
8. leaped
9. leaf
10. laughed
11. launched
12. legs
13. Later
14. lazily
15. lagoon
16. lounged
17. large
18. lapped
19. little
20. long
21. licked
22. lips
23. liked
24. lacewings
25. lunch
26. lost
27. lifted
28. left
29. located
30. loquat
31. Life
32. like
That’s 32 unique words.
But “Lizzy” appears multiple times, but we count once.
Similarly, “lucky”, “lizard”, “leaf”, “little” appear multiple times.
So unique count is 32.
But which one is expected?
In elementary reading comprehension, when they say “starts with L”, and give a story, often they want students to find and count each occurrence, especially if it’s for phonics practice.
Moreover, the story is designed with many L-words intentionally.
Looking at the last sentence: “Life was great for a lucky lizard like Lizzy.” — it ends with L-words, emphasizing the theme.
Given that, and since the worksheet is titled “Starts with L”, I believe the intended task is to count the total number of words beginning with L, including repetitions.
Thus, 39.
But let me double-check the count by writing the entire story and underlining each L-word.
Full story with L-words marked:
Lizzy was a lucky lizard.
She was lime green with black lines on her back.
In the rainforest, she lived low by the ground.
She leaped from leaf to leaf in the rainforest.
She laughed and launched herself to the next leaf.
Lizzy was a great climber with strong legs.
Later, she played lazily in the lagoon.
She lounged around on a large rock in the sun.
She lapped at the water when she got a little thirsty.
She ate little bugs that she caught with her long tongue.
She licked her lips as she munched them down.
She liked to eat lacewings for lunch.
It was time to find a place to sleep – she never got lost.
She lifted the left foot, and then the right.
She located a spot by the loquat tree.
Life was great for a lucky lizard like Lizzy.
Now, let’s count each bolded word:
Line 1: Lizzy, lucky, lizard → 3
Line 2: lime, lines → 2
Line 3: lived, low → 2
Line 4: leaped, leaf, leaf → 3
Line 5: laughed, launched, leaf → 3
Line 6: Lizzy, legs → 2
Line 7: Later, lazily, lagoon → 3
Line 8: lounged, large → 2
Line 9: lapped, little → 2
Line 10: little, long → 2
Line 11: licked, lips → 2
Line 12: liked, lacewings, lunch → 3
Line 13: lost → 1
Line 14: lifted, left → 2
Line 15: located, loquat → 2
Line 16: Life, lucky, lizard, like, Lizzy → 5
Now add:
3+2+2 = 7 (lines 1-3)
3+3+2 = 8 (lines 4-6) → total 15
3+2+2 = 7 (lines 7-9) → total 22
2+2+3 = 7 (lines 10-12) → total 29
1+2+2 = 5 (lines 13-15) → total 34
5 (line 16) → total 39
Yes, confirmed: 39 words start with L.
Therefore, the answer is 39.
Final Answer:
39
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