Made for the Lao Family Center by Jennifer Ball, © November 7, 2012; rev. January 17, 2013 3:00 PMPage - 1

Words beginning with “fl”

The sound “fl” suggests something that flags one’s attention: a flock of pink flamingos flapping their wings while flying over a flat, fluid surface like a lake, for instance...

or a flame that flickers or a flare that flashes...

or a flower that flowers.

U.S. flagflag flamingo

flameroad flare

or a fly...

Made for the Lao Family Center by Jennifer Ball, © November 7, 2012; rev. January 17, 2013 3:00 PMPage - 2

Words beginning with “fl”

snowflakeflour

fleshflea

Fleas feast on flesh and fleece. fleece

Words that start with “fl” are often white or bright: flour, snowflakes or flurries, flesh (of “white” people), and the fleeces on a flock of sheep.snow flurries

flock of sheep

Made for the Lao Family Center by Jennifer Ball, © November 7, 2012; rev. January 17, 2013 3:00 PMPage - 3

Words beginning with “fl”

A. flapB. flipC. flop

floor flood flush

opposite of roof

B C

belly flop

flipflops

U.S.

The dog is floating. So is the balloon.

Water and air are treated almost the same in many “fl” words: one can float, fly, and flap in both.

Florida

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What other words start with “fl”?

_ _ ask

_ _ at tire

_ _ avor

_ _ ounder

_ _ abbergasted

_ _ an _ _ exible

vanill

a

choc

olate

straw

berry

_ _ u