Words that start with W

Won't is a contraction of will not. The opposite of won't is will. The toddler in the picture won't walk home.

Wood is what the trunks and branches of trees are made from. Trees get thicker as they grow, so when you cut them down you can see rings of colors in the inside of the tree, like in the picture. When you cut a tree lengthways the rings become lines called grain, which you can see in most things made out of wood. Wood is used to make houses, furniture and some toys.

Woodpeckers are a group of birds found all over the world except Australia, New Zealand and the polar areas. Woodpeckers have very strong, sharp, straight beaks so they can hammer and drill into wood. Their heads are designed so they do not get hurt by their hammering. Woodpeckers live mainly in forests and rainforests. Woodpeckers mainly eat burrowing insects like beetles and grubs that they find inside dead wood and bark on trees.

Wool, also called yarn, is made from animal fleece, spun into a long, thin string. It can be made in any thickness and then dyed in any color. People then use the wool to knit things like socks out of.

You work to get something done, to achieve something. Some kinds of work require a lot of physical effort, other types of work require a lot of thinking. Most people are employed by someone else who pays them to work.