• UNIT 6: Family members and 6 household activities

    Unit:6 Family members and 6 household activities

    6.1 Describing family members

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    6.2 Read about Alice’s family
    My name is Alice. I am seven years
    old. I have one brother. His name is
    Richard. He is nine years old. My father is
    a school teacher. My mother is a nurse.
    We live in Huye.
    My grandparents live in Karongi.
    My grandfather Makuza is 72 years old.
    My grandmother Muteteri is 70 years old.
    Uncle Emma is my father’s brother. He is
    married to Aunt Judith.
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    6.3 What jobs do they have?

    Match each word with the correct picture.

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    Exercise 1: Talk about your family
    1. Take turns to talk about your family.
    2. Ask and answer questions about your
    families.
    3. Say what jobs your family members
    have.

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    6.4 Talking about household activities
    We use doing words when we talk about
    household activities.
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    Exercise 2: Talk about household activities
    1. Tell your friend about activities at your
    home.
    2. Take turns to ask and answer questions.
    Example: What do you do? Do you

    clean the house?

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    6.5 Read about household activities
    Muteteri and Dukuze make their beds.
    Father waters the garden. Mother washes
    the clothes.
    In the evening, Father helps the children
    with their homework. Mother cooks food
    and sets the table. After supper, Muteteri

    washes dishes. Dukuze dries the dishes.

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    Exercise 3: Match sentences and pictures
    Match the sentences below and the
    pictures above.
    1. Muteteri makes her bed.
    2. Father waters the garden.
    3. Mother sets the table.

    4. Dukuze dries the dishes.

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    6.6 Who does what?
    The chart shows what each member of

    Muteteri’s family does.

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    Exercise 4: Draw up a tick chart
    Draw up a tick chart to show what your

    family members do.

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    6.8 Read about Mukiza’s daily

    routine

    I get up at 5:30. Then I get dressed. I eat
    breakfast. Then I brush my teeth. I leave
    home at 6:30. I arrive at school at 6:50.

    I get home at 17:20.

    Exercise 5: Write sentences in the correct
    order
    Write sentences about your daily routine.

    Use the words below.

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    Exercice 5: Write sentences in the correct order
    Write sentences about your daily routine.

    Use the words below

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    Exercise 6: How long does it take?
    1. At what time does Mukiza leave for
    school?
    2. How long does it take her to get to
    school?
    3. If she gets home at 17:20, at what

    time does she leave school?

    Learning box

    Working with sounds
    The following words all have i in them:
    iron, tidy, wipe, like, milk, dish.
    Say the words and write them in your

    exercise book.


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    6.10 Review
    1. Write about yourself. Copy the sentences
    and fill in the missing words.
    We live in ____. I have____ brother(s)
    and ____ sister(s). My grandparents live
    in ____.
    2. Copy and complete the words.
    a. My mother c_ _ks food.
    b. I br_ _ _ my teeth.

    c. My brother f_ _ _ _es water


    3. Use the words in the boxes to complete

    the sentences below.

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    1..A ____ grows crops and keeps cattle.
    b. A ____ helps children learn to read
    and write.
    c. A ____ helps people when they
    are sick.
    d. A ____ makes things from wood.
    4. Dukuze leaves home at 6:25. He gets to
    school at 6:45. How long does the school take?

    Unit 6 Family members and household activities

    Unit 7 Weather

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    Exercise 1: Talk about the weather
    Look out of the window and describe the

    weather. Is it hot or cold today?


    Unit 5: Stories and descriptionsUnit 7 :Weather