• Unit 5: Stories and descriptions

    Unit 5 Stories and descriptions

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    5.1 Listen to a story
    Elephant lived in the bush with his family.
    All the baby elephants played together in
    the river.
    One day, Elephant decided he was too
    old to play with the others. He went for a
    long walk. He met Father Lion on the path.
    “Where are you going?” asked Father Lion.
    “I am going for a walk,” said Elephant.
    “I am too big to play in the water.”
    “Come with me and visit my family,” said

    Father Lion.

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    The lions will eat me,” thought Elephant.
    He turned and ran all the way back to the
    river. Elephant decided that he was too
    young to go for a walk alone. He would leave
    being grown up for another day!

    Exercise 1: Write about the story
    Complete the sentences then match each

    sentence with a picture.

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    1. Elephant decided that he was too ____
    to play with the other elephants.
    2. After that he went for a ____ on his
    own.
    3. Next he met ____ ____ on the path.
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    5.2 Describing a process
    Micheal wrote a letter to her grandmother.
    • First, she wrote the letter on a
    piece of paper.
     When she had finished writing,
    she put the letter in an envelope.
    • Then, she wrote her grandmother’s
    address on the envelope.
    • Next, she put a stamp on the envelope.
     After that, Micheal went to the post box
    and posted the letter.
    • At 7 o’clock the next morning, the
    postman emptied the post box.
    • At 10 o’clock a van took the letter to Kigali.
    • Finally, the postman delivered the letter
    to Micheal’s grandmother.
    Exercise 2: Talk about the process
    1. What did Micheal do first?
    2. What did she do after she had written
    the letter?
    3. What did the postman do?

    4. What do you think happened next?

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    Exercise 3: Link sentences
    Copy the sentences into your exercise
    book. Use words from the boxes to
    complete the sentences.
    after that finally then next
    1. Micheal sat down and ____ began to
    write on a piece of paper.
    2. ____ she put the letter in an envelope.
    3. ____ ____ she put the letter in a post box.

    4. ____ the postman delivered the letter.

    Exercise 4: Match pictures with sentences
    In your exercise book, write down the

    numbers of the pictures in the correct order.

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    Learning box
    Full stops and capital letters
    When we write names of people and places
    we start with a capital letter. When we
    write a sentence we end with a full stop.
    Exercise 5: Use full stops and capital letters
    Write the sentences correctly.
    1. mary is going to kigali
    2. patrick is talking to frank

    3. agnes and jessica live in huye

    Exercise 6: Sing a song
    goodSing “This is the way we go to school”
    with your teacher. Use these verses:
    First of all we wash our face
    After that we comb our hair
    Then we like to eat our food

    Finally we go to school.

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    5.3 Review
    1. Use the words in the boxes to complete
    the sentences below.
    then next after that finally
    I eat breakfast in the morning and ____
    I brush my teeth. ____ I brush my hair.
    ____ ____ I go to school. My parents read
    me a story at night time before I ____ go
    to sleep.
    2. Write the numbers of the pictures in the correct order.
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    3. Write a short text about the pictures
    above.
    4. Write the sentences with capital letters
    and full stops.
    a. Micheal and i are going home

    b. Mary likes reading


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