UNIT 1 : Places in the Community

Oral activity
a) Look at the pictures below.
b) Tell your friends what you can see in each picture. Let your
friends also tell you what they see.

1.1 Talking about where you live

Activity 1
Read what the children in the pictures are saying.

Say your name and the name of the place where you live.

Activity 2
Look at the pictures below. Read what the children are saying.

Let your friends tell you where they live.

Activity 3
Where do they live?

Where does he live?

Practise asking each other questions about your town or village.

Activity 4
Silently read what Ngarambe has written.
My name is Ngarambe Albert.
I live in a village called Kabeza.
Our village has a field where all children go to play.

Now answer these questions.
a) Where does Albert live?
b) Does Albert live in town?
c) What is found where Albert lives?
d) Why is it good for children to play?
Activity 5
Write a short story about where you live by filling in the spaces.
My name is .-------------------
I live in .-------------------------
Our has------------------------

Exercise 1
Answer the following questions.
1. What is the name of your village or town?
2. In which sector is your village or town found?
3. What do you like most about your village or town?
4. Draw a picture of where you live and write a sentence about the picture.

1.2 Describing your town or village
Activity 1
What can you see in the pictures below?

Activity 3
1. Read what the children are saying.

2. Practise asking each other questions about your town or village.

For example:

How many shops are found where you live?

There are 3 shops in our village. Or
There are many shops in our estate. Or
There are no shops in our town.

Activity 4
Answer the questions. Look at the pictures below.

Activity 5
Draw a picture of the place where you live. Write a sentence
about the picture.
Activity 6
Your teacher will organise for the class to go for a tour around the school.
1. Identify different places that are in your town or village.
2. Collect and properly throw into the rubbish pit, any rubbish
that you come across.
3. Why is it important to keep our village or town clean?

Exercise 2
Look at the picture. Tell a friend what you can see. Let friends also
tell you what they can see.

For example:
I can see a shop.

Answer these questions about the picture.
a) Is there a bank in the picture?
b) Are there shops in the picture?
c) Does the picture show a village or a town? Why?
d) How many banks are in the picture?
e) Is there a hospital in the picture?

1.3 Types and functions of community buildings
Activity 1
Read the names of the places given below correctly.
hospital                       bank                         pharmacy
shop                           church                      post office
supermarket               mosque                    market
hair salon                   bakery                      library

Activity 2
Look at the pictures below.
1. How many community buildings can you see in the pictures?
2. Say the importance of the places shown in the pictures.

Activity 3
Give answers to the questions in box A below. Write sentences with
the names of places. Put them in box B. One example is done for you.

Activity 4
Draw a picture of one of the places that are found where you live.
Write three sentences about what happens at the place that you have
drawn. An example has been done for you below.

For example:

This is a library.
People go to a library to read books.
You can also borrow a book to read at home.

Exercise 3
Answer the following questions.
1. A place where people go to pray is a or .
2. A place where you are treated when you are sick is a .
3. A place where they make bread is a .
4. A place where you do your hair is a .
5. A place where you save your money is a .

Activity 5
Read and answer the following questions.
1. What can happen if we don’t have the following community
buildings: banks, shops, hospitals, schools, markets?
2. Which community building has people who make sure that
there is peace and security?
Write the answers in your exercise book.

1.4 Describing the location of community buildings
Activity 1
Listen carefully as your teacher reads and explains these words.
in front opposite behind across next to
Activity 2
Look at the picture below with your friend. Answer the questions

For example:
Where is the cow? The cow is behind the house.

a) Where is the church?
b) Where are the houses?
c) What is opposite the cowshed?
d) Why is it important to know the location of different buildings?

Activity 3
Silently read what Doreen is saying. Answer the questions.
My name is Doreen Ingabire. I live in Kamurehe village.
Our village has two churches. Next to the church is a market.
Behind the market is a genocide memorial site. We also have a
school. It is opposite the health centre.
There is no mosque in our village.
Questions
a) What is found next to the church?
b) How many mosques are there in Kamurehe village?
c) Where is the genocide memorial site?
d) What is opposite the health centre?
e) Why is it good to have a market centre where we live?
Activity 4
1. Describe the place where you live to your friend.
2. Let your friend say out loud what you told him or her.
Did your friend describe your place correctly?
Activity 5
Write a short story about where you live. In your composition, make
sure you answer the questions below.
1. What is your name?
2. What is the name of the place where you live?
3. Which community buildings are found where you live?
4. How are the community buildings used?
5. What is the location of the community buildings?

Exercise 4
Read the words in the box. Use these words to complete the
composition about where Mutesi lives.
buildings         money        the church      food the         Remera

opposite          Mutesi       the market      hospital          the bank

My name is ................ I live in............... town. There are four community
...................in our town. These are ...........,............. ,............... and the ..............
We get.............. from ............... We buy from the................ The church
is................ the road.

1.5 Giving Directions
Activity 1
1. Listen as your teacher reads the following words. Say the words
after the teacher.

go straight        go right        turn left        turn right

corner               opposite       across         cross                  go  along

2. Do you know the meaning of these words?
3. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of these words with your
friend. Present your answers in class.
Activity 2
1. Copy the words above in your exercise book.
2. Practise reading these words with your friend.
3. Make sentences using the words you have read above.
Activity 3
1. Listen to the teacher as he gives directions of how to get to
one corner from another corner in the classroom. Practise
doing what the teacher is saying.

2. Go outside the classroom. Practise giving and following
directions to different places in the school compound.

Activity 4
Look at the picture below. Find the pictures of the following places.

Church     Factory     Farm    School     Mosque      Bridge

Activity 5
Silently read what Jane is saying below.
My name is Jane. I live in Muhanga. I walk home from school.
From the school gate I walk straight on the road until I get to
the corner. Then I turn left. I then walk for a few minutes to the
church. I cross the road at the church and then turn right. Our
home is opposite the huge mango tree.

Now answer the following questions.
a) Which building is near Jane’s home?
b) What is opposite Jane’s home?
c) Why is it important to know how to give directions?

Activity 6
Ask your friend to give you directions to his/her home. Listen carefully
and then tell the class what your friend said.

For example:

Exercise 5
In your exercise book, write the directions to reach your home from
school.
Activity 7
Go on a tour around your school. Identify all the important
community buildings. Practise giving directions from one building to the other

Activity 8

Draw the crossword puzzle below in your exercise book. Then fill in the
gaps to make words we can use to direct someone, or show places.

Exercise 6

Look at the map below and answer the questions.

Questions
a) How can I reach the hospital from the church?
b) How can I reach the police station from the factory?

Sounds and spelling

Recite the poem below with your group members.
Junction
What can you do at the junction?
There are four choices you can make.
You can go to the left, right, straight
or back.
You must make a choice.

.

Riddle

What belongs to you but is used by other people?

Dictation
Listen carefully as the teacher reads some words. Write down
each word in your exercise book correctly.

Unit 1 Assessment

Write these words correctly.
1. sohiltpa ............
2. oolchs ..............
3. nkab .................
4. urhchc ..............
5. ospsh ...............

Match the words to the sentences correctly.
6. A place where people go to pray. bank
7. A place where people go when sick. school
8. A place where children go to learn. church
9. A place where people keep money. hospital

Use the following words to write correct sentences.

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Use the following words to write correct sentences.
in front     behind     opposite     next to    across

10. ...........................
11. ...........................
12. ...........................
13. ...........................
14. ...........................
15. What do you do when you get lost?
16. Write sentences directing your friend from school to your home.
17. Write sentences directing your uncle from your home to the hospital.
18. Draw a picture of the place where you live. Write two sentences about it.
19. Give the location of any four community buildings in your area.
20. Write the use of all the community buildings in your area.

Who are these people? For each of the pictures below, explain how
each job helps with community development.

Tell your friend what these people do.

2.1 Talking about people’s jobs

Activity 1
1. Listen as the teacher reads the job names below. Say the
words after the teacher.
chef        carpenter               engineer      farmer
driver      police officer          doctor         pastor
teacher   builder                   cobbler         tailor
2. Do you know the meaning of these words?
3. Find the meaning of these words. Present your answers in class.
4. Copy the words above in your exercise book.
5. Practise reading the words with your friend.

Activity 2
Look at the pictures below carefully. Point at the correct job name for
each picture.

a) carpenter        b) farmer        c) engineer           d) doctor
e) pastor             f) driver           g) chef                  h) police officer

Activity 3
1. Draw two different people in your community doing their jobs.
2. Write the name of the job below the picture.
Show your friends what you have drawn.

Exercise 1

Look at the pictures. Read what the children are saying.

Now fill in the gaps correctly.
1. Butera is a ..................
.........................is his job?
He...................... shoes.
2. Agatesi is a pilot.
What is her ?........................
.......................flies aeroplanes.
3................... is a shop keeper.
......................is his job?
He ............................

Activity 4
Talk about the following pictures. Match the pictures to the sentences.

1. A police officer keeps law and
order.

2. A doctor treats people

3. A teacher teaches children.

4. A pilot flies aeroplanes.

5. A farmer grows crops.

Activity 5
Make sentences using the following words. Write the sentences in your
exercise book. One example is done for you.
For example:
A carpenter makes furniture.

1. Teacher           2. Farmer       3. Tailor         4. Pilot
5. Nurse               6. Driver         7. Doctor       8. Cobbler
9. Shopkeeper    10. Secretary

Activity 6
Listen as the teacher reads the following words. Say the words after
the teacher.

field            garage       school       bank             airport         hotel
hospital      bakery       shop          hair salon     library

Use a dictionary to find the meaning of the words above. Write
down the meanings. Present to the class.

down the meanings. Present to the class.
Exercise 2

Match people with their places of work.
Place of Work People
1) Hair Salon             a) Pastor
2) Hotel                     b) Farmer
3) School                  c) Doctor
4) Church                 d) Shopkeeper
5) Shop                     f) Chef
6) Bakery                  g) Mechanic
7) Field                     h) Accountant
8) Garage                  i) Librarian
9) Bank                      j) Barber
10) Library                k) Baker
11) Hospital               l) Teacher

Activity 7
Copy the table in your exercise book. Make correct sentences.

For example:
A librarian works in a library.

2.2 Describing jobs

Activity 1
1. What jobs do people in your family do?
Ask your family members the following questions.
a) Where do you work?
b) What do you do?
c) What do you like about your job?
d) Do you have to wear a uniform?
2. Tell your classmates about the different jobs that your family
members do.

Exercise 3
Who are they?
1. Who drives a bus?
2. Who sings for people?
3. Who reads news on TV?
4. Who makes people laugh?
5. Who makes clothes for people?

Activity 2
Listen as your teacher reads some text. Who is the teacher talking about?
Activity 3
Think about someone doing a job. For example, you can think about a
teacher. Act like a teacher. Let your friends say who you are acting like.
Activity 4
Read the following sentences and say who is being talked about.
1. I sell meat at the market. Who am I?
2. I treat sick animals. Who am I?
3. I make clothes for people. Who am I?
4. I help people in court. Who am I?
5. I draw houses for people. Who am I?

Activity 5
Match the following activities with the people who do them.

Activity 6
Look at the pictures. Answer the questions that follow.

For example:

Exercise 4
Write true for correct statements and false for incorrect statements.
1. A teacher cooks in a hotel.........................
2. A mechanic repairs cars............................
3. An architect draws house plans.................
4. A cobbler makes and repairs shoes.......................
5. An air hostess works in an aeroplane.....................
6. A lawyer arrests people...............................

2.3 Talking about future careers
Activity 1
Silently, read what the children are saying.

Activity 2
What will the girl in the picture be when she grows up?

Tell a friend about the job you want to do in future. Why do you want to
do it? Let your friend also tell you.
Activity 3
Ask your friend what she or he wants to be when they grow up. Use
the example below to help you.

For example:

Activity 4
Draw a picture of what you want to be in future. Write a short sentence
about your picture.
Activity 5
Read and answer the following questions.
1. Why is it good for people to have money?
2. Talk about the importance of money with your friend. Write the
answers in your exercise books. Present to the class.

Activity 6
Complete the sentences to show what you will be when you grow up.
My name is ...........................
I am years old..........................
When I grow up, I want to be a ...........................
It is the best job to do...........................

Exercise 5
Answer these questions.
1. John wants to protect people and their property.
He will be a ..................................
2. Kamikazi wants to act in movies.
She will be an ...............................
3. Mutoni will be preparing nice food in hotels.
She will be an ................................
4. Kabatesi and Mugabo want to fix broken cars.
They will be .....................................
5. Butera wants to treat people.
He will be a ......................................

Activity 7
Fill the spaces in the puzzle below to name six different jobs.

Activity 8
There are no special jobs for neither men nor women only. Why is
this good? Talk about it with a friend. Present to the class.
Exercise 6
Where do these people work?
1. Bank manager
2. Farmer
3. Police officer
4. Teacher
5. Shopkeeper
6. Pastor
7. Dentist

Sound and spelling
Recite the poem below.
Finest shoe
Cobbler, cobbler, mend my boot,
Mend it well, to fit my foot.
Stitch it up and stitch it down,
Make it the finest shoe in town.

Riddle
I treat people’s teeth. Who am I?

Dictation
Listen carefully as the teacher reads some words. Write down each
word in your exercise book

Unit 2 Assessment
Write these words correctly to get the names of different jobs.
1. yewarl .................... 2. redriv ............................
3. rotcod ..................... 4. merfar ................................
5. rusen .........................

Match the words and sentences correctly.
6. pilot                               a) operates on sick people.
7. artist                              b) works for a television or radio station.
8. surgeon                        c) paints pictures.
9. journalist                      d) flies aeroplanes.
Choose the correct answer from the box to complete the sentences
below.

10. A person who uses wood to make items.......................................
11. A girl or woman who serves food in a hotel.................................
12. A person who sews and repairs clothes.............................
13. A person who cuts and sells meat.....................................
14. A person who takes pictures..............................................
15. What will you do when you become the Minister of
Education?...........................................
16. Arrange these words to make correct sentences.
a) engineer is he an
b) in cook a works a kitchen.
c) to he a doctor wants be.
d) is job what her?
e) crops grow
17. Why do you want to work when you grow up?

Oral activity
What do these words mean. Talk to a friend about what these words
mean.

yesterday      last week         tomorrow
last year        next year         in the future

4.1 Reporting past events

Activity 1
Talk to your friend about what you did yesterday in the evening.
Activity 2
Look at the pictures. Say what the people did yesterday.

Activity 3
Find out what your friends did yesterday evening. Ask them the
following questions. Then report to the class what your friend did.
a) Did you play football yesterday?
b) Did you watch TV yesterday?
c) Did you go to sleep at 8:00 yesterday?
d) Did you brush your teeth yesterday?

For example:

For example:

Activity 4
What happened on your first day of school?
Tell your friends about it.

Activity 5
The pictures below show Gatete’s first day of first term last year. Write
a sentence for each picture.

Activity 6
1. What did you do during the last holiday? Tell your friends.
For example:

For example:

2. Practise asking each other questions about what you did in the past.
Question: When did you visit your friend?
Answer: I visited ..........................
Question: What ?...........................
Answer: ............................
Question: Where ?.............................
Answer: .................................

Activity 7
Let your friend tell you what they did over the weekend.
For example:

Activity 8
1. Make sentences from each picture to tell a story.
2. Write the story in your exercise book. Read it to a friend.

Exercise 1
Put the words in the correct order to make correct sentences.
1. to market I the went week last.
2. cooked Agatesi yesterday food.
3. my wrote I to letter a last friend year.
4. visited the us mayor last week.
5. did Monday do what you on?
6. book my marked teacher the.

Activity 1
Did you go somewhere last year? Tell your friend about it.
Activity 2
Listen as the teacher reads a story.
Now tell your friend the story that the teacher has just read.
Activity 3
Use “then”, “after that”, “next” and “before” to complete the sentences
below. Then tell the story in the pictures.

a) Mukabutera woke up early in the morning.
b)............................ she brushed her teeth.
c) ............................she combed her hair.
d) Mukabutera had breakfast............................ going to school.
e) ............................she left for school.
f) Later, Mukabutera went to the library.

Exercise 2
Write a short story about a visit you made to a new place. Read the
story to your classmates.

4.3 Telling stories
Activity 1
Do you have a favourite story? Tell it to your friend.
Activity 2
Look at the pictures below. Come up with a story from the pictures.
Tell your classmates the story.

Activity 3
Listen carefully as your teacher reads the story below. Answer the
questions that the teacher asks.

The thirsty crow
A crow was very thirsty. He saw a jug with some water. He tried
to drink the water. But his beak could not reach the water.\

The crow saw some small stones near the jug. He took one
stone and dropped it in the jug. Then he took another stone and
dropped it in the jug. Then another one.
The crow added very many stones to the jug. At last the water in
the jug rose. Then the crow was able to drink the water. He was
very happy.
Questions
a) Which bird does the story talk about?
b) What was wrong with the bird?
c) How did the bird solve its problem?

Activity 4
Tell your classmates a story that you know.
Exercise 3
Write the story that you told your friends in your exercise book.
4.4 Describing future plans
Activity 1
1. Tell your friend what you want to do during the next school
holidays.
2. Let your friend also tell you what they want to do when they
finish primary six.

Activity 2
Read what Rose is telling her aunt.
Rose: “I want to come and visit you tomorrow.”
Aunt: “No problem, Rose. Talk to your parents. You can come
and see me if they say yes.”
Rose: I forgot to ask Mother. I will talk to her and call you again.Aunt: Okay Rose. Talk to you soon.
Rose: Okay Auntie. Thanks and bye.
Aunt: Welcome Rose, bye.

Question
What does Rose want to do?

Activity 3
Ask a friend what he or she is going to do tomorrow.
Let them also ask you what you are going to do tomorrow.

For example:

Activity 4
Read the letter below

Answer these questions.
a) Where does Claudine go to school?
b) What does Claudine want to do during the holidays?
c) When did Claudine write the letter?
d) Why is Claudine writing the letter?
e) Why is it good to study hard in school?

Exercise 4
1. Use the words in the box to complete the letter that Doreen
Uwase wrote to her uncle.
writing    paying    story    fine     are    doctor      see       studying

2. Write a letter thanking your friend for any good thing he or she
did for you. Take turns with your friends to read the letters.

Activity 5
Read the conversation between James and Nina.
James: How are you?
Nina: I am fine, thank you.
James: How is school?
Nina: Fine. James, today we talked about the future at school.
What do you want to be in future?

James: I want to be a pilot like my uncle. And you, what do you
want to be?
Nina: I want to be an engineer. I love building things.
James: Then we have to work hard in school.
Nina: Very true, James.

Questions
a) What does Nina want to be?
b) If James becomes a pilot what will he be doing?
c) Who do you want to be in future?
d) Why do we have to work hard in school?
e) Why is it good to study?

Exercise 5
Write a few sentences about what you want to be in future.
Sounds and spelling
Recite the poem below.
Oh! How happy we were!
We enjoyed and felt good.
As we ran in the park,
My sister and I.
Enjoyed and felt good!
Up and down we went,
Around the trees,
And the beautiful animals that we saw too.
Oh! How happy we were!
Riddle
I am always in front of you but you will never see me. What am I?
Dictation
Listen carefully as the teacher reads some words. Write down each
word in your exercise book.

Unit 4 Assessment
Read the story. Answer the questions.
My name is Teddy Muteteri. I am ten years old. I go to Bwera
Primary School. I visited Akagera National Park last year. I saw
a giraffe and monkeys. Next year I am going to visit Virunga
National Park. Tomorrow is the weekend. I am going to swim.
Questions
1. Where did Teddy Muteteri visit?
2. Which animals did she see?
3. When was Teddy born?
4. What is Teddy going to do over the weekend?
5. Draw a picture to go with the story.
6. Write a letter to your friend telling him or her about the
activities you did last term.
7. Use the following words to write correct sentences.
a) tomorrow     b) next term       c) next year      d) next week
8. Write down all the activities you are planning to do next weekend.
9. Use these words to write correct sentences.
a) going to      b) ate         c) marked
d) cleaned      e) took      f) saw
10. Make correct sentences from the table below.
For example: I will sweep the classroom tomorrow.

11. Write any story you know.

Oral activity
Say the names of the animals that we keep at home. What do people
gain by keeping each of these animals?
5.1 Talking about domestic animals

Activity 1
Look at the pictures below. Name the animals in the pictures.

Activity 2
Use the pictures of animals to help you fill in the puzzle below.

Activity 3
Match the pictures of the animals below with their names.

Activity 4
Listen as your teacher reads the following text.
Dinah: Which animals do you keep at home?
Kamanzi: We have cows and chicken.
Leone: How many cows do you have?
Kamanzi: We have four cows.
Dinah: How many chickens do you have?
Kamanzi: We have a lot of chickens. I have never counted them.
Leone: So you have a few cows and a lot of chickens?
Kamanzi: Yes.
Take turns and talk with a friend about how many animals they have.

Activity 5
Draw your favourite domestic animal.
Write sentences about the picture. Present to the teacher.
Activity 6
You are given a list of animals below. Which animals are domestic?
cow        lion                 goat            monkey           snake
dog        elephant         sheep         lamb                bull
Exercise 1
1. Write correct sentences about each picture to show the domestic
animals that they do not have.

For example:

They do not have animals.

2. Draw and name the domestic animals in your home.

5.2 Use of animals

Activity 1
Name the following.

Activity 2
Follow the text with your finger as the teacher reads. Answer the
questions at the end.
1. I eat grass.
I love to say moo moo.
I give you milk.
Who am I?
2. I like to jump up and down.
I love to say mee mee.
I give you wool.
Who am I?
3. I jump and fly a little.
I love to say kwee kwee kwee.
I give you eggs.
Who am I?

Activity 3
Which farm animals give us the following things?

Activity 4
Fill in the gaps below each picture to form the names of the things we
get from animals.

Exercise 2
Use the table below to make sentences.
Example: Mutoni gets meat from rabbits.

Activity 5
1. Draw different animals and the products they give us.
2. Write the name of the animal and the name of the products
below the drawing.
3. Use glue or pins to put together all the pictures to make a
book.
Display your book for your classmates to see.

Activity 6
What is happening in the pictures below?

Activity 7
We use animal products to make different things. Name the things that
we get from animal products.

Activity 8
WExercise 3
1. Read the words in the box.
2. Use these words to fill in the gaps.
milk dogs home cat skin
donkeys hens money pets
We have different animals at .............................They have different
uses. From cows we get . .........…......…….We get eggs from …………………...
..................…...guard our homes and protect us. Horses and
........................…….are used for transport. We sell most of the animals
to get ………………….. Other animals are kept as …………………...
For example a...………………... is kept as a pet animal. From the
.................................….of some animal we can make things like shoes,
bags and drums.

Sounds and spelling
Recite the poem below.
Go to the farm
Horses, donkeys, cows that moo
Chicken and kittens, coocoo and meaw,
Fish that swim down the pool
And ducks quacking all day long
All these animals you can see

If you come to the farm with me.

Riddle

Dictation
Listen carefully as the teacher reads some words. Write down each
word in your exercise book.

Unit 5 Assessment
1. What do we get from these animals:
a) A cow...……………... b) A hen...……………...
c) A rabbit...……………. d) A goat...……………..
2. How are the following animals useful to us?
a) A dog .................b) A camel...……………….. c) A cat...………….
3. What do we get from milk?
4. What do we get from the skins of animals?
5. What is your favorite domestic animal? Why?
6. Draw a picture of your favourite animal. Write a sentence
about it.
7. Choose domestic animals only.
pig, snake, cow, rabbit, monkey, sheep, goat, cat, gorilla,
lion, tiger.
8. Write down three things that we get from milk.
9. Write the words correctly
a) nialmas                                       b) wco
c) atgo                                            d) psoh
10. Glue, shoes, belts and handbags are made from which products of animals?
11. Why should we keep domestic animals?
12. What do the following animals eat?
a cow, a cat, a dog

Oral activity
What do we call these parts of the body? How do we take care of each
part that you have named?

6.1 Naming parts of the body

Activity 1
Chant the following poem.
Head. [Point to your head.]
Shoulders. [Point to your shoulders.]
Knees. [Point to your knees.]
Toes. [Point to your toes.]
(Repeat)
Eyes. [Point to your eyes.]
Ears. [Point to your ears.]
Mouth. [Point to your mouth.]
Nose. [Point to your nose.]
How many parts of the body are listed in the chant. What are they?

Activity 2
Use the pictures of the body parts to help you fill in the puzzle.

Activity 4
1. How many do you have? Fill in the table.
2. Ask a friend the number of body parts he or she has.
For example:
Question. How many faces do you have?

Answer. I have one face.

Activity 5
Fill the blanks to make correct sentences.

Exercise 1
a) Draw and name different parts of the body.
b) Put the letters in order to make correct words.
hdna         gle         mtouh          kcen        anil        fginer        kene
6.2 Giving instructions
Activity 1
Listen carefully to what your teacher says. Do what the teacher is saying.
Activity 2
Read and follow the instructions.
a) Bend forward.
b) Nod your head.
c) Clap your hands.
d) Stand on one leg.
e) Greet your friend.
f) Wave goodbye.
g) Jump.
h) Swing your hands.

Activity 3
Work with a friend.
Ask your friend to follow different instructions.

For example:

Activity 4
Match the instructions with the pictures.

a) wave goodbye    ....... Picture c......
b) jump..................................................
c) clap your hands................................
d) stretch your hands..........................
e) bend forward.....................................

Exercise 2
Write the instructions for each picture.

6.3 Taking care of our body
Activity 1
Tell your friend how you take care of your body.
Activity 2
Listen to the teacher as he reads the sentences below. Follow the
words with your finger as the teacher reads.
1. Eat good food.               5. Wash my hands.
2. Play with friends.            6. Cut my nails.
3. Go to sleep early.          7. Wash my body.
4. Comb my hair.               8. Wear clean clothes.

Activity 3
What are the children in the pictures doing?

Activity 4
What do you use to ?
1. What do you use to wash your hands?

I use .........................and clean........................... to wash my hands.
2. What do you use to blow your nose?

I use a clean..................... to blow my nose.
3. What do you use to comb your hair?

I use......................... a to comb my hair.

4. What do you use to brush your teeth?

I use a ......................and.......................... to brush my teeth.
5. What do you use to clean your body?

I use a ........................and............................... to clean my body.

Activity 5
Talk about what is wrong with the children in the pictures below.

Exercise 3
Read the text and answer the questions that follow.
Ndikumana’s stomach hurt. His mother took him to hospital.
“What did you eat?” the doctor asked.
“I ate the food my mother gave me. I also found a mango under
a tree and ate it,” Ndikumana answered.
“Did you wash the mango before eating it?” the doctor asked.
“No, sir,” Ndikumana replied.
“Did you wash your hands before eating?” the doctor asked again.
“No, sir. I was too hungry. I just ate,” Ndikumana answered.
Questions
a) What was wrong with Ndikumana?
b) What do you think the doctor advised Ndikumana?
c) Why should we wash our hands and fruits before eating them?

Sounds and spelling
Recite the poem below.
Hands, legs and body
You wash them clean.
Good clean food and clothes
Improve health and wealth
Enough sleep and play, make me stronger
Nails short and clean nose
Ensure there are no doctors to visit.

Riddle
I am a body part. I am found on your face. I am what you use to see.
You eat carrots to make me work properly. Who am I?

Dictation
Listen carefully as the teacher reads some words. Write down each
word in your exercise book.

Unit 6 Assessment

Fill in the missing letters.
1. H–ad
2. –and
3. L–g
4. M–u–h
5. St–m–c–
6. –os–
7. Draw the following parts of the body.
a) Arm                           b) Head
c) Leg                           d) Foot
8. What do you use the following for?
a) Tooth–brush                  b) Soap                     c) Comb
d) Nail cutter                      e) Water
9. Why should we keep our body clean?
10. Why should we wash our hands after using the toilet?
11. Make questions for the following answers.
a).........................................................................
I use a toothbrush to brush my teeth.
b)..........................................................................
We use razor blades to cut our nails short.
c)...........................................................................
I wash my hands with soap to kill germs.

12. Make six correct sentences from the table.

Oral activity
Name each of the clothes below. When and in which weather
conditions do we wear each one of them?

7.1 Naming clothes
Activity 1
1. Name the clothes you are wearing.
2. Draw pictures of the clothes you’re wearing.
Activity 2
Below are pictures of clothes. Name the clothes by filling in the gaps in
the crossword puzzle.

Activity 3
1. Draw a picture of your favourite piece of clothing.
2. Why do you like it?

Exercise 1
Write the names of the different clothes.

7.2 Describing colours
Activity 1
Read the names of the different colours below.
red purple brown blue yellow
white orange grey green pink
Activity 2
Collect different objects that are found in class.
Say the colours of the different objects that you have collected.
Activity 3
Look at the colours shown and complete the puzzle.

Activity 4
Write the letters correctly to make names for colours.
a) wornb       b) twihe              c) calbk
d) kinp          e) yegr               f) lelowy
g) perpul       h) graneo

Activity 5
What colours are the children’s clothes?

Exercise 2
Which colour are these clothes?

7.3 Talking about what people are wearing

Activity 1
Listen carefully as the teacher describes the people below. Point to the
child that the teacher is talking about.

Activity 2
Make correct sentences about the clothes they are wearing.

Exercise 3
What are they wearing? Write the name and colour of their clothes.

7.4 Matching clothes with the weather
Activity 1
1. What are the different types of weather?
2. What do you wear when it is hot?
3. What do you wear when it is cold?
Tell your classmates your answers.

Activity 2
Read the following names of different types of weather.
windy           rainy            sunny           cloudy          hot              cold            warm
Activity 3
Match the names with their symbols.

Activity 4
Write 4 sentences to show what you wear in different types of weather.
Activity 5
Say the type of weather when we wear the following clothes.

Exercise 4
We wear different clothes when weather conditions change.
Draw the images below into your exercise book and match the
clothes with the weather conditions.

Activity 1
Listen as your teacher reads the following words. Do you know what
they mean?
cheap          expensive             cost
price            buy                         sell

Activity 2
Look at the picture below.

How much do the different clothes cost?

Activity 3
At home, ask your parents about the cost of the following.
1. Shirt, skirt, dress, pair of shorts
2. Which of these clothes are cheap?
3. Which of these clothes are expensive?

Activity 4
Read the following text.
Yesterday was my birthday. My father bought me a nice yellow
shirt. My mother bought me a brown pair of trousers. My big
brother bought me a pair of black shoes. My friend bought me a
red cap. When I put on all the clothes, I was very smart.
Questions
a) The boy’s shirt was colour ....................................
b) The boy’s mother bought him a .....................................
c) .............................bought him ...................a cap.
d) Draw and colour the clothes that the boy in the text above is
wearing.

Exercise 5
Look at the different clothes. Say if they are expensive or not.

Sounds and spelling
Recite the poem below.

Tell me, what do you think?
My t-shirt is blue and my hat is pink
Tell me, what do you think?
My trousers are yellow, my socks are green
Tell me, what do you think?
My jacket is purple, my shoes are white
Tell me, what do you think?
My gloves are brown, my scarf is black
Tell me, what do you think?

Riddle
I am made of cloth. I am worn on the head. Who am I?

Dictation
Listen carefully as the teacher reads some words. Write down each
word in your exercise book.

Unit 7 Assessment
1. Write these words correctly.
a) rwam              b) loco              c) hirts
d) srsde             e) sohes            f) tcao
2. In some seasons in Rwanda, people put on light clothes.
Why?
3. What is the colour of your school uniform?
4. Draw and colour the flag of Rwanda.
5. It is always cold in Northern Province. Name the clothes worn by people in cold areas.

6. A sweater is 10,000 frw. A pair of shoes is 48,000 frw.
a) Which of these two is expensive?
b) Which of these two is cheap?
7. Choose one word from the brackets to complete the
sentences correctly.
a) I am ........................a red shirt. (wear, wearing)
b) She .........................putting on black shoes. (is, are)
c) The boys......................... wearing school uniforms. (is, are)
8. Name the colours of the clothes that the girl below is
wearing.

9. Name all the clothes the girl in the picture is wearing.
10. Why is it good to have umbrellas?
11. Write three sentences about what your teacher is wearing.
12. Draw your friend wearing a school uniform. What is the
 colour of the uniform?
13. Why is it good for school children to wear a school uniform?

Oral activity
What is the name of our country? What other countries do you
know in East Africa?
8.1 Naming places on a map

Activity 1
1. What does the picture below show?

2. Look at the map again. Find the names of different places.
Then point at the place and say the name.

Activity 2
Find the following places on the map.
a) Rusizi district      b) Kirehe district        c) Nyarugenge district

d) Rutsiro district        e) Lake Kivu           f) Nyungwe National Park

Activity 3
1. Find different names on the map. Do you know these places?
2. Take turns to find different names on the map.
3. Look for a name from the map. Do not point at the name.

Ask your friends to find the name on the map. Give a point to the
person who finds the name first. The winner is the person who
identifies the biggest numberb of places.

For example:

8.2 Talking about compass points

Activity 1
1. What is shown in the picture below?

2. What is it used for?

Activity 2
1. Can you read the following words?
a) North             b) South                   c) West                              d) East
e) North-east    f) North-west           g) South-east                   h) South-west
2. What do these words mean?

Activity 3
Fill in the puzzle with words that
show direction.

Activity 4
1. Which direction does the sun rise?
2. Which direction does the sun set?

Activity 5
Look at the map on Page 101 again. Can you see the compass? Use it
to find the direction of the following places.
a) Huye            b) Rubavu             c) Nyagatare             d) Karongi

For example:

Activity 6
Write ‘true’ for correct statements and ‘false’ for incorrect statements.
1. Rusizi is found in the north-western part of Rwanda.
2. Burera is to the north-west of Kigali.
3. Kirehe is in the south of Rwanda.
4. Lake Ihema is to the east of Kigali.
5. Volcanoes National Park is in the northern part of Rwanda.

Activity 7
Find out if your friend knows the direction of the following places from
Kigali. Use the map on Page 101 to confirm his or her answers.

For example:

1. Rusizi         2. Bugesera            3. Kirehe            4. Gicumbi           5. Karongi
Exercise 1
1. Write five sentences that show the direction of different places in Rwanda.
2. Draw a map of Rwanda in your exercise book. Label five different places that you know.

8.3 Talking about where people live

Activity 1
Tell your friend the answers to the questions below.
1. Where do you live?
2. What direction is the place you live from Kigali?
3. Do all your family members live where you live?

For example:

Activity 2
Use the words in the table to make sentences explaining where people live.

For example:
Mutesi lives in Rwamagana.

8.4 Naming basic geographical features

Activity 1
1. What are these?

2. Which of these are found where you live?

Activity 2
Silently read and copy the words below in your exercise book.
a) River         b) Mountain          c) Valley              d) Hill
e) Lake          f) Sea                     g) Stream           h) Plain
i) Village        j) Town
Use each word to write a sentence.
Activity 3
What is this?
Use the words below to complete the sentences.

mountain         river            lake            village

Activity 4
What are these?

Activity 5
Ask each other about directions from Kigali to where you live.

Activity 6
Let us sing.
Rwanda our beautiful and dear country,
Has hills, lakes and volcanoes,
Motherland,would be always filled of happiness,
Us all your children: Rwandans
Let us sing praises
You, the mother of all of us
We admire you forever, and cover you with praises

Activity 7
Match the name to the symbol as used in the map on Page 101.

Exercise 2
Write a short story about Rwanda. Start the story as follows.
My country .....................................
It is found in........................... Africa

.........................................................

.........................................................

Sounds and spelling
Recite the poem below.

Rwanda, I love you.
Rwanda my dear country,
Blessed with hills, lakes and volcanoes
Filled with many children
You are my land of many hills,Rwanda, I love you.

Riddle
I have three colours. Blue, yellow and green.
I have a bright shining sun in the right hand corner.
Who am I?
Dictation
Listen carefully as the teacher reads some words.
Write down each word in your exercise book.

Unit 8 Assessment
1. Fill in the missing letters.
a) v_ l _ ey      b) m_ u _ t _ ins
c) _ i _ ers       d) l _ k _

2. Write the names of the places where these people live.
a) My aunt lives in ....................................
b) My class teacher lives in ....................................
c) My uncle lives in .....................................
3. Study the map below.

Answer the questions.
a) Which country is shown in the map?
b) Name a town from the Western Province.
c) Which features can you see on the map?
4. What do the following symbols mean?

5. In which compass direction do we find the following places?
a) Nyaruguru                        b) Musanze
c) Huye                                 d) Kirehe

Oral activity
a) Count the number of desks in the classroom.
b) How many desks are there?

9.1 Conducting a survey

Activity 1
Name different types of food shown in the pictures.

Activity 2
Look at the pictures of fruits below. Name the fruits by filling the gaps
in the puzzle.

Activity 3
1. What did you eat last Monday?
2. Tell a friend what you ate on different days last week
3. Make a table to show the days of the week and food that you ate
Activity 4
1. Talk to 5 people in class.
2. Find out what they ate for supper yesterday.
3. Draw and fill a table with the name of the person and food they ate.

9.2 Interpreting a food bar graph

Activity 1
Find out the meaning of the following words. You can also use a
dictionary.
1. axis                2. vertical           3. horizontal
4. heading         5. label                6. graph
7. a lot                8. a few               9. some
10 many             11. most
Make sentences using the above words.
For example: Some pupils come to school by bus.
Activity 2
Primary three class has forty pupils. Their teacher asked them
about their favourite food. This is what their teacher found out.
Bananas                                  10
Cassava                                   5
Irish potatoes                         15
Sweet potatoes                      10
Then the teacher drew the following on the chalkboard.

P3 Favourite Foods

Activity 3
Ask your friends to tell you what they ate yesterday. Draw and fill a
table with the names of your friends and the types of food they ate.
Then draw a bar chart to show what your friends ate.

Activity 4
Study the graph below. Make five correct sentences from it.
For example:
Five children like avocado.

9.3 Conducting a survey and filling in a table

Activity 1
Find out the distance each one of your classmates walks to school.
Copy the table below in your exercise book and fill in the distances.
One example is done for you.

Exercise 1
1. Write 8 sentences in your books about the table above.
Example:
a) I walk for six kilometres to school.
b) Butera walks for four kilometres to school.
2. How do you get to school?

Activity 2
Agatesi conducted a survey and drew the table below. Use this table
to answer questions.

a) What is the farthest distance that pupils walk to school?
b) What is the shortest distance that pupils walk to school?
c) What is the total number of pupils in the class?
d) Draw a bar graph to represent the information above.

Exercise 2
1. Look at the bar graph below. Draw a table to show the
information shown on the bar graph.

2. Study the graph below.

Answer these questions.
a) Which distance do most pupils walk to school?
b) Which distance do few pupils walk to school?
c) How many pupils are there in class?

9.4 Interpreting a bar graph to show distances children walk to school
Activity 1
Read the text below and answer the questions.
From home to school
Primary Three has 40 pupils. Their teacher asked them about distances
they cover to reach school. Below is what the teacher found out.
Those who walk 4 km = 10
Those who walk 2 km = 8
Those who walk 1 km = 20
Those who walk 3 km = 5
Help the teacher to draw a bar chart to show what he found out.
Questions
a) Which is the longest distance that learners walk to school?
b) Which is the shortest distance that learners walk to school?
c) How many pupils walk for 1 km before reaching school?
d) What is shown on the vertical axis?

Activity 2
Find out how pupils in your class get to school. Record the pupils’
answers in a table. Then draw a bar chart to represent this information.
Display your work in class.

Exercise 3
Use the words in the box to complete the sentences.
bus come walk travel
1. A lot of us to....................... school.
2. Some pupils........................ to school with their parents.
3. Many pupils travel by......................... to school.
4. A few people ..........................by aeroplane.

9.5 Counting
Activity 1
1. Count from number 1 up to 20.
2. Count backwards from 20 to 1.
Activity 2
Match the following numbers to their words.

Activity 3
Read the following numbers.
1. Twenty–seven           2. Thirty–two
3. Forty–nine                4. Ninety–two

Activity 4
1. Say which number comes before each of the following numbers.
54     114     233    417      900

2. Say which number comes after each of the following numbers.
62     97      128     259      450

Activity 5
1. Write numbers from 20 to 50 in words.
2. Arrange the following numbers in descending order.
98,      72,     85,    67,     54

3. Arrange the following numbers in ascending order.
39,      15,     26,    48,     73

Activity 6
1. Say the following dates.
21/07/2018
19/09/1929
2. Write the following date and year in figures:
Twenty first December
Twenty seventeen

9.6 Ordinal numbers

Activity 1
1. Say the following numbers
1st      2nd       3rd     4th          5th
6th      7th       8th      9th         10th
2. What is the first month of the year?
3. What is the last month of the year?
4. What is your date of birth?

Activity 2
Read the following number words.
1. thirteenth     2. thirtieth     3. forty–second
Activity 3
Write the following numbers in words.
1. 1st          2. 2nd            3. 3rd
4. 7th          5. 8th             6. 10th

Activity 4
Time yourselves as you count ordinal numbers from 1 to 50. The
winner is the person who will count correctly up to 50 in the shortest time.

Activity 5
1. Use ordinal numbers to say the position of each child.

Green Tshirt – John White Tshirt – Henry
Yellow Tshirt – Mary Orange Tshirt – Peter

Red Tshirt – Jane
2. Now answer the following questions in your groups.
a) Who is in the fifth position?
b) Who is in the first position?
c) What is the position of the child in purple t–shirt?
d) Describe the pupils from the first position to the fifth position.

9.7 Addition

1. Do you know the following signs?
     +                       =
2. How do you read them?

Activity 2
Read the following words. Do you know their meanings?
sum         equal to                plus               addition
add         altogether             solution         calculate
You may use a dictionary to find the meaning of these words.

Activity 3
1. Say the following:
13 + 16 = 29                 22 + 19 = 41
2. Read the following sums. Can you write them in numbers?
Five plus seventeen is equal to twenty two.
Add fourteen to sixteen to get thirty.

Activity 4
Read the word problem below. Answer the questions that follow.
Gatete had six mangoes. Alice gave him two more mangoes.
How many mangoes does Gatete have altogether?

Solution:
Six mangoes plus two mangoes equals eight mangoes.

Gatete has eight mangoes.

Activity 5
Read the sums below. Write them in words.
1. 43 + 23 = 66               2. 30 + 18 = 48                3. 15 + 17 = 32

Activity 6
1. Give answers for the following questions.
a) What is 23 + 30?                       b) What is 19 + 25?
2. Write the question and the answer you got in words.

Activity 7
Write two word problems for addition with numbers between 1 and 50.
Give them to another group to solve.

9.8 Subtraction

Activity 1

Activity 2
1. Read the following words. Do you know their meanings?
minus equal to remain
problem take away subtract
2. Find the meaning of the words that you do not know. You can
use a dictionary.
Activity 3
1. Say the following:
29 – 16 = 13                             41 – 19 = 22
2. Read the following problems. Can you write them in numbers?
Fifty take away seventeen is equal to thirty three.
Subtract fourteen from forty–five.
Seventeen minus thirteen equals four.

Activity 4
Read the word problem below. Answer the questions that follow.
Kariza washed five mangoes. She gave one mango each to Isaro,
Shema and Manzi. How many mangoes did she remain with?

Solution:
Five take away three is equal to two.
Kariza remained with two mangoes.

Activity 5
Read the problems below. Write them in words.
1. 54 – 23 = 31          2. 35 – 12 = 23            3. 41 – 11 = 30

Activity 6
Write two word problems on subtraction with numbers between 1 and
50. Give them to another group to solve.

Exercise 4
Calculate the following problems.
1. What is 23 – 10?   2. What is 67 – 17?

9.9 Multiplication

Activity 1

1. Do you know the following sign?
       ×
2. How do you read it?

Activity 2
Read the following words. Do you know their meanings?
product                   multiply by                    times
You can use a dictionary to find the meanings of the words you do not
know.

Activity 3
1) Say the following:
a) 40 × 2 = 80                    b) 15 × 3 = 45
2) Read the following problems. Can you write them in numbers?
a) Twelve multiplied by twelve is equal to one hundred forty–four.
b) Ten times ten is equal to one hundred.
c) Nineteen times two equals thirty eight.

Activity 4
Read the word problem below. Answer the question that follows.
One pickup can carry 25 bags of charcoal. How many bags will 8
pickups carry?

Solution:

Eight pickups will carry 8 x 25 = 200
Eight pickups will carry two hundred bags.

Activity 5
Read the problems below. Write them in words.
1. 2 × 35 = 70             2. 13 × 4 = 52              3. 25 × 2 = 50

Activity 6
Write two word problems on multiplication with numbers between
1 and 50. Give them to another group to solve.

Exercise 5
Calculate the following problems.
1. What is the product of 3 and 10?
2. What is 16 multiplied by 5?

9.10 Division
Activity 1
1. Do you know the following sign?
        ÷
2. How do you read them?

Activity 2
Read the following words. Do you know their meanings?
divide by out of

Activity 3
1. Say the following:
90 ÷ 3 = 30                  45 ÷ 15 = 3
2. Read the following problems. Can you write them in numbers?
a) Thirty–three divided by eleven is equal to three.
b) Twenty–one divided by three is equal to seven.
c) Forty eight divided by three equals sixteen.

Activity 4
Read the word problem below.
Answer the question that follows.
A packet has 30 biscuits. There
are 3 children who want to share
the biscuits. How many biscuits
will each child get?

Solution:
Each child will get 30 ÷ 3 = 10 biscuits.
Each child will get 10 biscuits.

Activity 5
Read the problems below. Write them in words.
1. 66 ÷ 11 = 6       2. 48 ÷ 12 = 4         3. 120 ÷ 15 = 8

Activity 6
Calculate the following problems.
1. What is the 108 divided by 4?            2. What is 54 divided by 9?

Activity 7
Read the story below with your friend. Then work out the answer. Write
the answer in your exercise books.
Jane went to a shop on Saturday. She bought 24 pencils. Jane
divided the pencils equally between Linda, Esther, Paul and
Lionel. How many pencils did each one of them get?

Activity 8
Write two word problems on division with numbers between 1 and 50.
Give them to another group to solve.

Exercise 6
What is:
1. 96 – 12
2. 12 × 12
3. 30 + 30
4. 80 ÷ 4
5. 3 × 7

Exercise 7
Match the following sentences and numbers correctly.

Sounds and spelling
Recite the poem below.
My numbers
I know my numbers, Yes I do.
I know 13 Thirteen, 14 Fourteen, 15 Fifteen
I know 16 Sixteen, 17 Seventeen, 18 Eighteen
I know 19 Nineteen and 20 Twenty
And now, you know, too.

Riddle
Two fathers and two sons were having tea. Only three cups were used.
Why?

Dictation
Listen carefully as the teacher reads some words. Write each word in
your exercise book.

Unit 9 Assesment
1. Fill in the missing numbers:
a) 48,........ ,........ ,........ , 52,............. , 54, .
b) 199,............... , 201,...................... , 203, , .
c) ,................ , 765,.................. , 767
2. Add:
a) 32 + 28 b) 84 + 49
3. What is seventy plus ten?
4. Subtract:
a) 742 – 64                  b) 999 – 99
5. What is 809 minus 72?
6. Musonera had 40 goats. He sold 22 goats. How many goats remained?
7. Multiply:
a) 15 x 4               b) 18 x 7
8. What is 16 times 7.
9. Divide:
a) 66 ÷ 3 =               b) 55 ÷ 5 =            c) What is 77 divided by 11?
10. Represent the following information in a bar graph.

Oral activity
a) Look at the picture below.
b) What must one have in order to go to the market or shop?

10.1 Talking about the market

Activity 1
Name the following things that you can buy at the market.

Activity 2
1. Listen as your teacher reads the following words.
vegetables                fruits              clothes              meat             fish
shop                         stall                market               buy               sell
change                     butchery         hotel                 food
2. Find the meaning of each word.
3. Write the word and its meaning in your exercise book.
4. Make sentences using the above words.

Activity 3
Say the names of different things that you can buy at the market.
Follow the example of the children below.

Activity 4
Make five sentences to show things you can buy at the market.
Start your sentences with: I can buy .

Activity 5
Choose a word to name the places shown in the pictures.
florist       grocer         lab       hotel
shop        butchery     bakery

Activity 6
Your teacher will give you different shopping lists. Listen carefully as
the teacher reads out different lists. Which item from your list did the
teacher forget to read?

Exercise 1
What can you buy from the places shown in the pictures?

10.2 Describing the location of stalls
Activity 1
Tell your friend how you can get to the nearest shop from your home.
Activity 2
1. Do you know the meaning of the following words?
shop    stall     sell    buy     left    right   straight      turn     corner
2. Tell your friend the meanings of the words that you know.
3. Make sentences using the words above.

10.4 Asking for amounts
Activity 1
Listen carefully as your teacher reads and explains the words below.
a lot of            a few            a little             many              much

Activity 2
Read the sentences below.

Activity 3
Read the story below.
Kagabo’s mother asked him to go and buy the following things.
2 kilograms of sugar,
2 kilograms of rice,
a big tin of cooking oil.
“Why do we need a big tin of cooking oil?” Kagabo asked.
“A lot of oil is used every day when we cook. That is why I want
a big tin,” his mother answered.
“We also use a lot of sugar but I have a little that is left. That is why
you will only buy two kilograms. We will only get a few kilograms of
rice now because I don’t have enough money. Remind me to ask your
father to give us money in the evening to buy more rice; two kilograms
will not be enough for the whole month.”
Questions
a) Find sentences that use a lot of, a few and a little.
b) Write these sentences in your exercise book.
Activity 4
Come up with a shopping list with at least five items. Alongside each
item, say if it is a lot of, a few, or a little. Make sure you use all the
words.

Activity 5
1. Study the table below.
2. Add more items that you want.
3. Make correct sentences from the table.
4. Read the sentences to the class

10.5 Talking and asking about cost
Activity 1
Listen carefully as your teacher reads and explains the words below.
expensive                 cheap               much          many
a lot                          a little                price           change                cost

Activity 2
Look at the prices shown on the different items below. Say if they are
cheap or expensive.

10.6 Buying things

Activity 1
Find out the cost of the following things from the nearest market.
1. A kilogram of sugar 2. A packet of tea leaves
3. A loaf of bread 4. A kilogram of tomatoes
5. A kilogram of onions 6. A kilogram of meat
Tell the class what you have found.

Activity 2
Practise asking for the price of different items with your friend. Answer

by giving the price of the item.

For example:

Activity 3
Read the text below. Answer the questions that follow.
Jane: I want to buy a loaf of bread. How much does it cost?
Shopkeeper: A loaf of bread is 1200 frw.
Jane: That is very expensive. My mother gave me 700 frw only.
Shopkeeper: That is okay. There are two sizes of bread. The
large one is 1200 frw. The small one is 700 frw. So here is the one for 700 frw.

Jane: Thank you very much. I thought it would be cheaper
and I would get change.
Shopkeeper: Sorry, Jane. Your mother knows how much a loaf of
bread costs. That is why she gave you 700 frw.

Activity 4
Role-play shopping.
1. Make a shop using different items that you can get in class.
2. Take turns being a shopkeeper or a buyer.
3. Buy and sell the different items that you have collected. You
can use pieces of paper to represent money.

Exercise 3
Read the story below. Answer the questions that follow.
Using fresh products
Madam Jane Dusabe lives in Muhanga District. She has three
children. These are Agnes, Alice and Tom Ganza. Jane gave Alice two
thousand Rwandan francs to buy bread. The bread cost 1200 frw.
They ate the bread. After a short time, every one had stomachache.
Jane checked the packaging instructions and found out that the
bread had expired.
Madam Jane Dusabe told her children, “Always check the expiry
date before buying any product. Eating expired products is bad
for our health.”

Questions
a) What is the heading of the story?
b) What did Alice buy?

c) Why do you think they all had stomachache?
d) How much balance did Alice take back home?
e) Write 1200 frw in words.
f) What does this story teach you?
g) Draw a picture of the story. Colour the picture and write a
sentence about the picture.

Sounds and spelling
Recite the poem below.
I went to the shop today.
To buy myself a book,
But I came back with a sweet,
And my mother was not happy! Riddle
What weighs more, a kilogram of feathers or a kilogram of meat?

Dictation
Listen carefully as the teacher reads some words. Write each word in
your exercise book.

Unit 10 Assessment
Study the price list. Answer the questions below it.

Questions
1. How many items are shown on the price list?
2. How much is a kilogram of meat?
3. Which is the cheapest item on the list?
4. Which is the most expensive item on the list?
5. Tom had 2000 frw. He bought 2 kg of salt, and 1 kg of bread.
How much money did he pay?
6 What is the cost of the following items in your nearby shop?
1 kilogram of rice
1 litre of milk
2 kilograms of onions.
7. Write eight items you can buy from the market.
8. Draw the market near your home, show all the stalls that are there
and the items that they sell. Show the picture to the class.
9. Write sentences about your first day at the market. For example, I
saw many people buying a lot of items.
10. Read the text and answer the questions

At the market
Mr. Musonera gave his son Kalisa five thousand Rwandan
francs.

He sent him to the market to buy 2 kg of meat. Each
kilogram cost 2000 frw.
Kalisa bought the meat and brought a balance of 500 frw.
Musonera asked Kalisa where the other 500 frw was. Kalisa
said he had only been given 500 frw. Musonera advised
his son to always calculate the cost of every item he buys.
He also told him to calculate the balance that should be
returned from the shopkeeper.

Questions
a) What is the heading of the story?
b) Why did Mr. Musonera send Kalisa to the market?
c) Which mistake did Kalisa make?
d) Why do you think the father was not happy with his son?
e) What was the father’s advice to his son?
f) Write down the lessons you have learnt from the story?
g) Draw a picture of the story. Write a sentence about it.

Sample English Assessment Paper 1

Fill in the missing letters to make correct names of places in the community.
1. B– nk
2. S– h– – l
3. Ch– r– –
4. H – sp– t– l
5. M– rk– t
Read each question carefully and choose the correct answer.
6. We go to............................. for treatment.
a) school b) hospital c) market d) church
7. .............................keep people’s money.
a) Supermarkets b) Hospitals
c) Schools d) Banks
8. We buy food from..................................... on weekends.
a) markets           b) banks            c) post office             d) library
9. A .................................cuts or styles our hair at the salon.
a) doctor              b) barber           c) nurse                    d) driver

Match these words and phrases correctly.
10. A doctor flies an aeroplane.
11. A librarian preaches in church.
12. A pilot treats sick people.
13. A pastor works at the library.
Draw clock faces and show the following time.
14. 12.00 pm.
15. 3.00 a.m.
16. 7.30 am.

17. 10.30 pm.

Rewrite the sentences by giving one word for the underlined words.
18. Her uncle is a person who treats sick people.

19. My father is a person who flies an aeroplane.

…………………………………………………………………………..
20. My sister works at a place where books are kept for people to come and use.

…………………………………………………………………………...
21. Jane works as a person who looks after sick people in the hospital.

…………………………………………………………………………....
22. Study the pictures of Jane’s daily routine. Arrange the pictures
in order from what she does first.

Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
Security, security
We all need security,
In churches, in schools,
In hospitals, in markets,
Security, security
Security is very important.

Questions
23. What is the poem about?
24. Name a place that needs security.
25. Choose the correct word from the box to complete the story. dry farmer sheep beans crops
good water milk cassava
Mr. Kagabo is a............................. . He grows............................... and keeps
animals. He grows crops like ............................., cabbages, yams
and ................................ He cares for his crops by weeding them. He
harvests them in the............................... season and sells them to
people. Mr. Kagabo keeps animals like cows,.................................. and
goats on his farm. He gets............................. from cows. Mr Kagabo is a.............................. farmer.

Fill in the missing letters to name different parts of the body.
1. He _ d
2. F_ _t
3. M_ u _ h
4. L _ g
Make questions for the following answers.
5.....................................................................
I use a toothbrush to brush my teeth.
6.......................................................................
I wash my hands with soap to kill germs.
7..........................................................................
We use a razor blade to cut our nails short.
Write the singular form of these words.
8. Lorries...................................................................
9. Leaves...................................................................
10. Knives...................................................................
Arrange the words to make correct sentences.
11. bird flying The is.

................................................................

12. Andre down a cut tree.

................................................................
13. sweeping She is house the

.................................................................
14. dog is The running bone with.

...................................................................

Write these numbers in words.
15. 43....................................................
16. 38....................................................
17. 40....................................................
Write these problems in words.
18. 2x25=50............................................................
19. 40x4=120...........................................................
20. 15x3=45............................................................

Re–write the sentences as instructed in the brackets.
21. James is a hard working boy. Andrew is a hard working boy.
( Re–write the sentence as follows: Both………and………..)
22. Muhoza is sweeping. John is washing clothes. ( Use :….but..)
23. He treated the cows. They were sick.( Join using:…because..)
24. This is the house. Dad built it. ( Join using:…......which....……)
25. This is the place. The accident happened here. (Join using ……where……..)
26. Read the conversation below and answer questions that follow
in full sentences.
Claudine: I want sugar. How much does a kilogram cost?
Shopkeeper: A kilogram of sugar costs 1000 frw.
Claudine: Okay, can I have 3 kilograms please?
Shopkeeper No problem, you will pay 3000 frw.
Claudine: Here is 5000 frw, can I have my change?
Shopkeeper Here is your 2000 frw change.
Claudine: Thank you shopkeeper.
Shopkeeper Thank you too.

Questions

a) How much money did Claudine have?

........................................................................................
b) How many kilograms of sugar did Claudine want to buy?

..........................................................................................
c) How much change did Claudine get from the shopkeeper?

.............................................................................................
d) Why is it good to ask for the cost of things?

...............................................................................................

27. Rearrange these sentences to make a good story.
Alice goes to school at 7a.m.
She prays after waking up.
She takes a bath after waking up.
She brushes her teeth.
She eats breakfast 6:45 a.m.
Alice wakes up at 6 am everyday.

28. Find six names of domestic animals from the crossword puzzle below.

29. Make five correct sentences from the table below

30. Read the poem below and answer questions about it in full sentences.

Soil soil soil
You are useful to us
We use you for building
We use you for brick making
We use you for modeling
Oh! What a good friend to us.
Soil soil soil
A home for insects
A home for snakes
A home for worms
How important you are!

Questions.
a) What is the poem about?
b) Who wrote the poem?
c) Mention two living things, which live in the soil.
d) Give uses of soil.

Glossary

A little:                       small in size or amount
A lot:                          a large number or amount; a great deal
Across:                      from one side to the other of a place, area, etc.
Add:                           join (something) to something else so as to increase the size, number, or amount.
Addition:                    the action or process of adding something to something else
Airport:                      a place where aeroplanes land and take off
Altogether:                including everything or everyone; in total
Always:                     at all times; on all occasions
Bakery:                     a place where bread and cakes are made or sold
Bank:                        a place where people keep and receive money from
Behind:                     at the back of
Builder:                     a person who constructs houses
Bull:                          a male of some animals
Butcher:                    a person who sells meat at the shop
Butchery:                  a place where meat is sold
Buy:                          get something in exchange for payment
Calculate:                 work out an answer using maths
Carpenter:                a person who makes and repairs wooden objects and structures
Change:                   money given back to you when you give more money than the cost of something

Cheap:              low in price
Chef:                 a person who cooks food in a restaurant or hotel
Chemist:            a person who sells drugs in a pharmacy
Church:             a place where people pray from
Clothes:            items we wear to keep warm
Cloudy:              when the sky is covered with a lot of dark clouds
Cobbler:             a person who repairs shoes
Corner:              a place or angle where two sides or edges meet

Cost                       amount of money required to buy something
Cross                     to go to the other side of something
Daily                      every day
Divide by               separate or be separated into parts
Doctor                   a person who treats sick people
Driver                    a person who drives a car
Elephant                a very big plant eating animal with a trunk
Engineer                a person who designs and builds houses, engines, etc.
Equal                     to being the same in quantity, size, degree, or value
Expensive              costing a lot of money
Farmer                   a person who grows crops and keep animals
Fifth                        number five in a sequence
Fine                        of very high quality
First                        coming before all others in time or order
Fish                        animal with gills and fins living in water
Florist                     person who sells and arranges cut flowers
Fourth                     number four in a sequence
Fruits                      sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food

Garage                    a place where cars are taken for repair
Garden                    a place where we grow food
Go along                  walk straight ahead on the same side of something
Go straight               walk ahead
Grocer                      a person who sells food and other home items
Hair salon                 a place where they make and cut people’s hair
Hospital                    a place where sick people are treated from
Hotel                         a place where people eat meals and sleep
In front                      in a position just ahead of or further forward than someone or something else
In future                    from now onwards
Last week                 seven days ago
Library                      a place where books and magazines are kept
Many                        a large number
Market                      a place where people buy and sell items

Meat                         the flesh of an animal
Minus                        take away
Monkey                     an animal with a long tail
Mosque                     a place where muslims worship
Much                         a large amount
Never                        at no time in the past or future
Next to                       immediately besides something or someone
Normally                    under normal or usual conditions
Often                         frequently; many times
Opposite                   be on the other side
Out of                        same as over something
Pastor                        a person who preached at church
Paying                        give someone money that is due for work done or goods received
Pharmacy                   a shop that sells medicine
Photographer              a person who takes photographs, especially as a job Plus to add
Policeman                   a male member of the police who keep law and order
Post office                   a place where people send and receive letters and other items
Price                            the amount of money expected, required, or given in payment for something

Problem                       anything that gives us hard time

Remain                        continue to stay or exist
School                          a place where children learn
Second                         number  two in a sequence
See                               perceive with the eyes
Sell                                give or hand over something in exchange for money
Seventh                         number seven in a sequence
Shop                             a building where items are sold
Sixth                              number six in a sequence

Salon                             a place where barbers and hairdressers work
Solution                         a means of solving a problem or dealing with a difficult situation
Sometimes                    not all the time
Stall                               stand, or booth, for the sale of goods in a market
Story                              talking about things that happened or are imagined
Straight                          moving uniformly in one direction only; without a curve or bend
Studying                        time taken to gain knowledge
Subtract                         take away
Sum                               total of something
Supermarket                   a large self-service shop selling foods and household good
Tailor                               a person who makes clothes
Take away                       subtract
Teacher                           a person who teaches children at school
Third                                number three in a sequence
Tomorrow                        on the day after today
Turn                                 change directions
Usually                             in most cases
Vegetables                       part of a plant used as food, such as cabbage, potatoes, beans, etc
Waitress                           a woman or a girl who serves customers in a restaurant
Windy                               when there is a lot of wind
Yesterday                         the day before today

Resources (OER). In order to bring substantial change in the classroom, CADIE program selected a set of competencies from UNESCO ICT CFT version 3. Among competencies selected were from Advanced ICT Essentials for Teachers Course and the ICT Essentials for Teachers Course which were previously developed