Topic outline
General
Unit 1:Greetings, introductions and talking about school
1.1 Greetings and introductions
See how Flora greets and introduces herself.
Learning box
Greetings and farewellsListen to and say the following:
Exercise 1: Introduce yourself
1. Greet the learners in your group.
2. Introduce yourself to the other members of the group.
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1.2 Read about introductions
Read how Michael and Mary introduce themselves.
Micheal: Hello. Myname is
Micheal. What
is your name?
Mary: Hi, Micheal.
My name is
Mary. I am in
Primary 2.
Micheal: I am also in
Primary 2. I am seven years old.
Mary: I am also seven years old.
Where do you live?
Micheal: I live in Kigali. Do you live near the school?
Mary: Yes, I live just over there. I must
go now. Goodbye, Micheal.
Micheal: Goodbye, Mary.Exercise 2: Talk about yourself
Greet your friends.
Tell them how old you are and where you live.
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1.3 Sing a song together
Let’s sing the alphabet song together.
Exercise 3: Write about yourself
1. Which letter does your name start with?
My name starts with letter ____.
a. Write the names of four other
learners in your class.
b. Which letters do their names start
with?
Exercise 4: Complete sentences about yourself
Copy and complete the sentences.
1. I am ____ years old. I go to ____
school. I live in ____.
2. Listen as your teacher reads some of your
sentences. Guess who she is talking about.
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1.4 Talking about schoolLook at the picture. What can you see?
Exercise 5: Talk about school
1. What is the name of your English
teacher?
2. How many learners are there in your class?
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Listen to Micheal and Mary.
Talk about subjects
Micheal: Social Studies is my favourite
subject. Which subjects do you like?
Mary: Hello, Micheal. I like
Maths and Art best.
Micheal:We have Maths at nine
o’clock. What time is Art?
Mary: Art is at 11:45.
Exercise 6: Talk about your favourite subjects
1. Make a list of your school subjects.
2. Raise your hand when your teacher
calls out your favourite subject.
3. Teacher counts the hands. She/he
makes ticks on the board to show how
many learners like each subject.
4. What is the most liked subject?
5. What is the least liked subject?
6. Turn to a friend. Talk about your
favourite subject. Say, “My favourite
subject is ___ and I like it because ___.”
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Exercise 7: Play a game using a table
Draw a table with a space for each
subject that you learn. Count the ticks
your teacher made on the board and fill in
your table. Now you can play a guessing
game with your teacher.
1.5 Telling time
When we read the time, we use the big
hand to tell us minutes and the small hand
to tell us hours.
Exercise 8: Read the time
Read the time on the clocks below.
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1.6 Using timetables
Here is the timetable for Monday mornings
for Michael and Mary’s class.
Exercise 9: Talk about the timetable
1. The first English lesson begins at ______
and ends at ______.
2. They have ______ Maths lessons on
Monday morning.
3. The school day begins at ______.
4. Their lunch break is from ______ until
______.
5. When do they have an Art lesson?
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6. Look again at the timetable for Monday on page 7. Read the time on each clock to complete the sentences.
a. The Kinyarwanda lesson ends at
______.
b. The English lesson starts at ______.
Exercise 10: Draw a timetable and write about it
1. Draw a timetable like the one for
Michael and Mary on page 7.
2. Fill in the times and lessons for your
class on Tuesday.
3. Write sentences about the timetable.
Example English begins at 10:30 and ends at 11:10.
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1.7 Giving and following instructionsRead the instructions that the teacher is giving.
Exercise 11: Do a role-play
Take turns to pretend to be the teacher.
Give each other instructions. You can use
the words in the speech bubbles above to help you.
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1.8 Read about asking permission
Michael: Good morning,
Teacher. May I
please come in?
Teacher: Yes, you may.
Please sit down,
Michael.
Mary: Teacher, please
may I leave the room?
Teacher: Where are you going?
Mary: I want to fetch my bag. I left it
outside.
Teacher: You may go. When you get back
we must start our English lesson.
Mary: Thank you.
Michael: What subject do we have next?
Teacher: We have Math at 10 o’clock.
Exercise 12: Practice asking permission
Take turns to ask permission to do these things and to answer.
1. Leave the classroom.
2. Sit down. 4. Go outside.
3. Eat lunch. 5. Sing a song.
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1.9 Review
1. Complete the sentences.
a. My name is ______. I am ______ years old.
b. My favorite subject is ______.
2. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.
Please Hello Good morning How
a. ______ ______, Teacher.
b. ______ are you?
c. ______ come in.
d. ______, my name is Jean-Paul.
3. What time do you get up in the morning?
4. What time does school start?5. Complete the words:
a. W______ is your name?
b. W______ do you live?
6. How would you ask permission to:
a. Write on the blackboard.b. Read a story.
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UNIT 2: SPORTS
2.1 Talking about sports
Exercise 1: Match the pictures and the sentences
Match each picture with the correct sentence.
1. Football is a game where you kick the ball.
2. In basketball you throw a ball through a hoop.
3. Rwanda has some very good runners.
4. Volleyball is a team sport.
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Bright and Linda are talking about sports.
Linda: Hi, Bright. Are you doing sports today after school?
Bright: Yes, I am playing football.
I score a lot of goals
I can run very fast.
How about you?Linda: I am playing volleyball.
It is my favorite sport.
I also like swimming and riding my bicycle. I can’t run fast. Can you swim?Bright: No, I can’t swim. I also like to ride my bicycle.
Exercise 2: Talk about sports
1. Tell your friend about your favorite sport.Take turns to say which sport you can or can’t do.
2. Tell the class which sport your friend can do.
3. Make a list of all the types of sports the learners in your class play.Write down how many learners play each sport.
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2.2 Describing ability
Learning box
Describe what you can do
We use can and can’t to say whether people
are able to or not able to do something.
Examples: Can Linda play volleyball? Yes,she can. Can Bright swim? No, he can’t.
Exercise 3: What can they do?
1. Choose the correct word in brackets.
a. Linda (can/can’t) ride a bicycle.b. Bright (can/can’t) swim.
2. Answer the questions.
a. Can you play basketball?b. Does your friend play tennis?
Learning box
Answer questions with do or does
Doesn’t and don’t are short forms of
does not and do not.
Examples: Does she run fast? No, shedoesn’t. Do you play tennis? No, I don’t.
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2.3 Famous Rwandan sportspeopleLook at the photos below.
Exercise 4: What sport do they play?
1. Write down the names of the people in
the photos.
2. Next to each name, write a sentence
about the sport they play.Start like this: Valens can….
Unit 2 Sports 152.4 Listen to a text
The balls we use for football and volleyball
are large and round. Rugby balls are oval.
Tennis balls are small and usually yellow.
Tennis players hit the ball with a racquet.
Cricket balls are usually red and very hard.Cricket players hit the ball with a bat.
Exercise 5: Draw up a tick chart
Tick the square for the things we use fordifferent sports.
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Exercise 6: Fill in the gaps
Before completing this activity, read
the text on page 16 on your own.
1. Rugby balls are ____.
2. Tennis balls are ____. They
have a ____ layer.
3. Cricket balls are usually redand very ____.
Learning box
Words ending in -ing
We use action words that end in -ing
when we talk about things that are
happening now.Examples: I am eating. He is walking.
Exercise 7: Use words ending in -ing
Complete the sentences below using the
correct action word.
riding playing swimming
1. I am ____ in the pool.
2. She is____ her bicycle.3. We are____ football with our friends.
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Exercise 8: Write about sport
Write a sentence about each photo. Use
words ending in -ing. Start like this: He/She is ….
Exercise 9: Do a word puzzle
Order the words so that the sentences
make sense. Use the correct punctuation
and capital letters.
1. i bicycle my riding am
2. i volleyball play like to
3. Mary swimming is well very4. John can fast run
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2.5 Listen and answer
The Rwanda national football
team’s name is Amavubi.
A referee
They score many goals. During
matches, the referee makes sure
that all of the players follow the
rules. You can watch football games
at Amahoro National Stadium in Kigali.
Exercise 10: Talk about sport
1. What is the name for the Rwanda
national football team?
2. Where can you watch football games?
3. Explain the special words used in
basketball or football, for example
shoot, save, referee and goal.
Exercise 11: Play a memory game
Can you remember how many
learners in your class like each
sport? Write down how many
learners like each sport.
Exercise 11: Play a memory game
Can you remember how many
learners in your class like each
sport? Write down how manylearners like each sport.
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2.6 Review
1. Two types of sports are ____ and ____.
2. Name two sports that you play in teams.
3. Name two sports that you can play on
your own.
4. Complete the sentences using -ing words.
a. They are ____ in the pool.
b. He is ____ his bicycle.
5. Read and complete the sentences below:
Micheal:Do you like playing football?
Mary: Yes, I ____ ____ ____ ____.
Mary: Do you like playing football?
Micheal:No, I ____ ____ ____ ____ ____.
6. Make the
correct words
out of the
letters below.
a. llba
b. yiccebl
c. atbd. qraucte
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Unit 3 Telling time
3.1 Read the time
Look at the clocks below.
Exercise 1: Read the time
Match the correct clock in the pictures
above to each sentence below.
1. It is 7:00 in the morning. The sun is
already shining in the garden.
2. Mary is eating his lunch.3. It is 8:30 at night and Jackeline is asleep.
3.2 Talking about daily routines
If you do the same thing at the same timeevery day, you follow a daily routine.
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3.3 Read about John’s daily routine
John gets up in the
morning and goes to
bath. He then puts on
his school uniform and
makes his bed. After
that, he has breakfast.
Then he brushes his
teeth. At seven o’clock he leaves the house
and goes to school.
In the afternoon, John
helps his father to
work in the garden.
He rakes up leaves
and waters the
vegetables.
When the the sun goes
down and the moon
appears it is night
time. John says good
night to his parents.
He goes to bed andsleeps.
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3.3 Read about John’s daily routine
John gets up in the
morning and goes to
bath. He then puts on
his school uniform and
makes his bed. After
that, he has breakfast.
Then he brushes his
teeth. At seven o’clock he leaves the house
and goes to school.
In the afternoon, John
helps his father to
work in the garden.
He rakes up leaves
and waters the
vegetables.
When the the sun goes
down and the moon
appears it is night
time. John says good
night to his parents.
He goes to bed andsleeps.
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3.4 Describing the time of day
We can use the
words morning,
afternoon,
evening and
night to say
when we do
things.
Examples
I get up in the morning. I play in the
afternoon. I eat supper in the evening.
I sleep at night.
Exercise 2: Talk about what you do every day
Talk about what you do every day. Say
when you do each thing.
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3.5 A daily
timetable
A daily timetable helps
you to plan your day.
Exercise 3: Fill in a
timetable
1. Copy the table on
the right into your
exercise book.
2. Fill in the missing parts.
Exercise 4: Write about a timetable
1. Make a timetable of the things you do
every day.
2. Give your timetable to your friend and
take his or her timetable.
3. Read your friend’s timetable out loud.
4. Write five sentences about your friend’s days.
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Exercise 5: Match sentences and pictures
Look at the pictures above.
Say which picture matches each sentence.
1. Neza wakes up in the morning.
2. She walks to school.
3. She does her work in class.4. At night, she sleeps in her bed.
Exercise 6: Sing the action song
Sing this song. Make up more verses.
This is the way we brush our teeth,
brush our teeth, brush our teeth.
This is the way we brush our teethearly in the morning.
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3.6 Talking about the days of the week
There are seven days
in a week. We call
the last two days of
the week the
weekend.Days of the week
Learning box
Read the days of the week aloud:
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Did you notice that all the days of the
week end in the -ay sound?Exercise 7: What day is it?
Answer the questions.
1. Which day is it today?
2. Which day comes after Wednesday?
3. Which days are in the weekend?
4. Say the names of the days of the week.
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3.7 The months of the yearThere are twelve months in the year.
Exercise 8: Put the months in order
1. Write the months in the correct order.
March September January
April February June May
November July August
October December2. Say the names of the months aloud.
Exercise 9: Talk about dates
Talk about the questions.
1. What day is it today?
2. What month is it?3. In what year were you born?
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3.8 How many days are there in a month?
Exercise 10: Dates on a calendar
1. Make a calendar. Your teacher will give
you paper and crayons.
2. Mark on your calendar your birthday,
the school holidays and the birthdays
of your family members.
3. Complete the following sentences.
a. My birthday is on the ____ of ____.
b. The school
holiday begins on
the ____ of ____.
c. My mother’s
birthday is on the
____ of ____.
3.9 Sing the alphabet songLet’s sing the alphabet song together again
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3.10 Review
1. Use the words in the boxes below to
complete the sentences.
supper morning night breakfast
a. When I wake up in the ____ I must eat
my ____ .
b. In the evening, I must eat my ____.
c. I sleep at ____.2. Write down the time that each clock shows.
3. Which day comes after Monday?
4. Which month is between March and May?
5. How many days are there in one week?
6. How many months are there in one year?
7. Complete the sentence.September has ____ days.
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Unit 4 Food4.1 Talking about mealtimes
Exercise 1: Talk about mealtimes
1. Use the words below to complete the
sentences.
morning lunch evening
a. I eat breakfast in the ____.
b. I have ____ in the afternoon.
c. I eat dinner in the ____.2. At what time do you have lunch?
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Unit 4 food
4.1 Talking about mealtimes
Exercise 1: Talk about mealtimes
1. Use the words below to complete the
sentences.
morning lunch evening
a. I eat breakfast in the ____.
b. I have ____ in the afternoon.
c. I eat dinner in the ____.2. At what time do you have lunch?
Unit 4 Food 314.2 Talk about meals
We have different types of food for our
meals. Look at the pictures. Talk about themeals you eat.
Exercise 2: Match words and pictures
1. Match the words below with the
correct picture above.
2. Write down the word and the number
of the picture.
milk chicken bananas ricebread cabbage beans eggs
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Learning box
Countable and uncountable foods
We can count apples and tomatoes.
Each apple and tomato is a separate
thing. We cannot count porridge or rice.
There are too many grains in a plate ofrice for us to count each one.
Exercise 3: Can you count it?
Copy the table below into your exercise
book. Copy the words below into thetable in the correct column.
Countable Uncountable
apples eggs bananas porridgerice honey sugar potatoes
Learning box
Saying how much there is
Some words show how much food you
have, or if you have no food. See exampleson the next page.
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Examples
I have a lot of beans. There are many
apples. There are only a few eggs. I have
no pumpkin.
Exercise 4: Indefinite or nothing
Choose words from the box and complete
the sentences below.
many few little much no
1. There is ____ food in the empty
cupboard.
2. I am hungry, so I will eat ____
potatoes.
3. I am not hungry. Don’t give me so ____
food.
4. The baby eats only a ____ bit of
porridge.5. There are only a ____ nuts.
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4.3 Talking about food likes and dislikes
Talk about the foods you like and dislike.
Examples
What food do you like? I like porridge.
She does not like meat. My favourite food
is bananas.
Exercise 5: Whose plate is it?
1. Copy the picture of the
plate onto a sheet of paper.
2. Draw the different types of
your favourite food on the
plate.
3. Write the name of each type of food.
4. Your teacher mixes the sheets of paper
and gives them back to you.
5. Guess which learner each plate
belongs to.
6. Take turns to describe what food the
person likes. Start like this:
She likes…. or He likes….
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4.4 Describing food types
We can divide food into groups.
Learning box
Different types of food
• Fruits and vegetables keep us healthy.
• Dairy (milk) products make our bones
strong.
• Grains (or cereals) give us energy.• Meat helps us grow and makes us strong.
Exercise 6: Draw, label and describe food
1. Draw a picture of one type of food
from each food group.
2. Let your friend say which group each
type of food belongs to.
3. Write the name of the food and thefood group under each picture.
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4.5 Describing diet
Your diet is the type of food you usually eat.
You need a good diet to be healthy.
4.6 Read about a healthy diet
Teacher: Eating the right food keeps us
healthy. Some foods are
unhealthy. Sweets and drinks
with a lot of sugar are bad for us.
Michael: I like to eat fruits and vegetables.
They keep my body healthy.
Mary: I like rice and beans. They give
me energy to do sports and help
me grow.
Teacher: Yes, Mary, rice and beans are
healthy. Do you drink lots of
water?
Mary: Yes, I drink lots of water. I getvery thirsty when I do sports
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Exercise 7: Talk about healthy food
1. Is the food in the
picture a good
meal? Explain
your answer.
2. Say whether
each of the
things below is
good or bad for you. Explain why
Exercise 8: Sounds and words
Fill in the missing letters. Say the words
out loud.
1. m__ngo
2. r__ce
3. p__ne__pple
4. b__n__na
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4.7 Using a questionnaire
You are going to find out which foods your
friends like. Your teacher will help you to
draw up a questionnaire.
Exercise 9: Ask questions
Ask the questions in your group and make
notes about your classmates’ eatinghabits. Ask ten classmates
Exercise 10: Make a bar graph
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Exercise II: Talk about what you have
found out
1. What is the most liked food?2. What is the least liked food?
Exercise 12: Classify foods
1. Make a list of all the foods shown on
the graph on page 39.
2. Draw up a table like the one below.
Write the name of each food in the
correct column.
3. Write a sentence about each food group.
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4.8 Review
1. Use the words in the boxes to complete
the sentences below.
lunch dinner breakfast
a. I eat ____ at six o’clock in the morning.
b. At half past twelve in the afternoon
I eat ____.
c. At six o’clock in the evening I eat
my ____.
2. Look at the names of foods below. Say
whether each one is countable or
uncountable.
a. tomatoes
b. tea leaves
c. potatoes
d. sugar
3. Copy the table below. Write twoexamples of foods in each column
4. Draw a picture of a healthy lunch. Include
your favourite foods to have for lunch.
Write a sentence or sentences aboutwhat makes this a healthy lunch.
Unit 5: Stories and descriptions
Unit 5 Stories and descriptions
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,” saidFather 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 eachsentence with a picture.
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 thenumbers 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 frank3. agnes and jessica live in huye
Exercise 6: Sing a song
Sing “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 foodFinally 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.
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 homeb. Mary likes reading
UNIT 6: Family members and 6 household activities
Unit:6 Family members and 6 household activities
6.1 Describing family members
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.
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.
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 youclean 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, Muteteriwashes dishes. Dukuze dries the dishes.
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 ofMuteteri’s family does.
Exercise 4: Draw up a tick chart
Draw up a tick chart to show what yourfamily 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.
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 whattime 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 yourexercise 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 completethe sentences below.
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 activitiesUnit 7 Weather
Exercise 1: Talk about the weather
Look out of the window and describe theweather. Is it hot or cold today?
Unit 7 :Weather
Unit 7 Weather
Exercise 1: Talk about the weather
Look out of the window and describe theweather. Is it hot or cold today?
Unit 7 Weather
Exercise 3: Match the sentences and the
picturesSay which picture matches each sentence.
7.2 Read about the weather in
Rwanda
Rwanda is not very hot. Nor is it very cold.
It is cooler in the mountains. It is warmer in
the lowlands. In August it is hot. In April it is
cold. In May it is cool. It is about 20 °C.In April it rains a lot. In July it rains a little.
Exercise 4: What is the weather like today?
Use the words in the boxes and
complete the sentences.
1. Today it is ____ windy.
2. Today it is raining ____.
3. Today it is ____ cloudy.
7.3 Describing temperature
A thermometer measures temperature.
It is marked in degrees Celsius. When degreesare high, the temperature is hot or warm.
Exercise 5: Is it hot or cold?
1. Look at picture A. Is it hot or cold?2. Look at picture B. Is it hot or cold?
Learning box
Using graphs
We can use lines to show different
numbers. We call this a line graph.
The graph below shows the temperature
for each month in Kigali.
Exercise 6: Read a temperature graph
Look at the graph above.
1. Which month was the hottest?
2. Which month was the coldest?
3. What was the temperature in March?
Exercise 7: Use the bar graph to answer
questions
Look at the bar graph above. Say whether
the sentences are true or false.
1. It rained a lot in February.
2. There was only a little rain in July.
3. April had more rain than any other
month.
Exercise 8: Talk about the weather in
Rwanda
Talk about the weather in Rwanda. Ask
and answer questions.
Example
Question: Is it very rainy in Rwanda in
June and July?
Answer: No it is not. It is very dry in
June and July.
Exercise 9: Draw a temperature graph
Draw a line graph of the temperature in
the area where you live. Your teacher will
give you the monthly temperature figures
for your area.
7.5 Review
1. Draw a picture showing the weather
today. Under the picture, write a
sentence that describes the weather.
Example: It is cold today.
2. Rearrange the letters below. Write the
correct words.
a. anri b. ylcoud
c. yunns d. nwiyd
3. Complete the paragraph below about
the weather in Rwanda. Use the words inboxes.
Rwanda is not too ___ or too ___. It ___
a lot in April. It is much ___ in the
mountains than in ___.
4. Draw a bar graph to show the following
temperatures for five days:
Monday: 20 °C
Tuesday: 22 °C
Wednesday: 25 °C
Thursday: 28 °C
Friday: 24 °CUnit8: Animals, birds and insects
Unit8 Animals, birds and insects
Exercise 1: Name these animals, birds and
insects
Look at the pictures above. Point to each
animal, bird or insect and say its name.Start like this: This is a….
Unit 8 Animals, birds and insects
Exercise 2: Say yes or no
Look at the pictures above. Answer the
question below each picture.Say: Yes, it is. or No, it isn’t. It is a ___.
8.2 Saying what animals can do
Exercise 3: How do these animals move?
Answer the questions.
1. Can snakes fly?
2. Can snakes run?
3. Can eagles fly?
Exercise 4: What sounds do these animals
make?
1. Sing the Old MacDonald song.
Old MacDonald had a farm
Ee-i-ee-i-oh!
And on that farm he had some
chickens,
Ee-i-ee-i-oh!
With a cluck-cluck here, and a
cluck-cluck there,
Here a cluck, there a cluck,
everywhere a cluck-cluck!
Old MacDonald had a farm
Ee-i-ee-i-oh!
2. Now make up more verses about other
animals and their sounds. The picturewill help you
Exercise 5: Fill in a tick chart
1. Talk about
what animals
can and
cannot do.
2. Fill in the
chart.
3. Talk and write
about thechart.
Exercise 6: Play a guessing game
Guess the name of the animal and point at
the picture.
1. This animal has a
long tail and can
climb trees.
2. This animal has a
long neck.
3. This animal has tusks
and a long trunk.
4. This animal has spots
and can run very fast.
8.3 What do animals eat?
Learning box
What do these animals eat?
Some animals eat
grass and leaves.
Examples are buck,
rabbits, cows and
zebras.
Some animals eat
other animals.
Examples are lions,
leopards, snakes,
hyenas and
vultures.
Exercise 7: Group animals
1. Draw two circles in your exercise book.
Write the word meat
in one circle and
grass in the other.
2. Write in each circle the names ofanimals that eat that type of food.
8.4 Where do animals live?
Some animals live only in certain parts of
the world. Some elephants live in Africa.Some seals live in Antarctica.
Exercise 8: Use the map above
The teacher gives learners a copy of a
world map. On the map,the learners write
the name of the place where these
animals live.
1. polar bears 2. gorillas
3. kangaroos 4. llamas
5. elephants 6. tigers7. pandas 8. lions
8.5 Animal colours
The special colours of animals help to protectthem in their natural homes.
Exercise 10: Write riddles
Write riddles about animals. Mention their
colour, food, what they can do and where
they live. Let your classmates guess what
the animal is.
Example
What has black spots, eats meat andruns very fast? Answer: a cheetah
8.6 Describing pictures of animals
Look at what the animals in the pictures are doing.
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Describe what is happening right now
We use the word is or are and add -ing to
the doing word.
Examples: The dog is barking.
The monkeys are not eating.
Exercise 11: Describe what the animals are
doing
Describe what the animal
in each of the pictures above is doing.Use words that end in -ing.
8.7 Types of animalsWe can divide animals into groups.
Exercise 12: Fill out a chart
Copy the chart below into your exercise
book. The teacher reads a story about
animals. Listen to the story and fill in
the chart.
8.8 Review
1. Name the animal.
a. It has black and white stripes and
eats grass.
b. It has a long neck and a skin which
has dark brown patches with light
brown patches.
c. It has a very long trunk and tusks.
2. Rearrange the letters to write the names
of animals.
a. keymon b. llgoria
c. rohse d. nsaek3. Look at the pictures. Fill in the chart
Unit :9 Mathematics
Unit 9 Mathematics
Exercise 1: Listen to numbers and write
them down
1. Take turns to say the numbers from one
to ten out loud.
2. Write the numbers out as words.
3. Complete the sentences.
a. Five comes after ___ and before ___.
b. Three comes after ___.
c. The number before eight is ___.
Exercise 2: Names of numbers
Say the names of all the numbers in thisnumber square.
Learning box
When we add ten hundreds together we
get one thousand.
Ten hundreds equal one thousand.We write a thousand as 1,000.
9.2 Talk about addition
When we do addition, we
add two or more numbers
together to make a total.
We use the plus sign (+) toshow that we are adding.
Exercise 4: Practise addition
1. Write the calculations in words.
a. 4 + 7 = 11 b. 3 + 5 = 8
2. Write the words below in the correct
order to make a calculation.
nine, four, equals, plus, five
3. Complete the sentences.
In our class there are ____ boys and____ girls. ____ plus ____ equals ____.
9.3 Talk about subtraction
When we do subtraction, we take one amount
away from another amount. It is the opposite
of addition. We use the minus sign (–) to show
that we are taking something away.
Exercise 5: Practise subtraction
1. There are eight bananas. The monkey
eats five. How many bananas are left?
Write it like this: Eight minus five
equals ____.
2. Write the calculations in words.
a. 7 – 4 = 3 b. 20 – 8 = 12
3. Write the calculations in numbers.
a. Ten minus two equals eight.b. Eleven minus five equals six.
9.4 Talk about multiplication
When we multiply, we take
one number and add ittogether a number of times
Example
5 multiplied by 4 = 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 20
We took the number 5 and added it
together 4 times. This is whymultiplication is sometimes called “times”.
Exercise 6: Practise multiplication
1. A girl has three bags
of apples, with six
apples in each bag.
a. How many apples
does she have?
b. Write the
calculation in
numbers.
2. Write these calculations in words.
a. 3 × 3 = 9b. 2 × 7 = 14
9.5 Talk about division
Division is breaking up or
dividing a number into anequal number of parts.
Example
20 divided by 4 = ?
If you take 20 bananas and put them into
four equal-sized groups, there will be 5bananas in each group. The answer is 5.
Exercise 7: Practise division
1. In this bag there are 24 sweets. There
are 6 boys who want to
share them.
24 divided by 6 = ____.
Each boy will get ____
sweets.
2. What is ten divided by five? Write the
calculation in numbers.
3. Write the calculations in words.a. 10 ÷ 2 = 5 b. 12 ÷ 4 = 3
Exercise 8: Match the words and numbers
Match the sentences in column 1 with thecalculations in column 2.
9.6 Review
1. Write the numbers as words.
a. 9 b. 3 c. 5
d. 11 e. 20 f. 100
2. Match the signs in the
table with the correct
word.
3. Count backwards from 20
to 1. Write the numbers in
your exercise book.
4. Match the calculations
with the correct numbersin words.
5. Do the following calculations in groups.
a. 19 – 4 =
b. 30 ÷ 5 =
c. 21 + 3 =d. 6 x 5 =
Unit 10 Talk about events in the past and future
Unit 10 Talk about events in the past and future
10.1 Recounting past events
Look at the pictures below. Read thesentences.
Exercise 1: Talk about past events
Take turns to ask and answer these
questions.
1. What did you do yesterday?
2. Did you play any sport or games
last week?
3. What did you do on the weekend?
10.2 Describing a day in the past
Read the story and answer the questions.
10.3 Ivan’s day
Yesterday, I got up at 6:00. I got dressed.
Then I ate my breakfast and brushed my
teeth. I went to school and did very well in
my Maths test. After school I playedfootball. Finally, I went to bed at 20:00.
Exercise 2: Talk about a day in the past
1. Ask each other questions.
a. What time did you eat breakfast?
b. What did you do next?
c. What time did you go to bed?2. Write sentences about a day in the past.
Learning box
The past tense
Many words get an -ed at the end in the
past tense. Examples: work – worked, play
– played.
Other words change in different ways.Examples: eat – ate, do – did, go – went.
We use a diary to keep a record
of things we have done. We can
also use a diary to make notesof things we still have to do.
Exercise 3: Listen to a daily routine and
make notes in a diary
1. Write out your daily routine for the
past week.
2. Draw a weekly diary in your exercise
book.
3. Teacher asks one person in the class to
read out their routine.
4. Write in your diary what your
classmate did each day.
10.4 Describing lessons in the pastLook at the school timetable for one day.
Exercise 4: Talk about the school timetable
1. Tell one another about yesterday’s
school timetable.
2. Write about your school timetable. Use
the words below to help you.
Example
Yesterday the first lesson at school was
English. After that we had Maths. Then
we had Social Studies. Before thebreak we had Kinyarwanda.
10.5 Telling stories10.6 The hare and the tortoise
There once was a Hare. He was very proud
that he could run fast. Tortoise said to Hare,
“Let’s run a race. I will beat you.”
All the animals came to watch. Hare
ran down the road and stopped. He
looked back at Tortoise and cried out,
“How do you expect to win this race when
you are walking so slowly?”
Hare fell asleep next to the road,
thinking, “There is plenty of time to relax.”
Tortoise walked until he reached the
finish line. The animals clapped and
shouted so loudly that they woke up Hare.
Hare began to run again, but it was too
late. Tortoise was already over the line.
Exercise 5: Place pictures in the correct
order
Write the numbers of the pictures in the
correct order.
Exercise 6: Who said it?
Name the character from the story whosaid each sentence below
Exercise 7: Tell a story
Tell the story of Hare and Tortoise and then
act it out.
10.7 Describing future plans
Listen to Ivan and Katia talking.
10.8 Listen to a dialogue
Ivan: Hello, Katia. What are you going
to do this holiday?
Katia: Hi, Ivan. I am going to visit my
friend in Rubavu. We are going to
swim in Lake Kivu. And you?
Ivan: I am going to stay at home. I am
going to read books and play
football with my friends.
Katia: That sounds like fun! I am alsogoing to read books.
Exercise 8: Talk about future plans
1. Look at the pictures below. Say what
Gasore and Neza are going to do overthe weekend.
2. Take turns to say what you are going to
do over the weekend.
Learning box
The future tense
When we talk about the future, we say
that we are going to do something or thatwe will do something.
Exercise 9: Write about future plans
Complete the sentences. Use the wordsbelow.
1. On Tuesday I am going to ___ ___
early.
2. I will ___ my face, then I will ___ ___
and then ___ my teeth.
3 Before I go to school I will ___ ___ ___.
4. From now on, I ___ ___ to be on time.Exercise 10: Make a weekly plan
1. Look at this weekly plan and fill in the
missing dates.
2. In each block, write something that youwill do on that day.
10.9 Review
1. Complete the sentences in column 2`
2. Complete the sentences with forms of the
word swim.
a. I am ____ in the lake.
b. Yesterday I ____ in the lake.
3. Complete the story.
Yesterday Mary went to a shop and
bought a radio. Today she is listening to
music. Tomorrow she ____ ____ to music.
4. What did you do yesterday? Complete
the sentences.
a. I ate my breakfast at ____ o’clock.
b. Then I ____.c. I went to bed at ____ o’clock.