English

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, she

doesn’t. Do you play tennis? No, I don’t.

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2.3 Famous Rwandan sportspeople

Look 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….

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2.4 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 for

different 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 red

and 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 very

4. 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 many

learners 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. atb

d. 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 time

every 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 and

sleeps.