English

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 you

clean the house?

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

washes dishes. Dukuze dries the dishes.

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

4. Dukuze dries the dishes.

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

Muteteri’s family does.

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

family members do.

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6.8 Read about Mukiza’s daily

routine

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

I get home at 17:20.

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

Use the words below.

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

Use the words below

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

time does she leave school?

Learning box

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

exercise book.

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

c. My brother f_ _ _ _es water

3. Use the words in the boxes to complete

the sentences below.



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?

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Unit 7 Weather

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

weather. Is it hot or cold today?