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Fun With Language Book 3
Fun With Language Book 3
Fun With Language Book 3
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Ministry of Education wishes to acknowledge tOO work done by the following persons who were
involved in the production of the first edition:
Landomae Fraser
Florence Sukhdeo
Megan Richmond
Esther Ramchu~ee
Imelda Velloza
Beryl Valentine
Purity Li
Janet Ouport
Jean SoveU
Dr. Sybil James
Jennifer Andetson
Fitzroy Marcus
The work of the following persons who wem involved in the production of the second edition Is at so
acknowledged:
Barbara Morgan
Purity U
Evadne Williams
Bibi S.Aii
BOOK3
Barbata Morgan
REVIEWED BY:
Purity U
Evadne Willliams
WRITING TEAM:
Landomae Fraser
Florence Sukhdeo
Megan Richmond
Esther Ramchurjee
Imelda Velloza
SUBJECT SPECIALIST:
Ingrid Barker
ILLUSTRATORS/COVER DESIGN:
Maylene Duncan
Ainsworth McKend
COPYEOITING/PROOFREAOING:
LAYOUT:
FOREWORD
One welcomes the publication of this series of textbooks as part of the Primary Education
Improvement Project funded by the Inter-American Development Bank and the
Government of Guyana.
This series of texts has been long in planning, writing and producing. In the process
however, many Guyanese have developed skills in textbook writing and publication. This
will serve Education well in the future.
We congratulate all those responsible for the production of these texts . They have done
a good job. Guyanese children at the Primary level, and. indeed. the society as a whole,
will be the beneficiaries of their labour.
Thanks tO the Inter-American Development Bank fo r its financial support. Primary
Education in Guyana will benefit considerJbly with the availability of relevant reading
material.
Dale A. Bisnauth
Senior Minjster of Education
CONTENTS
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Book3
1. This is your book.
2. What is the name of your book?
3. What does the picture tell you about your book?
Unit 1
Finding Answers
1. What is happening in the picture?
2. What do you think ore some of the things the family hod to do
before they moved?
3. What would you miss most about your old home if you hod to
move?
4. Give two reasons why a family would move from one house to
another.
5. Why do you think the people in the next house ore looking
through their windows?
2
Lrn
My neighbours on the left ore the Henrys. There ore three children in
that family: two boys and one girl. My neighbours on the right ore
the Allys. They hove one child. She is Forido. She is eight years old
and I om nine.
I enjoy going to the playground most o f all. The playground has
swings. slides. a see-sow, o jungle gym a nd lots of space to run and
ploy.
I also enjoy the quiet here. My new neighbours ploy their radios and
television sets quie tly. I o m very happy in this new neighbourhood.
Creative Work
Liste n as your teacher reads the poem.
A New Home
Activities
I. Tell a story about the poem.
Grammar
A. Use o f am. Is and are
He Is eight years
old today.
Farida
Roy
Farida
Exercise 1
she is talking
she is talking
she is talking
she is talking
about herself?
about Farida?
about Roy?
to Farida a nd Roy?
REMEMBER
Exercise 2
om
is
ore
lot
thin
cooking
ina big
house
The
[a )
[b)
[c)
Exercise
The word which follows a full stop should begin with a capital letter.
e.g. Better Hope is a village. It is six kilometres from Georgetown.
Exercise
Look again at the story and tell how the full stop is used.
Write two sentences using capital letters and full stops.
Vocabulary
Read the names of the pictures.
tel-e-vi-sion
Pronounce these words in syllables:
tel-e-vi-sion
neigh-bour-s
ra-dio
neigh-bour-hood
ro-dlo
Phonics
ope
apron
apple
ant
alligator
Look again a t the story on page 3 and write all the words beginning
with the long vowel sound a and the short vowel sound a.
Unit 2
Finding Answers
1. What is happening in each picture?
2. (a) Where do you think the girl is going?
(b) How do you l<now?
3. Write a sentence about each picture.
Use words such as: first, second, next, then, afterwards, last.
Read the words of this song then sing along with your teacher.
Sing to the tune of "The Mulberry Bush".
In the Morning
Creative Work
1. (a )
(b)
2. (a)
(b)
Grammar
Simple Present Tense
10
Exercise
We say
I jump
I stretch
I wash
t ea t
I wave
Pot jumps
Pot stretches
Pot washes
Po t eats
Pol wave s
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(eat, eats)
5. Father
6. She
7. I
8. It
goodbye.
(wove. waves)
the dishes.
(wash. washes)
her teeth after each meal. (brush. brushes)
to school every day. (walk. walks)
on four legs.
(stands. stands)
Vocabulary
A. Look at the pictures.
brushes
combs
stretches
y _ wns
rushes
w _shes
w _ gs
st _ nds
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ves
my hair, put on my
take my
Phonics
Consonant/Initial blend br
When two or more consonants come together in a word the
sounds ore usually blended together. They ore called
consonant blends e.g. brush, broom
Here ore some riddles.
The answers for each riddle begins with the blend br.
1. The first meal in the morning is called br_ _ __
2. Something we use to sweep our rooms is called a br_ _ __
3. Something 1 use to keep my hair tidy is called a br_ _ __
4. A woman on her wedding day is a br_ _ __
5. A Iorge stem of a tree is called a br_ _ __
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Mother goes to visit a friend. She leaves David and Joan at home.
Mother tells them o story to stay in the house. She also tells them
not to remove any toys from the box. But David tokes his boll out of
the box after his mother leaves.
Soon David and Joan go to ploy in the yard. Timmie. the dog goes
too. They have fun. Joan throws the boll to David. The boll goes
too high. It goes over David's head and rolls away.
They look for the boll but they cannot find it. Timmie helps them.
He sniffs at the flowers. He sniffs the leaves. He sniffs a t the wood
under the house.
Then Timmie barks and the children run to him. They see the boll
under the house. Timmie grabs the boll in his mouth.
The children ore happy. They put the ball back in the box.
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Creative Work
1. Mime the story the pic ture fells.
2. Draw a pic ture w ith two c hildren looking for a b o ll.
3. Write two sentences about a ball tha t you lost.
Grammar
Nouns
NOTE
Nouns ore nome words.
,.-'
box
ball
dog
flower
Mother
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REMEMBER
what
Exercise
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/ ___P_e_o_
p_le---.~~~
j ___P_I_o_c_e_s ___~~~
j ___T_h_in_g_s___,~~
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Vocabulary
A. Look at the pictures and talk about them. They ore based on the
NOTE
Use o before words beginning with consonants.
Consonants ore: b, c , d, f, g, h, j, k, I, m, n, p, q, r, s, I, v,
W, X, y, Z.
Use an before words beginning with o vowel.
Vowels ore: o, e, I, o, u.
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Exercise
cow
table
umbrella
box
egg
shirt
elephant
Phonics
Blends -
bl and sn
block
blanket
blossom
blade
sneeze
sniff
snatch
snail
snap
Copy the words and write three more words of your own. beginning
w ith the bl and sn.
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Unit 4
A Picnic
Finding Answers
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Creative Work
1. Mime one action that the animals do in the poem.
Let a friend g uess w ha t you are doing.
Your friend should say:
You are _ _ _ _ __
2. Look at this card .
What is it saying to you?
A Picnicl
A Picnic!
Grammar
Present Continuous Tense
Sometimes we can say w hat is happening by using is or are w ith
action w ord s or verbs that end with - ' .. .lng' e.g.
1. Danny Duck is bowling a ball.
2. The cat a nd mouse are playing.
We use 'is' for one person or thing.
We use 'are ' for more than one person or thing .
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Exercise
Vocabulary
Phonics (Long and short sound of e)
Write L for the long sound and S lor the short sound of e in the
boxes.
see
set
me O
get
green
three
sea
e.
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bell O
Unit 5
The Masquerade
..
Finding Answers
1. What is happening in the picture?
2. What name would you give to the group of children?
3. Describe what they are wearing.
4. Name the instruments that the children are using.
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One day during the Christmas holidays Janet and Joe went to
Georgetown. They wanted to see the masquerade band. They
went to Camp Street where there was a big crowd waiting.
After a few minutes they heard the sound of drums, Boom! Boom!
Boom! and the sound of flutes, coming down the street.
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Creative Work
1. Describe the clo thes worn by o member of the masquerad e bond.
2. (a ) Draw th e clothes you like best.
(b ) Write three sentences abou t them .
Grammar
Proper Nou ns
Jack Ally
Joe Henry
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REMEMBER
Exercise
Vocabulary
A. look at the pictures and read the words.
masks
Mother Sally
costumes
Mad Bull
flouncers
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Across
1.
7.
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Phonics
Consonants blend -
nask
flag
Write other words beginning with the some consonant blend as flog
and flask in your books.
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Unit 6
A Birthday Party
Finding Answers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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Creative Work
1. Suppose you received Ihe gift you wonted for your birthday,
what w ould you sa y to the person w ho gave you the gift?
2. Draw a gift that you would like to have for your birthday.
3. Describe your g ift. Make as many sentences as you can.
Grammar
Proper Nouns
REMEMBER
Proper nouns are special names of people, places or things
and they always begin w ith a c apital le tter.
The capital letter poin ts out proper nouns that are names o f:
( 1) Persons, e .g. Janet, Jack
(2) Places. e.g.
(a) village - Better Hope village (b) town - New Amsterdam
(d) street
- Regen t Street
(c) c hurc h - St. Mary's Church
(e) c lass- Primary One
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Vocabulary
A. Alphabetical Order
The kiskodee has strong feet but the duckling has weak feet.
The two words in bold type in the sentence ore opposite in
meaning.
REMEMBER
Words that ore opp osite in meaning
are called Antonyms. Strong is the
antonym or opposite of weak.
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Unit 7
Christmas
/I
Finding Answers
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Toys
Janet wonted a big doll for Christmas. Joe wonted a big truck for
Christmas. Every day they looked at the many little dolls and trucks
in the stores.
One day Janet sow a big doll and Joe sow a big truck in a store. "I
would like to hove that big doll!." said Janet.
"I would like to have that big truck!" said Joe.
Janet and Joe went home and they both wrote letters to Santa
Claus. They gave the letters to their father to post to Santo Claus.
Early on Christmas morning Janet and Joe woke up and went to look
under the Christmas tree to see if Santo Claus had brought their gifts.
Janet saw her name. "This is mine!" she shouted.
Joe saw his name. "This is mine!" he shouted. Janet opened her
gift and screamed. "I've got the big doll!"
Joe opened his gift and said. "Oh! I've got the big truck."
The children were very happy.
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Joe took ou t his truck from the box and said. "Let 's see how fast it
will go!" He pushed it across the floor. Crash! Bong !. one of the
w heels flew ou t. "I con fix it!" said Joe and this he did.
"Please toke my doll for a ride! " said Jane t.
"Put her in the bock of the truck!" said Joe.
The doll sot in the bock of the truck. She looked very funny
bouncing up a nd down as Joe pushed his truck a ll over the house.
Zoom! Zoom! Janel and Joe hod a lo t o f fu n with the doll bouncing
up and down in the truck.
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Creative Work
l. Suppose you got the gift you wonted for Christ mos. how would
you feel?
2. Draw the gift thot you would like for Christmas.
3. Write a letter to Santa Claus telling him what you would like for
Christmas.
4. Make a Christmas card.
Grammar
Verbs (PastTense)
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Vocabulary
Look at the pic tures and rea d the words.
gift
Christmas tree
truck
morn-ing
Christ-mas
Son-to
let-ter-s
hap-py
Across
13 something to ring
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10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Phonics
Sound of 'Ch'
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Unit 8
Christmas Vacation
Finding Answers
1. What is happening in the picture?
2. When do you think this activity is taking place?
3. (a) Are the people happy or sad?
(b) Why do you say so?
4. Why do you think the dog is under the table?
5. What do you think the children will do next?
6. What do you do on New Year's Eve?
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After Christmas Joan and David went to a party. Timmie, their dog,
went to the party too.
The children were dressed in new clothes. They walked down the
rood and Timmie followed them.
When they arrived at the party they put Timmie to sit under the
table. The food was on the table.
Soon a steelbond passed by. All the children ron into the yard.
They danced and danced. The bond went down the rood and the
children returned to the party.
They were surprised when they looked at Timmie. He looked funny.
The table-cloth was around his body. Many things from the table
were on the floor.
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1. How do you think Joan and David were dressed for the party?
2. How d id they get there?
3. Who went with them?
4. Where d id they put Timmie?
5. What things were on the table?
6. What did the children do w hen they heard the bond?
7.
8.
9.
10.
Creative Work
I . Draw yoursel f and o friend a t o party.
2. Write three sentences abou t the party.
Grammar
Subject and Predicate
1.
Subject
Predicate
Timmie
(who)
2. The dog
(what)
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Read the sentences and divide them into Subject and Predicate.
1. Joan went to the party.
2. The guests had a good time.
3. The c hildren ate cake and sweets.
4. David played many games.
5. Timmie followed them.
6. They danced at the party.
Vocabulary
Words and Meaning
Read the sentences with the words in bold type in the first column.
The meaning of the words are found in the next column.
Words
Meaning
walked behind
He looked funny .
amusing or comical
Phonics
Short and long sound of 'i'
Say the words: pill. bit. kit. The 'i' says 'lh'. It is the short sound.
Say o ther words w ith the same sound.
Say the words: pile, bite, kite. The 'i' says 'i' or its name. II is the
long sound.
Say other words w ith the sa me sound.
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Units 9 & 10
Review (I)
Finding Answers
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Grammar
A. Punctua tion
Rewrite the sentences and put in capitol letters and l ull stops
where needed.
Remember a sentence begins with a capitol letter and ends
w ith a l ull stop.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
B.
Nouns
The girls
skipping.
I
eight years old.
Mr. Green
the new postman.
John and Mary
going to the party.
The dog
barking at the old man.
The children
playing.
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D.
I.
2.
3.
4.
Joy
in the rain. (ploy)
She
the colourful flowers. (pick)
Mother
pepper-pot and rice. (cook)
Lost week Tiffany
the b lind woman across
the street. (help)
5. He
the chicken pen. (clean)
Vocabulary
A.
Articles
ant
fork
_orange
football
icicle
Alphabetical Order
Antonyms/Opposites
3. fat
5. rough
7. wet
2.buy
4.wide
6. big
8. toll
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D.
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Unit 11
Jack's Holiday
Finding Answers
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He tried and tried to get out of the pond but he just went down,
down. down. Jack screamed for help but no one heard him. So
he tried to swim all by himself.
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Suddenly. Eric jumped into the p ond a nd made him hold on to the
step at the side of the pond. Soon h e was out and both boys
began to laugh.
When Jack was ready to go home he was a very good swimmer.
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Creative Work
Write abou t five sentences describ ing what happ ened to Joc k as
he went too near the edge o f the pond.
Grammar
Verbs (Past Tense)
REMEMB ER
A verb is a word that te lls o f a n action.
A.
Present
love
save
live
Past
love d
saved
lived
Exercise
Copy and w rite the past te nse of each w o rd.
Present
hope
wove
live
like
dance
Past
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B.
Exercise
Use the p ast tense form o f the words in the b rackets to complete
the sentences.
(stay)
5. Jack
Vocabulary
Spelling
Complete these words correctly.
val __y
c __sin
s _ t _ rday
rm
slip_ ed
swi
greet __
s_d_e _ ly
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er
Phonics
The sound of '-ed' and 'd'.
Read these words silently.
helped, greeted, tired, jumped. loved, saved, used, lived
t
id
d
t
sound
sound
sound
sound
Ad d '-ed' or '-d ' to the following words to form the past tense.
like
dance
hope
look
book
hand
Say the sound you hear a t the end of each word formed. Copy
the w ords in your books and write the sound you hear a t the end of
eac h word.
Here is an example:
liked - 't'
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Unit 12
Animals
Finding Answers
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One sunny day, a little duckling was going for a swim in a pond.
On her way she saw a brown and yellow kiskadee standing on the
branch of a mango tree.
The kiskodee said, "Kis-kis-ka-dee! Kis-kis-ka-dee!"
The little duckling looked up at the kiskadee and said,
"I wish I could stand up there."
"You need strong feet like mine,"
said the kiskadee.
"Do you hove strong feet?"
The little duckling
looked down at her weak feet.
"I cannot stand on the branch of a tree."
The little duckling waddled on and she looked in lhe
open field and sow a while rabbit hopping in the
green gross.
Hoppity! Happily! Hop!
"I wish I could hop like you," said the little duckling.
"You need long feel like mine," said thc:.e::....:.cra::.:b::.:b::.:i.:..:l._ _ _ _ _ __
"Do you have long feet?"
The little duckling looked
down at her short feet.
"No!." she cried.
"My feet are very short.
I cannot hop like you."
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The little duckling waddled on and on. She looked in the farmyard
and saw a red hen scratching for worms.
The hen said. "Ciuckl Cluckl"
"I wish I could scratch lor worms," said the little duckling.
"I use the sharp claws on my teet to scratch." said the hen.
"Do you have sharp claws on your feet?"
The little duclcling looked down at her feet.
"No!" she cried, "I do nol have any sharp
claws on my feet.
I have flat webbed feet.
I cannot scratch for worms."
The little duckling waddled on and she saw Mother Duck
swimming in the pond.
Mother Duck said. "Quack! Quack!"
"I wish I could swim like you," said the little duckling.
"Come in and try," said Mother Duck.
The little duckling went into the water.
She started to swim.
"Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack!.
"This is fun," said the little duckling.
"My flat webbed feet are vey g~odc:~~~
'A kiskadee cannot swim like this!
--........-~~~
A rabbit <j:annot swim like this!
A hencannot swim like this!
I like my flat webbed teet.
'Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack!"
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Creative Work
Here are some pets:
rabbit
bird
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cat
Grammar
Subject and Predicate
Exercise
Vocabulary
Look ot the pictures.
Read the words.
-~
I' ,
I .
duck -ling
hop
hop-ping
sit
sit-ting
run
run-ning
Phonics
Sound of 'sw'
Say this rhyme and listen to the 'sw' words- "swah "
Swing, swing
In the sun
Swing, swing
Just for fun.
Do you hear the sound of 's' blending with the sound of 'w '?
Tell other words beginning with 'sw ' as in swing
Write more words beginning with the 'sw' sound.
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The Weather
Unit 13
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Finding Answers
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Ducky Duck hod o pretty umbrella. It was red and white with o
shiny block handle.
Ducky Duck always took her umbrella when she was going out.
She took it when it looked as if it would rain. She took it with her
when it was sunny because it was such a pretty umbrella and she
liked it so much.
One day Ducky Duck's umbrella gave her a surprise. She was
going to Pinky Pig birthday party. She wore o red and white polka
dot dress. o red hot, o pair of red shoes and she took her red and
white umbrella with her. She was in o hurry because she thought
she was late for the party. Suddenly she heard the sound of
thunder.
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Creative Work
1. Which part o f the story do you like best?
Draw it.
2. Wril e senlences to describe your p icture.
Grammar
Subject and Predicate
REMEMBER
The subject is the naming part of the sentence.
This part can have one word. e.g. He or a group o f words.
e.g. The pretty umbrella.
There is always a noun or pronoun in this part o f the
sentence.
The Predicate is the telling part o f the sentence. e.g. wore a
red dress or wa s peeping through his window.
There is always a verb in this pari of the sentence.
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Exercise 1
Vocabulary
A.
Umbrella
Um_brel_la
puddles
pud_dles
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snoe s
B. Compound Words
Exercise
Write the two words tha t make up each o f the compound words
below.
e .g. moonlight- moon + light
birthday
sunlight
raincoat
rainfall
sunshine
sunset
Phonics
The vowel 'o ' has different sounds.
Sometimes it says 'o' (its own name) the long vowel sound
ochro
And sometimes it says ' awh ', the short vowel sound.
~
orange
Wrile some words beginning with the long vowel sound 'o' a nd the
short vowel sound 'awh '.
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Unit 14
MASH RAMAN I
Finding Answers
1. (a) What occasion is being c
(b) Do you know what the word means? Tell the meaning.
2. Soy what the persons are doing in the picture.
3. Describe what the persons dancing are wearing.
4. (a) Do you think the people ore happy?
(b) Why do you think so?
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Creative Work
1. Draw yourself in a Moshromo ni costume.
Grammar
The Past Continuous Tense
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Exercise
6. Everyone
singing.
Vocabulary
Look at the pictures a nd soy the words.
calypso
steel band
de-co -rated
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Unit 15
PHAGWAH
Finding Answers
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The Holiko. which is usually a castor oil tree. is pla nted by the pandit
and left to grow for forty days. On Phogwo h Eve, the night of the
full moon. the pandit and others would use coconu t branc hes or
bamboo to build a bonfire around the Holika. When the Holiko is
burnt to ashes. it is scattered on rela tives and friends in
remembra nce of the burning o f Holika a nd to show how good
triumphs over evil.
After the burning of the Holika. Hindu men a nd women sing songs
(Chowt al). and clap happily. Hindu women ore not supposed to
w itness the burning.
Phogwah means the coming of Spring. This custom brings Spring time joy to Hindus as they welcome the rains.
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Finding Answers
1. What does Phagwah mean?
2. Why did Pra halad refuse to worship his fa ther?
3. (a) What plant is used to represent Holika, the sister of the
w icked King?
(b) Why do you think the castor oil plant was c hosen?
(c) Why so you think this plan t is b urnt?
4. Wh en does this burning take place?
5. After Holika has been burnt, special celebrations begin.
Tell some of the ac tivities that are done after the Holika has been
burnt.
6. Which group of persons celebrate the festival of Phagwah?
(a) Muslims
(b) Hindus
(c) C hristians
7, What does the word custom mean?
8. How do persons in your community celebrate Phagwah on
that day?
Creative Work
Write sentences to tell how Phagwah is celebra ted in your
community.
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Grammar
Using has, have, was, were
Look a t the pictures and read the sentences.
REMEMBER
We use 'has' or 'was' w hen we are talking about a singular
sub ject.
We use 'have ' or 'were' when we are talking about a plural
subject.
Exercise
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2.
The boy
He
John
has
o bucket.
two pockets o f obeer.
o tin of powder in his bog.
Two boys
They
Roy and
John
3.
4.
buckets of water.
pocke ts of obeer.
four tins of powder in their
bogs.
hove
was
in the yard.
under the house.
near the pond.
B
were
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Vocabulary
Phonics
Vowel sounds and syllables
water
book
rabbit
a beer
Phagwah
baby
B.
Hindu
pray
prayers
home
burn
sweet
mettai
Write the words and the number of syllables each word has in a
box.
The first one is done for you:
road
m
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Unit 16
The Dentist
Finding Answers
1.
2.
3.
4.
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David hod a terrible toothache. His mother took him to Dr. Rom.
the dentist. Dr. Rom mode David open his mouth. He took a
picture of David's teeth.
David hod a cavity in one of his teeth. The dentist told David that
he hod a sick tooth. He would fill it or pull it out.
Dr. Rom then gave David on injection. The injection hurt just a bit
then David's mouth felt numb. Soon after. Dr. Rom cleaned out the
cavity and filled it. As the tooth was strong he would not pull it out.
The dentist showed David some pictures. The pictures showed him
how to
his teeth
and drrml"'
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""to.---~-....;:_ --#:.. ''.--.--
David liked Dr. Rom. He promised to tell his friends that they must
visit the dentist if they wonted to keep strong and healthy teeth.
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Creative Work
1. Show the right way to brush your teeth.
2. Drama tize - 'My Visit to the Dentist'.
3. Describe a visit that you have mode to the Dentist.
Grammar
Abbreviations
People
Abbreviation
Mister
Mistress
Miss
Mr.
Mrs.
Ms.
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Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Months
Sun
Mon
lues
Wed
Thurs
Fri
Sot
January
February
August
September
October
November
December
Jon
Feb
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Vocabulary
Words with 'oo'
Here ore some magic words with 'oo ' but they do not sound alike.
Nome the pictures.
balloon
broom
stool
foot
book
cook
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Unit 17
Weddings In My
Community
Finding Answers
1. What is happening in the picture?
2. What name do you give to the lady on her wedding day?
3. Describe what the lady is wearing.
4. What happenes at the church?
5. What happens after the bride and groom leave the church?
6. Are all weddings kept at a church?
7. How do you feel about a wedding?
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(D) woman
(D) white
(D) aun t
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Creative Work
1. Collec t pic tures of various types o f w eddings - Christian. Hindu.
Muslims. and display them in your classroom.
2. Describe the weddings for your c lassma tes.
3. Wri te about a wedding you hove witnessed.
Grammar
Adjectives
REMEMBER
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
(a)
Do the activity like the one in Exercise 1 w ith the word dress.
(b)
Vocabulary
A.
Syllables
Here ore some words taken from the story you ha ve read.
Soy these words a loud.
frilly
wed ding
b ridegroom
while
b ridesmaid
behind
colour
groomsmen
happy
single
organ
Gender
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Exercise
Female
girl
brother
aun t
fa ther
bride
groomsmen
w ife
single
not on time
behind
alike
same
a t the back of
late
one only
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Unit 18
Games
Finding Answers
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Joon ond Myra were playing Hide-and-Seek. They ron into an old
garage that had no roof. They saw an enormous top.
"Let us hide in this top." Myra said.
"Ah! David won't find us here." Joan said.
The girls climbed into the enormous top and closed the door.
Just then it went. 'clicker-click' and it flew up and away.
Sometimes it flew high and sometimes it flew low.
Soon they found a window in the top. They looked through it and
saw the sun. the pretty clouds and the blue sky.
They also saw tall trees. houses and the river.
Myra was getting scared.
"I want to go home," she said.
Joan looked round the top and she saw a button.
It read. PRESS ME. She pressed the button.
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The top turned round and flew bock to the garage. It whizzed
through the air. It stopped over the old garage tha t hod no roof. It
wen t down. down. dow n a nd stopped.
Myra and Joan climbed out of the top. They were happy.
'Zoom !' the top flew up a nd away.
The girls told David and Timmie about the top and about the things
they sow. The boys ro n to see the top but it was gone.
Creative Work
Draw a big top. Put in a door. a window and three steps.
Colour the top.
Write a few sentences about your l op.
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Grammar
Adjective
1. An
2. A
3. A
Verb
shook
started
rang
Noun
top
noise
bell
Adjective
enormous
loud
big
Use one of the following adjectives to complete the sentences tall, pretty, little, bright.
1. The _ _ _ _ c loud passed.
2. The
3. The
4. The
sun shone.
trees fell.
d ucks swam.
Vocabulary
Words and M eaning
Meaning
enormous
garage
pressed a button
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Review (II)
Unit 19 & 20
Finding Answers
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A.
3. Ann
7. Fred
8. My grandmother
B.
day
4.
car
2.
mango
5.
woman
3.
flower
6.
balloon
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Unit
21
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I
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l.
Finding Answers
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First. John collec ts sticks and string. He then crosses two thin sticks
like this
to make the frame. He pins or ties them together
where they cross then makes o notc h at both ends of each stick.
John then fastens o piece o f strong fish line around the frame like
this
<:J7 .
John then joins the two piec es of string to get the loop.
Finally, John odds a toil and the kite is ready.
It is John's kite.
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Creative Work
Look at the three pictures below.
They tell the story of John's kite.
One picture is missing. Draw Ihe missing picture in your book and
write a story about the pictures.
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Grammar
Possessive Nouns (Singular)
It is ___ book.
It is _ ___ kite.
It is
ball.
bag.
It is
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c ar.
2. The
3. The
4. The
5. The
6. The
Vocabulary
Look a t these p ictures.
Soy the words.
sticks
frame
string
notc h
finally
stick
fastens
ready
string
piece
crosses
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Alphabetical Order
I. arm
glass
2. able
good
chair
clean
~
~
meadow
moth
~ ~ ~
~ ~ ~
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Unit 22
John's Class
Finding Answers
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99
One day, Harry's mother was cleaning his room. "What a Jot of
'treasures' Harry has," she said. His father sow them too and said.
"Those stones are only found near the ca nol in the bockdom. How
did Harry get them?"
Harry told the truth when his parents asked him abou t his
'treasures'. He told them that he d id not go to school on Fridays.
He went with Roy and Charles to the bockdom to hove some fun.
His parents scolded him and explained the value of school. He
promised them not to ploy truant with his friends anymore.
The boys were warned by their teachers abou t staying away from
school. They promised to be present w henever they were sent to
school. During the holidays they would go to the bockdom again.
Finding More Answers
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Creative Work
1. Draw yourself in your c lass.
2. Write some sentences about your drawing.
Grammar
Possessive Nouns (Plural)
REMEMBER
The possessive form of singular nouns is mode by pulling on
apostrophe and s ('s) after the noun which stands for the
owner. e.g. The cal of Mary - Mary's cot.
Do you know how the plural form of possessive nouns is formed?
Here ore lw o rules tha t you con follow:
Rules
1. Show ownership by adding an apostrophe ( ' ) after s if the plural
ends in s.
For example:
2. Show ownership by adding 's oiler the plural form if the plural
does not end in s.
For example:
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Vocabulary
A.
B.
class- mote
pic- l ure
win - dow
e - ro - ser
cup - board
d ust-er
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5. Change the lost letter of the word but and write another
le tter to make a word that means o vehicle tha t children use
to get to school.
6. Change the first letter of the word fun and write a nother
letter to make o word that tells something that shines in the
sky.
7. Change the last letter of the word born and write another
letter to make a word tha t tells o noise that dogs make.
8. Change the first letter of the word box and write another
letter to make o word tha t means o sly animal.
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Unit 23
Leisure Time
Finding Answers
1. What is happening in each picture?
2. When do you think the children would do each activity?
3. (a) Name other leisure time activities that you know.
(b) Which do you enjoy most?
4. Write sentences about each picture.
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lOS
Creative Work
1. Read the poem a nd do the actions w ith your hands or body.
2. Imagine you o re on o swing. Write some sentences to tell how
you feel.
Grammar
Verbs (Past Tense) -
Revision
A. Here a re some regular post tense verbs that end with '-d' .
Sa y th e words below.
love
donee
smile
like
w ipe
loved
danced
smiled
liked
w iped
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Read the sentences that show the present and post tense of the
verb.
We wipe the plate for mother. (now).
We wiped the plate yesterday. (past)
Exercise 1
Mok.e each of these doing words show past time.
1. live
5. ra ise
9. nome
Exercise
2. cure
6. wove
10. lace
3. use
7. dive
11. love
4. save
8. bake
12. bathe
3. The lifeguard
4. Mother
5. I have
6. The President
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Exercise 1
Write the words to make each of them show post tense bark, wait, rain, ask, fetch, ploy, open, pick, chew, lift.
Exercise 2
Use the w o rds you hove mode to fill the blanks in these sentences.
I. Sam
2. Tom
3. The dog
4. Joh n
5. The co t
6. Janet
7. It
8. The C OW
9. He
at the visitor.
the paper for his father.
w ith the boll.
the basket with papaws.
a ll d ay yesterday.
the grass.
the door a nd went in.
for a n hour.
Vocabulary
A.
Spelling
Soy and spell these words.
Copy them in your books.
be- hind. ear -ly, no - bo - dy. won - der - lui. through
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B.
Words
I Opposite
Phonics
Fun with Rhymes
Complete the jingle below with these words:
way, b ig, home, size.
Percy was o line young p ig
Not too lillie and not too _ __
Percy never thought to roo m.
He knew o pig should stay o t _ _ _
So in h is pen he so t oil day.
Eating o il tho I come his _ __
The former said, "My pig's o prize
I never sow one such o
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Unit 24
Youth Week
Finding Answers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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It was Youth Week. David's class went to visit the zoo in the
Botanical Gardens.
The children walked around the zoo. They visited the lion's cage.
He roared at them. They were glad because he was in a cage.
They did not go near the cage. A sign said, 'DO NOT GO NEAR THE
ANIMALS'.
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A little boy named Peter went too near the edge and he fell into
the pond. The children screamed and screamed. Peter held on to
the necks of the two manatees and they swam near to the edge of
the pond.
Soon a gardener ran to the pond a nd he threw a rope to Peter.
Peter caught it and the gardener pulled him to safety.
The teacher scolded Peter for not staying w ith the class. David' s
class never forgot that visit to the zoo.
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Creative Work
1. Cut out the shapes of two animals in the story. Paste them on
Grammar
Verbs (PastTense)
yester~~y
Read this:
Today
Yesterday
I run
I ron
I sow
1see
1eat
I go
1ate
I wen t
Vocabulary
Read the words and meanings as the words ore used in the story.
Words
Meaning
sign
pond
zoo
A. Make your own sentences with the words: sign, pond, zoo.
B. Spell these words: visited, gardener, manatee, screamed.
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Unit 25
Finding Answers
1.
2.
3.
4.
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Creative Work
Write a programme to show your school's Music Festival.
Grammar
Verb (Past Tense)
in the story about the Music Festival we used some verbs that did
no t end in '-ed ' or '-d ' even though they showed post time.
Here ore some examples:
Present Tense - toke, soy, sing, do, become, speak
Past Tense - took, said , song. d id , became, spoke
A vowel or two hod to be changed to make the verbs show past
tense .
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Exercise 1
Read the story again and repeal the post tense verbs.
Copy the sentences with the post tense verbs.
Exercise 2
Comple te each sentence w ith the post tense verb from the list on
page 118.
1. The school choirs _ _ _ at the Music Festival.
2. The toll man
abou t the lest pieces.
3. Th e children and their parents ___ Iheir seats in the Town Hoff.
4. A voice
, "School c hoirs. please get read y."
5. Th e audience
the microphone .
Vocabulary
A.
1. festival
2. school
B.
music
judge
results
song
c hildren
parents
d
__ eos_
n x
ch _ _rs
sf _ g _
fr _ nl
s __ ts
_or_ nts
Phonics
Write some words beginning w ith 'sh ' .
Write an interesting sentence about each one.
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voic
br _ v _ I_
Unit 26
Going To A Party
Finding Answers
1. What is happening in the picture?
2. (a) What kind of party do you think it is?
(b) How do you lc.now?
3. What do you thinlo: is missing from the picture?
4. Whet do you like obout this party?
5. Tell a story obout the picture.
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TO:
JENNY
WHAT:
A Birthday Party
WHEN:
16:00 hrs
HOST:
Joson
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Creative Work
I. Make on invitation cord for your b irthday party.
Here is on example of o thank you letter tha t Jenny w rote to Joson
thanking him for the invita tion to his birthday party.
Bush Lot.
Essequibo.
30th May, 2004.
Dear Joson.
Thank you for inviting me to your birthday party. I w ill
be happy to come. I w ill be glad to see Devon, Jewel a nd
Alicia.
Your dear friend,
Jenny.
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Grammar
Use of the comma
Exercise
Rewrite the sentences and put commas where they ore needed.
1. John Joan Jane t Peter and Tom were invited to o birthday party.
2. The children ate cakes biscuit sandwiches and sweets.
3. The fisherman caught shrimp crab lob sters and fish.
4. We live in Georgetown Guyana.
5. His birthda y party was held on the 28th February 2004.
6. The children danced sang and pla yed o t the party.
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Vocabulary
A. Spelling
u~~B"'-tr~
Invitation
B.
birthday party
cake
Compound Words
some+ times
birth+ day
butter + fish
teo+ cup
ploy+ mote
rain+ bow
otter+ noon
side+ walk
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Unit 27
The Lighthouse
Finding Answers
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
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Creative Work
1. (o) Draw a picture with a lighthouse and o ship.
(b) Colour your picture.
2. Trace and cut out o paper ship.
3. Pre lend you are the lighthouse and write o story aboul your life.
Grammar
Present Continuous Tense
A light is shining
from the tower.
I om looking
ol lhe lighthouse.
3. It
4. The pilots
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Grammar
A.
Joan
for a new sewing kit. (ask)
Ron and Rhonda
in a cottage. (live)
Schools
d uring the first week of September. (re-open)
The books
to the c hildren. (belong)
Nouns (Possessive)
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C. The Comma
Sentence Expansion
Vocabulary
A.
Alphabetical Order
abcdefghl j k lm nopq rst uvwxyz
orange
Ivan
Al bion
Corriverton
eddo
Tiffany
Ann Reg ina
Canje
toma to
Carol
Abary
C umberla nd
pumpkin
Alana
Agricola
Clonbrook
Compound Words
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