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Student's Book
Grade 1

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Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Ministry of Education
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English for Ethiopia

Student's Book
Grade 1
DEVELOPERS
writers Dagne Tiruneh (MA, Asso Prof)

Tewodros Zeleke (PhD, Ass Prof)

Language editor Guta Legese (PhD, Ass Prof)

Content editor Ashenafi Belay (PhD, Asso Prof)

Curriculum editor Woynishet Diriba (MA)

Illustrator Alemisa Endebu (Msc)

Designer Birhanu Simeneh(Bsc)

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Contents

unit title page

Unit 1: My Family 1
Unit 2: Times of The Day 27
Unit 3: Colours 43
Unit 4: Plants 53
Unit 5: Domestic Animals 69
Unit 6: Hot and Cold Weather 89
Unit 7: My Role Model 99
Unit 8: Caring for Body Parts 109
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UNIT 1 My Family
Mother

Father

Sister

Brother

Section One: Oral Language

Lesson 1: The English Alphabet
Activity 1: Listen and repeat small letters of English
alphabet.

a b c d e f g
h i j k l m n
o p q r s t u
v w x y z

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Activity 2: Sing ‘English alphabet’ song.

Song 1: Small Letters of English Alphabet

Happy, Happy we shall be,
When we learn a b c d,
abcd efg
hijk lmn
opq rst
uvw x y z.

Activity 3: Trace the dotted lines.

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Activity 4: Trace the following small letters.

Lesson 2: Capital Letters of English Alphabet

Activity 1: Listen and repeat capital letters after your
teacher.

A B C D E F G H I

J K L M N O P Q R

S T U V W X Y Z

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Activity 2: Listen and sing ‘English alphabet’ song.

Song 2: Capital Letters of English Alphabet

Happy, Happy we shall be,

When we learn A B C D,
ABCD EFG
H I J K LMN
O P Q RST
U V W X Y Z.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACY2Fw41JWg)

Activity 3: Trace and write the following capital

letters.

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Lesson 3: Capital and Small Letters of English

Alphabet

Activity 1: Listen and say the capital and small letters

of English alphabet.

A a B b C c D d E e F f

G g H h I i J j K k L l

M m N n O o P p Q q R r

S s T t U u V v W w X x

Y y Z z

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Activity 2: Listen and match.

Column A Column B

1. A d
2. B f
3. C a
4. D c
5. E b
6. F e

Activity 3: Trace the dotter letters of e, f, g, and h.

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Lesson 4: Classroom Greetings

Activity 1: Sing ‘Good morning’ song after your
teacher.

Good morning
Good morning …....... good morning
How are you today?
Good morning ……… good morning.
I’m happy, let’s play.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0o79IMmAYE)

Activity 2: Listen and practise greetings.

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Activity 3: Say after your teacher

a - am m - morning p - please s-student

t- teacher i - sit n- name

Activity 4: Listen and say after your teacher

Good morning. I am a girl. I am a teacher.

I am a student. This is a pen. Please, sit down.

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Lesson 5: Letters Aa, Bb, Ff, Mm and Ss

Activity 1: Listen and practise the following letters.

A A A A A A
a a a a a a

B B B B B B
b b b b b b

F F F F F F
f f f f f f

M M M M M M
m m m m m m

S S S S S S
s s s s s s

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Activity 2: Listen and Show letters Bb, Ff, Mm and Ss.

Ff Mm Ss Bb Tt Rr
Dd Bb Mm Zz Ss Ff
Ss Ll Ff Mm Aa Bb
Bb Ss Zz Rr Ff Mm
Mm Kk Dd Ff Bb Ss
Nn Ff Bb Ss Mm Uu

Activity 3: Match capital letters B, F, M and S with

their small letters.

Column ‘A’ Column ‘B’

1. B s
2. F m
3. M f
4. S b

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Lesson 6: Sound of letters a, b, m, f, and s

Activity 1: Listen and repeat sounds of letters a, b, f,
m and s.

a – apple
m - moon
s - sun
b - book
f - foot
Activity 2: Listen to and repeat sound of letter ‘a’, ‘b’,
‘f’, ‘m’, and ‘s’.

/a/

apple ant axe

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/b/
bag book bat

/f/
fish fox foot

/m/
moon mouse match

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/s/
sandal mun mnake

Activity 3: Match words that begin with the sounds of

letters a, b, f, m and s.

a ant

b book

f fox

m mouse

s star

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Lesson 7: Family words

Activity 1: Sing the song with your teacher.

My Family
This is my great family,
Mother, father, me.
This is my sister.
This is my brother.
This is my great family.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVEzzzia8Yo&t=42s)

Activity 2: Listen and repeat.

father mother

sister brother

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Activity 3: Trace the following letters.

Lesson 8: Greetings
Activity 1: Sing the song of greetings after your
teacher.
Song of Greetings
Every day …….. Every day
I go to school …….. I go to school,
I meet my friends … I meet my friends,
And we all say,
Hello …….. Hello
Hello …… Hello,
How are you?
How are you?
I’m good, I’m great,
I’m good, I’m great.
How about you? How about you?
How about you? How about you?
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gghDRJVxFxU)

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Activity 2: Listen and practise greetings with your

teacher.

Amarech: Good afternoon.

Momina: Good afternoon.
Amarech: How are you?
Momina: I’m good. What about you?
Amarech: I’m great.

Activity 3: Listen to your teacher and respond to the

greetings.

Teacher: Good morning, students.

Students: Good morning, teacher.
Teacher: How are you?
Students: I’m fine thank you, and you?
Teacher: I’m fine. Sit down, please.
Students: Thank you teacher.

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Activity 4: Complete the dialogue with your friend.

Hana: Good
afternoon, Ali. Ali: ________, Hana.
Hana: How are you? Ali: I’m _____ thank
Hana: I’m fine. you, and you?

Section 2: Word Study

Lesson 1: Classroom objects
Activity 1: Listen and repeat the following after your
teacher.

b bag
d duster
e eraser
p pen

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Activity 2: Study the following words with your

teacher.

bag book

chair desk

duster eraser

pen pencil

ruler table

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Activity 3: Trace and write the following letters.

Lesson 2: Family Words

Activity 1: Listen and say the following family words.

grandfather grandmother

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mother father

brother sister

aunt uncle

Activity 2: Sing the ‘family song’.

This is my Great Family

This is my great family.
Mother, father, me.
This is my sister.
This is my brother.
Grandmother, grandfather,
Uncle, aunt and cousin
This is my great family.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVEzzzia8Yo&t=42s)

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Activity 3: Show father, mother, son and daughter in

the picture.

Section 3: Reading
Lesson 1: Sound of letters in words
Activity 1: Read the sound of letters s, a, t, i, p, n, m,
f, and b.

s- sister t- teacher n- name

a- ant i- ink f- father
b - brother p- pen m- mother

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Activity 2: Read words with the sound of letter a.

sound of letter ‘a’ at sound of letter ‘a’ in

the beginning the middle
ant mam
arm far
axe hand
apple father

Activity 3: Order the letters to read the words

correctly.

Example: p p l a e = apple

1. t n a =
2. m r a=
3. m e n a=
4. a g b=
5. n e p=

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Lesson 2: Reading words

Activity 1: Read words that begin with letters M m, F
f, S s and B b.

M MOTHER
m
mother

F FATHER

f
father

S SISTER

s
sister

B BROTHER
b
brother

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Activity 2: Fill in the missing letters and read the

words.

1__rother 3. __ather
2__other 4. __ister

Section 4: Writing
Lesson 1: Tracing dotted letters
Activity 1: Trace the dotted small letters.

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Activity 2: Trace the dotted capital letters.

Lesson 2: Colouring letters and tracing words

Activity 1 Colour letters Ff, Mn, using your pencil.

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Activity 2: Trace the following dotted family words

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UNIT 2 Times of a Day

Section 1: Oral Language

Lesson 1: Talking about times of day
Activity 1: Listen and say times of a day.

morning afternoon evening night

Activity 2: Match the sound of letters m, a, e, and n

with words.

Column A Column B
1. m A. afternoon
2. a B. night
3. e C. morning
4. n D. evening

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Activity 3: Match the questions with the answers.

Column A Column B
1. How do you greet people in the A. Good afternoon.
morning? B. Good evening.
2. How do you greet people in the C. Good morning.
afternoon?
3. How do you greet people in the
evening?

Lesson 2: Counting the Numbers

Activity 1: Sing the song of numbers after your
teacher.

Let’s count up to 10
Let’s count up to 10.
And then, let’s count back down again
1, 2, 3 --- 4, 5, 6 --- 7, 8, 9, 10
10, 9, 8 --- 7, 6 --- 5, 4, 3, 2 1.
0 --- zero --- 0 --- zero super hero
0 --- zero --- 0 --- zero super hero
and 8, 9, 10
Let’s count them again.

(source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RfIKqkvHTY)

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Activity 2: Listen and count the numbers after your

teacher.

0 Zero
1 one
2 two
3 three

4 four

5 five
6 six
7 seven
8 eight
9 nine
10 ten
11 eleven

12 twelve

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Activity 3: Listen to your teacher and show the

numbers.

6 5 9 8 4
3 0 1 7 2

Lesson 3: The English Alphabet

Activity 1: Sing the song of English alphabet with the
small letters.

a b c d e f g
h i j k l m n
o p q r s t
u v w x y z
happy … happy,
we shall be,
When we learn our a b c

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9Wdo0xpsfo)

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Activity 2: Repeat capital and small letters C, H, L, M

and O.

C C C Cat
c c c cat

H H H Horse

h h h horse

L L L Lion
l l l lion

M M M Monkey
m m m monkey

O O O Ox
o o o ox

Activity 3: Listen and show the letters c, h, l, o, and m

in the following words.

house car leg orange man

moon onion hat cow lemon

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Lesson 4: Sounds of letters l, c, m, h and o

Activity 1: Listen and practise sounds of letters l, k,
m, h and o.

lion lemon lamb

cake clock carrot

milk mouth mask

hand house horse

orange ox ostrich

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Activity 2: Match sounds of letters with the picture

and words.

Column ‘A’ Column ‘B’

orange

milk

l
hand

m
cow

lemon

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Lesson 5: Common expressions of asking for and

telling time
Activity 1: Listen to your teacher and practise asking
for and telling time.

Dialogue 1
Student A: What time is it?
Student B: It is 1 o’clock.
Dialogue 2
Student 1: What is the time?
Student 2: It is 3 o’clock.

Activity 2: Act out the following dialogue with your

teacher.

Teacher: Good afternoon, Samuel.

Samuel: Good afternoon, Teacher.
Teacher: What time is it?
Samuel: It is 4 o’clock.
Teacher: Thank you, Samuel.
Samuel: You’re welcome.

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Activity 3: Perform the following dialogue with your

friend.
Jemal: Hello, Tume. How are you?
Tume: I’m fine thank you, and you?
Jemal: I’m fine. What is the time?
Tume: It is 10 o’clock.
Jemal: Thank you, Tume.
Tume: You’re welcome.

Lesson 6: Greetings and Self-Introduction

Activity 1: Listen and sing “Good morning” song after
your teacher.
Good Morning Song
Good morning … (Good morning)
Good morning … (Good morning)
One, two … One, two, three
Good morning
Good morning
Hello, and how are you?
Early in the morning,
I say, “Good morning”.
Hello, and how are you?
In the morning … I clap my hands
In the morning …I do my dance.
In the morning … I shout “hurry”.
This is going to be a wonderful day.
(Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?y=ou!ota9VG)

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Activity 2: Practise in pairs and act out the following

dialogues.

Dialogue 1
Teacher: Good morning. What is your name?
Ujulu: I am Ujulu.
Teacher: Where are you from, Ujulu?
Ujulu: I am from Gambella.

Dialogue 2
Hussen: Good afternoon. I’m Hussen. What is your
name?
Sena: Good afternoon. I’m Sena. I’m from Jimma.
Hussen: I’m from Somali.

Lesson 7: Common Expressions of Self-introduction

Activity 1: Say the expressions after your teacher.

Hello, my friend! How Hello. My name is Muna.

are you? I’m Mussie. I’m seven years old. I’m
I’m a new student. from Assosa.
I’m from Mekele.

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Activity 2: Match the greetings with the responses.

Column A Column B
How are you? I’m eight years old.
What is your name? I’m fine, thank you.
Where are you from? I’m from Dire Dawa.
How old are you? My name is Jemal.

Section 2: Word Study

Lesson 1: Expressions of greetings
Activity 1: Read the words aloud to your friend.

Good afternoon
Good morning
Good evening
Hello
Hi

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Activity 2: Answer the following questions orally using

the words below.

afternoon fine name seven o’clock

A: Good afternoon. A: Good _________.
B: How are you? B: I’m _____, thank you.
C: What is your name? C: My _______ is Sara.
D: How old are you? D: I’m ____ years old.
E: What time is it now? E: It’s two _______.

Lesson 3: Time words and expressions

Activity 1: Repeat the following words after your
teacher.

morning afternoon evening night

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Activity 2: Practise the dialogues.

Dialogue 1
Morning
Teacher: Good morning, Tola.
Tola: Good morning, teacher.
Dialogue 2
Afternoon
Teacher: Good afternoon, Sena.
Sena: Good afternoon, teacher.
Dialogue 3
Evening
Mam: Good evening, Abrehet.
Abrehet: Good evening, mam.
Dialogue 4
Night
Dad: Good night, my son.
Son: Good night, dad.

Activity 3: Tell the time on the clock.

What time is it?

1:00 It is 1 o’clock

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2:00 It is 2 o’clock

3:00 It is 3 o’clock

6:00 It is 6 o’clock

9:00 It is 9 o’clock

Section 3: Reading
Lesson 1: Read letters Cc, Hh, Ll, Mm and Oo.
Activity 1: Read and match the capital letters with
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Column ‘A’ Column ‘B’

C h
H l
L o
M c
O m
Activity 2: Read the words that begin with the sound
of letters c, h, l, m and o.

Read words that begin with sound of letter ‘c’

cat cow carrot

Read words that begin with sound of letter ‘h’

house hat horse

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Read words that begin with sound of letter ‘o’

ox onion orange

Section 4: Writing
Lesson 1: Writing Letters and words
Activity 1: Copy the following letters.
C c
H h
L l
M m
O o

Activity 2: Copy the following words.

1. minute ________________
2. clock ___________________
3. hour ___________________
4. late ________________
5. o’clock ________________

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UNIT 3 Colours

Section 1: Oral Language

Lesson 1: Identifying Colours
Activity 1: Listen and repeat the name of colours.

green blue red Yellow

Purple black brown Pink

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Activity 2: Sing the colours song after your teacher.

Red, Yellow, Blue, Green

Purple, Orange, Black, Brown
All the colours are so bright,
Indeed it’s beautiful sight.

(Source: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x44ds5i)

Activity 3: Match sounds of the letters r, y, b, p ,o and

g with words.

1. r A. orange
2. y B. purple
3. b C. black
4. p D. green
5. o E. red
6. g F. yellow

Lesson 2: Associating Sounds and Pictures

Activity 1: Listen and match sound of the letters b, c,
f, h, l, m and s with words and pictures.

butterfly ball
B b

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carrot cap
C c

frog fish
F f

hut hammer
H h

lemon ladder
L l
mango moon
M m

star spider
Ss

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Activity 2: Read words that begin with letters G g, J j,

R r and Y y.

Guitar Grapes
G guitar grapes
g

Jar Jacket
Jj jar jacket

Jj
Rose Rainbow
Rr rose rainbow

Yarn Yellow
Yy yarn yellow

Activity 3: Listen and Circle the word that begins with

letter g, j, r, b, and y to your friend.

g j r b y
ball jacket moon bag uncle

goat purple rain sack yellow

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Lesson 4: Talking about oneself

Activity 1: Listen and repeat the following
expressions.

My name is…/ I’m…

My father’s name is …
My mother’s name is …
This is my father/mother…
My brother’s name is …
My sister’s name is …

Activity 2: Practise and act out the following dialogue.

A:Hello, my name is Biruk. My father’s name is Asnake. My

mother’s name is Aberash. What about you?

B:Hello, my name is Jalene. My father’s name is Gemechu.

My mother’s name is Ayantu.

Lesson 5: Talking about others

Activity 1: Study the following expressions.

Let me introduce my brother, …

Let me introduce my friend, …
Do you know …? Her/his name is …
May I introduce my friend …?

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Activity 2: Act out the following dialogue.

Samuel: Hello, Tolcha. How are you?

Tolcha: I’m fine thank you, and you.
Samuel: Let me introduce you to my sister. She is Kuleni.
Tolcha: Hello, Kuleni. Nice to meet you.
Kuleni: Nice to meet you, too.

Activity 3: Say the following sentences aloud.

This is my family

He is my father
She is my mother

She is my sister

He is my brother

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Activity 4: Tell the correct order of the following

jumbled words.

1. Morning good
2. Afternoon good
3. Are how you?
4. Sara is name my
5. Abdela name my is father’s.

Section 2: Word Study

Lesson 1: Completing Sentences
Activity 1: Study the following list of expressions.

I’m …
My name is …
My father’s name is …
Let me introduce …
Nice to meet you.

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Activity 2: Complete the sentences with the given list

of words.
is It am are My
I Good morning He Her

1. afternoon?
2. How you today?
3.This my sister. name is Almaz.
4. Good ?
5. is my pleassure to meet you.
6. I Samuel.
7. This is Debela. is my friend.

Section 3: Reading
Lesson 1: Sounds of Initial Letters of words
Activity 1: Match the sound of letters g, j, y and r
with the words.

Column A Column B

g yellow

j rabbit

r jet

y guitar

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Activity 2: Put the words in the box under the sound

of letters.

rat yes juice giraffe

jump guitar yellow rain
goat jar rabbit yoga
yacht red green jeap
g j r y

Lesson 2: Reading Words and Sentences

Activity 1: Read and circle words of colour.
object has it purple

black yellow that colour

orange is does read

have what blue this

Activity 2: Practise asking and answering.

What Colour is this? It is green colour.

What is this colour? It is red colour.

What is that colour? It is pink colour.

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Activity 3: Put the words in correct order and read

sentences.
Example: is it colour green. It is green colour.
colour this is black.
colour red is It.
black is colour That.
It colour purple is.

Section 4: Writing
Lesson 1: Writing Words and sentences
Activity 1: Copy the following words into your exercise
book.
1. black __________________
2. purple _________________
3. brown __________________
4. yellow __________________
5. pink ____________________

Activity 2: Put the letters in correct order to form

words.
1. l e y l o w ___________ 3. u j p m 2. __________
a o d r _____________ 4. r e g e n ___________

Activity 3: Write the words in correct order.

1. mother This my is. ________________________

2. father’s name is My Abebe. __________________
3. colour black The has bag. ___________________
4. the What colour of shirt is your? ______________

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UNIT 4 Plants

Section 1: Oral Language

Lesson 1: Talking about parts of plants
Activity 1: Sing the song about parts of plants.

Song about Parts of Plant

Plants have different parts
That work together
To help them grow.
fruit
Plants have stems and leaves,
Flower, fruit and roots.
leaf They all work together
steam To help the plant survives.
They need stems and leaves,
root Flowers, fruits and roots.
They need stems and leaves,
Flowers, fruits and roots
(https://www.GenerationGenius.com/watch)

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Activity 2: Listen and point to parts of plant.

Activity 3 Listen and read words.

apple stem leaf wood

plant root fruit seed

Activity 4: Listen and colour the tree (its leaf, fruit

and stem).

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Lesson 2: Letters Aa, Pp, Ss and Ww.

Activity 1: Sing ‘English alphabet’ song after your
teacher.
Activity 2: Listen and say the following letters after
your teacher.

Aa Aa Aa Aa Aa
Pp Pp Pp Pp Pp
Ss Ss Ss Ss Ss
Ww Ww Ww Ww Ww
Lesson 3: Sounds of the letters a, p, s and w
Activity 1: Listen and practise the sound of letters a,
p, s and w.
a for p s w
apple pepper stem watermelon

Activity 2: Blend the letters and read them to your

friend.
1. a r m 5. s u n
2. v a n 6. s o c k
3. p e n 7. w o r m
4. p i n 8. w e b

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Activity 3: Listen and match the sounds with the

words and pictures.

Column A Column B
worm
a

sun
p

apple
s

pineapple
w

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Lesson 4: ‘Have’ and ‘Has’

Activity 1: Listen and practise the following sentences.
I have a pineapple. She has a pineapple.
We have a pineapple. He has a pineapple.
They have a Sena has a
pineapple. pineapple.
Chala and Obang pineapple Obang has a
have a pineapple. pineapple.

Activity 2: Listen and practise sentences with ‘has’

and ‘have’.

Solomon has an orange. Chaltu has an apple.

Solomon and Chaltu have a pineapple.

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Activity 3: Use ‘have’ or ‘has’.

I ______ a tree.

a tree

They ______ a pencil.

pencil

She _____ an umbrella.

an umbrella

He ______ a puppy.

a puppy

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Lesson 5: Saying Goodbye

Activity 1: Listen and sing “Goodbye Song” after your
teacher.

Goodbye
It’s time to go home.
It’s time to go home.
It’s time to go home.
It’s time to say goodbye.
I have so much fun.
And you have so much fun.
We all have so much fun.
And now we say goodbye.
Goodbye … Goodbye.
See you again.
Goodbye … Goodbye
See you again.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LDArAJf7-c)

Activity 2: Say goodbye to your friend.

Ok, Sara.
Goodbye. Ok, Jimi.
Goodbye.

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Activity 3: Practise and act out the dialogues in pairs.

Dialogue 1:
Mary: Goodbye, Bontu.
Botu: Goodbye, Mary.
Mary: See you tomorrow.
Bontu: See you, too.
Dialogue 2
Bontu: Bye, Mary.
Mary: Bye, Bontu. Have a nice time.
Bontu: Thanks. You, too.

Lesson 6: Greeting and Goodbye

Activity 1: Sing songs of “Greetings” and “Goodbye”
with your teacher.

Activity 2: Practise and perform the following

dialogues.

Dialogue 1
Naboy: Hello Ujulu. How are you?
Ujulu: I’m fine thank you, Naboy.
Naboy: Where are you going?
Ujulu: I’m going to Library.
Naboy: Ok. Goodbye.
Ujulu: Bye, Naboy.

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Dialogue 2
Mrs. Fatuma: Good morning, Hassen.
Hassen: Good morning, Mrs. Fatuma.
Mrs. Fatuma: Please, give this book to your friend,
Obsse.
Hassen: Ok, Mrs. Fatuma.
Mrs. Fatuma: See you, Hassen.
Hassen: See you too.

Section 2: Word Study

Lesson 1: Identifying Words
Activity 1: Listen and repeat the following words after
your teacher.
plant fruit air soil
tree sun flower water
vegetables

Activity 2: Listen to the above words again and point

to the picture below.

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Lesson 2: Matching words with pictures

Activity 1: Tell the name of colours to your friend.

Activity 2: Colour pictures using the colour type

indicated.

Sun Pig Pineapple

Yellow Pink Orange

Spider Star Hair

Brown Red Black

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Section 3: Reading

Lesson 1: Reading Letters

Activity 1: Read and identify the letters Aa, Pp, Ss
and Ww.

Gg Pp Mm Rr
Qq Cc Aa Bb
Ww Dd Jj Tt
Yy Ee Ff Ss

Activity 2: Tell the correct arrangement of the

following letters.

W A P S
Lesson 2: Sounds of letters a, p, s, and w
Activity 1: Read the following words with your friend.

a- apple ask arm

p- people police plant
s- soil sack sun
w- water wood window

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Activity 2: Read the name of the pictures below to

your friend..

plant parrot penguin

strawberry Star Sun

water watch window

avocado ant axe

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Lesson 3: Practising sentences with ‘Have’ and

‘Has’
Activity 1: Practise asking and answering the
questions below.

What do you have? I have a

watermelon.
Watermelon

What does she She has a

have? watermelon.
Watermelon

What do they They have

have? pumpkin.
Pumpkin

What does he He has a pumpkin.

have?
Pumpkin

What do we have? We have a stool.

Stool

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Activity 2: Put the words in correct order.

1. have book I a ___________________

2. apple has She a _____________________
3. an They orange have _________________
4. has a He dog _______________________

Lesson 5: Practising conversations

Activity 1: Practise and act out the dialogues below
with your friend.

Dialogue 1
Student 1: Good morning.
Student 2: Good morning.
Student 1: What are you doing?
Student 2: I’m reading a book.
Student 1: Ok. Goodbye.
Student 2: Goodbye.

Dialogue 2
Semira: Hello Samuel. How are you?
Samuel: I’m fine thank you, and you?
Semira: I’m fine. Where are you going?
Samuel: I’m going to a shop.
Semira: Ok. See you soon.
Samuel: See you too.

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Section 4: Writing
Lesson 1: Copying Letters
Activity 1: Copy the capital letters A, P, S and W.

A ___ P ___ S ___ W ___

Activity 2: Copy the small letters a, p, s and w.

a ___ p ___ s ___ w ___

Lesson 3: Copying sentences and rearranging

words

Activity 1: Copy the following sentences.

1. I have a book. ______________________________

2. She has a book. _____________________________
3. He has a pen. _______________________________
4. We have two pencils. _________________________

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Activity 2: Put the words in correct order and rewrite

them.
1. tomorrow you See. __________________________
2. afternoon Good. ____________________________
3. name is My Senayit. _________________________
4. is my This brother. __________________________
5. name His Abel is. ___________________________

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UNIT 5 Domestic Animals

donkey
Horse
Camel

Goat
Horse

Dog
Ox

Cat
Cow
Hen

Section 1: Oral Language

Lesson 1: Listening and repeating sounds

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Activity 1: Listen and repeat the sounds of letters c,

d, g, h, and o.

Letter as in the word picture

cow
c
Dog
d
goat
g

horse
h
ox
o

Activity 2: Blend the letters and read the words to

your friend.

1. o x 5. c a t
2. c o w 6. h e n
3. d o g 7. c a m e l
4. g o a t 8. h o r s e

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Activity 3: Listen to the voice of each domestic

animals and match with their names.
cat

cow

dog

donkey

Ox

goat

horse

hen

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Activity 4: Listen to your teacher and write the names

of domestic animals.

This is a _________.

This is a _________.

This is a _________.

This is a _________.

This is an____________.

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Lesson 2: Talking about favourites and likes

Activity 1: Listen and repeat the expressions given
below.

like… I like….
favourite…. My favourite…is….

I like ox the most.

My favourite domestic animal is an ox.
The domestic animal which I like the
most is an ox.

I like camel the most.

My favourite domestic animal is camel.
The domestic animal which I like the
most is Camel.

Activity 2: Tell the domestic animal that you like the

most.
Example: Which domestic animal do you like the most?

I like cow the most.

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Question: Which domestic animal do you like the most?

I like ________ the most.

I like ________ the most.

I like ________ the most.

I like _______ the most.

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Activity 3: Ask and tell your favourite domestic animal

in pairs.

My favourite domestic animal is ….

Example: What is your favourite domestic animal?

My favourite domestic animal

is a cow.

Question: What is your favourite domestic animal?

My favourite domestic
animal is _____.

My favourite domestic
animal is ________.

My favourite domestic
animal is ________.

My favourite domestic
animal is ________.

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Activity 4: Tell your likes or favourites in pairs.

The domestic animal which I like the most…

Examples: Which domestic animals do you like the most?

The domestic animal which I like the

most is cat.

Question: Which domestic animals do you like the most?

The domestic animal which I like the

most is ____.

The domestic animal which I like the

most is ____.

The domestic animal which I like the

most is ____.

The domestic animal which I like the

most is ____.

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Lesson 3: Using ‘Wh’ words in questions

Activity 1: Say the following words after your teacher.

What Where Why How

Who Which When

Activity 2: Listen and say the following sentences

after your teacher.

1. What is a domestic animal?

2. What does a domestic animal eat?
3. Where does a domestic animal live?
4. Why do we need a domestic animal?
5. How does a domestic animal grow?
6. Which domestic animal do you have at home?
7. Who feeds your domestic animal?
8. When was your domestic animal bought/born?

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Activity 3: Practise and act out the following in

dialogue.

Dialogue
Sara: Do you have a domestic animal at home?
Akmel: Yes
Sara: What is it?
Akmel: I have a sheep. Which domestic animal do you
have?
Sara: I have a hen.
Akmel: Who bought it for you?
Sara: My mother.
Akmel: How much did she buy it?
Sara: She bought it for 100 birr. Where did you get the
sheep?
Akmel: My father bought it for me.
Sara: Why did he buy you a sheep?
Akmel: Because, I like a sheep the most

Lesson 4: Count and Tell

Activity 1: Listen and say the numbers from 0 (zero)
to 10 (Ten) after your teacher.

Numbers

0 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10

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Activity 2: Count the number of domestic animals in

the pictures and tell orally.

There is _____ cow in the picture.

There are ____ cows in the

picture.

There are ____ hens in the

picture.

There are ____ goats in the

picture.

There are _____ cows in the

picture.

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There are _____sheep in the

picture.

There are ______cats in the

picture.

There are ___ horses in the

picture.

There are ___ dogs in the picture.

There are ____ camels in the

picture.

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Lesson 5: Expressions: ‘There is …’ and ‘There

are…’
Activity 1: Say the following expressions after your
teacher.

There is…
There are….

There is a book on the table.

There is a cat on the sofa.

There are pens in the bag.

There are cups on the coffee table.

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Activity 2: Talk about the domestic animals in my

village.

Use ‘there is…’ and ‘there are…’

Example: There is a goat in my village.

There is 1 ____ in my village.

cow

There is 1 ______ in my village.

cat

There is 1 ________ in my
village. ox

There is 1 _____ in my village.

hen

There are 3 ______ at my

village.

goats

There are 2______ at my village.

dogs

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Section 2: Word study

Lesson 1: Domestic animals
Activity 1: Study the following words.
camel cat cow hen
dog donkey goat
horse ox sheep

Activity 2: Match the words with pictures of domestic

animals.
The first one is given as an example.
Animals Pictures
camel

cat

cow

dog

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donkey

goat

Horse

ox

sheep

hen

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Activity 3: Look at the pictures and write their names.

cow dog camel donkey

cat goat horse ox
Example: This is a cat.

1. This is an ___________.
2. This is a ____________.
3. This is a ____________.
4. This is a ____________.
5. This is a ____________.
6. This is a ____________.
7. This is a ____________.
8. This is a ____________.

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Section 3: Reading
Lesson 1: Blending and Reading words
Activity 1: Blend the letters and read the words

Example: c a m e l = camel
a) d o g = ___________
b) c a t = ____________
c) H o r s e = ___________
d) g o a t = ____________
e) d o n k e y =___________
f) h e n =____________

Activity 2: Read the coloured initial small and capital

letters in the words.

camel dog horse

Camel Dog Horse
cat donkey ox
Cat Donkey Ox
cow goat
Cow Goat

Activity 3: read the words and show the pictures to

your friends.

camel dog horse

cat donkey hen
cow goat bull

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Section 4: Writing
Lesson 1: Copying letters and words
Activity 1: Look at the pictures and write the missing
letters in the following words.

No Name of animals Pictures

1 __ow

2 __og

3 __orse

4 __oat

5 __amel

6 __x

7 __at

8 __onkey

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Activity 2: Copy the following words into your exercise

book.
1. dog 4. ox
2. goat 5. cat
3. cow 6. horse

Activity 3: Unscramble the letters to write words.

Example: ykdeno = donkey

1. tca __________
2. ocw _________
3. gdo _________
4. tgao _________
5. nhe ___________

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UNIT 6 Hot and Cold

Weather

Section 1: Oral Language

Lesson 1: Talking about weather in English
Activity 1: Listen and repeat the following letters.

Cc Ff Hh Rr Ss Ww

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Activity 2: Listen to the sounds of the letters and

match with the words.

Letters Picture
c

carrot
f

flower
h

hen
r

rat
s

sun

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Activity 3: Listen to your teacher and repeat the

words.

Cold Cloud Fogy Hot

Rain Sun Wind

Activity 4: Listen and say out the following words

aloud.

1. Hot
2. Cold
3. Rainy
4. Windy
5. Sunny
6. Foggy

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Lesson 2: Telling words from pictures

Activity 1: Look at the pictures and write the words in
the table.

Words of weather
Hot weather cloudy day, windy day

sunny day cold weather rainy day

Pictures words

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Hot weather

Activity 2: Talk about weather using the following

words.

Sunny, cloudy, rainy, windy, foggy, hot, cold

Example
Today is sunny.
It is sunny today.
1. This morning, the weather is _____________.
2. It is _________ in the afternoon.
3. In the morning, the weather is ___________ in this
town.
4. In Gambella, the weather is ___________________.

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Activity 3: Talk about the weather of days using the

following expressions.

Example: It is foggy.
Today is sunny.
Expressions Words
It is …………….. hot, cold, rainy, sunny,
It is ……….. today. cloudy
Today is …………….

It is…………. today.
It is ……………..
It is…………. today
It is ……….. today
Today is …………….

Section 2: Word study

Lesson 1: Words with initial letters of h, c, w, r, f,
s, and c.
Activity 1: Study the following words with their initial
letters.
h hot
c cold
w weather
r rainy
f fog
s sun
c cloud

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Activity 2: Match the words with the correct initial

letter.

hot c
cold r
weather h
rainy s
fog w
sun f

Section 3: Reading
Lesson 1: Reading Words
Activity 1: Read the following sounds and words aloud.
sounds words
h hot
c cold
r rain
s sun

Activity 2: Reorder the letters to read the words.

1. t o h
2. l o c d
3. n s u
4. a i r n

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Lesson 2: Sentences with is, am, are, was, and

were
Activity 1: Read the following sentences aloud.

- Today is hot.
- I am cold.
- Yesterday was cold.
- It is rainy.
- Today is cloudy.
- Yesterday was sunny.
- Today is windy.
- The trees were dry.

Activity 2: Complete and read the sentences.

is am are was were

1. I ______ cold.
2. She _______ a student.
3. Two pens _____ on the table.
4. Yesterday ______ rainy.
5. Yesterday, we _____ in the class.

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Section 4: Writing
Lesson 1: Blending letters and writing words
Activity 1: Blend the letters and write words.
Example: wea ther = weather
1. co ld = _____________
2. win dy = ____________
3. sun ny = ____________
4. ra in = _____________
5. fog gy = _____________
6. ho t = ______________
7. clou dy = ______________
8. rai ny =_________________

Activity 2: Spell out the following words as shown in

the example.
Example: sun = s-u-n
1. hot = __________
2. cold = __________
3. sunny= __________
4. rain = __________
5. cloud = __________

Lesson 2: Dictation
Activity 1: Listen to your teacher and write the
missing letters.
1. ___ot 3. __loud 5. __ainy
2. __unny 4. __indy 6.___old

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Activity 2: Listen to your teacher and write the words

into your exercise book.

Activity 3: Listen to your teacher and write the short

sentences.

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UNIT 7 My Role Model

Section 1: Oral Language

Lesson 1: Sounds of letters c, f, h, r, s and w
Activity 1: Listen and match the sounds of letters c, f,
h, r, s and w with the words and pictures.

Sounds words picture

cup
c
football
f
hero
h

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runner
r

seasaw
s

window
w

Activity 2: Listen and write the name of the pictures.

Sounds of Pictures Words

letters
_________
c
_________
f
_________
h

r _________

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s _________

w _________

Lesson 2: Talking about role models

Activity 1: Listen to your teacher and sing the song
“My hero”.
Activity 2: Practise and act out the following dialogue.

Girma: Who is your role model, Yanet?

Yanet: My mother is my role model.
Girma: Why?
Yanet: She always works hard. Who is your role model,
Girma?
Girma: My role model is my big sister.
Yanet: Why?
Girma: She studies very hard.

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Activity 3: Practise telling your role model to your

teacher

Teacher: Who is your role model in your life,

Bekele?
Bekele: My English teacher is my role model.
Teacher: Why?
Bekele: He always comes on time.
Lesson 3: Using who, what, how and why to ask questions

Activity 1: Practise and act out the dialogue in pairs.

Lambebo: Who is your role model?
Fatuma: My father is my role model.
Lambebo: Why do you say that?
Fatuma: He is my good example. He always speaks
truth. Who is your role model?
Lambebo: My mother is my good example.
Fatuma: How?
Lambebo: She is a hard worker.

Activity 2: Tell your role model to your friend in pairs.

A: Who is your role model?

B: My role model is__________
What about yours?
A: My role model is my ____________
B: Why?
A: _____________________

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Lesson 3: Listening to a short text

Activity 1: Listen to your teacher and tell your friend
about Kenenisa.

1. Before you listen, discuss the following questions.

Who is the man in the picture?
What does he do?
2. Listen to your teacher carefully.

An Ethiopian Athletic hero

Activity 2: Listen to the story again and fill the blank

spaces by choosing words from the table below.
June 23, 1982 distance runner Arsi

Example: Kenenisa was born on June 23, 1982.

1. Kenenisa Bekele is an Ethiopian _______.
2. Kenenisa is _________ distance runner.
3. Kenenisa was born in __________.

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Lesson 4: Using expressions for telling role models

Activity 1: Say the following expressions after your
teacher.
- My role model is …
- My good example is …
- My hero is …

Activity 2: Tell your teacher about your role model.

Examples:
a) Derartu Tullu is my role model. She was born in Arsi.
She is a popular long distance running woman.
b) My hero is my father. He is a hard worker.
c) My elder brother is my good example. He is a clever
student.
1. My role model is……..
2. My good example is …….
3. My hero is…
4. My brother is my good example. He is ….
5. My dad is my role model. He is …

Section 2: Word Study

Lesson 1: Words of Role Models
Activity 1: Practise saying the following words with
your teacher.
honest hero
brave great
strong winner
fear kind

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Activity 2: Fill in the blank spaces using the words

from the table.

brave hero great winner medalist

1. Kenenisa Bekele is an Ethiopian ________in athletics.

2. He is a gold___________.
3. Ethiopians are ___________. They defeated Italians.
4. Jamal is the 100 metres Olympic __________.
5. Ethiopia has many____________________ runners.

Section 3: Reading
Lesson 1: Reading the sounds of letters b, h, d and w
Activity 1: Read the following sounds of letters b, h, d,
w, g, m, and r aloud after your teacher.

b d g h m r w

Activity 2: Blend and read the spelling of the following

words aloud.

1. b r a v e = brave
2. h e r o
3. w i n n e r
4. r u n n e r

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Activity 3: Blend the sounds to read the words.

1. bra ve = brave
2. he ro =
3. win ner =
4. run ner =

Activity 4: Read the following words with the pictures.

Sounds of letters Word Picture

ball
b
duck
d

hat
h

wall
w
grasshopper
g
mouse
m
W

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Section 4: Writing
Lesson 1: Writing Beginning Letters
Activity 1: Write the missing capital letters to
complete the words using B, H, W, G, M.

Example: B AG _H OUSE

1__ ALL 4__ OLD

2__ OT 5__OON
3__ ORD

Activity 2: Write the missing small letters to complete

the words using b, h, g, w, m.

Example: _g_irl _w_ater

1__all 4__old
2__ot 5__oon
3__ord

Lesson 2: Writing Short Sentences

Activity 1: Copy the following sentences into your
exercise book.

Example: My sister is my good example.

My dad is my role model.
My mother is my role model.
My brother is my role model.
My sister is my role model.

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Activity 2: Write sentences putting the following

words in the correct order.

1. Parents role are models.

2. role are models Athletes.
3. are role Teachers model.
4. models are role old people.
5. Friends models are role.

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UNIT 8 Caring for Body

Parts

Head Hair
Eye Ear
Mouth Nose

Hand

Finger

Knee
Leg

Foot

Toe

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Section 1: Oral Language

Lesson 1: Identifying words of body parts
Activity 1: Say the following words after your teacher.

head finger hand

nose face neck
ear hair toes
tongue leg teeth

Activity 2: Listen and sing by pointing to your body

parts after your teacher.

Songs of touching body parts

Head, shoulder, knees and toes
Knees and toes
Head, shoulder, knees and toes
Knees and toes
Head, shoulder, knees and toes
And eyes and ears and mouth and nose
Head, shoulder, knees and toes
Knees and toes
And eyes and ears and mouth and nose
Head, shoulder, knees and toes
Knees and toes

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4eueDYPTIg )

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Activity 3: Tell the name of parts of the body.

head

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Lesson 2: Giving care for body parts

Activity 1: Say the following sentences after your
teacher.

We wash our face.

We brush our teeth.
We wash our hands.
We comb our hair.

Activity 2: Tell your teacher what you do for each

body part.

teeth
hair
hand
face
leg

Activity 3: Repeat after your teacher

Teeth ------------- brush our teeth

Hair -------------- comb our hair
Hands ----------- wash our hands
Face ------------- wash our face
Body ------------ wash our body/ take a bath

Activity 4: Sing “This is the way …” song with your

teacher.

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Lesson 3: Talking about body parts

Activity 1: Match the name of body parts with the
pictures.

hand leg eye lip arm

foot nose head ear

Activity 2: Listen to the following song and sing after

your teacher.
I have two eyes,
So I can see
And a nose to smell
I have ten fingers that can touch
They do it very well
I have two ears so I can hear,
The birds are in the trees
I have a tongue inside my mouth
To taste the food I eat
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXXiyIGqliE

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Activity 3: Match body parts with their uses and tell

to your friend.
Body Picture Uses
parts

ear to taste

eye to smell

nose to touch

tongue
to see

finger
to hear

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Lesson 4: Using “This is a…/This is an…”

Activity 1: Look at pictures of body parts and say out
using “This is a …/This is an…

Example: leg

This is a
nose…
an ear an
arm

an eye a
tooth

a mouth a
head

a lip a foot

a neck

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Activity 2: Listen to your teacher and show your body

parts.

1. This is my head.
2. This is my ear.
3. This is my hair.
4. This is my chest.
5. This is my teeth
6. This is my hand.
7. This is my leg.
8. This is my nose.
9. This is my stomach.
10. This is my finger.

Activity 3: Show and tell your body parts to your

teacher.

Example
This is my…leg….
This is my…..

Lesson 5: Greetings and Parting

A: Greetings

Activity 1: Practise and act out the following

dialogues.

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Dialogue 1
Good morning. Good morning
How are you? I am fine, thank you.
What is your name? My name is Aster.
My name is Derartu. What about yours?

Dialogue 2
Bona: Good afternoon, Sarah.
Kiya: Good afternoon, Bona.
Bona: How are you?
Sara: I am fine thank you, and you?
Bona: I am very well; thank you.
Dialogue 3
Mary: Good morning, Obse.
Obse: Good morning, Mary. How are you?
Mary: I am fine; thank you, and you?
Obse: I am very well; thank you.

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B.Parting

Activity 2: Practise and act out the following dialogue.

Dialogue

Goodbye, Alfaki. Goodbye,

Husen.
See you,
tomorrow See you, too

Dialogue 2

Goodbye Goodbye

Haile: Goodbye, Ayantu. Ayantu: Goodbye, Haile.

Haile: Have a nice Ayantu: Thank you. You,
weekend. too
Haile: See you on Monday. Ayantu: See you, too.

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Lesson 6: Self Introduction

Activity 1: Listen and say the following expressions of
self-introduction.

Example:
Let me tell you my name.
My name is………..
I am……..
My father is ……………
My mother is …..
I have __ brothers and sisters

Activity 2: Listen and rehearse the following self-

introduction.

Let me tell you my name. Let me tell you my

My name is Ayele. I’m name. My name is
a student. My father is Azeb. I’m a student.
a farmer. My mother My father is a teacher.
is a merchant. I have My mother is a nurse.
two brothers. I have no I have one brother
sisters. and two sisters.

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Lesson 7: Responding to simple instructions

Activity 1: Listen and act out after your teacher.

sit down stand up come here

shut the door Open the window open your book

Activity 2: Order your friend to do the following.

1. Sit down.
2. Stand up.
3. Come here.
4. Open your book.
5. Shut the door.
6. Open the window.

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Lesson 8: Introducing self and family

Activity 1: Listen and say the following after your
teacher.
My name is Marta.
I am a grade 1 student.
This is my brother.
My father’s name is Chala.
My mother’s name is Agartu.

Activity 2: Practise the dialogue and act it out.

Awal: Hello my name is Awal. My father’s name is Kedir.

My mother’s name is Marema. I have one brother
and one sister. What about you?
Ansha: Hello my name is Ansha. My father’s name is
Jamal. My mother’s name is Fozia. I have two
brothers and I have no sister.

Activity 3: Practise and act out the following dialogue.

Kedir: Hello. My name is Kedir. What is your name?

Menedo: My name is Menedo.
Kedir: Do you have brothers and sisters?
Menedo: Yes, I have 1 brother and 2 sisters. What about
you?
Kedir: I have 3 sisters. My father is a teacher. What
about yours?
Menedo: My father is a farmer.
Kedir: Good to meet you, Menedo.
Menedo: Good to meet you, too.

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Section 2: Word Study

Lesson 1: Personal Pronouns
Activity 1: Listen and repeat the following pronouns
after your teacher.

I We You He She They It

Activity 2: Repeat the sentences after your teacher.

I am a student.
We are in class.
You are 7 years old.
He is in grade 1.
She is tall.
It is my pencil.
They are clever.

Activity 3: Practise saying the following expressions.

I am… He is… We are…

She is… You are….
It is… They are

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Activity 4: Match column A with column B.

Column A Column B
1. I is
2. We
3. You am
4. She
5. He are
6. It
7. They

Lesson 2: Studying words of body parts

Activity 1: Study the following words referring to
parts of body.

Eye neck
Ear hand
Head leg/foot
Mouth arm
Teeth hair
Nose

Activity 2: Study the uses of some body parts.

Eye is used to see.

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Nose is used to smell.

Hand is used to touch.

Ear is used to hear.

Activity 3: Match body parts to their functions.

1. Eye to hear
2. Nose to see
3. Foot to walk on
4. Mouth to smell
5. Ear to eat/chew

Section 3: Reading
Lesson 1: Reading letters
Activity1: Read the following capital and small letters.

E I J Q V
e I j q v
K N U X Z
k N u x z

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Activity 2: Read aloud the following words with your

teacher.

bag book

Chair desk

Duster eraser

Pen pencil

ruler table

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Activity 3: Match the capital letters with their small

letters.

Capital letters Small letters

E q
J n
K e
I j
N u
Q z
U x
V v
X k
Z i

Activity 4: Blend the letters and read the words

1. e l p h a n t =______________
2. i r o n=______________
3. j e t=______________
4. k a n g r o =______________
5. n o s e =______________

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Activity 5: Read the words and match with the

pictures.
e elephant

i iron

j Jet

k kangaroo

n nose

q queen

u umbrella

v village

x xylophone

z zebra

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Section 4: Writing
Lesson 1: Writing words
Activity 1: Write the missing initial letters of the
following words.

h, e, n, f, l

1__ead 3__ose 5__oot 7__inger

2__ye 4__and 6__eg 8___ar

Activity 2: Copy the following words into your exercise

books.

1. Neck 4. Nose
2. Hair 5. Lips
3. Head 6. Teeth

Activity 2: Write words by joining the letters given in

the table. Similar colours go together.

Example: n o s e
a e m o f n
l r g e i e
n s e t g r
m u o h r a
1.________________ 4. _____________
2.________________ 5. _____________
3.________________

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Activity 4: Order the letters to write correct words on

your exercise book.

1. lge = ___________
2. hnad = ___________
3. ootht = ___________
4. aehd = ___________
5. seno = ___________

Lesson 2: Using “am, is and are”

Activity 1: Write sentences from the table.

Examples
- I am a student. I am in grade one.
- The teacher is in class.
- Chaltu is nine years old.
- Tigist is in grade one.
- Rehima is short.
- You are students.
I am 1.
He is in grade 2.
one 3.
She is
It is my pen 4.
They are 5.
We are in grade 6.
You are one 7.

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Activity 3: Write the words from the table to fill the

blanks in the sentences below.

am is are

1. Bontu ____________ my sister.

2. I ____________in grade one.
3. Bontu and Rahel____________ my sisters.
4. Melkamu and Seifu ____________ in my class.
5. Dave ____________ a clever student.

Lesson 3: Sentence writing

Activity 1: Write short sentences into your exercise
book using the words in the table.

eyes foot mouth hand ears teeth Two arms

Example:
This is my nose. I use my nose to smell.
I have two arms. I use them to do something.
1. This is my…………… I use it to/for……

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Activity 2: Write sentences about the classroom

materials using the expressions ‘has’ and ‘have’

Example: I have a pencil. Ayantu has a compass.

pen

book

pencil

bag

ruler

chair

table

desk

duster

eraser

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Activity 3: Match the following verbs (am is are) with

the pronouns given and write simple sentences.

is am are

Example: It is.
1. I ____
2. We____
3. She ______
4. He _______
5. You _______
6. They________
7. It _________

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