UNIT ONE: LISTENING AND SPEAKING – LEARN ENGLISH STANDARD TWO NOTES

UNIT ONE: LISTENING AND SPEAKING – LEARN ENGLISH STANDARD TWO NOTES

Using singular and plural forms

• Singular means one thing
• Plural means more than one thing To make plural add

an –s

Examples

Dog	–	dogs
Cat	–	cats
Chair	–	chairs
Book	–	books
Pencil	–	pencils
Car	–	cars
Friend	–	friends
Tree	–	trees
Pen	–	pens
Cup	–	cups
Table	–	tables
Shoe	–	shoes
Flower	–	flowers
Phone	–	phones
Computer –		computers
Shirt –		shirts
Bird –		birds

–es

We add -es to words ending s, x, z, ch, sh and o

Fox	–	foxes
Box	–	boxes
Tomato	–	tomatoes
Bus	–	buses
Dish	–	dishes
Church	–	churches
Watch	–	watches
Class	–	classes
Potato	–	potatoes
Glass	–	glasses

Dress – dresses

Wish – wishes

Fish – fishes

– ies

We add ies to words ending y

Puppy	–	puppies
Burry	–	berries
City	–	cities
Country	–	countries
Story	–	stories
Fly	–	flies
Family	–	families
Study	–	studies
Library	–	libraries
Copy	–	copies
Baby	–	babies

Objects and things found at home

Read aloud the pairs of words in the table

A table showing plural and singular

Complete the following sentences

Make one sentence for each of the following pictures

Objects found at school

Read the following pairs of words orally

Look at pictures in the table, then say the number of objects in each picture

Objects and things found in other environment

Read the following pairs of words

Look at the pictures in the table, the make one sentence

Count the objects and things in each picture in the table, the fill in their numbers in the blanks.

Look at the picture in the table. Then, answer the questions for each picture.

Change the following words to singular or plural form

Change the following word sentences in plural form

DAYS OF THE WEEK

There are seven days in a week These are:

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Short forms

Days of the week

Sunday – Sun.

Monday – Mon.

Tuesday – Tue.

Wednesday – Wed.

Thursday – Thur

Friday – Fri

Saturday – sat.

Activity 1

Write the names of days in short a) Friday ________________

Wednesday ____________________

Saturday ________________

Monday ____________________

Write in full

sun ________________

Thur ___________________

Wed ________________

Fri __________________

Days we go to school

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Muslims goes to the mosque on Friday

Christian goes to the church on Sunday

Exercise

1. Arrange the following days of the week

2. Fill in the missing letters

Fr___day

T__ ___sday

Su __ __ ay

__ ___ nday

Wed __ ___ day

MONTH OF THE YEAR

There are twelve months in the year

Exercise

1. Which is the last month of the year?
2. Which month comes after march?
3. Which month is between January and march ?
4. Which month comes after July?
5. Which month comes before October?
6. Which month is between October and December?
7. Which month comes before June?
8. Which is the first month of the year?
9. Which is the fourth month of the year?
10. Which month comes after April?

Fill in the gap to match numbers with their appropriate months

Listen and respond appropriately activity

1. Listen and respond to the following instructions

1. Open your exercise book
2. Count one to ten
3. Touch your head
4. Nod your head
5. Raise your hand
6. Put your head in the bag
7. Clean the table
8. Stamp your feet
9. Clap your hands
10. Jump three tines

Activity

2. Ask and respond to the following questions 1. What is your name?

1. How old are you?
2. Which class are you?
3. What is your favorite food?
4. Where do you live?
5. What is your school’s name?
6. How many fingers do you have?
7. What do you like to do when you are free?
8. What is your favourite game?
9. Where do you go when you are sick?

Talking about dally activities

Talk about time and activities based on the following pictures

Activity 2

Practice the conversation below using the words or phrases in the following table

Wake up	Go to bed	Do homework
Take lunch	Go to school	Watch tv
Tae dinner	Play football	Wash your clothes

a) What do you do in the morning?

I _____________ in the morning

b) What do ypu do in the afternoon?

I _____________ in the afternoon/

c) What do you do in the evening?

I ______________ in the eveing

d) What do you do at night?

I ___________ at night

e) What do you do over the weekend?

I ____________ over the weekend

What do you normally do in the following times of the day?

1. Morning
2. Afternoon
3. Evening
4. Night

Answer the following questions orally

1. What do you do after working up in the morning?

_______________________________

2. What kind of transport do you use when going to school?

I go to school _____________________

3. What do you do after school?

_______________ after school

4. What do you do on weekend?

______________ on weekends.

Polite request

The following are polite words

Excuse me

I am sorry

Please

Examples of polite requests in the classroom Excuse me Asha, can I borrow your pen?

Could you please leave that seat for me?

Excuse me, madam, can you repeat the sentence?

Excuse me sir, may I come in?

At the restaurant

Excuse me, can sit at this table?

Excuse e, can I get more sugar?

Practice using polite language to do the following

In a daladala

Would you drop me at the next station/ Would you mind if I opened the window?

Shopping

Good morning. Can I get a kilo of sugar?

Can you please give me my change?

Practice using polite language using to do the following

1. Ask your partner to lend you an umbrella.
2. Ask you partner to tell you where the toilet is
3. Ask your partner to lend you 500 shillings
4. Ask your partner to accompany you to the teacher’s office
5. Ask your partner to open the window
6. Ask your partner to lend you a pencil
7. Ask your partner if you can sit with him or her
8. Ask your partner to tell you where the playground is.
9. Ask your partner to help you with homework

I TELL STORIES

Read the following story aloud

The dog and the bone

Once upon a time, there was a dog. He usually walked on the streets looking for food. One day, he found a fresh bone on the street. In the river, he saw another dog. It had a bone in the mouth. He wanted that bone too. He opened his mouth to grab it. The bone he was holding fell into the river. He finally found the truth. The dog in the river was his own shadow. That night, he went home hungry.

The lazy boy

There was a boy called Juma. He was so lazy. He could not even change his clothes. There was a mango tree outside their house. One day, he wanted to eat some of the mangoes. But he did not climb the tree. So, he lay under the tree waiting for mangoes to fall. Juma waited staving, but the mangoes never fell.

Activity.

Name the event in each picture. Use the words in the following table

Car accident, fire accident, football match, birthday party, floods

UNIT ONE: LISTENING AND SPEAKING – LEARN ENGLISH STANDARD TWO NOTES

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