1 Anwar’s Dream

words to know
biting using teeth to cut into something
counting saying the numbers one after the other to get to a total
nodding letting your head fall forwards when tired and falling
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It is a hot day. He is sitting

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Anwar is in his garden.
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One, two,
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counting
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ants.
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climbing a
dead tree.
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Is Anwar thinking?
Soon Anwar
No, he is not. Zzzzzzzzzz
is dreaming.
Is he counting
ants? No, he is not.
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Do you dream? a present.
Is he sleeping?
What do you It is for his
Yes, he is!
dream about? mother.

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 chip chip

Anwar is climbing the dead tree. He is chopping it with an axe.

He is sitting on a branch.

CRACK
creak
Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!

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Anwar falls down. Anwar shouts.

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Anwar wakes up. The ants are biting Anwar.

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Ow! Ow! Ow!

Now he is dancing and shouting and running.

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 Exercises
A COMPREHENSION

1. Answer the following questions.

a. Where is Anwar?
b. What is Anwar counting?
c. Where are the ants?
d. What sounds does Anwar make?
e. What happens to Anwar?
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a. Why does Anwar go to sleep?
b. When do you go to sleep? ls
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c. What does Anwar dream about?
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3. Read these sentences aloud. Copy them (in the correct

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order) into your notebook.

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a. Anwar is closing his eyes.

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b. Anwar is counting ants.

c. Anwar is in his garden.
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d. Anwar is dreaming.

Challenge
Have you ever made a present or a
card for your mother? What was the
present? And what did the card say?

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1. Read the words aloud. Do you know what they mean?

garden under banana leaf looking
ant climbing dead counting nodding
closing eye thinking sleeping dream
present mother branch chopping axe
falls shouts wakes biting dance
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2. Read the words again. Now write them in your
notebook. Can you spell them all correctly?
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a basket an egg
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Copy the words from Exercise B.1 into your notebook.

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Write a or an before the name of each thing.

Examples:
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a present an axe
(Do not write ‘a’ or ‘an’ before the words that are not things.)
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 D LISTENING AND SPEAKING

1. Work in pairs or in small groups. Ask a question about

the pictures given below. Let your classmate(s) answer.
a
Example: b C

These are
What are fireworks.
these? We let them off at
What do they do? a party.
They go bang!
Tell me about
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them! They are
noisy.

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a. b. c.
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d. f.
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2. Listen to the words and repeat them aloud. Say the
vowel sounds carefully.
a bag hat rat
e leg bed red
i pit sit nib
o hot not log
u cup bus jug

3. Let a friend say the following words aloud. Listen

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carefully to each word, then write it in the correct list in
Exercise D.2.

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tap
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pot zip
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bun tin

pen man
sun

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E ACTIVITY b C

1. Read the following words, then draw faces to show

them.
happy sad angry me

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2. Write a sentence about each picture.

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My Cat
words to know
catch to take and hold something that is moving
fur the soft thick hair that covers the body of animals
hunts chases other animals for food
smarter 3 cleaner and tidier; more intelligent

I have a cat,
His name is Rish,

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His fur is white,

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And he likes fish.
He hunts and walks, ols
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He’s always out,
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To catch a mouse.
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I play with him,

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And keep him clean;

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A smarter cat,
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You’ve never seen.

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 Exercises
A UNDERSTANDING THE POEM

1. Talk about the following with your teacher and then

write the answers.
a. Is Rish male or female?
(‘Male’ is the word for a boy or man. ‘Female’ is the word
for a girl or woman.)
b. Does Rish have hair or fur? What is it like?
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c. What does Rish do in the house?
d. What do you think Rish does outside the house?

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f. In your own words, say what Rish is like.
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1. Can you hunt like Rish? Find the words. They are all in
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the poem. The letters are jumbled.

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a. tac   b. ruf   c. shif   d. ushoe

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e. usome f. yalp   g. shunt   

h. mane
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PREPOSITIONS
A preposition shows the position between one noun and another.
a
Example: The cat is on the table. b C

under on down up

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Look at the pictures and complete the sentences using the
correct preposition given in the box on page 10.

a. Anwar is the log. b. Anwar is climbing

the tree.
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the leaf.
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D LISTENING AND SPEAKING

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Read the words aloud.

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ch sh a th th
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chip ship thick this
chin shin thin that
chop shop with the
chap shot cloth these

Listen to the sounds of these words. Write as you listen.

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E ACTIVITY b C

Talk about your pets. If you do not have a pet, which pet
would you like? Why? How will you look after it? What will
it eat? Where will it sleep?

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 2 The Lucky Leaf
words to know
cry to shed tears because you are upset or hurt
lost gone missing

R ahila is crying.
She has lost her golden bangle.
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‘Don’t cry, Rahila,’ says Mum. ‘Go and play.’

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Rahila goes outside.

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She sits under the wood-apple tree. It is next to
the wall.
Rahila counts the leaves on the tree.
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One, two, three, four …

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One leaf is falling from the tree.

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The wind blows. It carries the leaf up into the air.

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The leaf is now in front of her.

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Rahila stands up. The wind starts again. The leaf dances up and
down—left and right. It turns and turns! It spins like a top.
It climbs high above the roof!
‘What fun!’ says Rahila.

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Why does Rahila

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Rahila runs after the leaf. run after the leaf?

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It moves in front of her and behind her.
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Soon, the leaf falls into a hole. It is at the side of a rosebush.
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Rahila picks up the leaf. She finds her golden bangle under it.
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Rahila laughs. She takes the bangle and the lucky leaf to
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show Mum.
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 Exercises
A COMPREHENSION

1. Answer the following questions.

a. What does Rahila lose?
b. Where does Rahila sit?
c. What does Rahila do?
d. Where does the leaf fly?
e. Where does the leaf fall?
3 a
b C
f. Why does Rahila laugh?

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a. How many flowers are there on the rosebush?
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b. How many wood-apples are there on the grass?

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c. How many bangles does Rahila have?

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d. How many birds are on the branch?

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e. How many pots are near the wall in the picture on

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page 13?
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3. Fill in the blanks. Challenge

a. is crying. Have you ever lost
b. is falling from the tree. something precious?
c. The wind . Where did you find it?
d. The leaf dances and down— Share your story with
and right. your classmates.
e. Rahila up the leaf.

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 B WORKING WITH WORDS

1. Learn the rhyme. Copy it into your notebook.

Draw some pictures.
One, two, buckle my shoe;
Three, four, knock at the door;
Five, six, pick up sticks;
Seven, eight, lay them straight;
Nine, ten, a big fat hen.
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PREPOSITIONS b C

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Work in pairs. Make some questions about the pictures.
Use the words in the box below. o ls
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Example: How many are there ?

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 D LISTENING AND SPEAKING

1. Listen to the sounds and repeat them aloud. Say the words.

cl sl a
b C ch dr
clap slam chip drop
clip slap chimp dream
class 3 slow check dry

2. Look at the pictures. Now add these words to the lists

above.

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E ACTIVITY a
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1. Read these numbers aloud. Learn to write them.

eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen

sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty

2. Count the items in the boxes on page 18 and write the

numbers in words. Colour the pictures.

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The Mulberry Bush
words to know
bake to cook food, such as a cake, in an oven
early before the usual time
iron to make clothes smooth
sweep to clean something by moving dirt away with a brush or
a broom

Here we go ’round the mulberry bush,

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The mulberry bush,
The mulberry bush.
Here we go ’round the mulberry bush,

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So early in the morning.

These are the jobs we do all week, ls

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Do all week,
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Do all week.
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These are the jobs we do all week,

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So early every morning.

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This is the way we wash our clothes,
Wash our clothes,
Wash our clothes.
This is the way we wash our clothes,
So early Monday morning.

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This is the way we iron our clothes,
Iron our clothes,

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Iron our clothes.

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This is the way we iron our clothes,
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So early Tuesday morning.
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Exercises
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A UNDERSTANDING THE POEM

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1. Talk about the following with your teacher and then

write the answers.
a. Who is speaking in the poem?
b. What jobs do the children have?
c. What do the children do on Tuesday?
d. How many days are there in one
a week?
b C

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 B WORKING WITH WORDS

 his rhyme can be sung. Listen to the song. Learn it. Sing it with
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actions. Here is what happens on the other days of the week:
Wednesday: clean the floor
Thursday: make our food
Friday: mend our clothes
Saturday: bake the bread
Sunday: sing and play
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Work in pairs. Talk about the pictures below.ba C

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Ask questions like this:
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This is . He/she is .
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are doing.
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wash brush go comb

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look sleep read

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carry

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D LISTENING AND SPEAKING

 alk about what you do every week. What do you do at

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home? What do you do at school? What do you do at the
weekend?
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DAYS OF THE WEEK
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Write these days of the week in your notebook. Can you
make a calendar for this month? Find a picture or draw one
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for your calendar. Try to draw pictures of something you

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do each day.
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6 13 20 27
7 14 21 28
1 8 15 22 29
2 9 16 23 30
3 10 17 24
4 11 18 25
Sunday 5 12 19 26
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