David Mills Institut Faraja Bathanie
Boniface Zodaougan
I.F.B.
Tim Doust
ENGLISH FOR AFRICA
Pupils’ book
3
Société d’édition Bobiso - Kinshasa
Pupil : ……………………………………………………………
Teacher: Mihigo Bienfait Trésor and Simplice Ngereza Borauzima
Lesson 1
Coming to school *
Kalenga (a boy in the second form), Mutombo (a new boy), Soki (a
new girl).
Mutombo : Hello, Kalenga.
Kalenga : Hello, Mutombo. How are you?
Mutombo : Fine, thanks. (pointing at Soki) Who’s this?
Kalenga : It’s Soki.
Mutombo : Hello, Soki. My name’s mutombo.
Soki : Hello, Mutombo. Are you going to school?
Mutombo : Yes, I am. Are you in the first form?
Soki : Yes, I am. Are you in Kalenga’s form?
Mutombo : No, I’m not. I’m a new boy. I’m in the first form too.
Kalenga : Have you got your pens and pencils in your bag?
Soki : Yes, I have a new pen and three exercise-books.
Mutombo : I’ve got my exercise-books in my school-bag too.
(opening his bag) Look at them!
Kalenga : Look! There’s our school. There are some boys
and girls standing outside.
Soki : What’s the time, Kalenga?
Kalenga : It’s twenty past seven. Let’s go in.
Lesson 2
In the classroom
Soki, Mutombo, Banda (a new boy), Mr. Kasongo (the English
teacher)
Mutombo : This is my desk, Soki. Where’s yours?
Soki : Here it is. Look, it’s behind yours.
Banda : (coming into the classroom) hello!
Soki : (pointing at Banda) Who are you?
Banda : I’m Banda.
Soki : Oh, I’m Soki. Have you got your exercisebooks?
Banda : No, I haven’t. I haven’t got any.
Mutombo : I’ve got five. Look! Here they are on my desk.
Soki : Where’s the teacher?
Mutombo : I don’t know.
Banda : He’s coming. Look! There he is.
Soki : He’s got a big bag in his hand.
Mr. Kasongo : (coming into the classroom) Good morning,
boys and girls.
Boys and girls : (standing up) good morning, sir
Mr. Kasongo: Sit down, everybody. I’m Mr. Kasongo, your English
teacher. Here’s your timetable. We have English
on Mondays and Tuesdays at twenty past ten. On
Thursdays and Fridays at ten past nine and on
Saturdays at half past seven. Here are your
English textbooks. Now let’s do some work.
Lesson 3
Break
Soki, Mutombo, Banda, Kalenga, Okito (a fourth-form boy).
Mutombo : Look, Banda! There’s a pen on the floor. Pick it up!
Okito : (coming in) Hey! Who are you? What are you doing?
Give me that pen! It’s mine!
Banda : Ouch! Don’t pull my hair! Don’t push me.
Mutombo : Don’t take that pen. It isn’t yours.
(Soki and Kalenga are standing outside)
Soki : Look at that big boy pulling Banda’s hair.
Kalenga : Where?
Soki : In the classroom. Look! There they are.
Kalenga : That big boy wearing a khaki shirt and trousers?
Soki : Yes. Who is he?
Kalenga : That’s Okito. He’s in the fourth form. I don’t like him.
Soki : Look! He’s taking Banda’s pen.
Kalenga : Oh dear! There’s the bell. It’s twenty past ten.
Soki : When do we go home for lunch?
Kalenga : At one o’clock, and we have games in the afternoon at
four o’clock.
Soki : Look! Everybody’s going into the classroom.
Kalenga : Yes, your French teacher’s coming.
Soki : Where is she?
Kalenga : There she is. The tall woman in the red dress.
Soki : Well, I’m going. Goodbye, Kalenga.
Kalenga : Goodbye, Soki.
Lesson 4
Going home
Soki, Mutombo, Banda,Mr. Rissassi (the Maths teacher).
(Banda, Mutombo and Soki are having a maths lesson).
Mr. Rissassi: Ah, good. There’s the bell. It’s one o’ clock.
Put your things in your school-bag.
Mutombo, put the chalk in the box, and bring me the box,
please. Banda, here’s the duster. Go and clean the black
board. Goodbye, see you tomorrow.
Banda : Where’s my sandal?
Mutombo : What color is it?
Banda : It’s black.
Soki : There’s a sandal under the teacher’s table.
Banda : Where?
Soki : Look – there! Is it yours?
Banda : Oh yes, it is.
Mutombo : Here you are – take it.
Banda : Thank you, Mutombo.
Mutombo : Come on, let’s go home now.
Soki : Here’s Kalenga.
Kalenga : Hello. How are you?
Mutombo : Fine, thanks. Are you going home?
Kalenga : No, I’m not. I don’t go home for lunch.
I have lunch at school.
See you this afternoon. Goodbye.
Mutombo : This afternoon?
Kalenga : Yes, we have games on Mondays afternoon.
Mutombo : Oh, good see you this afternoon.
Soki : Come on, Mutombo. Let’s go home for lunch.
Lesson 5
The Maths lesson
(Banda, Massamba are outside Massamba’s classroom).
Banda : What’s the time, Massamba.
Massamba : It’s quarter past twelve.
Banda : Oh, it’s Maths now. Is Mr. Rissassi in my classroom?
Massamba : Yes. Look, there he is. He’s drawing on the black board.
You’re going to be late.
Banda : Oh dear! Goodbye, Massamba.
Mr. Rissassi : Listen – in a minute, you’re going to draw a circle in your
exercisebooks. Look at me I’m going to it on the black
board first… Who are you, boy? Why are you late?
Banda : (running into the classroom) I’m Banda, sir. I’m sorry, sir.
Are you … are you going to punish me, sir?
Mr. Rissassi : No, I’m not going to punish you this time.
Go and sit down, and get out your exercise-book.
Now, look at the blackboard, everybody.
Soki : (putting her hand up) Please, sir, are you going to give us
any home work today?
Mr . Rissassi : No, I’m not – but tomorrow I’m going to give you some
Geometry exercises.
Mutombo : Are you going to have Geometry on Friday too, sir?
Mr Rissassi : No, we aren’t. On Friday we’re going to have Algebra. On
Saturday we’re going to have some Arithmetic. Now,
come on everybody, pick up your pencils, open your
exercise-books, and draw a big circle on the first page.
Lesson 6
Buying some groundnuts
Mutombo, Kalenga, a woman selling groundnuts.
(Kalenga and Mutombo are going home).
Kalenga : Hello, Mutombo.
Mutombo : Hello, Kalenga.
Kalenga : Are you going home?
Mutombo : Yes, I am. I’m going to buy some groundnuts first.
Kalenga : Well, come on. I’m going to have my supper in ten
minutes. Where are you going to buy them?
Mutombo : There’s a woman over there. She’s got a lot of
groundnuts.
Kalenga : That young woman? She hasn’t got many groundnuts.
Mutombo : Yes, she has. Come on.
Mutombo : How much are those groundnuts?
Woman : They’re 10 makutas or 15 makutas for a big tin.
Mutombo : That’s very expensive. There aren’t many groundnuts in
your tin.
Woman : Look, it’s late now. There aren’t many woman selling
groundnuts now.
Mutombo : I haven’t got much money – here’s 5 makutas.
Woman : They’re very good groundnuts. Give me 8 makutas.
Mutombo : All right, here you are.
Kalenga : Well, come on now, Mutombo. I haven’t got much time. I’ve
got a lot of work to do this evening. Have you got much?
Mutombo : I’ve got a lot of homework, but I’m not going to do it
now, because I’m tired. First I’m going to have my supper,
and then I’m going to bed. Here, have some groundnuts!
Lesson 7
Lunch at school
Okito, Dzubu (a fourth-form boy).
(Dzubu is sitting on the big table in the school dining-hall).
Okito : (comingin): What’s for lunch today?
Dzubu : Pounded yam and pepper soup.
Okito : Oh, no! We have pounded yam every day in this school.
Dzubu : Oh, come and sit down. Here’s your plate.
Okito : Hey, where’s my knife?
Dzubu : I don’t know. Here you are – you can have mine.
Okito : Thanks. Now, where’s my fork?
Dzubu : Your fork’s by the bowl of yam. Can’t you see it?
Okito : Oh, yes. Where’s the spoon for the soup?
Dzubu : Here it is.
Okito : No! That’s too small. I want to have a lot of soup to day.
Dzubu : Is this spoon big enough?
Okito : Yes, that’s all right.
Dzubu : Is the soup hot enough for you?
Okito : (eating some soup) Wow! It’s too hot for me. I can’t eat that!
Dzubu : It isn’t too hot. I can’t eat it. Here, drink some water. Give me
your glass.
Okito : Thank you. That’s enough.
Dzubu : Have you go enough pound yam? You haven’t got much on your
place.
Okito : No, but there’s a football match this afternoon. When I eat a
lot of yam: I can’t play football well.
Dzubu : Well, look at Tshibangu! He can’t play football well, and he eats
two bowls of yam every day!
Lesson 8
At the football ground
Kalenga, Mutombo, a boy from school.
(The boys are at the football match. It’s raining)
Kalenga : Come on, Tshibangu! Kick the ball, man! Run!
Mutombo : Tshibangu can’t run fast.
Kalenga : Yes, he is too fast to score goals.
Banda : Look! Can you see that player from the Grammar School?
He’s going to sore!
Kalenga : No, he isn’t. He’s too slow! Okito’s got it.
Mutombo : They haven’t got many good players in their team today.
Boy from the Grammar School : Yes, we have! We’ve got a lot of good
players. Your ground too wet for us. We can’t play well on
a wet ground.
Kalenga : Are there many boys from your school here this afternoon?
Boys from the Grammar School : No, not many. A lot of boys come when
it’s fine, but it’s too cold for them this afternoon
Banda : Come on, Okito! Run! There’s a player behind you.
Kalenga : Hey, we haven’t got much time!
Mutombo : Gosh yes, the teacher’s looking at his watch.
Banda : He’s going to blow his whistle in a minute.
Mutombo : Kick the ball, Okito! Come on, kick it!
Banda : Goal!
Kalenga : Goal!
Mutombo : And there’s the whistle!
Lesson 9
Can you do my homework, dad?
Soki, Soki’s mother, Soki’s father.
(Soki is at home. She’s doing her homework).
Mother : Soki … Soki, can you hear me? Come and help me to pound
some yams, and then go and get some water from the well.
Soki : Oh, Mum – must I help you? I’ve got a lot of work to do for
school.
Mother : Work? You aren’t working! You’re reading a book! You read too
many books!
Father : Now, listen to me, mother! The girl’s at school. She can’t help
you. She’s got too much home work to do.
Mother : Well, all right. But she must work hard at school. It’s very
expensive, and we haven’t got much money.
Father : What home work are you doing, Soki?
Soki : Geometry, dad. This exercise is too difficult for me. I don’t
understand it. Can you help me dad?
Father : You mustn’t ask me, Soki. Ask the teacher tomorrow morning.
Soki : Oh, please, dad! It’s a very long exercise, and I must do it this
evening. The teacher is going to mark it tomorrow.
Father : All right.
Father : Well, now, show your text book. Hmm…yes…hmm…
Soki : Can’t you do it, Dad?
Father : Well … hmm … it’s not very difficult … hmm … You must draw A
line to D. It’s easy!
Soki : Oh thank you, Dad! Now I can go to bed!
Lesson 12
Pl s d to s ou lun ’
here?
Mutombo : Gosh, he is! I must go and talk to him.
Mutombo : Hey, Dad! Stop!
Mr. Ilunga : Hello, Mutombo.
Mr. Ilunga : Yes, I am.
Mutombo : Why, Dad?
Mr. Ilunga : Well, you see oh, look at the time. Here, hold my bicycle. I must
go
Mr. Ilunga : Good morning, Headmaster. How are you?
mily?
Mr. Ilunga : Oh, very well, thank you.
Head : Now, what can I do for you?
working well. What can I do?
Head : You must put him in the boarding-house. Our boarders work
better than the day-
play more games too.
wives and a lot of children.
Lesson 13
Dining in the dormio
t ry
Kalenga, Mputu (a boarder), Okito (a prefect).
five to ten).
Kalenga : Have you got anything to eat, Mputu?
Mputu
Kalenga
boarding-house. Is anyone coming?
Mputu
outside the door. Quick, put the nut under your bed.
Okito
can see something under your bed.
Kalenga
Okito : Yes, there is. (picking up the nuts) Whose are these nuts? You
there is nothing in my mouth.
now
and go to sleep.
Mputu : Gosh, Kalenga, you are
now. What am I going to eat at break tomorrow?
Kal
Lesson 14
The Folk - song Club
Soki, Massamba, Okito, Dzubu.
(Soki and Massamba are going to a meeting of the Folk-song Club).
Massamba : Look at those drums over there.
Soki : I like that one.
Massamba : Which one? The red one?
Soki : Yes. Whose drum is it?
Soki : And the yellow ones by the window? Whose are they?
Soki : All right: give me the small one, and you can have the big one.
Okito : (coming in with a lot of boys and girls) Hey, you girls! If you
want an African song
first, or an American one?
Everybody : An African one!
Dzubu (singing) : Today our club is meeting,
Today our club is meeting,
And Dzubu the famous drummer, the famous singer, is
going to sing and play his drum, his famous.
Lesson 15
The staff meeting
The Headmaster, Mr. Kasongo, Mr. Nzey, Mrs Nkanda.
(All the teachers are in the staff-room. They are having a staff-meeting).
-
master do they work well?
re are two girls
Some boys outside the staff-
Mr. Kasongo : (outside the staff-
better. Banda, come here
Mr. Kasongo : (coming into the staff-
looking at is 3A.
Mr. Nzey : Will all these pupils go up into 4A next year?
Head : Yes, I think so.
Head :M
about is 3A. All right, Mr. Kasongo, the five boys who are at the bottom of the class
Lesson 16
Going home for the holidays
Soki, Mutombo, Banda.
Soki : Are you going home for the long holidays, Banda?
Mutombo : Where do you live?
Banda : I live in a small village near Lubumbashi.
Banda : Well, I
Soki : Onomba.
Mutombo : But what will you do in the holidays? Is there anything to do in
your village?
work!
(Soki, Mutombo and Banda are at the station).
s your train, Banda the big one over there.
Banda : It leaves at ten past ten, I think. I must hurry up.
Soki
Soki : All right. Goodbye. Have a good holiday.
Banda : Thanks. See you next term. Goodbye.
Lesson 17
B in bi stick ’
Shabani)
Banda
Shabani : Was it hot on the train?
Banda : Yes, It was, but i had a seat near the window. There were a lot of
boys from my school going home for the holidays.
Shabani : What about the bus? Were there many people on it?
Banda : Yes, there were. It was very difficult to find a seat. The bus was
full of people going to market. I had a seat between two very fat
women.
Banda : What about you, Bomolo? Are you working well at school?
Bomolo : Of course I am. Last term I was top of my class. I had 75 in English
and 84 in Maths.
Banda : Gosh, well done, Bomolo
Shabani : And what about you, Banda? Were you top of your form too?
had our exams last
Bomolo : Have you got your report?
Shabani : Oh, what was the letter Dad had in his hand yesterday?
Bomo
Banda : Oh, dear! Perhaps it was.
Father : Look at this report, Banda! You were bottom of your form last
term. You had fifteen in Geography, six in French and nought in
Maths! Shabani, bring me my big stick.
Lesson 18
B nd ’s l tt
Shawanga Village
Near Lubumbashi,
Thursday, 4th July.
Dear Mutombo,
How are you? Are you having a nice holiday?
to eat all day.
Monday we worked all day on the farm. We started working before breakfast,
worse than a
French exam!
work on the farm yesterday. I wanted to go and see some friends
who were at primary school with me, but it rained, so I helped Bomolo to
pound cassava. After lunch we climbed some trees, and then we picked some
oranges. In the evening we danced in the vill
night.
What about you? Did you stay at school after end of term? D id you play
football last Saturday, or did it rain? It rained all day here.
se the train
was late.
I wanted to ask you something. Did you pick up my new pen? It was on my
Have a good holiday and write me a letter soon.
Yours,
Banda
Lesson 19
Where B nd ’s t ous s
Banda, Shabani, Bomolo
(Banda is looking for his trousers).
Banda : Shabani, come here! Where are my new trousers?
Shabani : Which ones? The ones you brought home with you from school?
Banda : Yes. I wore them when I went to the football match last Sunday and
then I gave them to you when I came home.
Shabani : Oh, yes! I remember. They were very dirty. I washed them for you
yesterday afternoon.
Banda : Where did you put them?
hut, I think.
Bomolo : Oh, Banda! I know! I saw a monkey here yesterday afternoon. It climbed
down that tree and ran across the compound.
Banda : What did you do?
hungry.
Banda : Well, what did the monkey do?
Bomolo : It picked up something by that hut, and then it went back to the tree.
Banda : Oh dear! Perhaps it took my trousers.
trousers!
sive trousers!
Shabani : Oh, yes ha! ha!
that monkey. Go on! Hurry up!
Lesson 20
sto o kill d ou t c ’
Some school-boys, the
boy met three of his school-friends.
1st boy : Where are you going? You look very sad.
1st boy : Dead! Who killed him ?
3rd boy : He was under a coconut -tree. A coconut hit him on the head and killed him.
1st boy : Who dropped it?
Monkey (up the tree): I did.
4th boy : Then you killed our teacher.
It hen the cat
jumped on top of me, I dropped it.
3rd boy : There he is. Come here,cat!
4th boy : Did you jump on top of the monkey?
Cat : Yes, I did. The dog began chasing me. I was afraid of him, so I climbed up
the tree.
1st boy : Why did you chase the cat?
ran away. The cat saw me and climbed up the tree.
2 d boy : Where are the ants? Come here, ants!
n
4th boy : Fire? What fire?
3rd boy : Where was the fire?
2nd boy : Who made the fire?
e fire.
1st boy : There she is, sitting outside her hut.
He dropped a coconut on his head.
1st boy : The ants ran across the road, and dog ran away.
2nd boy : Then the cat was afraid and climbed up the tree and jumped on top of the
monkey.
4th boy : And the monkey dropped the coconut, and it hit your husband on the head.
Wife : But why did the ants run across the road?
1st boy : Because they were afraid of the fire.
Boys : Why did you make the fire?
Boys : And now he is dead!
