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 CONTENTS

UNIT 1 MY SCHOOL................................1
UNIT 2 MONTHS OF THE YEAR.............21
UNIT 3 TRAFFIC SIGNS.........................34
UNIT 4 RIVERS......................................51
UNIT 5 CASH CROPS.............................66
UNIT 6 CUTTING TREES........................82
UNIT 7 THE NATIONAL FLAG................90
UNIT 8 CLEAN SURROUNDING...........104
UNIT 9 RESPECTING EACH OTHER....112
UNIT 10 POTTERY....................................127
 1 My School
Section One: Listening

Activity 1
Look at the following pictures. Tell the names of the pictures
to your friend.

1 2

3 4

Activity 2
In pairs, list down five objects you find in your classroom.

Example: chair

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Activity Activity
3 pairs, read aloud the following words to each other.
In 5
Now listen to the story once, discuss the following questions in
Then, match pairs.
these words with the pictures below.
1. What is the listening story about?

A. sports B. white C. D. E. arm 2. Does the writer of the story love the school?
Kit board ventilator duster chair 3. Is the writer of the story male or female? How do you know?

3 Activity 6
Look at the following picture of a school. List down two objects
which are found in the story you listened to but not found in
1
the picture.

4 Example: chalk kits

Activity 4
You are ready to listen to a story. What do you think the
story will be about? The title of the story is “My School”.
List down three things you may find in the listening story
and tell your partners.

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Activity Activity
3 Example: NuMber of students in that school 5

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Activity Activity
7
Now, you are going to listen to the story for the second 9
There are two pictures of schools below. Look at them and
time. As you listen, match the words and ideas on the right answer the
with those on the left. After you have completed the questions set after the pictures.
matching, discuss your answers in pairs.
A

A B
........ 1. container or bag A. 500 meters

........ 2. number of students B. female

........ 3. teachers C. kits

........ 4. the writer D. careful and kind

........ 5. big E. the size of

playground
........ 6. distance of school F. double story building
from the writer’s house
G. 300

Activity 8
Say whether the statements are true or false based on the
story that
you have listened to.

1. Some rooms are narrow.

2. The writer is in Grade 3.
B
3. The writer walks to school always.
4. The school has a big garden. 1. Which school is located in a town or in a city?

5. The writer does not have classmates. 2. Which school is located in rural area?

6. The school is located in a remote rural area. 3. Which of the schools do you love most? Why?
4. Which school do you think has better facilities for students?
5. Is school B big or small compared to your school? Why?
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Activity 10
Activity 13
Visit your school compound and complete the following
paragraph. Look at the picture of school below. Describe the picture
to your partner. Use the frame below the picture to

I am a grade.................... The name of my school is ..................

............................................. It is located in ............................
..... The name of the director of my school is ..............................
.......... I go to my school at ............................local time. I go to school with my classmates. I come back from my school at...........
................... local time. Back from school, I study the notes in my
............................... The number of classmates I have is.............
.......................................

describe the school in writing.

Activity 11
Try to draw your school compound in your exercise book.
Indicate all facilities and services in the school as much as
you can. Then, describe the picture to your partner.

Activity 12
Now go in front of your classmates, and speak about your
school in

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The
School school has many things such as , School
like the . I think, this school is not located in
_______________,___________________________,__________
rural area. It is located in area. The school is
, , ,_
different
. Especially I
English. Use the model in Activity 10, to structure/outline from my school because my school doesn’t have ,
your speech.
, and, .

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Section Two: Speaking Activity 3
READING ALOUD NAMES OF OBJECTS Look at the pictures in Activities 1 & 2 and take turns to
play the dialogue below. When you speak, indicate the right
Activity picture with your finger.
1
As you look at the pictures of the following objects, read them aloud
Selam: What is this?
to your partner in turns.
Dechassa This is a garden.
:
Muktar: What is this?

Medina: This is a table.

Zeleke: What is this?

Semira: This is a white

garden plugs des
k Activity 4
ASKING AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS
Match each question with the correct answer. Write the
questions and answers in your exercise book. The answers
Activity 2 are supported with pictures.

See the pictures of Hanna and Mengistu below and ask 1. Where is the library?
one another about the objects. Follow the example. 2. Where is the toilet?
1
3. Where is the staffroom?
4. Where is the
What is this?
director’s office?
This is a desk.

Mengistu Hanna

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Activity 5 Section Three: Reading
Your teacher will show you five pictures of classroom and
school objects. Name the objects as the teacher shows you Activity 1
one by one. Then write down the name of each in your
Tell the meanings of the following words to your partner in
exercise book.
your language.

Activity 6 English In your language

Use the example below and, first write out sentences on the 1. gate
importance of the following classroom and school objects. 2. rest-room
Then, read the sentences you wrote to your class.
3. café
Habtamu: What is a chair used for?
4. library
Lensa: A chair is used for seating on.

1. chair
2. table Activity 2
3. window Match the above words with the pictures given below.

Activity 7
1 2
Now match your answers with the pictures given below.
1 2

4
3 4
3

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Activity 3
Activity 5
Before you read the passage below, guess the meanings
Read the above text again and fill in the following table
of the following words and tell your partner. Then match
with the
those words with the pictures given below.
correct information from the passage.
A. meeting
Facility/service Used for
B. laboratory
laboratories for making experiment
C. hall
library ..................................
D ....................... for drinking tea
.
halls ..................................
Activity 6
Below you find words from the passage above in the wrong
2 3 order.
Reorder them and make up sentences. See the example done
1 for you.

Example : Gate/ school/a/ My/ has/ My school has a gate.

Activity 4
1. Milk/drink/at/café/we/a/ .........................................................
Now read the passage and underline the words you
following spoke 2. Experiment/used/are/laboratories/for/ making
the meaning of .................................................................................................
above. ..

School
3. Rest
rooms/two/are/there/types/of/............................................
hool, we find laboratories, libraries, halls, cafés, and rest-rooms. Laboratories have chemicals. Libraries have books. Halls are used for meeting. We drink tea at cafés. A school can have m
Activity 7
Complete the sentences given below using the most
appropriate word
from the given list.

a) blackboard e) desk i) teacher

b) protractor f) set squares j) compass
c) scotch tape g) clip k) schoolbag
d) test tube h) flask l) funnel

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1. I
School School
my pictures on
the wall.
2. Use
to pour the oil
into the small
container.
3. Put the
chemicals in the
and store it for
long time.

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4. I held all hand-outs together using .....................................
Activity 2
5. Use.....................and draw the lines.
Write out the names (with the correct spelling) of the
6. An instrument for measuring angles is called
following pictures.
.......................
7. Put your exercise book on your...............and stand up! 1 2 3

8. In our school we have excellent..........................and

student
relationship.

Activity 8
Look at the following pictures. Match those pictures with
some of the names of objects given in the table above for
Activity 7.

4 5

Activity 3
Below in the box are given words taken from the listening
and reading stories in this unit. Use the most appropriate
word to fill in the following blank spaces.

wide loving charging teaches located chalk kit

1. I have a very...........................mother.
Section Four: Vocabulary
2. English teacher.........................very well.
PRONUNCIATION 3. Our classroom is very ..............................
4. My phone is not...................today.
Activity 1 5. My house is...................near my school.
See the list of school and classroom objects given in the
6. All teachers have..................with them.
Table in Activity 7 above. First let your teacher read them
aloud for you. Then, you read them aloud or pronounce
them.
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Section Five: Grammar
Can and Could
ASKING FOR AND OFFERING PERMISSIONS
ActWiveitcyan2also use can and could to ask for permission.
TakWe etuursnesctaonrtooleaspklafoyr tpheermdiisaslioognuteosdyoosuomcoenthstinrgu:cte
above.
May
Can I ask a question, please?
Can we go home now?
Study the following ways of asking for permission.
May I go out of the class? You may. Could is more formal and polite than can:
May I get into the room? You may. Could I ask a question, please?
May I go with you to the cinema? No, you may not. Could we go home now?
We use May when we ask someone for permission. We also use may for giving permission. But when we do not allow permission, we use may not. Remember, ma

Activity 2
Study the notes given in the box above and ask as much
permission as possible to get the following services. Use Can,
Could and May.

loving wide located

chalk kit charging teach
Activity 1
Use “May I” expression. Ask permissions for use of the
following classroom objects. Use the example given below.
Example: Use Hanna’s pencil
Example:
Student: May I use the teacher’s table please? Can I use Hanna’s pencil?
Teacher: Yes, you May. 1. To go home for lunch
.........................................................................
Materials Asking for Giving/granting
permission permission 2. Use Neamin’s phone
1 clip .........................................................................
2 bag 3. Speak in French
3 dusk ........................................................................
4 ruler 4. Go to the rest room
5 compass .........................................................................
6 eraser 5. Attend the concert

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THE USE OF CAPITAL AND SMALL LETTERS
Full Stop (Period) and Question Marks
Capital and Small Letters
We use capital letters in English:
In English we always use a full stop (.) at the end of most of the sentence
to start a sentence,
Look at the following examples.
to start each first word of a proper noun,
Bewuketu went to school yesterday.
to start a title,
I respect all my classmates.
to start the first word of names of events and periods,
We wear face-masks to protect ourselves from Corona virus.
to write the pronoun I,
What is your name?
to start names of locations,
to start the first word of family relationships, months, holidays and days, etc.

Activity 3 9. sahara is the largest desert.

In your exercise book, write down all the 26 alphabets of 10. kejela has a pet named jet.
English both
in small forms (small letters) and capital forms (capital
letters).

Activity 4
Copy down the following sentences into your exercise
books. Then,
capitalise the words where necessary.

1. river Abay originates from ethiopia.

2. india is the biggest democratic country in the world.
3. I love to visit japan.
4. dechassa and demitu have moved to nejo.
5. do you know where bontu lives?
6. mohammed wants to be a doctor.
7. yesterday I went to see doctor mustefe.
8. my brother and his family live in new york.

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Activity 5
School School

Put a period (.) or question mark(?) as appropriate at the end

of each
of the following sentences.

1. We ate a nice breakfast

2. Will you go to school tomorrow
3. Tell your father to buy you a textbook
4. Can I use your pen
5. Who are some of the famous athletes in Ethiopia

Section Six: Writing

THE SPELLING OF CLASSROOM
OBJECTS

Activity 1
Listen to the following ten words read out loud by your
teacher. Write
down the words you hear with their correct spelling.

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Activity 2 Months of the Year

Complete the following words with the missing letters to make them correctly spelled words.

Section One: Listening

Example: schoo l :
1. d_re_to_ Activity 1
2. c_as_roo Before you listen to the text, answer the following questions.
m Work in pairs or groups.
3. de_k 1. What makes the month of September different from other
4. p_ri_d months?
2. When is the Ethiopian New Year Holiday?
SENTENCE CONSTRUCTION
3. Do you like the Ethiopian New Year Holiday? Why?

Activity 3 Activity 2
Write three complete sentences of your own. Each sentence
As you listen to the text, answer the following questions.
must have only four words. Write down the sentences in the
Then, tell your answers to the class.
table below. Use the given classroom materials to make up
1. When does the Ethiopian New Year begin?
sentences. See the example.
2. Do Ethiopians celebrate the first day of September?
Classroom objects Sentence 3. What do parents buy for their children for the new year
holiday?
pencil Example: I have a pencil.
4. Parents do not spend a lot of money in September? True/
ruler
False?
compass
whiteboard
lunch bag

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Activity 3
Activity 2
The teacher reads aloud the text for the second time. Say
In pairs, ask and answer questions about the days of the
whether the statements are true or false. Tell your answers week in
to the class. turns.

1. Everybody likes the month of September. Example:

2. The mountains become dry during September. JeMal: What is the day today?
3. Wild animals come out of the bushes in September. Feyissa: Today is Monday.
4. Ethiopians celebrate the New Year by exchanging flowers.
5. Are parents happy during the month of September?
6. Why do children like September?

Section Two: Speaking

Activity 1
In pairs, ask and answer questions about what your
parents buy for you in September. Ask and answer in turns.
Follow the example given.

Example:
Tigist: What do your parents
buy for you in SepteMber? Activity 3
FatuMa: They buy shoes and What day comes before or after the given day? Give the
clothes for Me. correct day of the week in the blank spaces given below.
First do it individually. Then, show your answers to your
partner.

1.,Monday

2. Tuesday,....................,

3. Thursday,........................

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Year4. Saturday,........................ Year

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Activity 4 They are ..................., ....................,.....................,

In groups of three or four, complete the names of he days of ....................., .........................., and ..........................
the week
in the following balloons.

Activity 5
Answer the following questions in pairs/groups.

1. What is the day today?

It is ...........................................
2. What was the day
yesterday? It was
..................................
3. What will be the day
tomorrow? It will be
..................................
4. How many days are there in a
week? There are.............days.
5. How many days are there in a
month? There are..........days.
6. How many weeks are there in a
month? There
are.................................
7. What are the days of the week?

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Section Three: Reading

Activity 1
Before you read the text given below, answer the following
questions.

1. How many months are there in the Ethiopian calendar?

2. How many days are there in each month?
3. How many seasons are there in our year?
4. During which months are schools closed?

MONTHS OF THE YEAR

In Ethiopian calendar there are 13 months. There is sun shine in all of th
The first month of the Ethiopian New Year is September. The last month of th
In February, March, and April there are shower rains in most of the regions. D
May is usually sunny. There will be only little rains. June, July, and August

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Activity
Activity 2 5
As you read the passage, answer the following Discuss what you understand from the song given below.
questions. Then Sing the
compare your answers with your neighbour’s. song with him.
1. We get shower rains in .............., .............. and
................... The Months of the Year

months.
Thirty days have
2. All months have 30 days. True/False
September, April, June
3. All crops are grown in May. True/False
and November, All the

Activity 3 rest have thirty one,

After you have read the passage, answer the following Excepting February
questions. Work in groups. Then, tell your answers to the alone Which has 28
class. days,
1. In which month does the Ethiopian New Year begin? Every year
2. What is the last month of the Ethiopian year? And 29 each leap year
3. In which months are most of the crops grown?
4. Which months are sunny and dry?
Activity 6
Activity 4 In pairs ask and answer questions. Do this as many times as
there are
Study the months given below. Can you correctly
pronounce them? months.
Your teacher will say them aloud to you. Say after him.

Example:
Je M al: Ho M an days are there in
June? w y
Feyissa: There are 30 days in June.

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Activity
Activity 2 5

w
w

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Activity 7
Activity 9
Copy the following table in your exercise book, and write the
Answer the following questions. Write your answers in your
missing months. Then show your sentences to your exercise
neighbour. Then, say out the months after your teacher. book. Then, report your answers to the class.

1. September 7. ........................ 1. Today is Monday, what will the day be tomorrow?

2. Today is Wednesday, what was the day yesterday?
2....................... 8. .......................
3. Today is Friday, what will the day be after tomorrow?

3. ..................... 9. May 4. Yesterday was Tuesday, What is the day today?

4. ..................... 10. ...................... 5. Yesterday was Saturday, what was the day before yesterday?

5. January 11. July

6. ..................... 12......................... Activity 10

Ask and answer questions about the days in a month. Work in
pairs.

1. A: How many days are there in January

Activity 8 B:.................................................................
Which Month comes before or after the other? Complete the ..
following blank spaces, and answer questions 5-8. Work in
2. A: What do your parents buy you in
pairs or groups.
September?
1. September, October,............................
B:.................................................................
2. December, January,............................
..
3. ............................April, May ............................
3. A: How many days are there in February?
4.August
B:................................................................
5. What is the month today?
..
6. What was the previous month?
4. A: How many days are there in a week?
7. What will the next month be?
B:................................................................
..
5. A: What do the farmers do in July and August?

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Year B: They........................................................... Year

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Section Four: Vocabulary Activity 3
Complete the following sentences by the words given below.
Activity 1 You may
In the table below, you have months in the first column. use a word twice. Work in pairs.
From the passage find out situations as in the example and
write them in your exercise book, in the second hand
heavy flood harvesting
column. Work in pairs. Then, tell your answers to the seasons
class. rivers

Months Situations/season
1. Ethiopia has many ........................................
September flower
2. After the rain was over, there was a lot of
October
....................................
November
3. The farmers are....................................their crops.
December
January 4. Yesterday, we had...................................rain.
5. The.............................takes away everything it gets on its way.

Activity 2 Activity 4
Answer the following questions in groups. Tell your answers
The words in column A are taken from the reading and
to the class.
listening texts. Match them with their meanings given in
column B. Then show your answers to your teacher.
1. Today is Monday, what will the day be tomorrow?
A B 2. Today is Wednesday, what was the day yesterday?
1. shower rain a. area
3. Today is Friday, what will the day be after tomorrow?
2. heavy b. gathering crops
4. Yesterday was Tuesday, What is the day today?
3. flood c. water formed after
5. Yesterday was Saturday, what was the day before yesterday?
rain
4. dry d. difficult to lift
5. harvesting e. without water or rain
f. little rain

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Section Five: Grammar Section Six: Writing
Time Conjunctions
Time conjunctions include: before, after, then.
Study the meanings of the following sentences: September comes before October.
January comes after December.
e from the examples above, time conjunctions show the time during which an action takes place.

4.you go to class, you should eat your breakfast.

Activity 1
What comes before or after what? Answer the following
questions individually. Then, compare your answers with
the answers of your group members.

1. Number 3 comes before ......................................

2. Number 8 comes before ......................................
3. Number 5 comes after ........................................
4. Number 9 comes after ........................................
5. Monday comes before ........................................
6. Friday comes after .............................................
7. Sunday comes after ............................................

Activity 2
Complete the following sentences by the time conjunctions
(before
and after). Work individually.
1.you go out for class, you should have your things in your
bag.
2.a fifteen minute brake, we went back to our classes.

3.March, we will have April.

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Activity 1 Year

What do your parents buy for you every September.

Write five sentences. Follow the given example. First, do
it individually. Then show it to your group members.

Example: Every SepteMber, My parents buy a pair of shoes for

Me.

1. ..........................................................................
2. ..........................................................................
3. ..........................................................................
4. ..........................................................................
5. ..........................................................................

Activity 2
Write five sentences about what you like to buy for the
New Year’s Holiday? Write your sentences in your exercise
book. Then show your sentences to your group members.

Example: I like to buy a pair of jeans trousers.

1. ...........................................................................
2 ...........................................................................
3. ..........................................................................
4............................................................................
5............................................................................

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Unit 3 The Traffic
Signs

The Traffic Signs Activity 2

Answer the following questions orally with your partner and
report your answers to the class.
Section One: Listening 1. Which colours are used in traffic lights?

Activity 1 2. Do you think traffic lights are useful for pedestrians, people who
walk?
Answer the following questions by writing. Then, discuss your
answers 3. Have you ever seen car accidents?
in pairs. 4. What do you think are the common causes of car accidents?
1. Do you live in a city/town or in a rural area? 5. Which of the following picture does not show a cause
2. Have you ever seen traffic lights in your area? of a car accident? A, B, or C?
3. Have you seen traffic lights somewhere else? Where?
4. Which of the following picture shows a rural area? A or B? A B

5. Which of the following picture shows urban area? A or B?

B
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Look at the traffic light pictures given. Can you match the Now, listen to the passage for the first time. Then, match
following colours of traffic light with their meanings? the words
and ideas on the right with those on the left.
Traffic light Meanings A B
colours 1. intersections A. crossing when the red traffic light is on
1 red A. complete stop 2. signals B. number of colours of signals
2 yellow B. go/Pass 3. complete stop C. green light
3 green C. warning/ready to stop 4. use of traffic signals D. colours
4 flashing yellow D. slow down and prepare to 5. flow of cars E. traffic
stop
6. go F. red light
5 flashing red E. stop/ warning dangerous
7. three G. control traffic
intersections
8. dangerous H. place of crossing or convergence
Activity 4
Match the following pictures with the right words they Activity 6
represent. Look at the pictures below. Identify those pictures that show
respect for traffic lights and those pictures that do not
A. a pedestrian B. a cyclist C. a driver D. a
mechanic observe traffic rules.

A
1 2

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Activity 9
Listen to the passage again and match the words in
Interview any person you think appropriate around your
Column A with their most appropriate meanings given in
village. Find out what each of the following road signs and
column B. Write down your answers in your exercise book.
symbols mean for drivers.

A B Example:
1. complete A. motorist 1. Approaching road will becoMe narrower.
2. traffic B. full
3. indicates C. walker
4. pedestrian D. flow of cars 2. .............................................................
5. drivers E. show
3. .............................................................

Activity 8 4. ..........................................................
Now listen to the passage for the last time and say ...
whether the following sentences are true or false.

1. Treat a yellow light as the beginning of a red light.

2. Pedestrians must not respect traffic signals. 5. .............................................................
3. Cyclists must obey traffic signals.
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4. Traffic lights can have ten colors.
5. A driver must know all traffic signals.
Activity 1
6. Flashing lights show dangerous intersections ahead.
Write down the meaning of each of the following traffic light
7. A flashing yellow light tells you to slow down and prepare to stop. colors.

.............................................................

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Look at the pictures of colors on the right and match them
with their names on the left. Activity 1
Names Colors Before you read the passage, talk about the following
questions in
groups of three.
1. Red A.
1. Where do you see traffic lights?
2. What is the job of traffic police?
2. Blue B.
3. What are the three major colours of traffic lights?

3. Yellow C.
Activity 2
Look at the pictures below and match them with the following
4. Green D. words.

People Pictures

5. Orange E. 1. Traffic police

2. Driver

6. Purple F. 3. Teacher
4. Student
5. Pilot
A
Activity 3
Take turns with your partner to practice the dialogue below
about the meanings of traffic light colours.

Hanna: What does the red light or color mean?

Belachew It means stop driving completely. B C

:
Ujulu: What does the green traffic light color mean?
Letekidan It means you can go.
: D E
Mamo: What does the yellow traffic light color mean?

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Look at the picture of a traffic police officer. Tell your
Activity 3
partner what the traffic police officer is doing. Now, read the
Now read the following passage and check if the passage again and fill the table below with the correct
answers you information.
gave in Activity 1 are correct. Discuss your answers in
pairs.
Glossary
smart: modern, improved, good
complex: difficult, hard, not easy
triggers: initiates, help to start, cause
platform: means, system, venuepreviously.
Traffic
Lights

Traffic lights are signs that help drivers to drive safely. They
also help people to cross roads safely. People who go
on foot are called pedestrians. People who drive cars
are called motorists.

The flow of cars such as trucks, lorries, and

automobiles can be called traffic. Before the coming of
traffic lights, policemen were controlling traffic. That is why
we have traffic policemen. In many places policemen still
monitor traffic. The policemen were using whistle to control
traffic. But the use of whistle could not stop accident.
Functions/jobs People who walk People who People who
Many years after, a scientist made the first traffic light or go on foot drive cars control
traffic
in 1868 in Britain. That traffic light was also first used in
They are ............... ................... ..................
Britain. Using traffic light made the flow cars easier than called
before. Now we have excellent traffic lights in small and big
cities in many countries.

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Activity 7
Answer the following comprehension questions in one or two
words. Your teacher will read aloud five sentences in which there are
names of colours. As you listen, write down the spelling of
1. What is the passage about? those names of colour in your exercise book.
2. Who monitored the traffic system before the coming of traffic lights?
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3. What advantage or use did the use of traffic light bring?
4. Where was the first traffic light used?
Activity 1
Match the words given below with their contextual meanings.

Activity 6 A B
Take turns and retell the story of the reading passage to 1. cross a. people who walk
your partner. Use the illustrations below to help you 2. pedestrians b. crash
remember the main points of the text.
3. easier c. not difficult
4. accident d. kind of cars
5. trucks e. move from one side of the road to
another
side
f. church

Activity 2
Look at the following words taken from the passage. Then,
in the sentences given, find a word with an opposite meaning
to each of the words from the passage.

Example: My sister is strong. But My brother is weak.

1. boring
A. The teacher gave us answer key after we
2. before completed the examination.
3. classic B. During sunny season, it rarely rains.
4. rapid C. The earth’s movement around the sun is slow.
5. frequent D. Smart traffic lights are modern discoveries.
ly
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Section Five: Grammar B. Write out what you have and what you don’t have.

have and have not 1. I.......................Phone.

have” to express what we have. We use “does not have, and do not have” to express what we do not have.
2. I.........................lunch bag.
Example: 1. I have a book.
She has a laptop. 3. I.......................a bicycle.
The students have pens.
for singular subjects we use “has”. But for plural subjects we use “have”. 4. I.......................English textbook.
I work in a factory in Kombolcha. 5. I........................mobile charger.
6. I.......................laptop.
7. I.......................raincoat.
8. I.......................new jeans trousers.
9. I........................two oxen.
10............................I three chickens

Activity 1
Activity 2
A. Look at the pictures and study the examples
below. Look at the following pictures. Put √ in front of the item you
have
1. Mesfin has an exercise book. only.
2. Martha has a red pen.
3. Derartu has a sports bag.
4. Grade three students have a good teacher.
5. My sisters have a unifor M .
6. The footballers have their own ball.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
7. Hagos does not have a jacket.
8.
9.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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a, an, the, zero

The is definite article. a/an is indefinite articles.

The indefinite article a or an is used when we don’t specify the things or people we are talking about.
We do not use any article (we use zero article) before the names of people, town, cities, lakes , single islands, planets etc. Generally we do not use any artic
nouns.

Examples: 1. a dog 2. a pilot 3. a teacher

4. a university 5. an Umbrella 6. an ox

I met a friend.

I work in a factory in Kombolcha.

Activity 3
Make up ten possible correct sentences from the following
substitution table. An example has been given.

Example: B ontu has a unifor M .

a
Bontu friend.
Meskerem has/have guns
does not have/did a coach
and Rehima not have birthday party
The do not have today a wedding
soldiers a gown
Footballer a uniform
s The a training
nurse yesterday
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Fill out the blank spaces with the correct article: a, an, the
or x (no
article)

1. My father is............engineer.
2. Do you believe that.................love is good?
3. I want to meet you at...restaurant we had our lunch
yesterday.
4. Chaltu is................nice sister.
5. I love reading................history book.

Activity 5
Use a or an before each of the following words.

1.pair of jeans

2.train

3.apple tree

4.oxygen pump

5.bag

Section Six: Writing

Activity 1
Using the words given below (taken from the listening and
reading stories above) write up five sentence of your own.

Example: I had a car accident last year.

1. obey
2. traffic police
3. pass
4. signal
5. accident

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