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NIGERIA PRIMARY

Third Edition

ENGLISHWorkBook 1

F Ademola-AdeoyeQ Adam

B SomoyeJ Omiteru

J MacauleyB Oderinde

F BadaikiN Hawkes

D Dallas

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First published 2000Reprinted 2003, 2004, 2005UBE Edition 2008Reprinted 2009Third edition 2015

ISBN 978 978 925 239 8

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Contents

Unit 1: Håppy Joe 1

Unit 2: Our plåyground 3

Unit 3: Our house 5

Unit 4: My fåther’s fårm 7

Unit 5: Gåmes 9

Unit 6: My fåmily 11

Unit 7: On my wåy to school 12

Unit 8: My best friend 14

Unit 9: Dåudå ånd his mother 16

Unit 10: A visit to Gråndmå 17

Unit 11: A visit to the Nåtionål Museum 18

Unit 12: Simple hygiene 20

Unit 13: Revision 21

Unit 14: The tortoise ånd the cålåbåsh of wisdom 22

Unit 15: Bintå ånd the mångo tree 24

Unit 16: The pig ånd the tortoise 25

Unit 17: The mån, the boy ånd the donkey 27

Unit 18: Mr Kuså, the bånker 29

Unit 19: The three billy goåts 31

Unit 20: The New Yåm Festivål 33

Unit 21: Sårå ånd the cough mixture 35

Unit 22: Tortoise ånd snåil 37

Unit 23: A dåy on the beåch 39

Unit 24: Crossing the roåd 41

Unit 25: A visit to Olumo Rock 42

Unit 26: The fox ånd the pårrot 43

Unit 27: The åccident 45

Unit 28: All for one nåirå 46

Unit 29: Reåding from left to right 47

Unit 30: Pårts of å book 49

Unit 31: Our fåvourite food 51

Unit 32: In the supermårket 52

Unit 33: The lion ånd the mouse 54

Unit 34: The three friends 56

Unit 35: The fox ånd the goåt 58

Unit 36: In the zoo 60

Unit 37: The Henshåw’s house 61

Unit 38: Building å clinic 62

Second term

Third term

First term

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Unit 1 Happy JoeFIRSTTERM

1 A Underline the words with /ɪ/ sound in each of the following sets. i) bed bad bead bit ii) lest lat list least iii) lick leak lack lock iv) heat hill hull hat v) peal pill pull pool

B Underline the words with /iː/ sound in each of the following sets. i) bed bad beat bit ii) least list lest last iii) leak lick lack lock iv) peal pull pill pool v) pick peak pack park

2 Choose the nouns in the box that can be placed in the columns below.

duster Ikeja Ibadan Ben Sule Bolu Emeka pencil ruler pen radio Jane Kano Enugu Abuja

Person Place Thing a) ______________ ______________ ______________ b) ______________ ______________ ______________ c) ______________ ______________ ______________ d) ______________ ______________ ______________ e) ______________ ______________ ______________

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3 How many nouns are in the following sentences. The first one has been done for you.

a) My father bought a car. (2) b) He gave me a ruler. c) My sister cooks a meal everyday. d) Bolu goes to school. e) The books are on the table. f) We have a television.

4 Give the plurals of the following nouns. The first one has been done for you.

Singular Plural a) boy boys b) table ______________ c) mat ______________ d) pot ______________ e) desk ______________ f) book ______________

5 Complete the following sentences about your school. a) The name of my school is ____________________________________ _________________________________________________________ b) It was founded in ___________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ c) It is located at _____________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ d) The name of my proprietor/proprietress is _______________________ _________________________________________________________ e) The name of my teacher is ___________________________________ f) I am in primary _____________. g) We are _____________ in numbers in my class. h) We have _____________ boys and _____________ girls in my class. i) I _____________ my school because it is a centre of knowledge.

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Unit 2 Our playground1 Underline the words with /æ/ and /ɑː/ sounds in the following words.

bag party ant hate army sack far hat rat able pride ripe aunt apple about say draw farm axe mat

2 Complete these sentences: About you. a) My name is ______________________________. b) I am a ______________. c) I am ______________ years old. d) I have a ______________ who is ______________ years old. e) I have a ______________ who is ______________ years old. f) The name of my school is ____________________________ g) The name of my teacher is ____________________________. h) Myfriends’namesare_____________and_____________.

3 Study the pictures and fill in the blank spaces below.

h___t b___t m___tch b___ck

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c___t h___ ___ rt b___th m___ ___ch

b___ ___k c___ ___t

4 Fill in the gaps with appropriate pronouns. a) My father bought a car. ____________ bought a car. b) Your sister wore the clothes. ____________ wore the clothes. c) Michael gave me a ruler. ____________ gave me a ruler. d) Michael and Yinka are in the class. ____________ are in the class. e) The dog barks. ____________ barks.

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1 Complete the words below by using the correct spellings of the sounds. /ɒ/ /ɔː/ a) sh___p dr___ ___ b) l___ng b___ ___ ___d c) w___sh d___ ___r d) h___t t___ll e) d___ll sm___ll

2 Fill in the blank spaces with the correct words from the options in the brackets.

a) ____________ is your name? (What, Who) b) ____________ did you come? (Who, When) c) ____________ is your ruler? (When, Where) d) ____________ many pens do you have? (How, Why) e) ____________ did you say that? (Who, Why) f) ____________ did she go? (Where, What)

3 Complete the following with sound words. An example is given. A goat bleats.

a) A dog _____________________ b) An elephant ________________ c) A horse ___________________ d) A lion _____________________ e) A snake ___________________ f) A cow ____________________

4 Complete these sentences about your father. a) Myfather’snameis_________________________________.

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b) My father is very hard _________________________________. c) He is ____________ years old. d) He is a _________________________________. e) He works at _________________________________. f) Myfather’sbestfoodis_________________________________. g) My father loves _________________________________. h) I love my father because he buys __________________ for me.

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Unit4 Myfather’sfarm

1 Complete the words below by using the correct spellings of the sounds. /ʊ/ /uː/ a) p___ll p___ ___l b) f___ll f___ ___l c) b___ ___k t___ ___ l d) t___ ___k sh___ ___t e) w___lf f___ ___d f) p___t d___ g) w___man fl______ h) c ___old j___ ___ ce i) sh___ ___ld fr___ ___t j) p___sh ch___ ___

2 Write the alphabets A–H in capital letters and small letters. Aa ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

3 Write the initial letters to complete the following words. a) ___pple b) ___ag c) ___at d) ___og e) ___ye f) ___ish g) ___oat h) ___at

4 Give the correct answers to the following questions. a) How do you greet in the morning? _________________________________________________________ b) How do you greet in the afternoon? _________________________________________________________ c) How do you greet in the evening? _________________________________________________________

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d) How do you greet someone who just came back from a journey? _________________________________________________________ e) How do you greet someone who is going on a journey? _________________________________________________________ f) How do you greet someone celebrating his or her birthday? _________________________________________________________ g) How do you greet someone who has just graduated? _________________________________________________________ h) Howdoyougreetsomeonewhoissweepingthefloor? _________________________________________________________ i) How do you greet someone who is going to bed at night? _________________________________________________________ j) What do you say when you are given a gift? _________________________________________________________

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Unit 5 Games

1 Circle the words that have the /ə/ and /ɜː/ sounds in the box below.

purse banana mother dirty force church hat band father gum leap heaven first worm brother his

2 Put a full stop at the end of each sentence. a) I am a boy b) My father bought a car c) Bolu came yesterday d) My book is new e) That is my bicycle f) We won the match g) Ada is coming h) My cap is red i) Our house is big j) The cup is on the table

3 Learn these words by paying attention to the pronunciation of the underlined letter(s).

a) teacher b) nurse c) barber d) shirt e) father f) earth g) ago h) word i) purse

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Now use the words to make sentences. Two examples have been given. teacher My teacher taught us how to read. nurse A nurse works in the hospital.

a) barber _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ b) shirt _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ c) father _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ d) earth _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ e) ago _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ f) purse _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ g) word _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________

4 Complete the following sentences about your best food. a) My best food is _____________. b) I love eating it because it makes me _____________. c) It also gives me strong _____________ and healthy _____________. d) My mum knows how to _____________ it very well. e) It is always _____________ to eat. f) I also like to eat _____________ and _____________.

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1 Say the sounds and complete the words with correct letter(s) representing the sounds.

/ʌ/ /e/ a) c___p b___d b) b___s ___ny c) c___me t___n d) s___me n___t e) s___n m___ny f) r___n ___lephant g) h___t s___ ___d

2 Give the plural of the following nouns. Singular Plural a) baby ______________ b) grass ______________ c) lady ______________ d) glass ______________ e) class ______________ f) school ______________ g) box ______________ h) foot ______________ i) child ______________ j) chair ______________

3 Fill in the gaps with correct answers about your family. a) My name is __________________. b) We are __________________ in my family. c) The name of my father is __________________. d) The name of my mother is __________________. e) I love my __________________. f) They __________________ for my needs.

Unit 6 My family

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Unit 7 On my way to school

1 Circle the /b/ sound in the following words. bubble bus curb grub cab rubber bell ball habit bill ball bump rabbit bee job beat boom dribble bell

2 Put /p/ in each of the blank spaces below. Then pronounce each of the words. ___ail re___ ort ca___ ___ ale ha___ ___ y sto___ ___ aint a___ ___ le si___ ___ et s___ear sho___ ___ ack pe___ ___ er rea ___

3 Fill in the blank spaces with ‘a’ or ‘an’. a) My mother fried _________ egg in _________ frying pan. b) _________ orange fell off from the tree. c) The girl gave me _________ orange and _________ pineapple. d) He has _________ apple and _________ banana. e) The train arrived _________ hour ago.

4 Match each word in Column A with the opposite word in Column B.

Column A Column B boy back big girl front sit stand laugh cry small

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5 Make six sentences from the table below. come my house Would you attend my birthday this weekend? visit myoffice nextweekend? the zoo tomorrow?

a) ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ b) ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ c) ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ d) ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ e) ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ f) ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________

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Unit 8 My best friend 1 Pronounce these words correctly. a) five b) eleven c) graph d) phone e) veil f) finish g) very h) fan i) fridge j) half k) flowers l) sniff

2 Write a composition on “My best friend”. The name of my best friend is ____________________________________. My friend is _________ years old. He/She lives __________________________________________________. He/She is ________________ in complexion. _______________________________ is very brilliant. His/Her parents are Mr and Mrs _______________________________. My friend is _________________ and always help me. He/She is ___________________________________________________. ____________________ is a very ____________________ friend. I will always love him/her.

3 Fill in the blanks spaces using the right words in the box below.

theirs, his, yours, ours, hers, mine

a) This is my pencil. It is ______________. b) That is our bicycle. It is ______________. c) That is your car. It is ______________. d) This is his bed. It is ______________. e) That is her skirt. It is ______________. f) These are their books. They are ______________.

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4 Place the letter ‘m’ in the spaces provided. Pronounce the words correctly. a) ___eal b) wo___an c) ___ake d) ho___e e) sa___e f) swi___ g) war___ h) hi___ i) ___oney j) ___any

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1 Fill in the blank spaces with the correct sounds. /t/ /d/ /t/ /d/ a) ___own ___own b) ___ie ___ie c) ba___ ba___ d) ___en ___en e) la___ ___er la___ ___er f) da___e ___ate g) ke___ ___le stan___ h) sen___ sen___ i) bea___ bea___ j) ___o ___o

2 Write ten verbs in the blank spaces. a) _______________ b) _______________ c) _______________ d) _______________ e) _______________ f) _______________ g) _______________ h) _______________ i) _______________ j) _______________

3 Fill in the gaps with the correct letters. a) Zainab and Nike sl___ ___p on the bed. b) Ngozi c___ ___ks food. c) Yinka r___d___s his bicycle. d) Ben s___v___s his money in the bank. e) The boys p___ ___y football outside

4 Fill in the gaps. a) Mymother’skitchenisvery____________. b) There are ____________ plates and ____________ pots. c) There is a ____________ for cooking food. d) There are ____________ on the shelf. e) I ____________ my mother in the kitchen. f) I also ____________ the plates in the kitchen.

Unit 9 Dauda and his mother

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Unit 10 A visit to Grandma 1 Circle the word that should not be in the sets. 1 2 3 a) girl gin get b) knife king kill c) scale score scent d) age ago again e) gun gentle grow f) cat cap cent

2 Fill in the gaps with the right sounds and pronounce them correctly.

/k/ /g/ /k/ /g/ a) ___ap ___ap b) an___le an___le c) mar___et tar___et d) ___lass ___lass e) ba___ ba___ f) ___ave ___ave g) ___oal ___oal h) ___at ___ate i) ___ot ___oat j) ___in ___in

3 Fill in the blanks using ‘a’ or ‘an’. a) ___________ aeroplane b) ___________ train c) ___________ hour d) ___________ pot e) ___________ apple f) ___________ shirt g) ___________ orange h) ___________ book i) ___________ table j) ___________ elephant

4 Fill in the gaps using the letters in the box.

q g c k a) The wife of a king is a ___ueen. b) Dare ___ave me his biro. c) Dad has ___ut the grasses. d) The mar___et is at the end of the road. e) The mother of my mother is my ___randma.

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red brown blue black read

white green yellow brown

green brown blue red

brown blue

1 Colour the above objects with the colour written under each.2 Read the poem and answer the questions below.

I see the moon The moon sees me

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God bless the moon God bless me.

a) Who sees the moon? ________________________________________________________ b) Does the moon see me? ________________________________________________________ c) Will God bless the moon? ________________________________________________________ d) Will God bless me? ________________________________________________________

3 Mention ten things you can see in your class. a) __________________ b) __________________ c) __________________ d) __________________ e) __________________ f) __________________ g) __________________ h) __________________ i) __________________ j) __________________

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Unit 12 Simple hygiene 1 From the options in the brackets, pick the correct word to fill in the blank

spaces in the sentences. a) We ___________ to school yesterday. (go, went) b) My teacher ___________ to school yesterday. (came, come) c) Olu ___________ the boy. (saw, see) d) Mary ___________ rice last night. (cooked, cook) e) Zainab ___________ me her ruler (give, gave)

2 Write the alphabets I–N in capital letters and small letters. The first one has been done for you.

I i__ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

3 Write a composition on “My bedroom”. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________

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Unit 13 Revision 1 From the options, underline the correct form of the verb in each sentence. a) My father (works, work) in the bank. b) My mother (sell, sells) newspapers. c) We (walk, walks) to school everyday. e) Our teacher (teach, teaches) new lessons. f) She (washes, wash) plates daily.

2 Complete the following dialogues. Ben: What is your name? Ade: My name is ____________________________________________ Ben: Whatisyourfather’sname? Ade: Myfather’snameis______________________________________ Ben:Whatisyourmother’sname? Ade: Mymother’snameis_____________________________________

3 Complete the sentences. a) We wash our bodies to _____________________________________ b) We cut our hair to _________________________________________ c) We use mosquito nets to ____________________________________ d) We brush our teeth to ______________________________________ e) We cut our nails to ________________________________________

4 Fill in the gaps. a) Dru___ b) He___ c) Su___ d) ___ish e) ___ip f) ___eg g) ___ouse h) ___ocks i) ___ap j) ___op k) ___oor l) ___ig m) d___ ___l n) f___rk o) l___ ___p

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1 Add –ing to the verbs in the brackets and use them to complete the sentences. The first one has been done for you.

a) Ben and Ade are playing football. (play) b) Zainab is ___________ rice. (cook) c) They are ___________ television. (watch) d) Bolu is ___________ his uniform. (wash) e) Father is ___________ his crops. (plant) f) Mother is ___________ fruits outside. (sell)

2 Cross these words in the puzzle. An example has been done for you.

Black, Red, Yellow, Green, Brown Pink, Purple, Grey

B R O W N Z Y E R E L E P H G R E Y B E A D P I N K L E L Q C O A T E E L B A R K G R E E N O L P T P U R P L E W O P I

3 Write down the meanings of these words. Use your dictionary. a) wisdom _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ b) transfer _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________

Unit 14 The tortoise and the calabash of wisdom

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c) ashame _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ d) wise _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ e) prevent _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________

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Unit 15 Binta and the mango tree

1 Complete these dialogues. Bolu: Good afternoon, Sir Father: Good afternoon, Bolu Father: Are you just coming back from school? Bolu: _________ __________ Father: Hope you were given homework to do? Bolu: _________ __________ Father: Make sure you do it. Bolu: _________ __________. Thank you __________.

2 Fill in the blanks. Use the simple past tense. Last week, Yinka __________ a tree in the garden. In the tree, he __________

a nest. He __________ and __________ three eggs in the nest. Then he __________ down.

Yesterday, he __________ the tree again. He __________ in the nest and __________ three baby birds! Yinka __________ happy to see them.

3 Place the letter ‘w’ in the blank spaces and pronounce each of the words. a) ___eek. b) ___et c) ___ound d) ___hy e) ___ell f) ___arm g) ___ater h) ___oman i) s___eet j) t___elve

4 In the following words, circle the words with the /ʒ/ sound.

leisure option usual education garage blessing lesson function mission vision provision visual

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1 Put the sounds in the blank spaces and pronounce the words correctly. /t/ /θ/ a) fa___e fai___ ___ b) ___ank ___ ___ank c) ___ree ___ ___ree d) pa___ pa___ ___ e )___in ___ ___in f) ___ick ___ ___ick

/d/ /ð/ g) mur___er mo___ ___er h) ri___e wri___ ___e i) ___en ___ ___en j) loa___ loa___ ___e k) ___ough ___ ___ough

2 Break each of the following words into two. a) footman __________ + __________ b) manservant __________ + __________ c) headmaster __________ + __________ d) bookshelf __________ + __________ e) bedroom __________ + __________ f) sittingroom __________ + __________ g) postmaster __________ + __________

3 Correct the mistakes in the following sentences by using capital letters where they should be used.

a) i saw bolu yesterday. b) ikeja is the capital of lagos state.

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c) my english book is lost. d) john is in the class. e) i love my mother.

4 Complete the following sentences with the right words from the box.

four two one run bite

a) A dog has _________ legs. b) It also has _________ eyes. c) A dog can _________ someone. d) It can _________ very fast. e) It has _________ tail.

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Unit 17 The man, the boy and the donkey

1 Complete the sentences with the shortened form of the words in brackets. The first one has been done for you.

a) John won’t come to the party. (will not) b) _________ reading inside. (She is) c) My father _________ give me money. (did not) d) _________ bought many pencils. (We have) e) _________ come tomorrow. (He will) f) _________ visit him. (I shall) g) Jane _________ swim. (cannot) h) The farmer _________ harvested his crops. (has not) i) _________ raining outside. (It is) j) _________fighting.(Theyare)

2 Underline the word which has letter ‘W’ in each of the following list of words.

a) window umbrella plenty b) tackle winkle kettle c) buy book water d) why lump snail e) torch calendar wet f) ladder member weather g) row rib run h) lion legal law i) better rent wind j) week you yam

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3 The young sheep are called LAMBS. What are the young of the following animals called?

a) cats ________________ (young cats, kittens) b) cows ________________ (baby cows, calves) c) dogs ________________ (puppies, baby dogs) d) horses ________________ (baby horses, foals) e) frogs ________________ (young frogs, tadpoles)

4 Write the short forms of the following words in the spaces provided. a) We will → ___________________ b) They will → ___________________ c) I am → ___________________ d) We have → ___________________ e) It is → ___________________ f) Will not → ___________________ g) Would not → ___________________ h) Should not → ___________________ i) Could not → ___________________ j) He is → ___________________

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Unit 18 Mr Kusa, the banker1 Beside each letter in the list is a word beginning with that letter. From the

words in the box below, choose another two words that begin with the letter.

elephant zinc o’clock book iron umpire good yolk kite drum kid very jump coat hen gum fish apple mouse feet cell insect boat egg purple day van many pink lamp spoon juice telephone quick neck orange hand land Xmas sing zero rest wind nine zip mat X-ray tree vest quill antelope war yam rat tank umbrella ape

Aa ant ____________ ____________ Bb belt ____________ ____________ Cc cow ____________ ____________ Dd dumb ____________ ____________ Ee eye ____________ ____________ Ff fox ____________ ____________ Gg girl ____________ ____________ Hh house ____________ ____________ Ii inside ____________ ____________ Jj joy ____________ ____________ Kk kettle ____________ ____________ Ll lock ____________ ____________ Mm moon ____________ ____________ Nn needle ____________ ____________ Oo owl ____________ ____________

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Pp pot ____________ ____________ Qq queue ____________ ____________ Rr round ____________ ____________ Ss swim ____________ ____________ Tt Tom ____________ ____________ Uu umpire ____________ ____________ Vv van ____________ ____________ Ww weep ____________ ____________ Xx xylophone ____________ ____________ Yy yoghurt ____________ ____________ Zz zip ____________ ____________

2 Circle the odd words in the list below. a) cheap chemistry chair b) choir chicken chalk c) chin rich chaos d) character teacher kitchen e) bench capture chemist f) chef match March g) watch catch chord h) choral rich cheap i) Christmas venture vulture j) children church cholera

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Unit 19 The three billy goats

1 Circle the capital letter at the start of each sentence. a) Joy is my sister. b) Mabel is a girl. c) I love rice. d) They are friends. e) Ikeja is the capital of Lagos State. f) We are happy. g) Elephants are big animals. h) An eagle is a powerful bird. i) Please! Come here. j) Give me your ruler.

2 Read the passage on page 125 in the Pupils’ Book and answer these questions.

a) How many billy goats were mentioned in the passage? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ b) Where were the billy goats going? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ c) Whichofthebillygoatswentfirst. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ d) Which of the billy goats killed the troll? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ e) Which of the billy goats did not see the troll? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________

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3 Write ten words that have the /dʒ/ sound.

/dʒ/ /dʒ/ a) _________________ b) _________________ c) _________________ d) _________________ e) _________________ f) _________________ g) _________________ h) _________________ i) _________________ j) _________________

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1 Write the greetings for each moment. a) Morning ______________________ b) Afternoon ______________________ c) Night ______________________

2 Complete the gaps in the sentences to write a composition on ‘My family’. My family consists of ___________ people. They are my ___________, my ___________ and my ___________. My father

is a ___________. My mother is ___________. My sister is a ___________. My father works in ___________. I am a ___________. We get up at ___________ every morning. We take our ___________ and after my father and my sister go to work, my mother cleans the ___________ and I go to ___________.

We have ___________ at noon and ___________ at 7.00 p.m. After ___________,wewatch___________foranhour.Atnineo’clock,wegoto___________.

My family is a very ___________ one. We love one another so much.

3 Add capital letters and full stops to make these sentences correct. a) i saw him in june b) bola is my friend c) yinka loves rice d) the boys are singing e) my mother reads punch newspaper

4 Answer the following questions correctly. a) What is done in a school? ________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________

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b) Which people go to school? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ c) Who are the people that teach in a school? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ d) Is the work they are doing good? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ e) Is education very important? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________

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1 Underline the /m/ and the /n/ sounds in the following words. a) lamb b) run c) lamp d) no e) new f) nurse g) member h) tomorrow i) promise j) net k) thinner l) marry m) summer n) hammer o) know

2 The following words are picked from the passage in the Pupils’ Book. Give their opposites. The first one has been done for you.

a) end begin b) old _________ c) first _________ d) friend _________ e) many _________ f) beautiful _________ g) women _________ h) oldest _________ i) rainy _________ j) good _________

3 Correct the mistake in each of the words below. e.g. jannuary → January a) febraury → ______________ b) macrh → ______________ c) apirl → ______________ d) amy → ______________ e) juen → ______________ f) jluy → ______________ g) augsut → ______________ h) septembre → ______________ i) ocotber → ______________

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j) novembre → ______________ k) decmeber → ______________

4 Choose the words in the box that has nearly the same meaning as the words underlined in each of the sentences below.

love fine pardon adore assist deceit take

a) I love my parents. ______________ b) It is good to be friendly. ______________ c) Charity begins at home. ______________ d) To forgive is divine. ______________ e) Always help your neighbours. ______________ f) Do not stealanotherperson’sbiro. ______________ g) Never tell lies to your parents. ______________

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1 Complete the gaps in the words below by adding the /n/ and /ŋ/ sounds and pronounce them.

a) ___ose b) ki___ ___ c) you___ ___ d) pen___y e) behi___d f) ba___ ___ g) ri___ ___ h) dow___ i) fu___ ___y j) soo___ k) si___k l) ___ut m) to___ ___ue n) te___ o) ___i___e

2 Give another word that has the same meaning with each of these words. a) begin __________ (start, stop) b) blank __________ (full, empty) c) divide __________ (share, take all) d) assist __________ (enemy, help) e) present __________ (absent, gift) f) below __________ (on top, under) g) clean __________ (dirty, tidy) h) go __________ (stop, move) i) foe __________ (friend, enemy) j) big __________ (small, large)

3 Write the alphabets A–T in capital letters and small letters. Aa ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

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4 Fill in the gaps. a) The name of my mother is _____________________. b) She is _____________ years old. c) She is _____________ and fat/slim. d) My mother is _____________ in complexion. e) She has a _____________ black hair.

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1 Join the words Column A with the ones with similar sounds in Column B. A B a) meat where b) hen son c) were one d) sat pail e) won pin f) pale high g) sun bye h) tin meet i) buy cat j) fly pen

2 Read the passage in Unit 22 of Pupils’ Book and answer these questions. a) Who was a successful farmer? ________________________________________________________ b) Whom did Tortoise marry? ________________________________________________________ c) Why did Snail allow Tortoise to marry his daughter? ________________________________________________________ d) Why could Tortoise not feed his wife? ________________________________________________________ e) WhostoleinSnail’sfarm? ________________________________________________________ f) Why did the animals abuse Snail? ________________________________________________________

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3 Write the following sentences correctly by using capital letters at the beginning of people’s names.

a) jane is a girl in my class. ________________________________________________________

b) benson came to our house. ________________________________________________________

c) Is bolu your friend? ________________________________________________________

d) Why did eze come late? ________________________________________________________

e) Mr tunbosun is in the class. ________________________________________________________

f) Mrs adebowale teaches well. ________________________________________________________

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1 Find and circle the hidden words in the search box below. The first one has been done for you.

Q A N T W B A T Z C A R W D O G Z Q E A R O F A N Q Q G O A T Z H O E I N K Z J U G Q K E T T L E Q L E G M A N Q N E T Z O W L Q P A N Q Z Z Q U E E N G R A T M S U N Q T A P Q U M B R E L L A B V A N Z X M A S Q Z Y O L K H Q Z E B R A X B T Y Z O

2 Replace the underlined nouns with suitable pronouns. a) Bolu and Ade are friends. ___________________ are friends. b) My friends and I are playing. ___________________ are playing. c) Juliet is singing. ___________________ is singing. d) Michael loves football. ___________________ loves football. e) The bird is on the tree. ___________________ is on the tree.

3 Arrange the letters to form new words. a) rachi ___________________ b) upc ___________________ c) dancle ___________________ d) rawet ___________________ e) anwom ___________________

Unit 24 Crossing the road

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1 Insert the /r/ and /l/ sounds in the gaps and pronounce the words correctly. a) c___eam b) ___ oad c) lo___ ___ y d) bow___ e) sp___ ___ f) d___ive g) goa___ h) ___ead i) de___ ay j) ___leaf

2 Write out the days of the week in the correct order. a) ___________________ b) ___________________ c) ___________________ d) ___________________ e) ___________________ f) ___________________ g) ___________________

3 Write the words in Column A in figures and the figures in Column B in words.

Column A Column B a) one ____________ b) 2 ____________ c) three ____________ d) 4 ____________ e) five ____________ f) 6 ____________ g) seven ____________ h) 8 ____________ i) nine ____________ j) 10 ____________

4 Write the names of five domestic animals that live with humans. a) ______________________________________ b) ______________________________________ c) ______________________________________ d) ______________________________________ e) ______________________________________

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1 Match the words in Column A with their meanings in Column B. A B a) won a period of seven days and nights b) one the large area of salty water c) alter not physically strong d) altar to notice or examine using your eyes e) sea to be correct f) see to form letters and numbers with a pen or pencil g) write to change h) right the number 1 i) week the past tense of win j) weak holy table or surface used in religious ceremony

2 Make sentences using these words.

tall fat thin long small big short a) ______________________________________________________ b) ______________________________________________________ c) ______________________________________________________ d) ______________________________________________________ e) ______________________________________________________ f) ______________________________________________________ g) ______________________________________________________

3 These words are misspelt. Correct the mistakes in their spellings. a) bicicle __________________________ b) untill __________________________ c) recieve __________________________

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d) ocassion __________________________ e) tommorow __________________________ f) begger __________________________ g) egnough __________________________

4 Rearrange the words and place them correctly in the puzzle box.

a) oxb → __________ 1 X

b) yrap → __________ 2 R

c) mray → __________ 3 A

d) ygnipla → __________ 4 Y

e) tan → __________ 5

f) pu → __________ 6

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1 Circle the words with the /əʊ/ sound. a) hope b) host c) slow d) hunt e) flow f) note g) foot h) snow i) goat j) boat k) rope l) old

2 Write these abbreviations in full. a) DR ________________________________________________ b) PROF ________________________________________________ c) PTO ________________________________________________ d) ENGR ________________________________________________ e) LTD ________________________________________________3 Form seven words using the letters in the box.

o b a l g t k e p c d h s o c n

a) _________________________________________________________ b) _________________________________________________________ c) _________________________________________________________ d) _________________________________________________________ e) _________________________________________________________ f) _________________________________________________________ g) _________________________________________________________4 Write six things you do every day. a) ____________________________________________________ b) ____________________________________________________ c) ____________________________________________________ d) ____________________________________________________ e) ____________________________________________________ f) ____________________________________________________

Unit 27 The accidentTHIRDTERM

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1 Circle the words with the /eɪ/ sound. a) rain b) cake c) rate d) ape e) apple f) pay g) ant h) allow i) eight j) gate k) baby l) lamp

2 Add ‘-ing’ to the words underlined to make sentences. a) She is outside wash the plates. b) They are read . c) Bade is rid his bicycle. d) My father is driv his car. e) The farmer is plant the crops. f) We are watch television. g) The teacher is writ on the board. h) The girls are play football. i) The boys are stand outside. j) My mother is mak a toy for me.

3 Spell these words and pronounce them correctly. break name date rain play say shame saint grey eight

4 Use a comma, full stop or a question mark to complete each sentence. a) What is your name____ b) He came yesterday____ c) Motherboughtrice____beans____onions____oilandfish. d) Is your name Bolu____ e) Yes____my name is Bolu____ f) The students brought pencils____pens____rulers____a textbook and a

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Unit 28 All for one Naira

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1 Circle the words that do not have the /ʊə/ sound. a) poor b) sure c) measure d) pour e) cost f) cure g) curry h) tourist i) purse j) power k) coup l) cover 2 Study the clocks and write the times below.

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Unit 29 Reading from left to right

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3 Underline the words that have the same sounds in each sentence. One has been done for you.

a) rain sounds like pain rang b) lay sounds like lame pay c) rail sounds like rein pail d) moon sounds like song soon e) right sounds like last light f) peel soundslike fig feel g) phone sounds like lone foam h) wet sounds like let said i) tide sounds like ripe ride j) way sounds like ray war

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1 Circle the words with the /ɔɪ/ sound in the following words. a) toy b) dog c) toil d) coil e) company f) point g) police h) foil i) noise j) nose k) toilet l) soil m) solid n) boil o) hope

2 Underline the preposition in each of the following sentences. a) The book is on the table. b) He hid it under the bed. c) She keeps her money in a pot. d) Theboysranacrossthefield. e) The ball went over the bar. f) She poured the water into the pail. g) The milk is in the tin. h) She bought a gift for me. i) She stayed inside the house. j) They presented a gift to them.

3 Describe your friend. a) Myfriend’snameis______________ b) He/She is a very ______________ boy/girl. c) He/She is ______________ in complexion. d) He/She has ______________ and ______________ eyes. e) He/She has a ______________face and ______________ long hair. f) His/Her favourite food is ______________. g) His/Her parents are Mr and Mrs ______________.

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4 Use the words in the box to form sentences.

clever brilliant gentle respectful careful beautiful

a) _______________________________________________________ b) _______________________________________________________ c) _______________________________________________________ d) _______________________________________________________ e) _______________________________________________________ f) _______________________________________________________

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1 Write ten words which have the /eə/ sound. /eə/ /eə/ /eə/ a) _____________ b) _____________ c) _____________ d) _____________ e) _____________ f) _____________ g) _____________ h) _____________ i) _____________ j) _____________

2 a) Mention the months that have thirty days. ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ b) Mention the months that have thirty-one days. ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ c) Draw a line to match each word to its opposite. Word Opposite a) buy begin b) happy ugly c) end lose d) beautiful refuse e) accept sell f) win sad

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1 Circle the words with the /ɑɪ/ sound. a) night b) ripe c) bye d) fly e) wrist f) die g) time h) kind i) smart j) dice k) bride l) bribe

2 Give six words that have each sound. Two examples have been provided for each.

/y/ /l/ /w/ a) yam a) law a) war b) yes b) ball b) wall c) ___________ c) ___________ c) ___________ d) ___________ d) ___________ d) ___________ e) ___________ e) ___________ e) ___________ f) ___________ f) ___________ f) ___________ g) ___________ f) ___________ f) ___________ h) ___________ h) ___________ h) ___________

3 From the words in the box, fill in the blank spaces with the appropriate one.

barracks hostel mint abattoir library kindergarten cemetery mosque

a) A place where coins are made is called _________________. b) A place where Muslims pray is called _________________. c) A place where animals are slaughtered for food is called ___________.

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d) A place where soldiers live is called _________________. e) A place where the dead are buried is called _________________. f) A school for infants and young children is called _________________. g) A place where students stay is called _________________. h) A place where books are kept is called _________________.

4 Circle the verbs in the following sentences. a) Bode plays football every day. b) Kemi brushes her teeth every day. c) We walk to school every morning. d) Dad takes us to school every morning. e) Mum sells foodstuff. f) I love football.

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1 Write six words that have the /əu/ and the /ɑʊ/ sounds in the blank spaces. Two examples have been given.

/əu/ /ɑʊ/ a) old a) house b) home b) loud c) _________ c) _________ d) _________ d) _________ e) _________ e) _________ f) _________ f) _________ g) _________ g) _________ h) _________ h) _________

2 Read the passage in Unit 33 of the Pupils’ Book and answer these questions.

a) What did the lion want to do to the mouse? ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ b) Did the lion allow the mouse to go? ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ c) What problem did the lion have in the passage? ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ d) Who helped him to solve the problem? ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ e) How did the mouse help him? ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________

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f) Did the lion thank the mouse? ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________

3 Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verb. a) Bode ____________ football yesterday. (played, plays) b) Kemi ____________ her teeth yesterday. (brushes, brushed) c) We ____________ to school last week. (walked, walk) d) Dad ____________ us to school last month (takes, took) e) Mom ____________in the market yesterday. (sold, sells) f) I ____________ football before. (love, loved)

4 Draw the objects named below in the spaces provided.

a book a television

a window a car

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1 Circle the words with the ɪə sound in the list below. a) fear b) rest c) dear d) peer e) year f) idea g) clear h) cheer i) ear j) pear k) really l) here

2 a) Write letters A–Z in capital letters. ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______

b) Write letters a–z in small letters. ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______

3 Make sentences with these words.

good new beautiful green short dirty

a) _________________________________________________________ b) _________________________________________________________ c) _________________________________________________________

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d) _________________________________________________________ e) _________________________________________________________ f) _________________________________________________________

4 Complete the words with letters from the box below.

l p a c f c n p b h

a) ____xe b) ____ilot c) ____awyer d) ____armer e) ____arpenter f) ____utlass g) ____oe h) ____urse i) ____anker j) ____olice

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1 Circle the words with the /j/ sound in the list below. a) few b) jest c) education d) uniform e) yacht f) yawn g) jump h) young i) music j) student

2 Read the passage in Unit 35 of the Pupils’ Book and answer these questions.

a) Who fell into the well? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ b) Did the rabbit help the fox? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ c) Who was tricked by the fox? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ d) How did the fox leave the well? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ e) How did the goat leave the well? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ f) Was the fox kind? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________

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3 Answer these questions with ‘Yes, I do’, ‘No, I don’t, ‘Yes, I have or ‘No, I don’t.

a) Do you have a bicycle? _________________________________________________________ b) Do you go to church on Sunday? _________________________________________________________ c) Do you like you teacher? _________________________________________________________ d) Do you help your mum in the kitchen? _________________________________________________________ e) Do you have a brother? _________________________________________________________ f) Do you watch cartoons on TV? _________________________________________________________ g) Do you have a room of your own? _________________________________________________________ h) Do you live with your teacher? _________________________________________________________ i) Do you have a pet? _________________________________________________________ j) Do you play with a snake? _________________________________________________________ 4 Give the plurals of the following nouns. Singular Plural a) tomato _____________ b) city _____________ c) shelf _____________ d) wife _____________ e) knife _____________ f) safe _____________ g) roof _____________ h) belief _____________ i) life _____________ j) proof _____________

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1 Write six words for each. Two examples have been given for each sound. /iə/ /eə/ here there ear hair a) _____________ _____________ b) _____________ _____________ c) _____________ _____________ d) _____________ _____________ e) _____________ _____________ f) _____________ _____________ 2 Mention the parts of your body. a) _____________ b) _____________ c) _____________ d) _____________ e) _____________ f) _____________ g) _____________ h) _____________ i) _____________ j) _____________ k) _____________ l) _____________ m) _____________ n) _____________ o) _____________

3 If lion lives in the den, where would you find these animals?

stable hole pen web kennel

a) dog _____________ b) horse _____________ c) mouse _____________ d) spider _____________ e) sheep _____________

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1 Complete the following words with the two first letters picked from the box below.

br dr sw fl bl gr sw gr st sl

a) ____ ____ eet b) ____ ____ y c) ____ ____ ot d) ____ ____op e) ____ ____eep f) ____ ____ een g) ____ ____ ass h) ____ ____ ade i) ____ ____aw j) ____ ____ain

2 Mention ten things you can see in your house. a) __________________ b) __________________ c) __________________ d) __________________ e) __________________ f) __________________ g) __________________ h) __________________ i) __________________ j) __________________

3 Underline the naming word in each sentence. a) Abuja is the capital of Nigeria. b) Bisi is a girl. c) Ibadan is a city. d) Benjamin is in the class. e) We have a fridge. f) There are many tables there. g) We go to school on Mondays. h) Give me my book! i) Dad is sleeping. j) Jesus will come again.

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1 From the box, select the feminine forms of the words in Column A. Then write them in column B. An example has been done for you.

queen tigress woman sister mama aunty mother grandmother bitch wife

A B Masculine Feminine a) dog ________________ b) man ________________ c) father ________________ d) king ________________ e) husband ________________ f) tiger ________________ g) uncle ________________ h) brother ________________ i) grandfather ________________ j) papa ________________

2 Divide these words into syllables and write the number of syllables for each word. Three examples have been given.

Examples: teacher tea + cher 2 singer sin + ger 2 pig pig 1

a) farmer ______________ ______________ b) London ______________ ______________ c) beggar ______________ ______________

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d) drummer ______________ ______________ e) week ______________ ______________ f) tomato ______________ ______________ g) potato ______________ ______________ h) rabbit ______________ ______________ i) leg ______________ ______________ j) pencil ______________ ______________

3 Form sentences from this table.

A B C D

Lastyear Joy swept thefloor. Last month Olayinka rode bicycle. Benjamin drank tea. Yesterday Sidiqat watched television. left Lagos. Last night Lizzy slept in the bedroom.

a) _________________________________________________________ b) _________________________________________________________ c) _________________________________________________________ d) _________________________________________________________ e) _________________________________________________________ f) _________________________________________________________ g) _________________________________________________________ h) _________________________________________________________ i) _________________________________________________________ j) _________________________________________________________

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