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C. Antonyms/ Opposites

Matc h the words in Column A to the opposites in Column B.

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inside
Iorge
narrow
begin
first
cry
for
d ay
fast
stand
high
young

sit
old
slow
Iough
low
small
end
near
wide
o utside
night

lost

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Ministry of Education wishes to acknowledge tOO work done by the following persons who were
involved in the production of the first edition:

Landomae Fraser
Florence Sukhdeo
Megan Richmond
Esther Ramchu~ee
Imelda Velloza
Beryl Valentine
Purity Li
Janet Ouport
Jean SoveU
Dr. Sybil James
Jennifer Andetson
Fitzroy Marcus

The work of the following persons who wem involved in the production of the second edition Is at so

acknowledged:

Barbara Morgan
Purity U
Evadne Williams
Bibi S.Aii

@ 2004 Ministry o f Education, Georgetown. Guyana

All rights reserved. No part of thiS pubUcatlon may be reproduced. stored in a
retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means w ithout the pOor
permission of the copyright owner.

Published by the Ministry of Education
Georgetown. Guyana
Printed by Zenith Services Ltd.

Trinidad and Tobago.
Revised 2004


FUN WITH LANGUAGE

BOOK3
Barbata Morgan

REVIEWED BY:

Purity U
Evadne Willliams

WRITING TEAM:

Landomae Fraser
Florence Sukhdeo
Megan Richmond
Esther Ramchurjee
Imelda Velloza

SUBJECT SPECIALIST:

Ingrid Barker

ILLUSTRATORS/COVER DESIGN:

Maylene Duncan
Ainsworth McKend

COPYEOITING/PROOFREAOING:

Bibi Shariman Ali
Denise Wi11imas Oummett

LAYOUT:

A GOG/lOB Primary Education Improvement Programme

Easy Palh Se

FOREWORD
One welcomes the publication of this series of textbooks as part of the Primary Education
Improvement Project funded by the Inter-American Development Bank and the
Government of Guyana.
This series of texts has been long in planning, writing and producing. In the process
however, many Guyanese have developed skills in textbook writing and publication. This
will serve Education well in the future.
We congratulate all those responsible for the production of these texts . They have done
a good job. Guyanese children at the Primary level, and. indeed. the society as a whole,
will be the beneficiaries of their labour.
Thanks tO the Inter-American Development Bank fo r its financial support. Primary
Education in Guyana will benefit considerJbly with the availability of relevant reading
material.

Dale A. Bisnauth
Senior Minjster of Education

and Cultural Development


CONTENTS
Page
I.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

9.
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II.
12.
13.
14.
15.
I 6.
I 7.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.

Moving to o New House . .... . .. . .•. .. .. .. .... ...2
Gelling Ready for School ..... . .. . . .... . •• .. .. . ..8
The Lost Boll .............. . ..... .... ... .•. ..... 14
A Picnic . .... . . .. . . ...... • ... . .. • . .. . . .• . ... . .20
The Masquerade .. . .. .. .. • ... . .. • .. . . . ... .. .. .24
A Birthday Party .. . . ... . .. .. .. . .. •. .. . .. . .. . . . .30
Christmas . .. . ...... . ... . . • . .. . .. •• . ......... . .34

Christmas Vacation .... . .. •• .. . .. • . .. . .. • ..... .40
Review (I) ................. . .. . ... • ..... • ...... 44
Review (I) ..... .. . .. • ... . .. • .. .. .. • ... . . . .. . ... 44
Jock's Holiday ..... . • . ..... • ... . .. • ..... . .. . ... 48
Animals .. . . . . .. .. . .• . .. . . .• . .. . . •• ... .. • .. . . .54
The Weather . . .. .. .. • .. . ... • .. . .. .. .. .. . • .. . . .60
Moshromoni . . .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. . . .. . ..66
Poghwoh . . .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. . ... . .. .. .. . .... .. .70
The Dentist . .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. . .. .. .. .. .... ... . . .76
Weddings in my Community .......... ... . .... . ..80
Gomes . .. . . .. . ... . .... . .. . . •. ..... • ..... • .. ..86
Review [II) . . . . .... . . . •• .. .. . • ...... • .. .. . • ....90
Review (II) . . .. . .... . .. • .. . .. • . . . .. . • .. .. . • . . . .90
The Story o f a Kite . . .... •. .... .• .. . . . . . .. .. . . . . .92
John's Class ...... ... .. .. .... .• . .. .. . • .. . . .. . ..98
Leisure Time . . .. .. .. . .. .. ..... •. . . ... • ...... .. I 04
You th Week . . .. .. .. .. .. . .. . ... . .. . ... . .. . ... . II 0
AI the Music Festival .. .. .. ... ..• . . . .. . . . .. . . . . 114
Going to o Party . . ... . .. . . ..... . ...... . .... ... 118
The lighthouse ... . .. . .. .. .. .. .. . .. . . ... .... .. 124
A Closing Exercise . . . ... . .. .. .. .. • . . .. .. . .. . . .. 132
Review (Ill) . . .. . .. . .. .. . . • . ..... • ... . . .• .. .. . . 132
Review (Ill) .. . .. . .. • .. . .. •. .. . .. . • .. . .. • . . . ... 132



FUN WITH LANGUAGE

Book3
1. This is your book.

2. What is the name of your book?
3. What does the picture tell you about your book?


Unit 1

Moving to a New House

Let's talk about Moving to a New House

Finding Answers
1. What is happening in the picture?

2. What do you think ore some of the things the family hod to do
before they moved?
3. What would you miss most about your old home if you hod to
move?
4. Give two reasons why a family would move from one house to
another.
5. Why do you think the people in the next house ore looking
through their windows?
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Read and Find Out
Janet's New Home

I om Janet. Lost month my parents and I moved from the town to
the country. I now live in o small neighbourhood called Better
Hope. The neighbours ore very friendly. They help one a nother to

clean the drains, cu t the to ll weeds and keep the neighbourhood
tidy. The lawns a nd gardens ore also well kept.

Lrn
My neighbours on the left ore the Henrys. There ore three children in
that family: two boys and one girl. My neighbours on the right ore
the Allys. They hove one child. She is Forido. She is eight years old
and I om nine.
I enjoy going to the playground most o f all. The playground has
swings. slides. a see-sow, o jungle gym a nd lots of space to run and
ploy.
I also enjoy the quiet here. My new neighbours ploy their radios and
television sets quie tly. I o m very happy in this new neighbourhood.

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Finding More Answers

1. What is the nome of the girl w ho tells the story?
2. Where did she live before she moved to her new home?
3. When did she move?
4. What kind o f neighbours does she have?
5. Who are the neighbours to the right?
6. How many p eople are there in the Ally's family?
7. G ive one reason why Janet likes the new neighbourhood?

Creative Work
Liste n as your teacher reads the poem.
A New Home

The truck screeched to a holt
And there is silence.
I store a t our new home
Waiting there for me.
While the furniture is being taken in
I run to the bock of the yard
The swing in the garden swings to me.
Saying, "Come play w ith me."
Morvin 8or1

Activities
I. Tell a story about the poem.

2. Draw the part of the poem you like b est.
3. Write three sentences about your drawing.

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Grammar
A. Use o f am. Is and are

Rea d the name o f each child.
Read what Janet says about each child.

He Is eight years
old today.

She Is eight years

old today.

Farida

Roy

Farida

Exercise 1

Answer the following questions:

1. Wha t does Jane t soy when
2. Wha t does Janet soy when
3. What does Janet say when
4. What does Janet soy when

she is talking
she is talking
she is talking
she is talking

about herself?
about Farida?
about Roy?
to Farida a nd Roy?

REMEMBER

The word I is followed by am.

The words he/she/it are followed by is.
The word you is followed by are wheth er it is singular or plural.

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Exercise 2

Make sentences using words from each column of this chart.
A
I
He
She
You
The girl
The man
Forido

B

c

om
is
ore

lot
thin
cooking
ina big

house

B. The Capital Letter

The
[a )
[b)
[c)

capital letter is used:
To begin o sentence. e.g. The neighbours ore kind.
For names o f persons. e.g. Forida. Roy.
For names of places. e.g. Better Hope. Georgetown.
N.B. The word 'I' is always written w ith a capital tetter.

Exercise

Write two sentences using capital letters in the right places.
1. Write o sentence to tell of your age.
2. Write a sentence to soy where your friend lives. Write the nome
o f your friend.
C.

The Full Slop

A l ull stop should always be used at he end o f a telling sentence.
The lull stop tells where one sentence ends and where another
b egins.

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The word which follows a full stop should begin with a capital letter.
e.g. Better Hope is a village. It is six kilometres from Georgetown.
Exercise

Look again at the story and tell how the full stop is used.
Write two sentences using capital letters and full stops.

D

Vocabulary
Read the names of the pictures.

tel-e-vi-sion
Pronounce these words in syllables:
tel-e-vi-sion
neigh-bour-s
ra-dio
neigh-bour-hood

ro-dlo

Phonics

The vowel o has different sounds.
Sometimes it says a (its own name) or the long vowel sound e.g.

ope

apron

and sometimes it says a (ah) (short vowel sound) e.g.

apple

ant

alligator

Look again a t the story on page 3 and write all the words beginning
with the long vowel sound a and the short vowel sound a.

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Unit 2

GeHing Ready for School

Let's talk about GeHing Re ady for School

Finding Answers
1. What is happening in each picture?
2. (a) Where do you think the girl is going?
(b) How do you l3. Write a sentence about each picture.
Use words such as: first, second, next, then, afterwards, last.

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Read and Find Out

Read the words of this song then sing along with your teacher.
Sing to the tune of "The Mulberry Bush".
In the Morning

I jumped out of bed this morning, (3 limes)
I hope it's o very nice day.
I jumped out of bed and stretched, (3 limes)
Early in the morning.
I stepped in the both and hod o shower, (3 limes)
So early in the morning.

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Finding M ore Answers

Pretend you ore Pat.
1. Soy what you do in the morning.
2. (a) List the things you do before going to school.
(b) List the order in which you do these things.
3. Soy how you help your mother at home.

Creative Work
1. (a )
(b)
2. (a)

(b)

Mime how you get ready for school.
Let your friends guess what you are doing.
Draw something that you do to help your mother.
Write three sentences about it.

Grammar
Simple Present Tense

Read the poem.
Dog

"Vulcan, get off the steps."
The sleepy dog opens one eye
Stretches his body
Wags his tail
Stands w ith much effort
Arches his bock
Gives a lazy yawn
Then ambles away
With a backward glance
As if to soy
Can't a dog take a rest?
Morvin Bor1

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Exercise

A . Soy the words tha t ore in bold type in the poem.
These words fell us wha t the dog does.
Words that te ll us w hat someone or something does ore called
verbs.
Look a t the verbs again and soy them.
opens, stretches, wags, stands, arches, gives, ambles
B. The verbs in the poem also te ll us about time.
They w ill tell us wha t the dog is doing at the present time.
The verbs are writlen in lhe p resent tense (tense means time).
C. Read w ha t Pat says she does.
Read w hat we soy Pat does.
Pat says

We say

I jump
I stretch
I wash
t ea t
I wave

Pot jumps
Pot stretches
Pot washes
Po t eats
Pol wave s

Read the song "In the morning".
Nome the a ction words or verbs in this song.

D. Fill in the blanks w ith lhe correcl verbs to complete the sentences.
I. Pat
2. The girt

to school every day. (walk, walks)
her b reokfosl.

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(eat, eats)


3. The dog ___ over the gate. Uump. jumps)
4. Mother

5. Father
6. She
7. I
8. It

goodbye.
(wove. waves)
the dishes.
(wash. washes)
her teeth after each meal. (brush. brushes)
to school every day. (walk. walks)
on four legs.
(stands. stands)

Vocabulary

A. Look at the pictures.

Soy the words.
Spell the words.

brushes

combs

stretches

B. Fill in the missing letters to complete the words.

y _ wns
rushes

w _shes

w

w _ gs

st _ nds

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D. Read and copy the picture story.

Write words for the pictures.

In the mornings when I get ~,.~:....~--r
I ; ; , / my teeth, toke a

my hair, put on my

take my

then leave for

Phonics
Consonant/Initial blend br
When two or more consonants come together in a word the
sounds ore usually blended together. They ore called
consonant blends e.g. brush, broom
Here ore some riddles.
The answers for each riddle begins with the blend br.
1. The first meal in the morning is called br_ _ __
2. Something we use to sweep our rooms is called a br_ _ __
3. Something 1 use to keep my hair tidy is called a br_ _ __
4. A woman on her wedding day is a br_ _ __
5. A Iorge stem of a tree is called a br_ _ __

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Read and Find Out
The Lost Ball

Mother goes to visit a friend. She leaves David and Joan at home.
Mother tells them o story to stay in the house. She also tells them
not to remove any toys from the box. But David tokes his boll out of
the box after his mother leaves.
Soon David and Joan go to ploy in the yard. Timmie. the dog goes
too. They have fun. Joan throws the boll to David. The boll goes
too high. It goes over David's head and rolls away.

They look for the boll but they cannot find it. Timmie helps them.
He sniffs at the flowers. He sniffs the leaves. He sniffs a t the wood
under the house.
Then Timmie barks and the children run to him. They see the boll
under the house. Timmie grabs the boll in his mouth.
The children ore happy. They put the ball back in the box.
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Finding More Answers

I. What does Mother tell the c hildren?
2. Do the c hildren obey her?
3. What do they ploy?
4. How do they lose the boll?
5. Why does Timmie sniff a t things?
6. Wh ere do they find the ball?
7. Why ore the c hildren happy?

Creative Work
1. Mime the story the pic ture fells.

2. Draw a pic ture w ith two c hildren looking for a b o ll.
3. Write two sentences about a ball tha t you lost.

Grammar
Nouns

NOTE
Nouns ore nome words.

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l ook at the pic tures and read the words.

box

ball

dog

flower

Mother

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