English Primary 3 Pupil Textbook

South Sudan South Sudan
3 English 3 Prim ary

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Contents
Unit 1: Commands and instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Unit 2: Myself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Unit 3: Our Payam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Unit 4: Economic activities in our Payam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Unit 5: Our environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Unit 6: Climate and disasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Unit 7: Games and sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Unit 8: Physical features in our Payam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Unit 9: Peace and security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Unit 10: Transport and travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Unit 11: Accidents and safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Unit 12: Health and hygiene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Unit 13: Occupations in our Payam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Unit 14: Children’s rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Unit 15: Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
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Unit
COMMANDS AND INSTRUCTIONS
1
Activity 1: Knowing commands and instructions
a) Sing and do
Stand up. I like it
Sit down. I like it
Stand up. I like it.
Come here. I like it.
Go back. I like it.
Sit down. I like it.
b) Do and match
Stand up.
instructions
Run.
Fold paper.
Put ink in the middle.
Open paper. commands
Show your pattern.

Activity 2: Practise
a) Look and do these commands.
greet write clap read touch point
a b c
d e f
b) Listen and do these commands.

Smile
Laugh Sing
Jump
Dance

Activity 3: Say and do
1. Tell your partner to do the following.
jump sing clap sit point
2. Now change roles.
Activity 4: Song on commands

Sing and do
Everybody sing
Sing sing everybody sing.
Clap clap everybody clap.
Sing sing Akello sing.
Sing sing Akello sing.
Clap clap everybody clap.
Activity 5: Game on commands

Play this game.Your teacher will direct you.
Sit down,
Clap,
Stand up,
Point,
Sing the song: ‘Everybody sing’
Sit down, say ‘thank you’,
Run and tap your next group member.

Activity 6: Instructions
a) Follow and do these instructions.
Pick a stick.
Go outside. Come back to class.
b) Listen and do
1. Take a plain piece of paper.

2. Fold the paper four times.
3. Take a pair of scissors.
4. Cut paper at the centre.
5. Open the paper.
6. Show your pattern to the class.
a b c

Activity 7: Story
a) Listen and tell
Fina the forgetful girl
Fina is a young girl who loves to play. She plays a lot and
sometimes forgets to eat.
One day Fina was sent to the shop.
“Go and buy a packet of wheat flour,” Mother told Fina.
Fina ran to the shop. She gave the money to the shopkeeper.
But Fina had forgotten what to buy. Fina looked up and guessed.
“My mother said you give me sweets,” Fina said.

The shopkeeper could not believe Fina. He called her mother.
“What did you send Fina to buy?,” asked the shopkeeper.
“I sent Fina to buy a packet of wheat flour,” her mother
answered.
Fina knew she was in trouble.

b) Tell us
1. Say what the story is about.
2. What do you think happened next in the story?
3. If you were Fina, what would you have done in order to remember
the item?
4. What do you think Fina’s mum said when she got home?
5. Say one instruction your mother gave you.
Activity 8: Word bank

Say and copy new words learnt.
Commands and instructions

Unit
MYSELF
2
Activity 1: Introducing ourselves
Listen and role-play
Good morning.
My name is Keji.
I am a girl.
I am eight years old.
I am in Primary Three.
I love Social Studies.
Good morning.
My name is Lam.
I am a boy.
I am in Primary Three.
I love English.

Activity 2: Introducing our friends
Say and do
My name is Adut.
This is my friend.
His name is Bol.
Bol is good at Mathematics.
I am good at English.
Bol helps me in Mathematics.
I help him in English.
Activity 3: Draw and write

a) Draw yourself. Write your name.
b)Talk about yourself.
My best friend is My best subject is
My parents are
My name is
c) Write a sentence about yourself.

Activity 4: Playing a game of ‘Who am I?’
Example:
I am a girl.
I live in Juba.
I am in Primary Two.
My father is Mr Lagu.
Who am I?
Activity 5:Vocabulary related to introducing self

a) Listen and repeat
myself ourselves you
me I am his
your my
b) Construct sentences using the words above.
Activity 6: Daily activities

Say and mime
My name is Buwa.
I get up in the morning.
I make my bed.
I brush my teeth.
I wash my face.
I eat my breakfast.
I go to school.

Activity 7: Order of daily activities
a) Look and say
a b
c d
f
e
b) Copy and arrange these sentences correctly.

1. Okello wakes up.
2. Okello learns in class.
3. Okello eats his supper.
4. Okello eats his breakfast.
5. Okello plays with his ball.
6. Okello sleeps.
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Activity 8: Story
Listen and tell
My name is Judy. I wake up at seven o’clock

every morning. I eat my breakfast at half past
seven. I go to school at eight o’clock.
At school, I go for break at a quarter to
eleven. I go back home at half past twelve.
I take my lunch at ten minutes past one. In
the afternoon, I do my homework. I take two
hours to complete my homework.
In the evening, I eat my supper at seven
o’clock. I go to sleep at a quarter past eight.
Activity 9: Making a daily timetable

a) Say what Judy does at the given times.
Time Activity
b) Say your own daily timetable. Write it down.
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Activity 10: Care for oneself
Look and tell
a b
c d
Activity 11: Poem on body cleanliness

Recite and act
Clean all the time

Brush brush your teeth everyday.
Bathe bathe your body everyday.
Wash wash your hands for every meal.
Cut cut your nails every week.
Stay stay clean all the time.
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Activity 12: Feeling sorry for others
Look and talk
Myself
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Unit
OUR PAYAM
3
Activity 1: Where you live
a) Listen and role-play
Good morning.
My name is Akello.
I live in Ayid Payam.
I love my home.
Good morning.
My name is Odong.
I live in Loka Payam.
I love our Payam.
b) Tell us about your Payam.

What do you like about your Payam?
What do you not like about your Payam?
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Activity 2:Vocabulary related to our Payam
a) Look and name

school shop grocery post office bank
b) Talk about these places in your Payam.
police post
hospital shop
hair salon
church
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Activity 3: Important places in our Payam
Look and talk

a b
Activity 4: Social services in our Payam
a) Listen and tell

My name is Jane.
I live in Lainya.
My home is near Lainya Shopping Centre.
We buy food, clothes, meat and fruits easily.
There is a good school near my home.
Going to school is fun.
There is also a hospital nearby.
We get medicine easily.
b) How do you get medicine in your Payam? Tell us.
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Activity 5: Reciting poems on social services
a) Listen and recite
The big shiny building

We call the bank
Many people go there
Because you can get money at a bank.
The building by the corner

We call it the bakery
Always having a good smell coming from it
Because you can get bread at a bakery.
b) Write one more stanza for the poem.

Activity 6: Playing a game of ‘ Where’
Example:
Where can I buy

some sorghum?
I can buy sorghum

from a food shop.
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Activity 7: Number of people in your Payam
a) Guess how many
b) Guess how many people are in:
Your village
Your school Your Payam

Your family
Your community
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Activity 8: Story
a) Listen and tell
Fangak Payam
Fangak Payam is a good place to live in. The chief’s office
is located in the middle of the Payam. There are many homes,
schools, hospitals and police posts in Fangak.
The main hospital is in the North of the sub-county. The
police station is located in the south of the chief’s office.
Fankak Primary School is located to the west of the police

station. Evans goes to this school. He is in Primary Three. His
home is south of the school. He passes the Catholic Church to the
east on his way to school.
The Payam has a very big market near the Catholic Church.
Evans and his mother go to the market on Sunday afternoon. He
likes his Payam.
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b) Write answers. Read them to the class.
1. Which Payam is being talked about in the story?
2. Where is the chief’s office located?
3. How does Evans get to the school?
4. Give your own directions on how you get to school.
5. What do you like most in your Payam? Why?
c) Role play
Use the map to get to school from Evan’s home.
MAIN
EVANS HOME
HOSPITAL
CATHOLIC CHIEF’S
CHURCH OFFICE
MARKET FANKAK POLICE

PRIMARY STATION
SCHOOL

Our Payam
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Unit ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN
4 OUR PAYAM
Activity 1: Economic activities
a) Look and name
a b
c d
b) Name these people in your Payam.

What jobs do they do?
Teacher
Shopkeeper Painter
Cobbler
Fisherman
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Activity 2: Various economic activities
Buy the fish, says the fishmonger

Take some meat, says the
butcher
Learn some English, says the
teacher
Order some cloth, says the
tailor
Play the drums, dance and sing,
We all dance and play.
b) Answer in complete sentences to your partner. Now

write the sentences.
1. Who teaches children?
2. Who sells fish?
3. Who sews clothes?
4. Who makes furniture?
5. Who sells things in a shop?
6 Who sells meat?
7. Who can cook food?
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Activity 3: Where people work
a) Where
a b
b) Name places where people in your Payam work from.
Activity 4: Benefits of economic activities
Look and say
a b
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Activity 5: A conversation
a) Listen and act
Teacher: What is your mother’s job?

Annet: She is a doctor.
Teacher: What is your father’s job?
Annet: My father is a teacher.
Teacher: What is your aunt’s job?
Annet: My aunt is a farmer.
b) Act using your family members.
Activity 6: Story
a) Listen and tell
When I grow up,
I look into the future,
I shall treat the sick,
I shall give them medicine.
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When he grows up,
He will be a pilot,
He looks into the future,
He will fly to many places,
He will fly you far away.
When she grows up,

She will be an engineer,
She looks into the future,
She will build tall buildings,
She will make a racing car.
b) Answer orally
1. Whose job do you admire most? Why?
2. Say what you want to be in future.
3. Tell the class why you have picked that job.

Jobs people do
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Unit
OUR ENVIRONMENT
5
Activity 1: What is around us

a) Look and read
school trees grass hills high tall green
On my way to school
I see tall trees
I see green grass
I see high hills
b) Draw and tell

Draw what you see on your way to school.
Write a rhyme as above.
Activity 2:Vocabulary on environmental pollution
a) Listen and say
Overgrazing
Pollution Burning
Erosion
Cutting
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b) Look and say
a b
c) Listen and match
A B
1. Drought Very strong winds, heavy rain and often

thunder and lightning.
2. Storm To make water, air or land dirty or dangerous

for people, plants and animals.
3. Pollute A long period with little or no rain.
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Activity 3: Environmental pollution
a) Look and talk
b) Use these words to describe the picture above.

sewage chemicals smoke
water air pollute
Activity 4: Poem
Read and recite
Trees swing high right to the sky.

Birds nest high ready to fly.
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Save our trees for us to
breathe.
Help us to see we need
our trees.
Activity 5: Keeping our school environment clean

Sing and do
Bits of paper,
Pieces of chalk,
Lying on the floor,
Lying on the floor,
Make the place untidy,
Make the place dirty,
Pick them up,
Pick them up.
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Activity 6: Story
a) Listen and say
Kenyi was taking a walk into the forest when he heard a

lorry coming. He hid behind a big tree.
The lorry was now
close. Kenyi looked
through the bushes. It
was carrying freshly cut
timber.
Kenyi waited until
the lorry was gone then
continued walking. Then
he heard sounds of chain
saws. He looked and saw men and women cutting many trees.
Kenyi ran back. He met two forest rangers and informed them
of what he saw.The rangers thanked Kenyi for telling them.They
went to talk to these people and told them to stop because they
should not be cutting trees.
The rangers told them all why we should save our trees.
b) Tell us
2. Where do you think the logs were being taken?
3. Why do people cut down trees?
4. What do you think the rangers said about why we should
save our trees?
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Our environment
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Unit
CLIMATE AND DISASTERS
6
Activity 1: Defining weather and climate
Look and talk

a b
Activity 2: Draw and tell
Draw the weather today.

Activity 3:Vocabulary
a) Listen and say
Disaster
Drought Floods
Short rains
Dry
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b) Match and say
A B
Season Rains that last less than one and half months
Floods Rainy season or a dry season
Rainfall Too much rainfall
Famine A sudden event that causes great damage
Short rains The fall of rain
Disaster A great lack of food
c) Make oral sentences using the words below.
Example: It is cool in the month of July.
Wet
Warm Hot
Cool
Dry
d) Play a word game

Activity 4: Climatic conditions in our Payam
a) Listen and tell
My name is Sara Omar. I live in Kodoko. Our Payam is

found in the Northern part of South
Sudan.
We always have our dry seasons
from November to February. Our
most dry month is January.
Our wet season starts from mid
April to end of September. Our
coolest month is July.
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b) Talk about seasons in your Payam.
c) What is your favourite season and why?
Activity 5: Activities people do during different
seasons
a) Look and say
a b
c d
b) Match the activities with times of the year.

c) Debate
‘Wet season is better than the dry season.’
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Activity 6: Poem
a) Recite the poem
My name is January.
I am always dry in most places of the country.
I like being dry.
My sister is December and my brother February.
My cousin is March.
My name is April.
I am wet in most places of this country.
My two little sisters May and June are normally wet too.
When I am wet, people plant their crops.
I make people happy.
b) Write a poem
i) Choose a month. Write a poem for that month.

ii) With your partner, recite the poem to the class.
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Activity 7: Story
a) Listen and tell
I remember a long time ago when there was a disaster in

our Payam.
Floods, stoms and
strong winds came.
The rainy season
did not stop. All the
crops were destroyed.
I remember how
we helped each other
in the community.
We cooked and
ate together as there
was no much food to
eat.
I was happy when
the rainy season stopped. We all planted our crops again.
b) Tell us
1. Say the story in your own words.
2. What happened when the rainy season did not stop.
3. What would happen if the dry season did not stop?
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c) Read these words. Discuss their meanings.
Disaster
Storm Crops
Strong wind
Climate
d) Use the words above to make sentences.
Climate and disasters
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Unit
GAMES AND SPORTS
7
Activity 1: Identifying games and sports
a) Look and name
swimming volleyball football
hide and seek skipping
a b
c d
e f
i) Choose the correct word.

ii) Match the word to the picture.
iii) Write the word.
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b) Use the words in (a) to make sentences.
Example: I like skipping with my friends.
Activity 2:Vocabulary for games and sports
a) Mime
Swim
Dance Football
Skip
Netball
b) Make sentences.
(i) netball
(ii) football
(iii) stockings
(iv) dancing
(v) clapping
Activity 3:Talking about our games
a) Look and name
a b
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b) List other traditional games you play.
Activity 4: Play games
The teacher will guide you.
Activity 5: Favourite sport in our class
a) Look and name
a b
b) Say your favourite game.
Activity 6: Survey to find the favourite sport in school
Fill the questionnaire below.

1. Do you like playing football? Yes No
2. Do you like athletics? Yes No
3. Do you like watching TV? Yes No
4. Do you like playing volleyball? Yes No
5. Do you like cycling? Yes No
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Activity 7: Story
a) Listen and tell
Richard Justin Lado

Richard Justin Lado is a famous South Sudanese footballer.
He was born on October 5, 1979
in Khartoum. He is a defensive mid
fielder currently playing for
Al-Malakia FC.
Justin was a member of the South
Sudan National Football Team. He
scored the first goal for South Sudan
in an official international game.
Richard Justin has been playing
football for many years. He dribbles
the ball skilfully. He defends and
scores easily. He has continued to
gain experience with time. His fans and fellow players admire
him. He is really one of the football stars in this region..
b) Tell us
(i) Retell the story in your own words.
(ii) Why is Richard Lado a football star?
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c) Make sentences
(i) football
(ii) score
(iii) born
(iv) goal
(v) famous
Games and sports
42

Unit PHYSICAL FEATURES IN
8 OUR PAYAM
Activity 1: Naming physical features
a) Look and match
a b
c d
Swamp
Forest
River
Mountain
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b) Listen and match
A B
Rivers These are highlands with a lot of rocks.
Mountains These are big streams that flow into main rivers or
lakes.
Forests A wetland with a lot of grass, papyrus and reeds.
Swamps
These are thick tree plantations.
c) Make sentences using the words in A.
Activity 2: Materials found in our environment

a) Look and name
a b
c d
b) Have you seen the things above in your Payam?
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c) Listen and match
Vocabulary Definitions
Rocks Tree trunks cut for construction.
Water Reeds used for making mats and fishing baskets.
Poles Liquid got from rain, rivers, boreholes, etc.
Papyrus reeds Big hard stones.
d) Copy and write answers.
Well
Papyrus Wet
Poles
Mats
Rocks
(i) Our mothers use ________ for grinding.

(ii) Peter sells ________ made from papyrus reeds.
(iii) Our village members fetch water from a ________.
(iv) My father brought _______ for constructing our fence.
(v) Aunt Mary collected _____ reeds for making fishing baskets.
(vi) Wetland rice is grown in a _______ place.
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Activity 3: Describing physical features
a) Look and read
a b
This is a river. These are rivers.

c d
This is a rock. These are rocks.
b) Complete
(i) This is a forest. These are ________.
(ii) This is a rock. These are ________.
(iii) This is a mountain. These are ________.
(iv) This is a river. These are ________.
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Activity 4: Poems
(a) Listen and recite
Roaring river
The water races by,
Underneath the blue sky,
Fish are jumping high,
Can you catch one for me?
Magical Mountain
Searching, calling up to the sky,
Gathering clouds floating by,
Climbing through the mist,
Trees that bend and twist.
The magic of the mountain side.
(b) Write a poem

Physical features in our

Payam
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Unit
PEACE AND SECURITY
9
Activity 1: Defining peace and security
Look and talk
a b
Activity 2: Vocabulary for peace and security

a) Say
court criminal police officer
community leader
b) Name the pictures
b
a
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c d
c) Make sentences.
Police station
Court Peace
Community
Security
Activity 3: Poems
Akello’s home
My name is Akello.
I love my home
Where I stay and live
Where I grow up and learn
I learn to cook, I learn to care
I play with my brothers and sisters
I love my home.
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Odong’s home
My home my home
I did not like my home
My father quarreled with my uncle
My mother did not talk to my aunt
I wished my mother would not beat
my cousins
I wish one day, we will live in peace
I wish one day I can rest and eat well
I wish one day I will love my home
b) What can you tell us about Akello’s and Odong’s

homes?
c) Talk about your home in the present tense.
I like
I live with I do not like

My home is
I do
d) Copy and complete the table. Add one more sentence.

Present Past Future
I play with my sister
and brother.
I helped my mother to
cook.
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a) Listen and act
Olupot: Look at those people.

Wabwire: Look! They have guns. And one of them has
a bow and arrows.
Olupot: They are bad people. Let us go and call the
police.
Wabwire: Go and call the police while I watch them.

Olupot: Okay. (Runs to the police station)
b) Make sentences
Watch
Police Bad people
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Activity 5: Story
a) Listen and tell
Mr Walla and his daughter

One evening Mr Walla was taking a walk with his
daughter. They were walking as they talked. Mr Walla was
telling his daughter to work hard in school. He also told her
that she should live well with people.
Mr Walla said that if people live together well, there is
peace. He also advised his daughter to avoid bad company
since bad company spoils good morals.
Mr Walla said that when people live in peace, they also

work hard. They take their children to school and everyone is
happy.
b) Tell us
(i) Say what the story is about.
(ii) What lesson do we learn from the story?
(iii) What can we do to stay in peace in our community?
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Peace and security
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Unit
TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL
10
Activity 1: Means of transport
a) Look and name
a b
c d
b) Talk about one of the means of transport used in the

past
Start your sentence with: In the past…
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Activity 2:Vocabulary for transport
a) Look and talk
b) Make sentences
Ship
Aeroplane Taxi
Camel
Train
Activity 3:Talking about how transport has changed
Look and compare
a b
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Activity 4: Rhyme
Slowly, slowly, very slowly

Climbed the long train
Slowly, slowly, very slowly
Up the big mountain it went.
High, high, very high

Flew the big aeroplane
High, high, very high
Up into the skies it went floating.
Floating, floating, floating

Moved the big ship
Floating, floating, floating.
Along the deep blue sea, it went.
b) Write a poem
Write a poem as above about the fast car in the past tense.
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Activity 5: Story
a) Listen and tell
Transport at different times

In the past, transportation of people and goods was slow and
tiresome.
People had to walk long distances. Others rode on the backs of
animals for long distances. All these means of transport were slow
and very tiresome.
Today, transportation is much easier than it was in the past.

The different means of transport have made travelling easy. We use
air transport when we are travelling overseas. This is because it is
fast.
Road transport is the means used most. People travel from one
place to another through road.
Trains and ships are also used to transport goods and
passengers but they are slower.
In the future, we will be moving to electric flying cars. Do you
think so too?
b) Talk about transport in the past, present and future
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c) Tell us
(ii) Tell how transport has changed.
(iii) Which transport do you use most? Why?
(iv) Which transport is commonly used in your Payam? Why?
Activity 6: Hold a debate about transport

Debate
Road transport is better than air transport.
Activity 7: Acting about means of transport

a) Listen and mime
Ship: I am the best because I carry heavy goods

on water and I cannot sink.
Aeroplane: I am the best because I fly in the air without
falling down.
Train: I am the best because I am long, I carry
heavy goods yet I use a narrow path.
Horse: I am the best because I can pass everywhere,
anytime without using road signs.
Bicycle: I am the best because I am the cheapest and
used by many.
All: We are all useful.
b) Write sentences
Write sentences about your favourite way of travelling.
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Transport and travel
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Unit
ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY
11
Activity 1: Defining accidents and safety

a) Look and talk
Which children are safe and why?
a b
b) Say how you get to school.
I take a bus.
I walk or run. I ride a bicycle.
c) Write sentences
Now write your sentences in the past, present and future tense.
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Activity 2: Common accidents and how to avoid
them
a) Look and talk

a b
b) Talk about common accidents in your Payam
Activity 3: Safety on the road

a) Say how you cross the road.
b) What are traffic lights for?

c) Write instructions
Write instructions for your friend to use when crossing the
road.
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d) Make sentences in the past tense.
Bicycle
Car Motorcycle
Road
Traffic lights
Activity 4: Poem
a) Recite
Before you cross the road,

Stop.
Look right, look left,
look right again.
If the road is clear,
cross quickly but don’t run!
Do not play on the road.
Always cross in a single file!
b) Mime the poem above
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Activity 5: Story
a) Listen and tell
The accident
Yesterday on the way to school Akello saw a tanker overturn
on the road.
Akello remembered that her teacher had told her not go
near a broken down vehicle.
Akello also remembered that her teacher told the class that
a broken down vehicle could catch fire.
Akello was excited at school about the tanker. When Akello

was telling her friend Jane about the tanker she told her that she
also saw the tanker. It had caught fire.
b) Tell us
Say what the story is about.
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c) Write three sentences from the story to show past
tense. Read them.
d) Write the story into the present continuous.
Accidents and safety
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Unit
HEALTH AND HYGIENE
12
Activity 1:Vocabulary
a) Look and name
a b
c d
e f
Water
Foods to grow Foods to work and play
Foods to
Exercises
protect
b) Draw the food you ate this morning. Write a sentence.

Example: I ate potatoes this morning. It was healthy because…
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Activity 2: Poem
a) Recite
Healthy eating
Eggs, beans and meat

Help keep me on my feet
To play and work all day
Rice, wheat and maize.
Keep me healthy my mother says
To play and work all day.
Fruits and vegetables to crunch.
Help me have a healthy body when to play
and work all day
b) Say more good foods to eat
Activity 3: A game about food

Play a game called ‘food food’.
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Activity 4: Story
a) Listen and read
Nelly the healthy girl

This is Nelly.
She is having breakfast.
Her favourite fruit is apple.
She eats bread and cassava.
She likes milk.
Nelly eats a healthy meal every day.
Nelly drinks a lot of water too.

Nelly also plays to stay healthy.
Nelly takes a bath once a day.
Nelly brushes her teeth every day.
At night, Nelly sleeps under a net.
Nelly is a healthy girl.
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b) Answer orally
2. What should we do to keep our bodies healthy?
3. Do you think people in your family are living healthy?
Explain.
Activity 5: Write sentences
Write five sentences about what your family eats.
Health and hygiene
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Unit
OCCUPATIONS IN OUR PAYAM
13
Activity 1: Naming occupations

a) Look and name
a b
c d
b) Read and say

Nurse
Driver Teacher
Police officer
Doctor
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c) Answer
1. Okot teaches children in school. Okot is a __________.
2. Akong takes care of sick people. Akong is a __________.
3. Uduru maintains peace in the society. Uduru is a __________.
4. Abdo drives a lorry. Abdo is a __________.
Activity 2: Matching occupations
a) Say and match
mechanic barber carpenter weaver
a b
c d
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b) Read and match
I cut people’s hair.

I am a mechanic.
I work in a barber shop.
I mend shoes.
I am a captain.
I mend slippers.
I command a ship.
I am a barber.
I travel on water.
I repair cars.
I am a cobbler.
I repair buses.
c) Write sentences
(i) Write sentences using the words below. One sentence to
be in the past, and another in the present.
(ii) Now write one sentence in the future tense about what job
you would like to do and why.
Veterinary officer
Artist Soldier
Grocer
Engineer
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Read and act
Teacher: Welcome Mr Kisanga. The children will ask you

questions.
Peter: What do you do Mr Kisanga?
Kisanga: I am a farmer. I keep many cows and goats.

Mary: Why do you keep so many animals?
Kisanga: I keep animals for milk, meat and oxen to plough.
Jane: Do you grow any crops?
Kisanga: Yes, I grow maize, beans and cassava.
John: Why do you grow all these crops?
Kisanga: I grow them for food and sell some.
Teacher: Thank you Mr Kisanga. We shall visit your farm soon.
Kisanga: You are welcome.
b) Write about
Write about the visit of Mr. Kisanga to your school.
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Activity 4: Poem
I walk in our Payam, I walk in our Payam

I see a woman weeding, I smile at her and walk on
I see an old man under the car, he is repairing the car
The old man cannot hear me, I walk on
I see a young man making a stool, I wave and walk on
I come to the market place, I meet buyers and sellers
I buy some paraffin and while walking home
I meet a taxi driver, she drives me home
Oh how I love our Payam! It has hardworking people..
b) Write five sentences about occupations in your Payam.
Activity 5: Talking about occupations at different

times
Role-play
My name is Amos.
I am a teacher.
My occupation is teaching.
I teach children in school.
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My name is Anita.
I want to be a pilot in the future.
I will fly aeroplanes.
I will go to many places.
My name is Debora.
I was a weaver.
I made baskets.
I weaved mats too.
Activity 6: Future occupations

a) Listen and say
My name is Kamal. I want to be a

doctor in the future. I will work in the
hospital.I want to attend to patients.
I will treat them well.They will all get
well and be happy.
b) Write a paragraph about your future occupation.

Read it.
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Activity 7: Text on occupations
a) Listen, read and tell
Occupations in our Payam

People in our Payam have different occupations. There
are many farmers in our Payam. They grow crops. They also
keep many animals.
Teachers do a lot of work. They teach children in school.

They help them to get to know things.
Nurses work in hospitals and clinics. They attend to
patients. They take care of people who are sick. They help us
to have a healthy life.
Drivers help us to move from one place to another. They
drive us with our luggage. They can take us to many places.
b) Tell us
1. Say what the text is about.
2. Name the occupations talked about in the text above.
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Activity 8: Solving a puzzle
a) Draw and circle the words
farmer teacher artist

nurse builder driver
M O N N T O B B Z B
N T L Y G M U W T S
O N K O D R I V E R
F U J H F G L E A E
A R T I S T D R C D
R S P D B X E T H F
M E D E M C R Y E C
E P F M N D S U R V
R O G H K T A I N B
b) Use the words to write sentences that explain what

job each person does

Say and copy new words learnt
Commands and instructions
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Unit
CHILDREN’S RIGHTS
14
Activity 1: Identifying children’s rights
a) Look and write

Write one sentence for each picture. Read to the class.
a b
Family School
c d
Health Shelter
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Activity 2: Vocabulary
a) Listen and say
Why are these important? Tell your partner.
Food
Protection Shelter
Education
Medicine
b) Answer using the words above.

(i) All children must be given _______ when they fall sick.
(ii) Good _________ is when children sleep under a net.
(iii) _________ is a right for every child. Children must go to
school.
(iv) Children need _________ from danger.
(v) If a child does not get ______, he or she can die.
c) Write about these rights. Present to the class.

(i) Right to education
(ii) Right to protection
(iii) Right to shelter
(iv) Right to play
(v) Right to food
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Activity 3: Poem
a) Recite and act
I am happy
I live with my family who keep me safe and care for me.
Every morning I have to brush my teeth. I always eat a
healthy breakfast.
I go to school every day. I work hard at school to learn.
When I grow up I want to be a doctor.
At home I learn to cook and clean to help my family.

Everyday I always do my homework. My family always
ask me about my day in school.
I play with my brother and sisters before I get ready
for bed.
I like to sleep in my bed.
b) Mime the poem

c) Write a story to tell about your rights and why they
are important to you
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Activity 4: Story
a) Listen and read
Adut, a caring girl

Adut learnt about her rights as a child. She was surprised
to know children had so many rights. She was also thankful she
enjoyed all those rights.
Adut was sad many children did
not enjoy many of their rights. She felt
she needed to help.
Adut started by visiting the
children’s officer. The officer was
surprised but was kind to Adut. They
talked for long.
The officer agreed that
something needed to be done. He said
he would call all parents and educate
them about children’s rights. Adut
would also talk to the parents.
Adut was happy more children would enjoy their rights..
She went back home happy.
b) Tell us
(ii) What rights do you think Adut talked about?
(iii) How else can we help other children know their rights?
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Activity 5: Write sentences
a) Write five sentences about what Adut told the

parents.
b) Read the sentences to the class.
Children’s rights
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Unit
TECHNOLOGY
15
Activity 1: Common technological devices
Look and write.
a b
c d
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Activity 2:Vocabulary for naming technology
a) Make sentences.
Keyboard
Mobile phone Television

Computer
Radio
b) Guess who I am
People can move around with me.
I can fit into your pocket. I help you to call those far.
People enjoy watching me.
I give them news, movies and cartoons.

.
I move on the road.
People sit inside me.
People click on me.
I form words and numbers.
c) Write sentences about each of the things above.
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Activity 3: How a mobile phone works
a) Look and tell
b) Write two sentences about the picture.

Activity 4: How a computer works
a) Look and talk
b) Write two sentences about the picture.
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Activity 5: Poem
a) Recite and act
Technology! Technology!
You have taken my family away!
My mother loves her smartphone.
She carries it everywhere.
My father likes the television.
He watches it the whole evening.
My sister is always wearing headphones.
She dances to her music the whole day.
My brother plays with his play station.
He stays awake the whole night.
Our unborn baby too will have a tablet.
She will press the buttons and watch cartoons!
Technology! You have taken my family away!
b) Copy and write true or false.

(i) The baby has a play station ________________
(ii) The father has a dog pet ________________________
(iii) The mother watches too much television ________________
(iv) The sister enjoys dancing __________________
c) Spell
technology computer buttons
d) Write a paragraph to tell your friend what the poem

is about.
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Activity 6: Story
a) Listen and read
Maria uses a mobile phone

One morning Maria’s father said he wanted to teach her
how to use a mobile phone.
Mr Okello started by teaching Maria the external parts of
the mobile phone.
“This pad here is called a keypad. It is where we press to
type in letters and numbers. We also use it to receive or end a
call,” Mr Okello said. Maria listened carefully.
Display Keypad
“The upper part is called the display section. It is the one

that shows the message or the caller. Have you understood,
my daughter?” Mr Okello asked.
“Yes father. I have,” replied a happy Maria.
Maria’s father then showed her the ear speaker section,
the camera and the battery charging section.
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Afterward Maria’s father opened the phone and showed
Maria the battery and the SIM card. Maria was happy. She
learnt and helped her father load airtime.
Maria’s father then called her
brother and placed the phone on
Maria’s ear. She could not believe it
when she heard her brother’s voice.
Maria had learnt to use a mobile
phone.
b) Answer and write

2. Write the next paragraph.

a) Say and copy new words learnt.
Technology
b) Pick five words and write sentences.
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3 English 3 Prim ary

Each year comprises of a Pupil’s Book and teacher’s Guide.

The Pupil’s Books provide:

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©2018, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN, MINISTRY OF GENERAL

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Unit 1: Commands and instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Stand up. I like it

Sit down. I like it

Stand up. I like it.

Come here. I like it.

Go back. I like it.

Sit down. I like it.

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greet write clap read touch point

b) Listen and do these commands.

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2. Now change roles.

Activity 4: Song on commands

Activity 5: Game on commands

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Go outside. Come back to class.

1. Take a plain piece of paper.

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“My mother said you give me sweets,” Fina said.

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Activity 8: Word bank

Commands and instructions

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Activity 1: Introducing ourselves

Listen and role-play

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Activity 3: Draw and write

b)Talk about yourself.

My best friend is My best subject is

c) Write a sentence about yourself.

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Activity 5:Vocabulary related to introducing self

b) Construct sentences using the words above.

Activity 6: Daily activities

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b) Copy and arrange these sentences correctly.

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My name is Judy. I wake up at seven o’clock

Activity 9: Making a daily timetable

b) Say your own daily timetable. Write it down.

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Activity 11: Poem on body cleanliness

Clean all the time

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Look and talk

Activity 13: Word bank

Say and copy new words learnt.

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Activity 1: Where you live

a) Listen and role-play

b) Tell us about your Payam.

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