TRAID ENGLISH COURSE FOR SUDANESE REFUGEES

SEETA BAJJO 2024-2025

Name

 What is your name?

 My name is_________
 What is your first name? ‫اسمك األول‬
 My first name is____________
 What is your last name? ‫اسم العائلة‬
 My last name is_______________

Possessive pronouns

Singular:

 My
 Your
 His
 Her
 It’s

Plural:

 Our
 Your
 Their

Status

Single Married
Man Mr. Mr.
Woman Miss Mrs.
Formal name = status + last name

Alphabets

Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz

Can you spell your name?

Verb (be)

Basic Short Negative Question

I am I'm I am not Am I?
I'm not
She is She's She is not Is she?
She's not
She isn't
He is He's He is not Is he?
He's not.
 He isn't.
It is It's It is not. Is it?
It's not.
It isn't.
You are You're You are not Are you?
You're not.
You aren't
They are They're They are Are they?
not
They're not
They aren't
We are We're We are not Are we?
We're not
We aren't

Introduce yourself to others:

A: Hello, I am __________

B: I Am _______. Nice to meet you.

A: nice to meet you too.

D: _________, this is ____________

E: nice to meet you _____________.

F: nice to meet you too.

Saying goodbye:

 Bye.
 Goodbye.
 See you tomorrow.
 See you later.
 Have a good (day, evening, night).

Greetings:

A: formal :

What to say How to respond

Hello Hello
Good morning Good morning
Good afternoon Good afternoon
Good evening Good evening
How do you do? How do you do?
How are you? I am fine thank
you.
Pleased to meet The pleasure is
 you. mine.
Pleased to meet
you too.

B: informal :

What to say How to respond

Hi Hi
How are you? I’m fine thank
you.
Very well thanks.
Good, and you?
What’s up? Nothing much.
Not much.
How have you I’ve been great
been? thank you.
How are things Going well,
going? thanks.

C: How Are You?

Good 😊 Bad 😣
Very well, Not so good.
thanks.
I am ok. Not so great.
I feel great A little under the
weather.
All right. I am poorly.
Never better. I am tired.
Couldn’t be I feel awful.
better.
Excellent. I have been
better.
Not bad.
Can’t complain.

Numbers:

1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four
5. Five
6. Six
7. Seven
8. Eight
9. Nine
10. Ten
11. Eleven
 12. Twelve
13. Thirteen
14. Fourteen
15. Fifteen
16. Sixteen
17. Seventeen
18. Eighteen
19. Nineteen
20. Twenty

What is your phone number? ( area code + number)

My phone number is_________________________6

How old are you?

I am __________ years old.

Singular and plural:

Most nouns are made plural by adding (s) at the end:

Bird > birds

Care > cars

Door > doors

Pen > pens

If a nouns ends in ch, sh, s, z, x we add (es) at the end:

Fox > foxes

Bus > buses

Dish > dishes

Dress > dresses

Nouns that ends in y:

If the letter before Y is consonant, we add (es) after changing Y to I (ies):

Baby > babies

Family > families

Lady > ladies

If there is a vowel before Y, we simply add (s):

Boy > boys.

Key > keys

Way > ways

If noun ands in (f) we often change (f) to (v) then add (es):

Loaf > loaves

Shelf > shelves

Thief > thieves

Knife > knives

Exceptions

Chef > chefs

Roof > roofs

Cliff > cliffs

Some nous don’t follow any rules:

Man > men

Woman > women

Person > people

Foot > feet

This / that these / those

This: ‫للمفرد القريب‬

That: ‫للمفرد البعيد‬

These: ‫للجمع القريب‬

Those: ‫للجمع البعيد‬

Adjective:

 Gives information about a noun.

 Comes before the noun.
 Adj. Don’t change from singular to plural (Good student, good students)
 Vocabulary :
1. Height:
Short
medium height (average)
Tall
2. Weight:
Heavy (fat)
Slim
Thin
3. Looks:
Handsome (men)
Beautiful (women)
Pretty (women)
Good looking (men and women)
 Ugly
4. Skin:
Dark
Brown
Light (white)
5. Strength:
Strong
Weak
6. Age:
Young
Middle aged
Old
7. Hair:
 Length:
Long
Medium length
Short
 Colour:
Black
Brown
Blonde
Grey
 Type:
Straight
Curly
Moustache
Beard
8. Eyes:
 Size:
Big
Small
 Colour:
Brown
Black
Blue
Green
9. Personality:
Funny
Serious
Polite
Kind
Nice
Smart
Intelligent
Shy
Outgoing
Rude
Quite
 Loud

Sentence structure:

1. Subj. + v. Be + Adj.
She is tall
They are smart
2. Possessive pronoun + noun + is/are + Adj
Her hair is short
Their eyes are blue
3. Subj. + has / have + Adj. + noun
I have long hair
You have blue eyes.

And / but:

We join 2 and more sentences using and or but.

 She is funny and smart. (She is funny + She is smart)

 He is smart but shy. (He is smart + He is shy)

Nationalities:

 Where are you from?

I am from _____________
 What is your nationality?
I am _____________
 What language do you speak?
We speak _____________

Country Nationality Language

Sudan Sudanese Arabic
Uganda Ugandan English and Swahili
The United States of America American English
USA
England English English
Canada Canadian English & french
Egypt Egyptian Arabic
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabic
Libya Libyan Arabic
The United Arab Emirates UAE Emirati Arabic / english
Qatar Qatari Arabic / english
Palestine Palestinian Arabic
India Indian Hindi / english

Where do you live?

 I live (in) Uganda.

 I live (in) seeta.
 I live (on) BAJJO road.
 I live on BAJJO road in seeta, Uganda.
Present simple tense:

 Used in:
1. Facts
2. Habits. (Every, always, often, sometimes, usually, rarely...ect.)
 Add (s,es) to the verb when the subject is (He, she, it)
 Structure:
1. Subj. + v.(be) + adj. Or complement
He is tall
2. Subj. + v + obj.
He plays football.
They learn English every day.
I cook every Friday.
She loves him.

Subject Possessive Objectives

I My Me
You Your You
He His Him
She Her Her
It Its It
We Our Us
They Their Them

Family

 Father ‫أب‬
 Mother ‫أم‬
 Parents ‫الوالدين‬
 Son ‫ابن‬
 Daughter ‫بنت‬
 Children ‫ابناء وبنات‬
 Sister ‫اخت‬
 Brother ‫أخ‬
 Siblings ‫أخوان واخوات‬
 Nephew ‫ابن األخ وابن األخت‬
 Niece ‫بنت األخ وبنت األخ‬
 Uncle ‫عم و خال‬
 Aunt ‫عمه و خالة‬
 Cousins ‫ابناء الخال والخاالت وابناء االعمام والعمات‬
 Grandmother ‫جده‬
 Grandfather ‫جد‬
 Grandchildren ‫احفاد‬
 Grandson ‫حفيد‬
 Granddaughter ‫حفيده‬

Talk about your family

My name is __________. I am a mother of three, two boys and a girl. They are nine, six and two. My
parents lives in Sudan. I have 4 siblings, two brothers and two sisters. I have 2 nephews and 1 niece.
Who is/are ( this / that, these/those)

 This is my mother.
 That is my brother.
 Those are my family.
 These are my cousins.

Jobs:

er or ist
Singer Director Artist
Teacher Doctor Dentist
Writer Actor Scientist
Manager Professor Psychologist
Police officer Pharmacist
Waiter
Programmer
Driver
Home maker
 What is your job?
I am a doctor.
 What do you do?
I am a Teacher.
 What does she do?
She is a student.
 What do they do?
They are workers.
 Where does a Teacher work?
A teacher works at school.
 Where do you work?
I work in a factory.

Time:

 What time is it?

9:00 It’s 9 o'clock

9:05 It’s nine five It’s five past nine
9:10 It’s nine ten It’s ten past nine
9:15 It’s nine fifteen It’s quarter past nine.
9:20 It’s nine twenty It’s twenty past nine.
9:25 It’s nine twenty-five It’s twenty-five past nine
9:30 It’s nine thirty It’s half past nine
9:35 It’s nine thirty five It’s thirty five past nine
9:40 It’s nine forty It’s twenty to ten
9:45 It’s nine forty five It’s quarter to ten
9:50 It’s nine fifty It’s ten to ten
9:55 It’s nine fifty five It’s five to ten
10:00 It’s ten o'clock
 Parts of the day:
 1. Morning
2. Noon
3. Afternoon
4. Evening
5. Night
6. Midnight
7. Am/ pm
 Days of the week:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
 Months of the year:
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

Weather;

Seasons of the year:

 Summer
 Autumn (fall)
 Winter.
 Spring.
 Rain season.
 Dry season.

Present continuous:

 Present progressive.
 Describes an on going action.
 Subj. + v.be + v.ing