P3 English Lesson Notes Term I - III
P3 English Lesson Notes Term I - III
P3 English Lesson Notes Term I - III
Collective nouns
What are collective nouns? A collective noun is a name given to a group or things taken as one
Examples of collective nouns
(a) A gang of thieves
(b) A choir of singers
(c) A herd of cattle
(d) A flock of sheep
(e) A congregation of worshippers
(f) A bouquet of flowers
(g) A troupe of dancers
(h) A troop of keys
(i) A team of players
Activity I Complete the collective nouns below
1. A…………..of ships. (flect, feet)
2. A choir of ……………..(sing, singers)
3. A …………….of firewood (bundle, band)
4. A………………of worshippers (congregation, group)
5. A……………..of flowers. (bundle, bouquet)
Activity 2 Give one word for the underlined group of words
1. The Reverend talked to a group of people in church.
2. My father keeps a group of cattle at home
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3. We kept food for a group of players
4. Daddy gave mummy a group of flowers on Valentine’s Day.
5. A group of singers in our school won the music competitions last week.
Theme Our sub-county/Division.
Sub-theme Name and location of our sub-county/Division.
Content Common nouns
What are common nouns? Common nouns are names given to all people, places and things at same
kind.
They can either be plural or singular e.g, (countable nouns and uncountable nouns)
Women , boys , girls, birds , animals, tree, stones, desk, people, sugar, etc.
What are countable nouns?
- These are things which we can count.
Examples
Singular plural
Boy boys
Girl girls
Stone stones
Teacher teachers
Desk desks
Monkey monkeys
Donkey donkeys
Countable nouns that take ‘es’ in plural
Singular plural
Church churches
Bench benches
Watch watches
Dish dishes
Match matches
Note: nouns that end with o, x, ch, s, sh take ‘es’ to form their plurals
What are un countable nouns?
- These are things which we cannot count.
Note: they do not change in plural
Examples
Soil, sand, water, sugar, paraffin
Give the plural form of the following words
Boy, girl, house, baby, bench
Use the correct form of the word given in the brackets
1. Mummy bought two…………..from the market. (mango)
2. We have twenty………..in our classroom. (bench)
3. ……………depend on milk. (baby)
4. We saw…………….in the forest yesterday. (monkey)
5. I found many……………in the kitchen. (knife)
Complete this table correctly.
Countable nouns Un-countable nouns
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Evaluation activity 2 2
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Theme Our sub-county/Division
Sub-theme Name and location of our subcounty/Division
Content Gender (sex) male and female.
Definition: Gender is a state of being male or female.
Examples:
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Male (masculine) Female (Feminine)
Man Woman
Husband Wife
Nephew Niece
Monitor Monitress
Widower Widow
Brother-in-law Sister-in-law
Bachelor spinster
Evaluation activity Give the femininenouns forthe underlined words inthe sentences.
(a) That man is tall.
(b) The poet wrote a very long poem.
(c) The waiter is serving us.
(d) My nephew works in a bank.
(e) Her brother in law died yesterday.
(f) Your landlord is very rude.
(g) I hate being a bachelor.
(h) My son is very sick.
(i) The actor wore a nice costume.
(j) The bridegroom is very smart.
Theme Our sub county / division
Sub theme Name and location of our sub county or division
Gender(Male and Female)
Content animals and birds
Male Female
Boar(Pig) Sow
Ram(Sheep) Ewe
Drake Duck
Leopad Leopardess
Bull Cow
Buck(Rabbit) Doe
Wolf She-wolf
Tiger Tigress
Billy goat Nanny goat
Bear She bear
Dog Bitch
Give one word for the underlined group of words
Activity
1. The male duckquarked loudly
2. The female sheep is noisy today.
3. I saw the male rabbit in the hutch.
4. The male pig is in the sty
5. The female goat has three kids.
6. There is a female lion in the game park.
7. The female bear chased the hyena in the game park
8. The female dog barked loudly last night.
They also carry out dairy farming and have many cows. The neighbouring divisions get milk from
dairy farms of Makindye.
People inMakindye are very happy. There is also a big lake where they go fishing. Fishing is a
very good business. They eat fish and sell some to get money.
Near the lake, there is a very big and beautiful hotel called Munyonyo Speke Resort. Tourists
visit the hotel and bring in foreign money to our sub-county. The hotel provides employment to
people around. Many people work in Munyonyo Speke Resort.
Questions:
1. Which activities is talked about in the story?
2. Which animal do people in this division keep?
3. What type of farming do people of Makindye carry out?
Lesson activity 4. Where do those people carry out fishing from?
5. What beautiful hotel is near the lake?
6. Which people visit this hotel?
7. What do tourists bring to our sub-county?
Lesson evaluation 8. Give the title of the story.
9. What does the hotel provide to the people around it?
Theme Our sub county/division
Sub-theme Name and location of our sub-county/division
Content Vocabulary
North , east, West , South , right , above, sunrise, sunset , direction , opposite, Eastern , Western ,
Evaluation activity Northern , Southern
1. Name the cardinal points on a compass.
A a. ________________________
b. ________________________
D C c. ________________________
d. ________________________
B
2. Fill in the correct letter.
(a) N__r__h
(b) ___a___t
(c) Co___ ___ as ___
(d) Su ___ ___ et
3. Use these words in a sentence.
(a) Above _________________
(b) Direction __________________
(c) Sunrise __________________
(d) Opposite __________________
Baba had a big shop. He sold building materials like cement, nails and paint. He could go up to Busia to
buy them for his shop. He sold them at a cheaper price compared to other traders. People were very
happy with him. Many of them built houses because of Baba’s good prices.
Baba did not just stop at trading in building materials. At home, he reared animals and grew different
crops. People in that sub-county were happy with Baba because he employed many of them on his farm.
He paid them very well.
Baba could share ideas with people who wanted to work and be like him. People started working hard by
putting up other businesses like the carpentry shops and others went to tailoring. They lived happily
together in their sub county. Bravo Baba!
Questions
1. What was the name of the trader?
2. In which village did Baba live?
3. What did Baba have?
4. Which building materials did Baba sell?
5. Where did Baba buy building materials for his shop from?
6. Why were many people happy with Baba?
7. What is the title of the story?
8. What other businesses did people put up in the sub-county?
9. Give the opposites of these words;
a) hardworking
b) happy
c) wife
d) sold
Theme Livelihood in our Sub-County/ Division
Sub theme Challenges in social services and their possible solutions
Content Structures: What is …………….used for?
………….is used for………..
Example
1. What is clay used for?
Clay is used for modeling.
2. What colour is clay soil?
Lesson activity Clay soil is grey incolour.
Choose the correct word from the brackets to fill in the blanks.
1. There is no soil on the …………………….(rock, stone)
2. A stone is ……………………(bigger, smaller) than a rock.
3. Your skirt is as black as ………………………… (charcoal, grass)
4. There is a heap of …………………….. in the compound. (food, sand)
5. Kato modeled a pot from ……………………soil. (loam, clay)
6. We get clay soil from ……………………(swamps, forests)
7. …………………soil is the best soil for growing crops. (sand, loam)
Good is to bad as white is to………………….(green, black)
Theme Livelihood in our Sub-County/ Division
Sub theme Challenges in social services and their possible solutions
Content Conversation
Daily Activities
Samuel: Hello Daniel! What will you be doing in the evening?
Daniel: I shall go fishing.
Samuel: I use hooks and once in a while I use fish nets. What about you? What will you do in
the evening?
Agatha: I shall help my mother with weaving.
Mr. Mutebi goes around telling people about the importance of our environment. He tells them about
many things. He says forests are homes of wild animals, birds and insects. Trees give us shelter. Timber
is used for building. He tells them that water is used for drinking, building, cooking, washing and for
irrigation. People feel very happy to learn all this from Mr. Mutebi. They now know the importance of the
environment and care for it.
Answer questions about the story in full sentences
1. Who loves the environment?
2. What is in the environment?
3. Name two examples of living things.
4. What does Mr. Mutebi say about forests?
5. What do trees give us?
6. What is used for building?
7. Give the opposites of these words;
a) Loves
b) Goes
8. Suggest a suitable title for the story.
Theme Our environment in our Sub-County/ Division
Sub theme Changes in the environment
Content Vocabulary
Oh the wind
You move things like the kites
You even dry our clothes
Wind you are good but sometimes bad
You blow off the roofs of our houses
Oh the clouds
Sometimes white like cotton wool
Sometimes black or grey
When its so hot, and you appear
The weather changes
Ashamed borrow
Accused differ from
Afraid of suffer
Died subtract
Capable escape
Sure
Tire
Full
Invite
Activity
Fill in the gaps with the correct prepositions
1. She is interested …………….learning.
2. The basket is full……….mangoes.
3. The girls are afraid………………dogs
4. Joan always quarrels …………….her neighbor
5. Babies always depend …………….milk
6. We all believe …………….God
7. My uncle died ……………..malaria
8. I hope you will agree………….my suggestion
9. The girl escaped ………….school yesterday.
10. My sister is fond ……………eating sweets.
Theme Living things
Sub theme Positions
Content Structures
Where is the ………….(pen, ball)
Put the ball under the chair.
Is the ball under the chair?
No, it is not
The pencils are in the tin and the books are in the shelves.
Evaluation exercise
Make correct questions from the table
Make sentences form the substitutional table (Ref. Mk bk3 pg 52)
Theme Living things
Sub theme Positions
Content Structures
What is ………….doing?
What is she doing?
She is riding along the road.
What is Paul doing?
He is walking along the road.
Activity
Choose a correct word from the brackets to complete the sentence
Choose a correct word from the brackets to complete the sentences.
1. Who planted ______ (flowers, sisal, maize) in the _________ (garden, swamp)?
2. Janet planted ___________ (flowers, sisal, maize) in the _______ (garden, swamp)
3. (He, she, they) ______ planted _____ (flowers, sisal, cactus) in the ________ (garden, swamp)
4. What did __________ (she, he, they, you) do?
5. (He, she, they, I) _________ planted (maize, sisal,yams)
6. Where did ________ (he, she, they, we, you) plant?
7. ______(he, she, they, we I ) planted ___ (maize, sisal, yams) in the ____ (tins, swamp, garden)
Theme Living things
Sub theme Tenses
Content Past simple tense
a) Forming verbs in past simple tense with irregular verbs
Examples
a) Take – took, fly – flew, get – got, come – came, write – wrote, choose – chose, eat –
ate, go – went, teach – taught, catch – caught, buy – bought, read – read, run – ran
etccomplete the table below
1. drop ______
2. clap ______
3. mop _______
4. slash
5. touch
b) Change the words in brackets to past tense to complete the sentences
1. They …………their clothes yesterday. (wash)
2. She……….when the visitor came in. (clap)
3. They were all smartly…………..(dress)
4. It…………….cats and dogs (rain)
5. Musa …………………the headmaster loudly. (greet)
Your son
WasswaTravor
Your loving………………
NakazibweShamsa.
Lesson content Helping verbs used in this tense are has and have.
Examples.
Do - done I
Speak - spoke we have
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Take - taken they
Eat - eaten you
Hide - hidden
Drive - driven
Rot - rotten he
Drive - driven she has
Forgive - forgiven it
Evaluation activity Choose - chosen
c) Write the present perfect tense of the following:
- steal hide
- choose forgive
- drive raise
d. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets.
7. Ritah has …………….. my pen. ( take)
8. The headmaster has ……….to the pupils. ( speak)
9. The children have ……..the mango tree. ( shake)
Lesson evaluation 10. Why have you ………..my food? ( eat)
Theme Culture and gender in our division/ sub county
Sub –theme Present perfect tense
Skills Listening, speaking, reading , writing .
Lesson content Verbs whose past simple and present perfect form are the same.
Examples
Keep - kept lay - laid
Clap - clapped buy - bought
Sweep - swept leave - left
Think - thought read - read
Catch - caught feel - felt
Teach - taught sleep - slept
Fight - fought shut - shut
Bring - brought weep - wept
Drop - dropped burst - burst
Evaluation activity Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets.
- Mr. Mubiru has ……….us science. ( teach)
- My father has ………………a new car. ( buy)
- The children have…………the words correctly. ( spell)
- The monitor has …………the newspaper. ( read)
- The headmaster has ………….. forJinja. ( leave )
- Nalule has …………… all the dishes. ( drop)
- My sister has…………… us good news. ( bring)
- Joseph has ………….the classroom. ( sweep)
- She has …………… o f a good idea. ( think)
Lesson evaluation - I have not ………….the windows. ( close)
Theme Culture and gender in our division / sub county.
Sub theme Other verbs
Skills Listening, speaking, reading , writing,
Lesson content Examples
Present tense past tense past participle
Begin began begun
Ring rang rung
Sing sang sung
Strike struck struck
Dig dug dug
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Swim swam swum
Drink drank drunk
Fight fought fought
Buy bought bought
Think thought thought
Teach taught taught
Catch caught caught
Cut cutcut
Put putput
Burst burstburst
Hurt hurthurt
Spin span spun
Lay laid laid
Lie lied lied
Evaluation activity Lie lay lain
Lesson evaluation Copying and completing the table given.
Theme Culture and gender in our division/ Sub – county
Sub – theme Picture story
Lesson content Activities at home and working at the farm.
Skills Listening, speaking, reading, writing.
Evaluation activity. Study the pictures and write sentences about them.
b. What is he/ she doing?
c. ……………………….. ( paintings)
d. ……………………… ( washing)
e. ………………………. ( sweeping)
f. ……………………… ( cooking)
D. Okia spends his holidays at his uncle’s home in Palisa. Write four sentences about what Okia
is doing.
Lesson evaluation Use words below.
Planting, uprooting, feeding, collecting
Theme Culture and gender in our division/ sub county
Sub theme Adverbs.
Lesson content Adverbs are words that explain more about a verb.
Types of adverbs
Adverbs of manner
Adverbs of place.
Adverbs of time.
a. Adverbs of manner
These tell how an action is done.
They are formed by adding ‘ly’ to an adjective.
Examples
Sweet - sweetly
Quiet - quietly
Hurry - hurriedly
Soft - softly
Quick - quickly
Soft - softly
Quick - quickly
Loud - loudly
Slow - slowly
Structures
3. The dog barks loudly.
Skills 4. He speaks softly.
Listening , speaking, reading, writing
Skills Structure
She lost her bag yesterday.
The bell has already gone.
Evaluation activity Speaking, listening, reading, writing.
Make sentences using each of the words below.
9. early
10. yesterday
11. today
12. already
13. since
14. now
Lesson evaluation 15. before
16. late
Theme Culture and gender in our division / sub county
Sub – theme Adverbs
Lesson content Adverbs of place
These are adverbs which tell us where an action is done from e.g
I kept the bag there.
Come here and sit down,
Skills Other examples.
Where ,every where, nowhere, anywhere, listening, speaking, reading, writing.
Evaluation activity Underline the adverbs in these sentences.
10. The man died from there.
11. why did you go there?
12. Open that door quickly.
13. They have cleaned everywhere.
14. The match was played well.
15. Sarah shouted loudly, The car is here”
16. He ate his break fast and then ran quickly.
Lesson evaluation 17. I saw Jane yesterday and I shall see her again tomorrow.
18. Simon returned my pen unhappily.
Evaluation activity Complete the sentences using the correct form of words in brackets.
11. Rukuba was ……………by a dog last night. ( bite)
12. Kato…………..when he fell from the roof. ( cry)
13. The girl is ………………a tree now. ( climb)
14. Noah has injured himself. He is …………. ( bleed)
15. Anek ……………..herself with a knife when she was peeling potatoes. ( to cut)
16. Barongo fell off the motorcycle and ………….. his right leg. ( break)
17. The nurse …………….Musa’s wound with a bandage. ( cover)
18. The small boy was ………….down by a bicycle. ( knock)
Lesson evaluation 19. The teacher is …………….. from malaria. ( suffer)
20. Lule’s daughter………………from a tree. ( fall)
Theme Health in our division/ sub county
Vocabulary
Sub – theme Along, look left, look right, turn right, towards turn left.
Examples
Lesson content Tom is seated on the left hand side of the house.
Simon is seated on the right hand side of John.
Theme Food
Lesson evaluation
Theme Food
Theme Food
Guided composition
Sub – theme Choose the correct words from the box below to complete the guided composition.
(Ref: Mk Pri. EngBk 3 pg 113)
Lesson content
Theme Transport
Sub theme Vocabulary
Revision, donkey, oxen, taxi.
New words
Conductor, pump, flat tyre, puncture, passenger, on foot, speed, cart etc.
Commands
Lesson content Get on, get off the …………car, bus, train, plane, tie on, put on, loading on, off loading.
Listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Lesson evaluation
Theme sub – theme Transport
Evaluation activity Study the pictures on pg 149 – 150 and answer the questions below.
10. How does George come to school?
11. How does Maria come to school?
12. How does Ali come to school?
13. How does Moses come to school?
14. How does Mercy come to school?
15. How does Adam come to school?
16. What is Anguzu doing?
17. Who is getting on the plane?
Lesson evaluation 18. Who is getting on the donkey?
Theme Transport
Sub – theme
Lesson content Structures
Make sentences from the substitutional table.
Skills
Evaluation activity Listening, speaking, reading, writing
Lesson evaluation (Ref: Mk Pri. EngBkpg 151)
Theme Transport
Sub theme Reading and writing
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Lesson content Read the story titled
“Asaba’s bicycle Gets A flat tyre”
Mk Pri. EngBk 3 pg 154)
Skills Listening . speaking, reading, writing
Questions
9. Which school does Asaba go to?
Evaluation activity 10. How does Asaba go to school?
11. Where does Asaba live?
12. What did Asaba’s uncle buy for him?
13. What happened to Asaba’s bicycle?
14. Who helped Asaba to repair his bicycle?
15. What was the use of the pump?
Lesson evaluation 16. Give the title of the story.
Theme Energy in our sub – county / division
Comparison
A ………………. ( dog/ rabbit/ rat) is………… ( smaller/ bigger) than a …………… ( cow/ pig)
Which ……..bird/ insect…….is…….smaller/ bigger/father than a ………. Hen/ duck/ pigeon.
Listening, speaking, reading, writing
Content Vocabulary
Weighing scale, narrow, height, wide –width, high, measure,
metres - cloth
litres – liquids ( capacity)
grams – weight
Skills weight is the lightness or heaviness of an object.
Listening, speaking, reading, writing.
Skills
Questions
7. How high did John jump?
8. How did Aman jump?
9. How far did Alex jump?
10. Who won in high jump?
11. How high did Sarah jump?
Lesson evaluation 12. How many pupils participated in high jump?
Theme Energy in our sub – county
Conjunctions used in pairs either ……………or………..
Sub – theme Either is used to refer to only two persons or objects.
Content Peter will come. Sarah will come.
Either Peter or Sarah will come.
I can eat matooke. I can eat posho.
I can eat either matooke or posho.
Skills Listening, speaking, reading, writing.
Questions
7. How many people are acting the game>
8. Who spoke first?
9. Why did miracle suffer from malaria?
10. Why should we sleep under a mosquito net?
11. Write the title of the game.
12. Write the opposites of these;
Lesson evaluation a. clean
b. today
Theme Energy in our sub – county / division
One Saturday evening, Atwoki went to Masindi town. She wanted to ______________ some
presents for her daughter.
Atwooki had a piece of paper in her bag.
Shopping list
Ground nuts 1400/=
Cooking oil 1000/=
Sugar 1000/=
A loaf of bread 700/=