PRIMARY ONE

ENGLISH

LESSON NOTES
TERM II 2019

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Week I
Lesson I
Content Verb
A verb is a doing word
Examples of verbs
- go - eat - stand
- come - clap - point
- drink - sit - look
Actions: Using the doing words
sit, stand, point to the door, look at the window, clap your hands, wave
Activity
1. Reading and pronouncing the verbs correctly.
2. Fill in the missing letters in the verbs.
c__me drin__ st__nd po__nt ea__

Lesson II
Content: change the verbs to present simple
Verb present simple
play plays
eat eats
sit sits
read reads
write writes
drink drinks

Structure
What does he/she do every day? He ………..every day./She…………….everyday.
Example I
He……………..food everyday. (eat)
She ……………netball every day.

Week I
Sub theme: Ways of living together in the community.
Content:
Changing a verb from present simple to present continuous.

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Push, drink, sweep, sleep, walk, climb, pull, jump, brush, kick, open, hold, carry
Structures

They are sweeping the classroom now.

Lesson IV
Content: Changing a verb from present simple to present continuous.
Verbs that double the last letter, then add -ing
stop, drop, dig, sit, hop, clap, swim, skip
Structure
What are you/they doing now?

Lesson V
Content: Everyday tense
This tense shows what we do every day.
Do not add “s” to the verb.
I Add “s” to the verb.
You He
We play She
They It plays
The boys Sarah
The boy
LESSON V
Content: Every day tense
This tense shows what we usually do every day.
Do not add “s” to the verb

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I Add “-es” to the verb.
We Peter
They She
The girls wash He washes
Men The woman
The man

JOHN’S DAY
John wakes up at six o’clock in the morning. He goes to the bathroom to bathe. At seven o’clock he goes to
school by bus. He plays with his friends at break time. At twelve o’clock he goes home for lunch. In the
evening, he washes cups and plates. He eats supper at eight o’clock. Then he goes to bed at nine o’clock.
Read and spell the following vocabulary
morning, bathroom, break time, bathe, o’clock, twelve, lunch, evening, supper
With the help of the teacher, learners will read the story and answer the given questions orally.
Activity.
1. What is the title of the story?
2. When does John wake up?
3. How does John go to school?
4. At what time does John go for lunch?
5. When does John wash the cups and plates?
6. What does John do at nine o’clock?
7. When does John eat supper?
Lesson III
Content: The past tense (yesterday tense)
Play, wash, push, cook, brush, pull, jump, kick, pray, clean, slash, plant,
Structures:
What did they / you do yesterday? What did she / he do yesterday?
They / we / I _____yesterday. She / he ……yesterday.
Activity
Change the given words (verbs) to yesterday tense.

Use the given words in past simple tenses.

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Lesson IV
Content: Irregular Verbs in yesterday tense (past tense)
aat, write, drive, sit, ride, run, stand, go, find, come, draw, break, tell, steal, get, take
Structures
What did you / they do yesterday?
Activity:
Lesson V
Content: verbs in yesterday tense.
Correct use of was or were
Musa You
I They
He We were
She was The books
The girl Ali and Musa
Was - is used in yesterday tense to one person or thing
Were - is used in yesterday tense to many people or things
Example
He was sleeping. They were sleeping.
LESSON I
Theme: Living together
Sub theme: Ways of living together in the community.
1 2 3

5 5 6

Use the following vocabulary to construct sentences describing what is happening in the pictures.
making, collecting, playing, skipping, banana fibers, rope, ball

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Lesson II
Theme: Living together
Sub theme: Nouns
Content: Plurals
Plural nouns ending in “-es”
box, dress, glass, bus, brush, dish, mango, tomato, potato, watch, church, bench, fox, torch, class,
Structures
What are these? How many ….. are there?
These are …… There are ……
Lesson
Theme: Living together
Sub theme: Nouns
Content: PLURALS
Nouns ending in –y after a consonant, change -y to “I”, then add “-es”
Baby, lorry, puppy, story, city, fly, body,
BUT
Nouns which end with “y” after a vowel, “s” is added.
Example
boy, toy,
Lesson IV
Theme: Living together
Sub theme: Plural in Nouns
Plurals ending with “f“ that is changed to “ves”
Loaf, leaf, wolf, wife, knife, calf,
Structures
What are they / these?
They are …../Those are …..These are……….
LESSON V
Theme: Living
Content: Plurals
Irregular Nouns
Child, man, foot, ox, tooth, woman, policeman, louse, mouse,
Structures
How many …… are there? There are ……

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Lesson I
Content: Punctuation
Correct Use of Capital Letters
Where capital letters are used?
1. A sentence starts with a capital letter.
2. The first letter when writing days of the week, months of the year, names of people and names of
places.
A sentence starts with a capital letter
The man is here.
Days of the week. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
Months of the year: January, February, March, April
Names of places: Namirembe, Kampala, Uganda, Mbarara, Kasubi, Nansana
Names of people: Peter, Alice, John

A question mark
A full stop.
A comma
FAMILY RELATIONSHIP
Nuclear family
Vocabulary
mother, sister, brother, father, son, daughter, husband, wife
Activity
Role playing different family roles

Lesson V
Content: Extended family
Vocabulary
aunt, uncle, grandmother, grandfather, niece, nephew
Activity
Role playing different family roles

A Story with the above vocabulary

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LESSON
Content: Opposite
mother father she he
sister brother tall short
uncle aunt big small
grand mother grandfather fat thin
niece nephew rich poor
girl boy
Write the opposites of the given words
Fat, mother, girl, rich, he, brother, woman, grandmother,
Lesson III
Content: Opposites
Come, open, sit, good, in, clean, hot, up, long, dry,
Lesson
Content: A story
There are two friends. They are Suzan and Mary. Mary is short but Suzan is tall. They both go to Kazo
Primary School. Mary has a fat dog called Rover. Suzan has a thin cat. Its name is Pinky. The dog chases
the cat when the two friends go for a walk.
Activity:
Learners will read and spell the following vocabulary. Friends, short, tall, Kazo, fat, rover, thin, pinky,
chases, walk.

Lesson
WEATHER
Content: vocabulary
sun, rain, cloud (s) wind, shine, shining, raining, blow, blowing
Structures
What can you see?
I can see the …..

WEEK SIX
Content: Vocabulary
rainy, cloudy, sunny, windy, hot, cold, wet
Structures: What is the weather like?
It is …..

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It is a ______ weather. (sunny, rainy, cloudy, windy)
Lesson
Sub theme: Tools
Content: hoe, slasher, panga, spade, knife, watering can, rake, basket, wheel barrow, sickle, forked – hoe,
plant, seed, axe, water, grass, tree
Draw and name the tools
Lesson III
THEME: Weather
Sub theme: Season’s Activities
Content: vocabulary
digging, cutting, harvesting, planting, sowing, digging, collecting, watering, slashing, carrying, drying
weeding.
Structure:
What is the man / woman / boy / girl doing? The man / woman / girl is …….

Lesson IV
Theme: Weather
Sub theme: Effects and management of weather
Content: vocabulary:
shirt, jacket, dress, blanket, sweater, shorts, trousers, socks, gumboots, umbrella, hat, rain coat, vest, coat.
Structure: What’s this? It’s a ….
What are these / those? These / Those are ….

Lesson V
Theme: Weather
Sub theme: Effects and management of weather
Content: Vocabulary
red, white, yellow, blue, green, black.
Structures:
What colour is the …..? The hat is green.
Draw and shade using the given colour.
red tomatoes, a green leaf, a yellow banana, a blue skirt

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Lesson
Theme: Weather
Sub theme: Effects and management of weather
Content: Colours of The Uganda Flag
black, yellow, red

Shade and name the colours of the Uganda flag in their order.

Theme: Weather
Subtheme: Effects and management of weather
Content: Vocabulary
orange, purple, brown, pink, grey
Draw and shade the pictures correctly.
an orange flower, a brown pencil, a purple shirt, a pink umbrella,

Lesson
ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY
Sub theme: Accidents and safety at home
Content: Vocabulary
pin, knife, thorn, fire, razorblade, stone, broken glass, needle, water, car, bicycle, poison
A knife / razorblade / broken glass cuts. A pin / needle pricks. A car / bicycle knocks, fire burns
A cut / burn hurts, poison kills.

Lesson IV
Theme: Accidents and safety
Sub theme: Accidents and safety on the way
Content: Vocabulary
falling, cutting, climbing, running, drowning, burning, fracture, bandage, tying, knocking, playing
Structure: What is happening…..?
……is ……
Example I
What is happening in picture number……..?
(use pupil’s picture text books for English P.1)

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Lesson V
Theme: Accidents and safety
Sub theme: Accidents and safety on the way
Content: Vocabulary
Look left, look right, cross, crossing, car, bicycle, lorry, bus, motorcycle, road, zebra crossing, traffic lights,
traffic officer
Structures:
What is the …. doing? The ….. is….
Which direction is the ……coming from? The ….. is coming from the ……

Lesson
Theme: Accidents
Sub theme: Accidents and safety on the way
Content: Passage
A story related to accidents and safety on the way.
AN ACCIDENT
Read the story and answer the questions in full sentences.

Lesson II
FOOD AND NUTRITION
Sub theme: Names of food.
Content: Vocabulary
potato, banana, matooke, bean, carrot, ground nut, egg, mango, fish, orange, meat, cassava, milk.
peas, chicken, vegetation, rice, sim sim, watermelon, pawpaw, yam, pumpkin, maize, cabbage pineapple
Structures
Do you like…..? Yes, I do./No, I don’t ……
What are they? They are ……..

Lesson
Theme: Food and nutrition
Sub theme: Sources of food
Content: Vocabulary
Shop / supermarket
garden, birds (hen, cock, turkey, duck), animals (goat, cow, rabbit, pig, sheep), water (river, lake), market,
plants.

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Structures
Where do we get …..from? We get …..from…

Lesson I
Theme: Food and nutrition
Sub theme: Ways of keeping food safe.
Content: Vocabulary
cooking, salting, drying, storing, covering, cleaning, washing, smoking.
Structures
What are you doing? I am ….
What is he / she doing?

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