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Lao People Democratic Republic Peace Independence Democracy Unity Prosperity Ministry of Education and Sports Teacher Education Department Luangnamtha Teacher Training College GENERAL ENGLISH 1 STUDENT’S TEXBOOK FOR THE 1ST YEAR PRIMARY TEACHER STUDENTS 12+4 SYTEM, SEMESTER 1

Lao People Democratic Republic Peace Independence Democracy Unity Prosperity Ministry of Education and Sports Teacher Education Department Luangnamtha Teacher Training College GENERAL ENGLISH 1 STUDENT’S TEXBOOK FOR THE 1ST YEAR PAIMARY TEACHER STUDENTS 12+4 SYTEM, SEMESTER 1 Compiled by: Mr Sonephith LORKHAMHIEM Editor: 1. Shinnakhon SRIMUANG 1. Onnith SITILATH 2. Amphanh PASERDSACK

Academic year 2018-2019

Introduction English textbook is compiled for the first year primary teacher students. This contents of the textbook stresses picture based learning and activities. The lessons stress four skills language teaching and learning , speaking , reading, listening and writing .they are also instructions for using standard teaching aids. they had been developed for English books for primary schools from different counties, adapted to a Lao context. Moreover, it include pronunciation and vocabulary . However, the teacher’s guide is produces under the time pressure that is cannot be probed into every needed area. Some minor errors may also contain in some instructions. I, Sonephith appreciates all comments and suggestions from users and those are considered as a great contribution to the development of teaching techniques of Lao teacher. Luangnamtha TTC , Date 2nd, May,2019 ;

CONTENTS UNIT 1 GREETING AND INTRODUCTION ……………..………………………….……1 UNIT 2 MEETING DIFFERENT PEOPLE………….…………………………………...…3 UNIT 3 IN THE CLASSROOM………………………………………………………...…...7 UNIT4 COUNTIES…………………………………………………………………….…......9 UNIT 5 NATIONALITIES……………………………………..…………………..…….…13 UNIT 6 NUMBERS …………………………………………………………………….…...17 UNITE 7 THIS IS A PEN. THESE ARE PENS………………………………………...…..19 UNITE 8 HOW MANY ……?................................................................................................23 UNIT 9 I HAVE…/ HE HAS …. ……………….…………………………………….…..25 UNIT 10 ARTICLES……………………………………….………………………….….…27 UNIT 11 WHAT’S THE TIME……………………………………….……………….….…29 UNIT 12 DAYS………………………………………………………………………....…..32 UNIT 13 MONTHS AND ORDINAL NUMBERS . ……..……………………….….... 35 UNIT 14 IMPORTANT DATE ……………………..………………………………….…...37 UNIT 15 DECRIBING PEOPLE………. …………………………………………….....….40 Unit 16 Revision ( Unit 1- 15 ) ………………………………….…………………….……..43

Unit 1: GREETING AND INTRODUCTION In this lesson students study the English alphabet and learn how to greet each other 1. Vocabulary Read and remember the meaning of the following words and expressions. bye ຖາກໃ ບຌ good bye ຖາກໃ ບຌ fine ຘະຍາງຈີ how are you ? ຽ຅າ຺ໄ ຘະຍາງຈຍີ ໃ Good afternoon ຘະຍາງຈີ ຉບຌຍໃ າງ) hello/ hi ກາຌ຋ກັ ຋າງ຾ຍຍຖຄໄ ຽ຃ງີ Good morning ຘະຍາງຈີ ຉບຌຽຆາ຺ໄ thank you ຂບຍເ຅ 2. Listen and repeat Listen and repeat the diague after the teacher Hello . How are you ? Hello. I am fine Thank you. And you ? I am fine . thank you.? Goodbye. Goodbye. 3. Read and say A. Read the dialogue and say it with your partner Siboun: Good morning. How are you ? Manichanh: Good morning. I am fine, thank you and you ? Siboun: I am fine , thank you. Manichang: Goodbye. Siboun: Goodbye. B. Practise : Good moring Good afternoon Goog evening [1]

4. Cmplete 2. Hi. How _ _ _ you ? _ _ fine, thanks. Complete the dialogue below _ _ _ you ? 1. Hello. _ _ _ are you ? _ _ _ _ _ _ , thaks. ___ I‟m _ _ _ _ , thak you Bye. And you ? I‟m fine, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Goodbye. _______ 5. The English Alphabets Capital letters. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Small letters Abcdefghigkl mnopqrstuvwxyz Vowels: A E I O U aeiou Consonants: B C D F G H J K L M N P Q R S T V W X Y Z 6. Listen and circle Listen to the teacher and circle the letters you hear. The first on has been done for you. 1 AJ GK 5 T IJ G 2 L HOU 3 DP F K 6 U QW V 4 BRQX 7 M NX H 8 R YO N 7. Look and write Write capital letters under small letters. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz .............................................................................................................................................................. .............................................................................................................................................................. .............................................................................................................................................................. [2]

Unit 2: MEETING DIFFERENT PEOPLE In this lesson students learn about affirmative, interrogative and negative statements 1. Vocabulary Read and remember the meaning of the following words and expressions. Doctor ຋ໃ າຌໜ policeman ຉານທົ ຈ driver ຃ຌ຺ ຂຍັ ຖຈ຺ teacher ຃ູ / ບາ຅າຌ farmer ຆາທຌາ soldier ຋ະນາຌ nurse ຑະງາຍາຌ student ຌກັ ປຼຌ 2. Write Write the right words under the pictures. ……………………. …………………. …………………… ………………… ………………… …………….. ………………….. …………………. ………………… …………………. [3]

3. Listen and repeat Listen and repeat the dialogue after the teacher. A Hello . How are you ? I am a teacher. And you? Hello . I‟m Bounmar. I am a farmer Good morning. I am Manotham I am a student. B Hello . I‟m thiphavanh Are you doctor ? No, I‟m not. Are you nurse ? Yes, I am . C This is Somephone . Is he a policeman ? No, he is not He is a soldier. [4]

4. Grammar note Positive statements I am doctor. You are farmer. She He nurse. Somdy a soldier. Thongda is teacher. It student. table. You is a ruler. We dog. They pen teachers are students farmers Yes/No questions Are you doctor Is she farmer he nurse Somdy a soldier ? Thongda teacher student table ? Is it a ruler ? dog ? book ? Are you students? we farmers? they soldiers ? doctors ? books ? [5]

Short answers Full forms Contractions Yes, I am. / No, I‟m not. I am I‟m Yes, you are. / No, you aren‟t. You‟re Yes, he is. / No, he isn‟t. You are He‟s Yes, she is. / No, she isn‟t. He is She‟s Yes, it is. / No, it isn‟t. She is It‟s Yes, we are. /No, we aren‟t. It is We‟re Yes, they are. / No, they aren‟t. We are They‟re They are 5. Ask and answer Write the answer and practise I pairs. 1. Are you a teacher ? Yes, ……………………………. 2. Is she a nurse ? No, …………………………….. 3. Is he a policeman ? yes……………………………… 4. Are they farmers ? No……………………………… 6. Complete Complete the mini dialogues below and practise. A: Hell, I _ _ a teacher _ _ _ you are teacher ? B: No, _ am not. A: Are _ _ _ a taxi – driver? _ _ _ I am. A: That _ _ Manotham. B: _ _ he is a teacher? A: _ _ he is not. He _ _ a student. 7. Listen and repeat Listen and repeat the dialogue after the teacher. Good morning, keo . How are you ? Fine, thank. Hello,Keo I‟mfine, thank you. Keo,this is Keth .pleased to And you ? meet you too. Hello,Keth .pleased to meet you. [6]

Unit 3: IN THE CLASSROOM In this lesson students learn to follow and give instructions in the classroom 1. Vocabulary Read and remember the meaning of the following words and expressions. Come here ຓາຌີໄໄ listen ຒັຄ sit down ຌໃ ຄັ ຖຄ຺ copy ກໃ າງບຌັ ຌີໄ look at ຽຍໃ ຄ stand up ດືຌຂຌືໄ close the door ບຈັ ຎະຉູ open ຽຎີຈ write ຂຼຌ read ບໃ າຌ draw ຽຉຓັໄ repeat ຽທາ຺ໄ ຃ຌື sorry ຂ຿຋ຈ late ຆາໄ 2. Look and write Write the words above un the pictures. Example 1 - write 3. Listen and do [7]

Listen and follow what the teacher says Example: Teacher says: open the door. Student A open the door. Work in groups of three or four . Take turns to give and follow the instruction. Example: A says : Look at the window. B and C look at the window. B: says: stand up A and B stand up. ( students can replace: open the book, Look at the board…) 4. Look and write Look at the picture and write the right words under each picture. 5. Write Write the words from the jumbled letters 1. ewrti = _______________ 2. nope = _______________ 3. rrosy = ______________ 4. reda = _______________ 5. wdra = _______________ 6. nelits = _______________ 7. kloo = _______________ 8. elate = _______________ [8]

Unit 4: COUNTRIES In this lesson students learn to ask and answer about countries. 1. Vocabulary Read and remember the meaning of the following words and expressions. Laos ຎະຽ຋ຈຖາທ Singapore ຎະຽ຋ຈຘຄກາ຿ຎ Malaysia ຎະຽ຋ຈຓາຽຖຽຆງ Thailand ຎະຽ຋ຈແ຋ Myanmar ຎະຽ຋ຈຑະຓາໄ Cambodia ຎະຽ຋ຈກາຎູຽ຅ງ China ຎະຽ຋ຈ຅ຌີ Brunei ຎະຽ຋ຈຍຕແູ ຌ Vietnam ຎະຽ຋ຈນທຼຈຌາຓ Indonesia ຎະຽ຋ຈບຌຈູຽຌຽຆງ The Philippines ຎະຽ຋ຈຒີຖຎຌ 2. Listen and repeat Listen and repeat the words after the teacher. 1 .Laos 2. Vietnam 3. Cambodia 4. Thailand 7 . Indonesia 8. Singapore 5 Myanmar 6. Malaysia 11. Brunei 9 The Philippines 10. China 3. Look and write Write the name of the countries on the map. [9]

4. Say and point Say and point to the countries on the map. Example: Student A says: Malaysia. Student B points to Malaysia on the map. Student A and B take turn to say and point. 5. Listen and repeat Listen and repeat the dialogue after the teacher. Hello. I‟m Bounmy. Hello . How are you ? Hello . How are you ? Hello . How are you ? 6. Read and say Read and practise the dialogue in pairs. Example: Thongdy: Hello. I‟m Thongdy Lien: Hi. I‟m Lien. I‟m from Vietnam. Where are you from? Thongdy: I‟m from Laos. Pleased to meet you. Lien: Pleased to meet you, too. Practise the dialogue with your partner using different names and countries. 1 Laos Vietnam Thongdy Lien Lao Vietnamese 2 [10]

Thailand Singapore Niph Samy Thai Samy Malaysia Indonesia 3 Tuti Rohana Indonesain Malaysian Where is she from ? 7. Say and write She‟s from China. Say the sentences and write the answers. Who is she ? Where is she/he from .? Example: Suming Who is she ? This is Suming. China Who ……………. ? Where ………………? 1 Lien This is………….. She‟s from …………. Vietnam 2 . Rohama [11]

Who ……………. ? Where ………………? This is………….. he‟s from …………. Indonesia 3. Thida Who ……………. ? Where ………………? This is………….. She‟s from …………. Cambodia 4. Tuti Who ……………. ? Where ………………? This is………….. She‟s from …………. Malaysia 8. Write Put the words in the correct order and say the sentences to your partner. Example: Chong/ is / thai This is Chong 1. From / he / is / Where ……………………………………………………………………………… ? 2. This / who / is ……………………………………………………………………………… ? 3. Is / somephon / that ……………………………………………………………………………….? 4. Policeman / is / somedy / a ……………………………………………………………………………….? 5. China /from /he‟s ……………………………………………………………………………….? 6. Myanmar/ is /from/ she ……………………………………………………………………………….? 7. Brunei / Muhamad / from / is ……………………………………………………………………………….? 8. Bejie / are / the filippines / and / Caridad / from ………………………………………………………………………………? [12]

Unit 5: NATIONALILIES In this lesson students study the English alphabet and learn how to greet each other 1. Vocabulary Read and remember the meaning of the following words and expressions. Bruneian ຃ຌ຺ ຍຕູແຌ Lao ຃ຌ຺ ຖາທ Singaporean ຃ຌ຺ ຘຄກະ຿ຎ Cambodian ຃ຌ຺ ກາຎູຽ຅ງ Malaysian ຃ຌ຺ ຓາຽຖຽຆງ Thai ຃ຌ຺ ແ຋ Myanmese ຃ຌ຺ ຑະຓາໄ Chinese ຃ຌ຺ ຅ຌີ Indonesian ຃ຌ຺ ບຌ຿ຈຽຌຽຆງ Vietnamese ຃ຌ຺ ນທຼຈຌາຓ Filipino ຃ຌ຺ ຒີຖຍຎຌ . 2. Listen and repeat Oh! You‟re Thai. Listen and repeat after the teacher. I‟m Lao. I‟m Onsy Hello. I‟m Dao. I‟m from Thailand Nice to meet you Nice to meet you, too Hello. I‟m Ha. I‟m from Vietnamese Oh! You‟re from Vietnam. I‟m from Cambodia. I‟m Kema Pleasesd to meet you. Pleased to meet you, too 3. Practise [13]

Practise with your partners based on the dialogues above. Laos Myanmar Myanmar Thongdy Maung Maung Lao Myanmaese Malaysia China Tuti Suming Malaysian Chinese Singapore Indonesia Sammy Rohana Singapore Indonesian Vietnam Thailand Lien Nipha Vietnam Thailand [14]

4. Write Write the correct adjective next to each country. Example: Laos Lao Noun: Adjective: Thailand __________ Indonesia __________ Singapore __________ Malaysia __________ Cambodia __________ Vietnam __________ China __________ Myanmar __________ Brunei __________ The Philippines __________ 5. Say and write Make the sentences using word given Example: Souda / Thai Souda is Thai. Malay / Laos Maly is from Laos. 1. Azman / Malaysian …………………………………………………………………………………….. 2. Ha / Vietnam …………………………………………………………………………………….. 3. Kenma / Cambodia ……………………………………………………………………………………. 4. Nipha / Thai ……………………………………………………………………………………. 5. Rohana / Indonesia …………………………………………………………………………………….. 6. Chong / Chinese …………………………………………………………………………………….. 7. Indra / Singapore ……………………………………………………………………………………. 8. Thongdy / Lao …………………………………………………………………………………….. 6. Listen and repeat Listen and repeat after the teacher. Countries Nationalities Languages Lao Laos Lao Thai Indonesian Thailand Thai Indonesia Indonesian [15]

Singapore Singaporean English Malaysia Malaysian Malay Cambodia Cambodian Khmer Vietnam Vietnamese Vietnamese China Chinese Chinese Myanmar Myanmese Myanmese Brunei Bruneian Malay The Philippines Filipino Tagalog 7. Read and answer Read the passage below and answer the questions. Thongdy is a student. He is lao . He has a friend. His name is Chong. He is Chinese . He is from China. He is driver at the embassy. He can speak a little Lao. Question: 1. Is Thongdy Thai ? ………………………………………………….. 2. Is he a student ? ………………………………………………….. 3. Where is Chong from ? …………………………………………………. 4. Is he a farmer ? …………………………………………………. 5. Can he speak English ? ………………………………………………… 8. Puzzle Look for the words: Vietnam, Chinese, Laos, Cambodia, Singapore, Myanmar, Thai [16]

Unit 6: NUMBERS In this lesson students learn the numbers 1-12. 1. Vocabulary Read and remember the meaning of the following words and expressions. back again ກຍັ ຃ຌື ບກີ knock ຽ຃າະ plus ຍທກ lock ຎຈກະ຾຅ stick ແຓ຃ໄ ບໄ ຌ buckle ຏູກ, ຓຈັ minus ຖຍ຺ pick up ຽກຍັ ຽບາ຺ equal ຽ຋ໃ າ຺ ກຍັ gate ຎະຉູປທ຺ໄ 2. Listen and repeat 5 6 Listen to the numbers 1-12 and repeat after the teacher. five six 1 2 34 11 12 One two three four eleven twelve 7 8 9 10 Seven eight nine ten 3. Say and point Say and point to the number 1-12. Example: Student A say: Number 7 Student B: points to seven. Six one four Five two one Ten three eight Twelve seven eleven 4. Listen and write Listen to the teacher and write the numbers you hear. a . _______7______ b. ______________ c. ______________ d . _______________ e . ______________ f. ______________ g. ________________ h. ______________ i. ______________ j. ________________ k. ______________ l. ______________ m. ________________ n. ______________ o. ______________ [17]

5. Complete f_ _r f_v_ s_ x t_n l_v_n tw_lv_ Complete the words with right vowels. _n_ tw_ thr_ _ _ s_v_n _ _ ght n_ n_ 6. Point and write Example: Student A point to picture1. Student B write the words “four” 7. write and say write the following numbers in words Example: 3+7=10 Three plus seven equals ten. 1. 6 + 5 = 11 ____________________________________________________________ 2. 11 - 9= 2 ____________________________________________________________ 3. 10 + 3 = 13 ____________________________________________________________ 4. 9 – 1 = 8 ____________________________________________________________ 5. 7 + 5 = 12 ____________________________________________________________ 6. 9-8 = 1 ____________________________________________________________ 7. 12+7 = ____________________________________________________________ 8. 14+6 = ____________________________________________________________ [18]

Unit 7: This is a pen. These are pens In this lesson students learn how to use this, that, these, those. 1. Vocabulary Read and remember the meaning of the following words and expressions. Banana ໝາກກທໄ ງ cat ຾ຓທ this ບຌັ ຌ໅ີ Boy ຽຈກັ ຆາງ drinks ຽ຃ໃ ຄື ຈຓື that ຌຌັໄ box ຾ກຈັ ,ກໃ ບຄ girl ຽຈກັ ງຄ these ຽຖາ຺ໄ ຌີໄ bus ຖຈ຺ ຽຓ those ຽນໃ ົາ຺ ຌຌັໄ door ຎະຉູ 2. Look and say Read sentences after the teacher What is this ? what are these ? This is a book these are books It is a book they are books What is this ? what are these ? This is a pen these are pens It is a pen they are pens 3. Say and write Look at the picture and complete the sentences Example: [19]

This a pencil. This a pencil. These are pencils. 1. This a pencil. This a pencil. ______ _______ ________ 2. This a boy. This a boy _____ _____ ________ 3. This a girl. This a girl ______ ____ _______ 4. This __ __ __. __ __ __ _______ ______ ______ 5. __ is __ __. __ __ __ ______ _______ _______ 4. Look and say Look at the picture and read to your classmates. [20]

What is this ? This is a car What are those ? Those are cars. What is that ? that is a cat. What are those ? Those are cats. 5. Say and write Use the pictures in the Exercise 6 to complete the sentences. Example: 1. ________ ________ chairs. Those are chairs. 2. _________ _______ drinks. 3. _________ _______ a television. 4. __________ ______ a bus 5. __________ ______ bananas. 6. __________ ______ a car 6. Point and say Example: Student A points to picture 7. Student B says “ those are books Student B points to picture 4. Student A says “ that is a bus [21]

7. Grammar is a table are book Singular bag This bird That door pencil Plural tables These books Those bags birds doors marker Grammar summary Singular Plural one bag two bags one car three cars one cat five cats one door two doors this is a box these are boxes. That is girt those are girls Note: ຉໃ ຓື „ es‟ ເຘໃ ຋າໄ ງ຃າຌາຓ຋ໃ ຖີ ຄ຺ ຋າໄ ງຈທໄ ງ s, x, ch, sh ຽທຖາຽຎັຌ຅າຌທຌນາົ ງ Example: Box – boxes, dish – dishes ຉໃ ຓື ‟s’ ຘາຖຍັ ຃າຌາຓ຅າຌທຌນົາງ຋ໃ ຖີ ຄ຺ ຋າໄ ງຈທໄ ງຘະຖະ ຾ຖະ ຑະຆຌັ ຆະຌະບໃ ຌື ໂ ຽຆໃ ຌັ : Example: 6. teacher - ……………… dog - dogs 7. student - ……………… book - books 8. watch - ……………….. temple - temples 9. egg - ………………….. boy - boys 10. ant - ………………….. 8. Look and write Write these words in plural. Example: Book – books 1. doctor - …………….. 2. farmer - …………….. 3. ruler - ………………. 4. school - …………….. 5. class - ……………….. [22]

Unit 8: How many ………..? In this lesson students learn to use there is / there are in simple statements and Questions- how many ………..? 1. Vocabulary Read and remember the meaning of the following words and expressions. Banana ໝາກກທໄ ງ cat ຾ຓທ this ບຌັ ຌ໅ີ Boy ຽຈກັ ຆາງ drinks ຽ຃ໃ ຄື ຈຓື that ຌຌັໄ box ຾ກຈັ ,ກໃ ບຄ girl ຽຈກັ ງຄ bus ຖຈ຺ ຽຓ those ຽນໃ າົ຺ ຌຌັໄ these ຽຖາ຺ໄ ຌີໄ door ຎະຉູ 2. Listen and repeat There is one bag in the picture. There are three books in the picture. There are three cats in the picture. There are five pens in the picture There are four cars in the pictures. There is one box in the picture. 3. Grammar note Questions Short answers Singular Statements There is a book on the table Is there a book on the table ? Yes, there is Is there one door in the room ? No, there isn‟t. There is one door in the room. Plural [23]

statements Questions Short answers There are two books on the table There are three windows in the Are there two books on the table ? room Are there three windows in the Yes, there are . No, there aren’t room? 4. Read and answer Read the passage and answer the questions. My house is in Vientian. There are three rooms in my house. In my bedroom, there are two windows and one door. There are four chairs and one table. There is a vase on the table. There are also six books and two pencils on the table. Questions: 1. How many rooms are there in the house ? ________________________________________________________ 2. Is there a television in the room ? ________________________________________________________ 3. Are there three chairs in the bedroom ? ________________________________________________________ 4. How many books and pencils are there on the table ? ________________________________________________________ 5. Is there three a vase on the table ? ________________________________________________________ 5. Complete A. Complete the words with “l” or “r”. 1. _ubbe_ 4. _u_e_ 2. doo_ 5. b_ackboa_d 3. tab_e 6. chai_ B. Complete the words with a vowel „ a e i o u‟. 1. p __ n 3. P__nc_l 5. B__g 7. R__ubb__r 8. w __ nd ___w 2. r__ l __ r 4. ch __ __ r 6. D__ __ r [24]

Unit 9: I have ……… He has …… In this lesson students learn to use have and has in simple statements. They also learn to use possessive adjectives. 1. Vocabulary Read and remember the meaning of the following words and expressions. Bicycle ຖຈ຺ ຊຍີ our ຂບຄຑທກຽປາ຺ daughter ຖູກຘາທ in ເຌ their ຂບຄຑທກຽຂາ຺ son ຖກູ ຆາງ have/has ຓີ your ຂບຄຽ຅າ຺ໄ /ຌບຄຑທກຽ຅າ຺ໄ sister ຽບບືໄ ງ/ຌບໄ ຄຘາທ leg ຂາ parents ຑໃ ຾ຖະ ຾ຓໃ father ຑໃ 2. Look and read Look at the pictures and repeat Hello, I‟m Bounma I‟m from Laos. This is my wife , Maly. We have two sons and three daughter Bounma Maly 3. Grammar note have one brother has two sons I, you, we, they a car His parents bicycle Bounma and Maly three books legs. he / she / it a grandmother Davanh one sister Phoukeo 4. Say and write Complete the sentences with have/has using the pictures from exercise3. Example: Chanhmala/ sisters Chanhmala has two sisters 1. Davanh / brother _______________________________________________________________, 2. Siboun and Maly / son _______________________________________________________________, 3. Somephone / sister [25]

_______________________________________________________________, 4. Somephone and phoukeo / sister _______________________________________________________________, 5. Siboun and Maly / daughter _______________________________________________________________, 6. Phoukeo / brother _______________________________________________________________, 5. Look and say Work in pairs and fill in the blanks with have or has 1. I have ___________ a cat 2. Her brother __________ a car 3. You ________________ my book. 4. I ___________________ two sisters 6. Grammar note I you he she it we they my your his her its our their Subject pronouns Possessive adjectives 7. Complete Choose the correct word ( my, your, his, her, its, our, their) to complete the sentences 1. What‟s _________ name? My name is Bounchanh. 2. That is Somedy. _______ nationality is Lao. 3. I‟m Soumaly _______ father is khamphanh. 4. This is my cat. ______ name is Kiko. 5. Keo and I are sisters. Onsy is ______ mother [26]

Unit 10: ARTICLES In this lesson students learn about the indefinite and definite articles: a / an and the. 1. Vocabulary Read and remember the meaning of the following words and expressions. flower ຈບກແຓ ໄ Presidential Palace ຘາຌກັ ຄາຌຎະ຋າຌຎະຽ຋ຈ student ຌກັ ປຼຌ moon ຽຈບື ຌ sun ຉາຽທຌັ sun ຉາຽທຌັ plate ຅າຌ cloud ຽຐືບໄ /ຽຓກ 2. Look and say Look at the pictures and read the words to your classmate. This is a star This is a flower This is a student This is an ant. This an egg. This is the moon. This is a the Mekong. This is the sun . This is the presidential Palace [27]

3. Grammar note The indefinite article A / an ເຆກໄ ຍັ ຃າຌາຓ຅າຌທຌໜບໄ ງ ເຆໄ an ຉໃ ໜາໄ ຃າຌາຓ຅າຌທຌໜບໄ ງ຋ໃ ຂີ ຌືໄ ຉຌ຺ໄ ຈທໄ ງຘຼຄຉທ຺ ຘະນະົ ( a, e, i, o, u, ) Example: there is an umbrella in the room. I have an apple ເຆໄ a ຉໃ ໜາໄ ຃າຌາຓ຅າຌທຌໜບໄ ງ຋ໃ ຂີ ຌືໄ ຉຌ຺ໄ ຈທໄ ງຘຼຄຂບຄຉທ຺ ຑະງຌັ ຆະຌະ (b, c, d, f…….. ) 4. Match Match the words with the pictures. The first one has been done for you. Example: 12 3 4 8 1. a bag 12 2. ………… 3. ………… 4. ………... 5. ………… 5 6 7 6. ………… 7. ………… 8. ………… 9. ………… 9 10 11 10. ………… 11. ………… 12. ………… girl star ice-cream cat apple egg cloud cup umbrella plate bag orange 5. Look and write 7. ________ ice-cream 8. ________ plate Write a or an for each noun. 9. ________ umbrella 1. ________ egg 10. ________ man 2. ________ window 11. _______ car 3. ________ door 12.________ moon 4. ________ apple 5. ________ orange 6. ________ sun [28]

Unit 11: WHAT’S THE TIME In this lesson student learn to ask and tell the time. 1. Vocabulary Read and remember the meaning of the following words and expressions. half ຽ຃ໃ ຄ to ງຄັ past ກາງ a quarter to (ງຄັ )15 time ຿ຓຄນົື ຽທຖາ bathroom ນບໄ ຄບາຍຌາໄ a quarter past (ກາງ) 15 catch the bus ຂຌືໄ ຖຈ຺ ຽຓ 2. Listen and repeat Listen and repeat after the teacher. A quarter to eight Half past eight Eight o‟clock Three o‟clock A quarter to eight twenty five past eight 3. Ask and answer Work in pairs to ask and answer about the time. Example: A: what time is it ? B: It‟s five to seven. [29]

1 23 4 56 4. Listen and draw 4 Listen to the teacher and draw what you hear. 123 5 6 78 5. Read and answer Read the passage and answer the questions below. Manykhane gets up at half past six. She goes to the bathroom at seven o‟clock. She brushes her teeth. She puts on her clothes at a quarter past seven. She has breakfast at half past seven. She goes to school at a quarter to eight. Questios: 1. What time does Manykone get up ? ……………………………………………………………………………………… 2. What time does she put on her clothes ? ……………………………………………………………………………………… 3. What does she do at half past seven ?.. ……………………………………………………………………………………… 4. What time does she go to school ? [30]

……………………………………………………………………………………… 6. Practise Work in pairs and practise the conversation. 7. Look and write Look at the pictures and complete the sentences below. 1. It is ……………………………………….. 2. It is ……………………………………….. 3. It is ……………………………………….. 4. It is ………………………………………… 8. Grammar note [31]

Unit 12: Days In this lesson student learn about the days of the week, and talk about things people often to do. 1. Vocabulary Read and remember the meaning of the following words and expressions. adverb ກຖງາທຽຘຈ market ຉະນາົ ຈ true ຊກຉບໄ ຄ drink ຈຓື play ນຌົ ໄ drive ຂຍັ ຖຈ຺ lemonade ຌາໄ ໝາກຌາທ egg ແຂໃ fun ຓໃ ທຌຆໃ ຌື pronounce ບບກຘຼຄ swim ຖບງຌາໄ radio ທ຋ະງຸ volleyball ຍາຌຘໃ ຄ຺ remember ຅ໃ ຅ື າ 2. Listen and repeat Part A Listen and repeat after the teacher. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Part B Listen and repeat the dialogue after the teacher. Then practise it in pairs. Manichanh: Hello, Thiphavanh. How are you ? Thiphavanh: Hi, Chanh. Fine, thanks. Do you usually come to this market? Manichanh: No, I don‟t . I sometimes ride my motorbike here. This market is a long way from my house. Thiphavanh: Oh! I always come here on Sunday mornings. [32]

3. Grammar note ( Adverb of frequency) the adverb of frequency ເຆຽໄ ຑໃ ບື ຍບກທໃ າຏູເໄ ຈຏູໜໄ ໃ ຄຽປຈັ ບຌັ ເຈບຌັ ໜໃ ຄນົາງຽ຋ໃ ບື ຎາຌເຈ. Adverb of frequency ຉບໄ ຄດໃ ູນຄົັ ຎະ຋າຌຂບຄຎະ຿ນງກ ຾ຖະ ຃າກຖງາຂບຄຎະ຿ນງກ.ງກ຺ ຽທຌັໄ ຾ຉໃ ຃າ ກຖງາ To BE ຽຆໃ ຄຓຌັ ຅ະຉບໄ ຄດໃ ູນົຄັ ຘະຽໝ.ີ Example: 1. He usually come late. 2. She always works hard at school. 3. He is always happy. 4. He is often sick. Question form: 1. Does he usually come home late ? 2. Does she always work at school ? 3. Is he always happy? 4. Is he often sick ? 4. Look and say Look at the pictures and say the sentences. always I always go to the market on Sundays. usually I usually ride my bicycle to school. often I often play volleyball on Sundays. sometime I sometimes swim in the river. never I never watch television. 5. Ask and answer [33]

Ask your friends using question: How often …………..? How often do you ride a bicycle to school ? Never. I don‟t have a bicycle. How often do you I always brush my brush your teeth? teeth in the morning How often do you go catch? I sometimes go swimming swimming water the garden ? on weekend. swim in Mekong River ? How often do you drink lemonade always visit your grandparents usually eat eggs for breakfast ? often sometime never 6. Look and write Say to the sentence about your English studies to your partner then write them in you notebook. Are you a good English student? Write an adverb “always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never” in the space: 1. I________________ learn a new English word every day. 2. I________________ speak English with my friends. 3. I________________ do my English homework. 4. I________________ write sentences in English. 5. I________________ say words in English for fun. 6. I________________remember how to pronounce works in English. 7. Write Write about what you usually do on the weekend. ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………….. Unit 13: Months and ordinal numbers In this lesson students learn to talk about ordinal numbers and month of the year. [34]

1. Vocabulary Read and remember the meaning of the following words and expressions. except ງກ຺ ຽທຌັໄ third ຋ຘີ າຓ ນົື ຖະຈຍັ ຘາຓ fist ກາງ second ຋ຘີ ບຄ ນົື ຖະຈຍັ ຘບຄ leap year ຎີ຋ໃ ຽີ ຈບື ຌກຸຓຑາຓ2ີ 9ຓືໄ (ເຌ຋ຸກໂ 4 ຎີ ) the rest ຋ໃ ງີ ຄັ ຽນບົື ,ຘໃ ຄ຋ໃ ງີ ຄັ ຽນົບື ordinal number ຽຖກບຌັ ຈຍັ ຋ີ (຋ໜີ ໃ ຄ,຋ໃ ຘີ ບຄ....) month ຽຈບື ຌ 2. Listen and repeat Listen and repeat and after the teacher. The months of the year January February March April May June July August September October November December 3. Say and write How many days are there in each month? Answer and write the numbers. January ___________ February ____________ March ____________ April ____________ May ____________ June ____________ July ____________ August ____________ September ____________ October ____________ November ___________ December ____________ September, April, June and November ຋ຸກ຃ຄັໄ ເຌກາຌຌຍັ ຽຈບື ຌ຅ະຽຖໃ ຓີ ຌຍັ ຾ຉໃ ຂໄ have thirty days. All the rest have thirty- one, ຓຌູ ຋າບຈຂບຄກາຎັຌ ຆໃ ຄຂຓໄ ູຌຓີ 31 ຂນໄ ຸຍົ ຓີ Except February alone, Which has twenty 30 ທຌັ ງກ຺ ຽທຌັໄ ຽຈບື ຌກຸຓຑາ ຋ຓີ 2ີ 8 ທຌັ ນົື eight days clear. And twenty nine in each leap year. 29 ທຌັ 4. Look and say Look and say the words. Example: October is the tenth month of the year. Tuesday is the third day of the week. Ordinal numbers Days Months Fist 1st Sunday January Second 3rd Month [35]

5. Write (A ) Write the ordinal numbers in letters. Example: 5th = fifth 1. 35th =........................ 5. 49th =........................... 9. 86th = ......................... 2. 24th =........................ 6. 71st =............................ 10. 52nd = ...................... 3. 93rd =........................ 7. 12th =........................... 11. 65th = ....................... 4. 29th =........................ 8. 41st =............................ 12. 50th = ....................... Write (B) Write the correct months to complete these sentences. 1. The first month of the year is ..........January……………………………….. 2. The sixth month of the year is ...................................................................... 3. The twelfth month of the year is.................................................................... 4. The second month of the year is ................................................................... 5. The tenth month of the year is ...................................................................... 6. The second day of the week is ...................................................................... 6. Find and circle Find and circle twelve months of the year NDECEMBERE O E MA Y A I R OS V S AO R P U A CE E T R E P R N J TP MECAMI M U OT B L H A R LC L BE E J A N U A R Y EM R T S UG UA R RB AUG US TJ U NE N F E BR UA R YR [36]

Unit 14: IMPORTANT DATE In this lesson students learn to talk about time and date 1. Vocabulary Read and remember the meaning of the following words and expressions. Alms ຂບຄເນ຋ໄ າຌ Independence day ທຌັ ຽບກະຖາຈ National‟s day ທຌັ ຆາຈ Teacher‟s day ທຌັ ຾ຓໃ ງຄ eldest ຖກູ ກກ຺ worker‟s day ທຌັ ກາຓະກບຌ enjoy ຓໃ ທຌຆໃ ຌື Report ຖາງຄາຌ 2. Listen and repeat listen and repeat after the teacher. Date 1st January = the fist of January 2nd February = the second of February 3rd March = the third of March 4th April = the fourth of April 22nd August = the twenty second of August 30th September = the thirtieth of September 3. Look and write Look at the following dates and write them as the given Example Example : = the thirtieth of September 30th September = ……………………………… 31st March = ……………………………… 15th June = ……………………………… 13th December = ……………………………… 27th October 4. Match Match the date with the important days in Lao. The first one has been done for you. 1st January National Day 8th March Teacher‟s Day 13th October women‟s Day 13th – 16th April Children‟s Day 21st May 7th October Pi May Lao 12th December New Year‟s day 1st June Independence Day worker‟s Day [37]

5. Look and say Hello. Vilayvone.I‟m fine. When is the Listen to the conversation and practise in pairs. women‟s day ? Hi. Somsack Is it your birthday ? How are you My birthday is 5th April. It‟s on 8th March No. My birthday is on 10thMarch. And when is your birthday? 6. Grammar note Notice at, on and in are used At ………... on ………………. In ……………… At six o‟clock/ half past seven ……………………………………… On Monday / Tuesday/ Wednesday …………………………………. On 1st January / on 26th April ………………………………………... In the morning / the afternoon/ the evening …………………………. In April, March ………………………………………………………. On/ at weekend………………………………………………………. At night ………………………………………………………………. Example: 1. On Monday, Somesy reports all his work to his boss. 2. Somsy reports all his work to his boss on Monday. 3. At twenty o‟clock, Somesy finishes his lunch. 4. Somsy finishes his lunch at twelve o‟clock. 7. Complete Use at, on, in to complete the sentences below. 1. We always go to school …………… the morning and arrive home ………..….the afternoon. 2. The shop opens ………… half past eight …….. the morning. It closes……….. six o‟clock …………… the evening. 3. We don‟t go to school …………… Sundays. 4. My father arrives home ………….. half past six ………… the evening and watch television. 5. My brother works …………. Night and goes to bed ………. The morning. 6. …………… 7th October we have a holiday. 8. Read and answer [38]

Read the passage and answer the questions below. Phethanousone is the eldest son in his family. He has two sisters Manykone and Vilayvone. His birthday is 29th September. On his birthday, he usually gives alms to monks at the temple in his village. In the evening, his friends come to his house to join his birthday party. At night, he always receives gifts from his friends. He sometimes invites his parents and some neighbors to join his birthday party. At the party, Phethanousone and his friends drink and dance together. At midnight, he cuts the cake and gives to his parents, all guests and friends. He always enjoys his birthday party. Questions: 1. When is Phethanousone‟s birthday? …………………………………………………………………………… 2. What does he do on his birthday? …………………………………………………………………………… 3. When do his friends come to his house? …………………………………………………………………………… 4. What does he always do at night? …………………………………………………………………………… 5. What do Phethanousone and his friends do at the party? …………………………………………………………………………… 9. Complete Complete the following sentences. 1. It…….. ………..the eight …… March. 2. ………..Monday, I ………..work …… nine o‟clock. 3. I ………..lunch……..twelve……………… 4. ………….half past four, I finish work. 5. …………. half …………. five, I …………… home. 6. My mother gets ……………. ………… six o‟clock every morning. 7. She …………..shower…………half…………six. 8. …………time ………… you………..up every day? 10. Write Write about your English class. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………………………………………………. [39]

Unit 15: DESCRIBING PEOPLE In this lesson students learn to describe people. 1. Vocabulary Read and remember the meaning of the following words and expressions. Boy ຽຈກັ ຌບໄ ງຆາງ nice ຈີ / ຅ຍ຺ ຄາຓ capital city ຽຓບື ຄຽບກ/ຌະ຃ບຌນົທຄ notebook ຎືຓໄ ຂຼຌ describe ຑຌັ ຖະຌາ ນໃ ົື ບະ຋ຍາງ our ຂບຄຑທກຽປາ຺ garden ຘທຌ their ຂບຄຑທກຽຂາ຺ help ຆໃ ທງຽນົບື visit ດຼໄ ຓດາຓ housework ທຼກຽປບື ຌ with ຈທໄ ງ ນົື ກຍັ 2. Listen and repeat Listen and repeat after the teacher and practise in pairs. Hi. I‟m Manotham. I‟m fat Hi. I‟m Sounaly. I‟m tall I have short hair, but you How are you have long hair. Yes. I always have long hair because It is beautiful Can I have long hair. No. you can‟t because you are a boy Can a girl have short hair Yes. She can, but it doesn‟t look nice 3. Match Match the following adjectives with opposite Example: 1. tall ….. a. short 2. long ….. b. ugly 3. beautiful ….. c. thin 4. big ….. d. short 5. clean ….. e. young [40]

6. pat ….. f. small 7. old ….. i . dirty 4. Translation Write the English words for the following Lao words Example: Tall/ short = ຘູຄ/ຉໃ າ _________________ = ງາທ / ຘຌັໄ _________________ = ຄາຓ / ຂຖີໄ າໄ ງ _________________ = ເນງໃ / ຌບໄ ງ _________________ = ຘະບາຈ / ຽຎີະຽຎືບໄ ຌ _________________ = ຉຸງໄ / ຅ບງ _________________ = ຽຊາ຺ໄ / ໜໃ ຸຓ 5. Complete Use the word in the box to write sentence about this people long beautiful pat thin clean tall old young ugly short big small dirty Example: This is Somphone This is Onsy He‟s pat ------------------------- He is a young boy -------------------------- He‟s got short hair -------------------------- He‟s clean boy -------------------------- -------------------------- This is Bounma This is Ampha ------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- ----------------------------- ----------------------------- 6. Complete Complete the following passages by the words given. (A) Complete the passage with they or their. [41]

Phouvanh and Chomsy are students at a school in Vientiane. _________________ live in a big house with ____________ parents. ________________ grandparents don‟t live in ___________________ house. _______________ live in a small house in Phonhong. _________________ grandparents are old. _______________________ don‟t go to work Sometimes, Phouvong goes to Phonhong with his sister. ______________ go by _______ own motorbike. (B) Complete the passage with we or our. Manivanh and I go to school on ____________ bicycles. __________ usually arrive at school at half past seven. First, ________ go to ________classroom and take __________ books out of ________bags. __________ read English books every day. __________ teacher is Mr Khamphanh. He is a good teacher. _______teacher always speaks English to us in the classroom. _______________ usually give him some presents on Teacher‟s Day. C) Complete the passage with they/their/we/our Vangnou and Xayky are students at Xamthong Primary School. _______are in grade five this year ________teacher is Mr. Menghoua _______teacher is very good. Every day, ________say good morning to __________teacher.Vangnou says, “ ______teacher speaks English very well.________ like him because he is very kind. _______teacher rides his motorbike to school every day. _____sometime go home with _______ teacher on his motorbike.” [42]

Unit 16 Revision (UNIT 1-15 ) A. Put am, is, arein the blanks. 1. She________ a nurse. 2. We ________ farmers. 3. Suming ________from China. 4. Bounchanh ______a student. 5. There________ two cats in the boxes. B. Answer the questions Example: Are you Lao? Yes, I am. 1. Is NiphaVietnamese? No, she____________ 2. Are they soldiers? Yes,________________. 4. Are you from Myanmar? No,________________. C. Listen and draw Listen to the teacher and write the times. 1. What time is it? It‟s…………………… D. Match Match the dates with the important events in Laos. 1st January Lao National Day 8th March Worker‟s Day 7th October Women‟s Day 1st June New Year‟s Day 1st May Teacher‟s Day 2nd December Children‟s Day [43]

E. Write Put the words in the right order. Example: reads / Singnalong / book / a Singnalong reads a book. 1. my / sister / TV / watches .................................................................................................................... . 2. Do / they / lunch / have .......................................................................................................................? 3. orange juice / an / has / Tess ..................................................................................................................... 4. brother / my / to / goes / school / every morning ...................................................................................................................... . 5. get up / she / does / 6. o‟clock / at .......................................................................................................................? F. Look and say Work in a group of three. What‟s in my bag? Example: Student A: I have three pens in my bag. Student B says to C: A has three pens in her / his bag. Student C repeats: A has three pens in her / his bag. Use this : In my bag ................................................ In my pocket............................................ On my table.............................................. [44]

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