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4 COMPOSITION TERM II -2016

GOOD BEHAVIOUR
Pre-activities:
1. Vocabulary
excuse, sorry, lend, please, thank you, forgive, borrow, may
2. Construct meaningful sentences using each of the words.

3. Structures
a) May I use your pen? Yes, you may.
b) May I use your car? No, I am sorry you may not.
c) Do you have any oranges? Yes, I have some. No, I don’t have any.
d) Please, forgive me for losing your pen. It is fine. Don’t worry.
4. Jumbled words.
Rearrange to form good sentences.
1. likes, children, rude, Nobody,
2. me, please, forgive.
3. good, always, language, polite, it, to, is, use.
4. late, sorry, I, am, am i.
5. pencil, your, please, May, I, use?
6. you, Thank teacher
7. May excuse go out madam me I ?
8. money, have , any, you Do?
9. some, have, I Yes, left, money.

Guided composition
 The Obedient Boy
Use the following words to complete the story below.
listens, forgive, lends Sorry, dictionary, well behaved respect, prefect,
forgot, greets

Daniel is about nine years old. He is a pupil in Primary four at Kasana Academy. Daniel is a
__________ boy. He ________ his mother and father every morning. Then he goes to
school.

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Daniel does not like pupils who abuse teachers. He likes those who _________ their
teachers. When he makes a mistake, he apologizes to the teacher by saying, “I am
___________, teacher.”

One day, Daniel’s teacher asked him to take a book to the staff room. He _______ to take the
book. He asked the teacher to ________ him. The teacher did so. He asked him to take it
there at lunch time.

Daniel is now the class ___________ of primary four. He is a very polite boy. He
___________ attentively to the teacher in class. His teacher of English always _______ him
a dictionary. He wants to learn the meanings of the new words in English from the
_____________

BAD BEHAVIOUR
Pre-activities:
1. Vocabulary.
rude, unkind, burn, lie, fight, careless,
abuse, dodge, steal, hit, cheat, disobey,
damage, quarrel

 to make bad remarks about somebody; to misuse.

 not giving enough attention
 to harm or spoil something
 to take part in a war; to struggle with
 Say or write untruth.
 take something without permission
 showing lack of respect for people.

Punctuation
1. bad children are disliked.
2. why are you abusing the old man
3. what a rude girl she is
4. if you steal you won’t go to heaven.
5. do not disobey your parents
6. mary is fighting her sister.
7. while quarrelling I abused my friend
8. i was careless on tuesday
9. jane is unkind to elders.
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10. stealing abusing fighting cheating and lying are wrong acts.
Bad Behaviour
Write a descriptive composition on: A Badly Behaved Child

Paragraph 1: Explain what you understand by bad behavior.

Paragraph 2: Mention and explain the different ways of bad behaviour by children.
Give examples.
Paragraph 3: Explain what may happen to badly behaved children. Give examples.
Paragraph4: Give a piece of advice to children who misbehave.

Picture Composition
Jumba Misbehaves
(MK Primary English Pupils Book 4 Pg. 88)
Form Sentences using the Words to describe the Pictures
1……father told……….. 4……Climbed………
2……Jumba Opened 5.......Owner quarreled…….
3……Saw a mango……….. 6…….tied…………..

Questions
1. Who was careless?
2. Why did Jumba climb the tree?
3. Who should be punished?
4. Why did the cows go to eat the maize?
5. Where do you think Jumba was taken?

SHOPPING
1. Vocabulary
Some, kilogramme, packet a few, a bar, cost
Cheap a litre price, expensive, metre, item
Use the words in sentences

Structures
Some / any
Make sentences like the examples
a) (i) I have some sugar.
(ii) I don’t have any sugar.
b) Cheaper than / more expensive than
(i) A pancake is cheaper than a pen.
(ii) A phone is more expensive than a sausage.
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4. Conversation
Chloe goes shopping
Chloe : Do you have any biscuits, please?
Shopkeeper: Yes, I have some. How many packets would you like to buy?
Chloe :I would like two packets. How much money does each packet cost?
Shopkeeper: Each small packet costs two hundred shillings only.
Chloe :Here is five hundred shillings.
Shopkeeper: Here are two packets of biscuits and your change. Thank you
very much.
Chloe :You are welcome.

Guided Conversation.
The following conversation took place at Owino Market between Bagaya and the trader. Study it
and fill in what you think were Bagaya’s words.
Bagaya: _______________________________________________________
Trader: Good morning, young girl.
Bagaya: _______________________________________________________
Trader: The cost of a sweet is two hundred shillings.
Bagaya: _______________________________________________________
Trader: No, I don’t have any for one hundred shillings.
Bagaya: _______________________________________________________
Trader: Yes, I also sell chewing gum.
Bagaya: _______________________________________________________
Trader: A packet is one hundred shillings.
Bagaya: _______________________________________________________
Trader: With two hundred shillings you get two packets.
Bagaya: _______________________________________________________
Trader: Oh! You have five hundred shillings! You will get two sweets and a
packet of chewing gum.
Bagaya: _______________________________________________________
Trader: No, you don’t have any change.
Bagaya: _______________________________________________________
Trader: Here they are. Thank you.
Bagaya: _______________________________________________________

Picture composition
Shopping with Mum
(MK Primary English Pupils Book Four Pg 103)
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Activity
Use the words below to write sentences about the pictures
1………….Waiting, bus………… 4……lining up, pay………..
2…………Sit…… 5……..carry, items…………
3…….many shops………… 6…………reach, open…………

TIME (PAST SIMPLE)

Our Trip to Entebbe
1. Vocabulary
Weather, weather forecast, weather station, Stevenson screen, meteorology, meteorologist,
beach, fishing, landing site, preserve, preservation, revenue, tax, gillnet, storm.
2. Match the words to their meanings.
- very bad weather with strong wind and rain.
- to prevent something from going bad, to keep in good condition.
- money a government receives from taxes.
- the condition of the atmosphere at a given time and place.
- foretelling of future state of the atmosphere.
- an area of sand or small stones beside the sea or lake.
- the act of getting fish from a water body.
- a scientist who studies the atmosphere and weather changes.
3. Structures:
- having
- after
Example:
1. After eating food, I went home.
- Having eaten food, I went home.
Change the sentences.
a. After writing homework, I handed in my book.
b. After packing my drink, I went into the car.
c. After reaching school, I went to class.
d. After greeting the teacher, I sat down.
e. After taking tea, we crossed to the parking yard.
f. After entering the buses, we opened the windscreens.
g. After reaching the landing site, we got out of the buses.
h. After touring the beach, we had our lunch.
i. After playing in the sand, our teacher called us.
j. After writing our compositions, the teacher marked them.
Jumbled Story
Rearrange to form a story.
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 1. The information was in letter form.
2. I took the letter to my parents.
3. Last week was my class trip.
4. Before that day, I got information from my teacher.
5. I enjoyed the journey very much.
6. We took the things home and waited for the day to come.
7. I gave them a list of the things I wanted.
8. The lady at the counter helped us to pack the items.
9. We bought them from Game Supermarket.
10. My parents were happy, too and they asked me for what I wanted.
Written Exercise:
My Class Trip.
Write a composition about your trip to Entebbe.

1st paragraph- how you came to know of the trip and how you prepared both at home and at
school.
2nd paragraph- the beginning of the journey, where you passed, the time you arrived at the
landing site, what you saw and learned.
3rd paragraph- how you left Kasenyi for the weather station, the time you arrived, the
teachers who taught you, the instruments you saw and learnt, the uses of various instruments,
etc.
4th paragraph- how you left the meteorological centre, the time you arrived at the beach, the
food you were served, other eats you ate, how people behaved, the entertainment and games
you played.
5th paragraph- the journey back to school, the time you arrived, the most interesting place
and why, thanking the parents for paying the money and the teachers for the good
organization.

TIME (PAST CONTINUOUS)

1. Vocabulary
continue hold was bite off eat were
While swing when read as hide
Use the correct forms.
1. I saw her when she was________________. (drive)
2. While we were _________, they called us.(hide)
3. As I was ___________ the food choked me. (eat)
4. They were___________ maize while the rain was falling. (eat)
5. Monkeys were __________ from branch to branch. (swing)
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6. We were __________ our hands when he came. (hold)

Make meaningful sentences from the substitution tables.

A
Musa weaving a mat.
The boy playing football.
The children was stealing mangoes.
We were reading our books.
They travelling to Canada.

B
When I reading, the bell rang.
While we playing, the rain started.
As he was dancing, power went off
were
Kato eating, Osama died.

Guided composition.
Study the story below and complete it with words from the following list.

living thinking raining wondering sleeping

developing threatening laughing having happening

Long ago, Mr. Cock and Mr. Leopard were ____together in the same village. Let’s see how they
separated.

Every animal knew that Mr. Cock was _____ fire on his head. He was always ___________
that he would burn anyone who went near.
One night, it rained heavily.
As it was ______, the leopard was ________of where to get fire to cook food for his
children. While he was _____ a plan, he remembered that his friend, Mr. Cock had fire on
his head.

He quickly picked up some dry grass and went to Mr. Cock. All that was_______ while the
cock was ______.

On reaching there, he decided to get fire without

He quietly put the dry grass on Mr. Cock’s comb. But there wasn’t any fire! Then he was
tempted to touch it. Mr. Leopard was shocked; the comb was as cold as ice! Mr. Leopard
burst into laughter. As he was ______, the cock woke up. He tried to scare off the leopard
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but in vain. As the cock was trying to scare off the leopard, he laughed even more loudly.
The leopard’s children were _______ how brave their father was!

When the cock realized that his trick had been known, he fled to a person’s home; up to
today.

Jumbled Sentences
Arrange the sentences to make a good story
1. Mondo chased the cat as the cat ran after the cockroach.
2. He said, “Good morning
3. He walked out of the bedroom
4. Mondo woke up early yesterday.
5. The cat caught it.
6. As he was going out, he met his mum.
7. A cockroach ran out of the door.
8. As it was escaping.
9. He went out to wash his face.
10. When he was washing his face.

Picture Composition
(Mk Primary English Book 4 Pg. 124)

Write sentences about the pictures

1. The vehicle ….as……

2. While I was ………
3. When they…….
4. As they were…………….
5. When the police pickup…………..
6. As the pickup …