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Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary SchoolLearning Sheets
Primary 1
Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary SchoolUnit 8 – Walking Through The Jungle
Notes
1. Vocabulary1
Name: _________________ ( )
Class: Primary 1 ___________ Parent’s signature: ____________
crocodile, elephant, lion, monkey, snake, tiger, jungle, noise,
hear,
creeping, tea, through.
2. Grammar
A. Indefinite articles ‘a’ and ‘an’
(Refer to Basic English Grammar pg 84)
The words ‘a’ and ‘an’ are called indefinite articles. You can use
them with singular countable nouns to talk about any single
person or thing.
We use ‘a’ for singular countable nouns beginning with a
consonant.
We use ‘an’ for singular countable nouns beginning with a
vowel.
Vowels are : a, e, i, o and u.
Consonants are : b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x,
y and z.
Examples :
1. This is a picture of an elephant.
2. Rudy is reading a book.
3. Mum bought me a new dress today.
4. You will need an umbrella when you go out.
5. She eats an apple a day.
B. Interrogative Pronouns
The words, who, whom, whose, what and which are called
interrogative pronouns.
You use these pronouns to ask questions.
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( Refer to Basic English Grammar pg 56 )
Interrogative
Pronoun
Purpose
Who to ask for a person
Whom to ask for a person
Whose to ask something that belongs to a person
What to ask for information about something
you do not know
Which when there are two or more possible
answers or choices
Whom is used in formal or written English instead of ‘who’ when it is
the object of a verb or preposition.
Examples:
1. Who invented the computer?
2. Who are those people?
3.Whom are you playing with?
4. Whom is he talking to?
5.Which of these bags is yours?
6. Which do you prefer?
7. Whose umbrella is this ?
8. Whose gloves are these ?
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9. What is your dog’s name?
10. What are you yelling for?
3. Phonemic Awareness
Beginning sounds: ch, sn, wh
Examples:
Sounds beginning with ch: chair, chalk, chick, children
Sounds beginning with sn: snake, snail, snap, snarl.
Sounds beginning with wh: whale, wheel, what, white
Song for Tuning In
(Tune: Ten Little Indians)
Walking through the jungle,
What do you see?
Can you hear a noise?
What could it be?
Through here! Over there!
A snake is looking for his tea.
Walking through the jungle,
What do you see?
Can you hear a noise ?
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What could it be?
A crocodile is looking for his tea.
Hope it isn’t me.
Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary SchoolLearning Sheet (1)
Vocabulary
Name: _________________ ( ) Date: ________
Class: Primary 1___________
Where can you find these animals?Write the names of the animals in the boxes. Cut and paste them in the picture on the next page. Paste the animals where you can find them.
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5L __________
M __________ T __________
E __________
C _________
S __________
Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary SchoolLearning Sheet (1)
Vocabulary
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Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary SchoolLearning Sheet (2)
Vocabulary
Name: _____________________( ) Date: ________
Class: Primary1 __________
Look at the pictures and fill in the blanks with suitable words.
1. This is an _______________. It is very big.
It has a long nose called a _______________.
2. This is a _______________. A monkey __________ from tree to tree. It likes to eat _____________.
3. This is a ________________. It looks like a big ___________. The male has a _____________. 4. This is a _________________.
It has a _____________ body.It has no _______________.
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Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary SchoolLearning Sheet (3)
Listening Comprehension
Name:____________________( ) Date: __________
Class: Primary 1 __________
Circle the right beginning sound.
wh dw sh
sp sn sl
sn sl sp
ch cr cl
cr cl ch
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Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary SchoolLearning Sheet (4)
Grammar (Indefinite articles ‘a’ and ‘an’)
Name_________________( ) Date: _________________
Class: Primary1 ________
Sam is writing about his visit to the zoo.
Fill in the blanks with a or an.
There is (1) _____ zoo near my home. Last Sunday, my parents
took me and (2) _____ friend of mine to the zoo. It was (3) _____
fine day but my mother carried (4) _____ umbrella. She was afraid of
the sun. At the zoo we saw many animals. (5) _____ monkey was
chattering loudly at the people. Nearby, there was (6) _____
elephant. The zoo keeper was bathing it. Then, we heard (7) _____
hissing sound. It was (8) _____ snake! We saw it gliding into (9) _____
hole. As the day was getting hot we stopped at (10) _____ café. I
asked for (11) _____ ice cream. My friend had (12) _____ glass of
juice. Mother ate (13) _____ apple and Father drank his tea.Then, we
took (14) _____ taxi home.
Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary SchoolLearning Sheet (5)
Grammar
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( Interrogative Pronouns ‘who’, ‘whom’, ‘whose’, ‘what’ and ‘which’ )
Name: ___________________ ( ) Date: _________
Class: Primary 1 ___________
Fill in the blanks with who, which, what, whom, whose.
1. ________ is the matter with you?
2. ________ invented the computer?
3. ________ of the twins is older?
4. ________ do you wish to speak to?
5. ________ thermometers are these ?
6. ________ knows the answer?
7. _________ came first, the chicken or the egg? 8. _________ would you like to drink?
9. _________ bag is this?
10. _________ is he talking to ?
Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary SchoolLearning Sheet (6)
Grammar( Question word ‘What’ )
Name: ___________________ ( ) Date: _________
Class: Primary 1 ___________
Complete the conversation with suitable questions.
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Use: What do you ……? or What could it be?
Example:1. Mary: Listen, there is a funny sound coming from the box. Jim: What do you hear?
Mary: Let’s open it and find out.
Jim: What could it be?
Mary: I see a clock.
2. Ming Hua: Hey, look over there! Something is hiding in the bush.
Ali:______________________________________________.
Ming Hua: I’ll go over there and take a look.
Ali:______________________________________________.
Ming Hua: I see a kitten.
3. Peter: I always go to the beach on Sundays.
Ahmad: __________________________________________.
Peter: I swim or lie on the beach.
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Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary School
Learning Sheet (7)Reading Comprehension
Name: ___________________ ( ) Date: _________
Class: Primary 1 ___________ Read the story carefully and answer the questions.
One evening, a mynah saw a piece of meat on the ground. She picked it up with her beak and flew up to a tree.
Along came a hungry fox. He was looking for food. He saw
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the piece of meat in the mynah’s mouth. He wanted it for himself. He thought of a plan.
The fox went towards the mynah, stood under the tree and praised her for having a sweet voice. The mynah was very happy and started to sing. The meat dropped to the ground. The fox jumped on the meat and gobbled it up.
“Thank you for the meat,” said the fox with a sly smile. The mynah knew that she had been tricked.
Adapted from Aesop’s Fables
1. Where did the mynah find the piece of meat? She found it _________________________________________.
*2. What is a mynah? It is a ____________________________________________.
3. Why did the fox praise the mynah?
The fox wanted the mynah to ___________________________
_________________________________________________.
4. Which word in the passage has the same meaning as ‘ate quickly’?
The word is ‘________________________________________’.
5. How did the mynah know that she had been tricked?
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The fox thanked ____________________________________
_________________________________________________.
KUO CHUAN PRESBYTERIAN PRIMARY SCHOOLLearning Sheet 8
Journal Writing
Name: _____________________ Date: ____________
Class: Pri 1 ___________________
Write four to six sentences about your favourite animal.
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Name: ______________Class:Pri 1 _______
Learning Sheet 9 - A Day at the Zoo
Body: What happened in the story?
Characters: Who?Setting: Where and When?
Ending: How was the problem solved?What happened in the end?
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