LISTENING TO AND UNDERSTANDING SIMPLE TEXTS ABOUT A VARIETY OF EVENTS AND SITUATION_TOPIC 1_ENGLISH LANGUAGE FORM 1
LISTENING TO AND UNDERSTANDING SIMPLE TEXTS ABOUT A VARIETY OF EVENTS AND SITUATION
Listening To and
Understanding Simple Oral Texts on Events
SPORTS DAY
It was Sports Day at our
school so students gathered at the playground which was full of students from
different schools within the Morogoro region. At 4pm, a match between Kilakala
Secondary School and Bigwa Secondary School, a sister school began.
The referee
called all players to line up at the centre of the football pitch and the
coaches directed their teams to the centre of the football pitch. Spectators
gathered and cheered at their teams. One of players, Siha, injured another
player, Janet, on her leg. Janet was given first aid and treated for her
injuries.
When the match approached
the to end, two students ran into each other, and one of them, Jane, fainted.
Five minutes before the end of the match, the Kilakala football team scored a
goal, declaring them the winners. The referee blew his whistle and the team
members left the football pitch.
Vocabulary
Meaning of Common
Vocabulary used in sports story example football.
(a) Suddenly - Quickly
(b) Spectator - People who
are watching something
(c) Exciting - something
you enjoy so much
(d) Attract - make people
like to see something
Exercise 1
Give the meaning of the
following words as used in the story:
1. Competitor
2. Crash
3. Spectator
4. Referee
5. Football pitch
6. Coach
GRADUATION DAY
VOCABULARY
Graduation - a party of
student who has finished school
Activities - work
Arrange - plan
e.g. The teacher said that
we should arrange our chair properly
Imagine - think of it
Example: Imagine a female
present in Tanzania
Exercise
Make two sentences using
the words; Graduation and activities
(i) …………………..
(ii) ………………….
STRUCTURE
Prepositions of Time “At”
and “in”
Examples
(a) The party started at
8:00
(b) The guest of honor
arrived at 12:00
(c) We ate lunch in the
evening
(d) The sleep at right
(e) We arrived at school in
the morning
OUR SCHOOL
The school Head Master’s
office is next to the laboratory which students use to conduct different
experiments in biology, chemistry and physics. At 2 pm, students go to the
assembly hall for daily announcements on routines and activities.
The dining
hall is between the school lab and the dormitory; students eat their meals in
the dinning hall. There are many fruit vendors near the dining hall selling
apples, pineapples, oranges, and bananas. After their meal at 5 pm, students go
to their dormitories to shower and clean up.
There are several bathrooms and
laundry rooms where the students take baths and wash their clothes. After their
evening meals, students normally go to the classrooms for personal study.
MY FIRST DAY AT SECONDARY
SCHOOL
My name is Evelyn Livoga,
my father’s name is Mr. Livoga and my mother’s name is Mrs. Grace Livoga. I am
fifteen years old. I am black in colour and tall, thin in size.
My first day at secondary
school was exciting. I was very excited. When I arrived at school saw some of
my friends who come to me and helped me with my luggage to the Head Mistress
office for checkup. I waved by to my parents and they gave me a hug.
When I went to the office
they checked my luggage and they showed me the way to the dormitory. I went to
the dormitory hurriedly and keep my luggage. Then I took bath and I went to
class.
When I reached to the class
I made my friends and they gave me a lot of loving company. After a half an
hour the bell rang and everybody followed the bell.
All the teachers come in
front of us and started introducing themselves and lastly the Head Mistress
introduced herself. Her name is Sis. Magreth.
When it reached seven
O’clock we had our first dinner at this precious school called St. Joseph
Millennium Secondary School. After one and half hour we had our evening prayers
and we went to our dormitory to sleep, since then our patron come and showed
everybody her room.
After that I prepared my
bed and I have my bed ready to sleep. My room where very charming and the
patron was very good. I pray for myself and I slept. I hope my road of success
will be successful at the end.
EXERCISE
Make two sentences using
the words spectators and Exciting
(i)
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(ii)
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LISTENING TO DICTATION
Dictation is the act or
process of saying or reading words which are written down by another person. It
can take place in school seminars or certain training sessions.
Activity 1
Write down the text as read
by the teacher
A terrible accident occurred
last Sunday along Morogoro Road; a lorry hit a pedestrian crossing the road at
the Msamvu junction. The pedestrian died on the spot. The police arrived at the
scene of the accident and called an ambulance from Morogoro Regional Hospital.
The body was taken to the hospital's mortuary before being collected by
relatives and buried at Kola Hill.
Activity 2
Write down the words below
as read by a teacher
1. Pencil
2. Exercise
3. Survival
4. Environment
5. Dormitory
6. Desk
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