Stepping Up

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English for Primary Schools

September is here And so is fall.

So welcome children Welcome all.

I hope vacation Was real fun.

And that you’re glad School has begun.

About me and my family

Chapter 1

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Listening

Let me introduce myself Hello I am Liz. I’m a girl. I’m 11 years old and I’ve one sister and one brother. My sister is nine years old. Her name is Jennifer.

My brother Peter is only one.

I’m fond of my brother and sister. We live in a big house in London. My father is a minister in a church there. My grandfather and grandmother live in this house too.

I’ve also got a dog called Tommy. It’s a black poodle. I love playing with my dog.

When Jennifer and I play with him we sometimes dress him in Peter’s clothes and put him in a pram and then he looks like a baby. We then walk with him down the road and he is our black baby, but he sometimes jumps out of the pram, runs down the road, back home, in my brother’s clothes.

The alphabet song A, B, C, D , E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P Q, R, S T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z Now I know my ABC Next time won’t you sing with me?

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STEP 1 Je voorstellen: Hello, I’m Liz. Who are you?

Hallo, ik ben Liz. Wie ben jij?

What’s your name?

Hoe heet je?

My name is John.

Ik heet John / mijn naam is John.

How old are you?

Hoe oud ben je?

I’m eleven (years old).

Ik ben elf jaar.

I live in a big house.

Ik woon in een groot huis.

My father is a minister.

Mijn vader is dominee.

I have one brother and two sisters.

Ik heb één broer en twee zusjes.

Let op!

‘Ik’ is in het Engels ‘I’ en dat schrijf je altijd met een

Zeggen wat je ergens van vindt:

hoofdletter ‘I am’, mag je afkorten

I love playing with my dog.

Ik hou van het spelen met mijn hond.

tot ‘I’m’. ‘I have’, mag je

I like playing outside.

Ik vind buiten spelen leuk.

afkorten tot ‘I’ve’

I am fond of my sister.

Ik ben dol op mijn zusje.

I’m fond of reading.

Ik ben dol op lezen.

I hate computers.

Ik heb een hekel aan computers.

I hate reading.

Ik heb een hekel aan lezen.

Mum: Come on, Bunty, eat your breakfast and get off to school.

Bunty: I don’t want to go to school.

Mum: You must go.

Bunty: But I don’t want to go. The teachers don’t like me, the children don’t like me – even the caretaker doesn’t like me.

Mum: That may be so, but you still have to go.

Bunty: Why? Mum: Because you’re the headmaster! even = zelfs caretaker = conciërge1

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A funny telephone call for my aunt Mrs Jones Mrs. Jones is waiting for an important telephone call, but she has no bread in the house, so she leaves the baby at home and says to his five-year-old brother: “I’m going to the shops, Tim, and I will be back in a few minutes”.

When mother is out, the telephone rings and Tim answers.

“Hello”, says a man, “ is your mother there?”.

“No”, answers Tim.

Uhh, how do you make a ‘B’?

The man says: “When she comes back, tell her that Mr Baker has telephoned”.

“What?” “Mr. Baker. Write it down. B-A-K-E-R”.

Tim asks: “Uhh, how do you make a ‘B’?

“How do you make a B?”uestion 4 “Listen little boy, is there anybody else with you? Any brothers or sisters?”

“Yes”, says Tim. “My brother Jimmy is here”.

The man says: “Good, I want to talk to him, please”. And Tim takes the telephone to the baby’s bed and gives it to Jimmy”.

When mother comes back, she asks: “Hello Tim, has anyone telephoned? ” “Yes,” says Tim, “a man, but he only wanted to talk to Jimmy”.

...?!!

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B

Reading

My teacher’s hobby My teacher thinks he has a nice hobby, but we don’t like it. He likes to write stories about his pupils. We are his pupils, so he writes about us! We don’t like that because he writes down everything we do: the nice things and the naughty things.

He writes about Peter who is very good at reading and about Helen who eats sweets at school and about Tom who is always late. My teacher sends these stories to our parents so that they know how we behave at school.

naughty = ondeugend behave = gedragen

STEP 2 Zeggen wat iemand anders ergens van vindt:

Let op!

He loves writing.

Hij houdt van schrijven.

‘She, he, it’ (= de derde

We like playing football.

Wij vinden voetballen leuk.

persoon enkelvoud),

He likes reading.

Hij vindt lezen leuk.

krijgen bij de meeste

She likes computers.

Zij vindt computers leuk.

werkwoorden een ‘s’ in de tegenwoordige

They’re fond of my little brother.

Ze zijn dol op mijn kleine broertje.

tijd. Nooit in de

She is fond of reading.

Zij is dol op lezen.

verleden tijd! ‘They are’, mag je afkorten tot

You hate computers.

Jij hebt een hekel aan computers.

You hate reading.

Jullie hebben een hekel aan lezen.

‘they’re’.

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The days of the week One day my grandfather told me the following story: Five year old John is in hospital and his uncle Frank

middle of the bed. Now John, please repeat”.

visits him.

John: “The first part of the bed, where my pillow is Sunday. Here in the middle is Wednesday, and there at

Uncle Frank: “Hello John. How are you today?”

the end of my bed is Saturday”.

John: “I’m fine uncle Frank. I’m going home on

Uncle Frank: “Now John, after Sunday there’s Monday

Thursday”.

and Tuesday. Where are they on your bed?”

Uncle Frank: “When is Thursday, John?”.

John: “Here they are! Here’s Monday and here’s

John: “I don’t know, uncle Frank”.

Tuesday”.

Uncle Frank: “What day is it now, John?”

Uncle Frank: “After Wednesday we have Thursday

John: “Perhaps it’s Tuesday, or perhaps it’s Friday. I

and Friday. And then the end of the week is Saturday”.

really don’t know”.

John: “Here’s Thursday and Friday, and there at the

Uncle Frank: “What day was it yesterday, John?”

end of the bed is Saturday”.

John: “Yesterday was Monday”.

Uncle Frank: “That’s excellent! Now John, don’t

Uncle Frank: “Yesterday was Monday, so today is …?”

forget!”.

John: “I don’t know”.

Uncle Frank: “Tuesday! And tomorrow is…?”

Two days later John’s father visits him.

John: “Saturday?”

Uncle Frank: “No, John, tomorrow is Wednesday.

Father: “Hello John. How are you? Here are four

It’s time to tell you the days of the week. Let’s begin.

bananas”.

Here’s your bed. There are seven parts. The first part

John: “I’m fine, thanks. Sit down on Saturday and put

of your bed is the pillow, where your head is. That’s the

the bananas on Wednesday so that I can eat them on

best part, so that’s Sunday. That’s a good day. We go

Sunday!

to church on Sunday and we have pudding for dinner on Sunday.”.

John: “All right. The pillow is Sunday. That’s a good day. We go to church on Sunday”.

Uncle Frank: “Now the end of your bed is the end of the week. So the end of your bed is Saturday. Is that right, John?”

John: “That’s right, uncle Frank. The end of the bed is Saturday.

Uncle Frank: “The middle of the bed is the middle of the week. That’s Wednesday. So Wednesday is the

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STEP 3

Let op!

On Sunday we go to church.

Op zondag gaan we naar de kerk.

On Saturday I visit grandma.

Op zaterdag ga ik bij oma op bezoek.

De dagen van de week

He answers all the questions.

Hij beantwoordt alle vragen.

hebben in het Engels

She thanks the teacher.

Ze bedankt de lera(a)r(es).

een hoofdletter omdat

They learn English.

Ze leren Engels.

het namen zijn.

The teacher teaches us English.

De meester / juf leert ons Engels.

You know the days of the week.

Jij kent/jullie kennen de dagen van de week.

We like a dog; it plays with us.

We vinden een hond leuk; hij speelt met ons.

C

Spreken

Oefening: zie werkboek

D

Schrijven

Oefening: zie werkboek

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E

Verdiepend

My little cousin Emily a skirt = een rok

This story is about my little cousin, called Emily. She has an elder brother named

office = kantoor

Harry. He goes to school. Emily also wants to go to school. One day, Emily sees

buys = koopt

her mother making a red skirt for her. She says, “Emily, from tomorrow you will go

teaches = leert

to school!” Emily is very happy. In the evening her father comes home from office.

swing = schommel

Emily, Harry, Mummy and Daddy go to the market. Daddy buys Emily a red school

a pond = een vijver

bag. He also buys her four books with many beautiful pictures. They are just like

jumping frogs = springende

the books Harry has.

kikkers wait for = wacht op

The next day, Emily dresses herself in the red skirt and a white blouse. She picks up

buildings = gebouwen

her new school bag and goes to school with Mummy and Harry. Emily has lots of

suddenly = plotseling

fun in school. There is a very nice teacher who tells them stories. She also teaches

has lost her way = is

the children how to draw a cat. The children play on the swing. Then the teacher

verdwaald

takes them to a pond and shows them jumping frogs.

Mummy has told Emily, “Do not come home alone. Wait for Harry, right?” “Yes, mummy, I will.” But Emily is a naughty girl. After school is over she says to herself, “I know where the house is. I don’t wait for Harry.” So, Emily starts for home without waiting for Harry. She walks on and on. But she can’t find her house. She only sees buildings that look new to her. Yes, Emily has lost her way! She begins to cry.

Suddenly, she sees that a big dog is coming after her. She says, “Go away, doggie!” But the dog doesn’t go away. And Emily is afraid. Emily doesn’t know what to do. She stands on the road and looks around. And then she sees a park.

“Oh, yes! Grandma lives near this park,’ she says to herself.

Emily runs fast and reaches Grandma’s house. Grandma opens the door. She takes Emily in her arms and asks, “Why have you come alone, Emily?” Emily tells her how she has lost her way. Grandma rings up Emily’s mother. Soon mummy comes to take her home. “Mummy, I will not come home alone from school again”, Emily says.

Now Emily waits for mummy or Harry to take her home every day.

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Vocabulary A

N/E

conciërge

caretaker

the caretaker is in the school

voorstellen

to introduce

I introduce myself to you

wonen

to live

We live in London

dominee/ minister

minister

He is a minister of a church

kerk

church

On Sunday we go to church

genaamd

called

He is called Peter

poedel

poodle

A poodle is a dog

aankleden

to dress

My sisters dress the baby

een kinderwagen

a pram

Her baby son is in the pram

springen

to jump

I jump down the chair

soms

sometimes

I sometimes play with my dog

terug

back

They go back home

liedje

song

We learn the alphabet song

juf/meester/ler(a)res

teacher

I have a nice teacher

lesgeven

to teach

Teachers teach us

leuk vinden

to like

We like singing

houden van

to love

We love ice cream

tante

aunt

My aunt is my father’s or mother’s sister

oom

uncle

My uncle is my father’s or mother’s brother

verhaal

story

Mother tells a nice story

grappig

funny

He tells a funny story

belangrijk

important

The manager is an important person

een zoon

a son

They have a son and a daughter

opnemen

answer

Answer the telephone, please!

een winkel

a shop

In a shop you can buy things

schrijven

to write

I write with my pen

terug

back

They come back home

willen

to want

I want to go home

iemand

anybody

There isn’t anybody at home

alleen

only

She has only one sister

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N/E

op een dag

one day

One day we heard the following story

denken

to think

We think about school

leerlingen

pupils

The pupils go to school

omdat

because

You are at school because you are a pupil

alles

everything

Everything is okay

ondeugend

naughty

He is very naughty

lezen

to read

I read a book

snoepjes

sweets

I like sweets

ouders

parents

Your father and mother are your parents

gedragen

to behave

You must behave at school

vandaag

today

Today is Monday

gisteren

yesterday

Yesterday was Sunday

morgen

tomorrow

Tomorrow is Tuesday

delen

parts

The three parts of the day

kusssen

pillow

My pillow is on my bed

leggen/ zetten

to put

Put the bag on the floor

zondag

Sunday

The first day of the week is Sunday

maandag

Monday

The second day of the week is Monday

dinsdag

Tuesday

The third day of the week is Tuesday

woensdag

Wednesday

The fourth day of the week is Wednesday

donderdag

Thursday

The fifth day of the week is Thursday

vrijdag

Friday

The sixth day of the week is Friday

zaterdag

Saturday

The seventh day of the week Saturday

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neef / nicht

cousin

A child of you aunt and uncle is your cousin

willen

to want

We want to go to school

rok

skirt

Her mother makes a skirt

thuis

home

Father comes home

kantoor

office

He works at the office

kopen

to buy

We buy a school bag

plaatjes

pictures

A book with pictures

volgende

next

The next day

lol

fun

She has fun at school

tekenen

to draw

They draw a cat

schommel

swing

They play on the swing

meenemen

to take

You take her to school

vijver

pond

Ducks swim in a pond

laten zien

to show

I show her my new book

springen

to jump

They jump down the table

kikkers

frogs

There are frogs in the pond

wacht op

wait for

Wait for him!

zonder

without

Tea without sugar

lopen

to walk

They walk to school

gebouwen

buildings

A school and a house are buildings

plotseling

suddenly

Suddenly, she sees a dog

bang

afraid

She is afraid of the dog

vlakbij

near

Grandma lives near the park

lost

verdwaald

She is lost

al gauw

soon

Soon mummy comes

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Grammar 1

Persoonlijke voornaamwoorden Enkelvoud 1e persoon

ik + I (altijd met een hoofdletter in het Engels)

2 persoon

jij/ u

=

you

3 persoon

zij

=

she

hij

=

he

het

=

it

1e persoon

wij

=

we

2 persoon

jullie

=

you

3 persoon

zij

=

they

e e

Meervoud e e

‘it’ wordt gebruikt voor dingen en dieren (behalve voor een huisdier, ‘a pet’, dat is een ‘she’ of een ‘ he’)

Grammar 2

Drie belangrijke hulpwerkwoorden HET HULPWERKWOORD ‘TO BE’ = ZIJN Het hulpwerkwoord ‘zijn’ in de tegenwoordige tijd Enkelvoud 1e persoon

ik ben

2 persoon

jij/u bent =

you are (you’re)

3 persoon

zij is

=

she is (she’s)

hij is

=

he is (he’s)

het is

=

it is (it’s)

1e persoon

wij zijn

=

we are (we’re)

2 persoon

jullie zijn =

you are (you’re)

3 persoon

zij zijn

they are (they’re)

e e

=

I am (I’m)

Meervoud e e

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=

HET HULPWERKWOORD ‘TO HAVE’ = HEBBEN Het hulpwerkwoord ‘hebben’ in de tegenwoordige tijd Enkelvoud 1e persoon

ik heb

2 persoon

jij hebt / u heeft = you have (you’ve)

3 persoon

zij heeft

= she has (she’s)

hij heeft

= he has (he’s)

het heeft

= it has (it’s)

1e persoon

wij hebben

= we have (we’ve)

2 persoon

jullie hebben

= you have (you’ve)

3 persoon

zij hebben

= they have (they’ve)

e e

= I have (I’ve) (‘I’is altijd met een hoofdletter)

Meervoud e e

Pas op! Het hulpwerkwoord ‘to have’ heeft heel vaak ‘got’ achter zich. Dat ‘got’ betekent dan niets!

HET HULPWERKWOORD ‘TO DO’ = DOEN Het hulpwerkwoord ‘doen’ in de tegenwoordige tijd Enkelvoud 1e persoon

ik doe

=

I do (‘I’is altijd met een hoofdletter)

2 persoon

jij/u doet

=

you do

3 persoon

zij doet

=

she does

hij doet

=

he does

het doet

=

it does

1e persoon

wij doen

=

we do

2 persoon

jullie doen =

you do

3 persoon

zij doen

they do

e e

Meervoud e e

=

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Grammar 3

Zelfstandige werkwoorden Zelfstandige werkwoorden in de tegenwoordige tijd (= present simple) worden normaal gesproken als hieronder vervoegd Enkelvoud 1e persoon

ik eet

=

I eat (‘I’is altijd met een hoofdletter)

2 persoon

jij/ u eet

=

you eat

3 persoon

zij eet

=

she eats (!)

hij eet

=

he eats (!)

het eet

=

it eats (!)

Wij eten

wij eten

=

we eat

Jullie eten

jullie eten

=

you eat

Zij eten

zij eten

=

they eat

e e

Meervoud

• Bij she, he , it altijd + s • In plaats van she, he en it kan er ook een naam staan. Bij voorbeeld: Susan (= she) eats.

Frank (= he) eats • In het Nederlands maak je de infinitief meestal door ‘en’ achter een werkwoord te zetten.

In het Engels doe je dat niet, maar zet je er iets vóór, namelijk ‘to’.

Bij voorbeeld: to walk (lopen), to cycle (fietsen), to read (lezen), to come (komen). Dit ‘to’ mag niet in de zin staan.

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