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First Workbooko

tnEnglish

by

Nirmali HettiarachchiMrinali Thalgodapitiya

and

Rajiva lVijesinha

Illustrated

by

Sybil Wettasinghe

Rrblishedby

MeCallum Booksfor the

English Association of $ri LanksJunior English Project

@ EnglishAssociation of Sri LankaJunior Readers Project

Chief Editor : Nirmali Hettiarachchi

Editorial Assistant : Malathi Thalgodapitiya

Editorial Board : Nihal CoorayNirmali HettiarachchiRajiva Wijesinha

ISBN 955-9r3ilr2-7

This workbook is at the first level of the Learnihg English Series preparedby the Junior Readers Project of ,the English Aspociation of Sri Lanka, withthe assistance of a grant frorn the Canadian International DevelopmentAgency.

This is to be your very own English hlorkbook. Treal is as a helpfulfr iend. Keep i t neat and t idy and try your best to do al l theexerci-ses correct. ly. But, mosL of al l , have fun doing them.

First of al l you should nrake i t very clear whose book this is.

1 ) This book belongs to

2) lam years old.

3) I am in Year

4) The name of my school is

5) My home address is

Here is the alphabet in simple l€tters.

The simple let ter a is usual ly wri t ten as O.

Here are all the capital letters of the alphabet. WriLe the smallletters in the empty boxes. The first two are done for you.

b

k

d

m

a

j

f

o

c

I

e

n

h

q

I

p r

ts u v t|, X v

A B c D E F G H

a b

I J K L M N 0 P 0

R S T U V ||'| X Y 7

2

IT

t l

i

Colour the shapes in the colour written inside each one'

Now write down the names of the colours you have used.

PBR

0PG

3

Write down the words in the l ist given below next to the letLersthat each word begins ru'ith. The first is done for you.

Mat

Bal I

Jug

Rat Goat X-ray

Zoo Hen Shop

Oueen Doll Lamp

Tree Ink Face Nose

Orange Cat Umbrella

You Kite Vest Pot

Ant

E99

tttal I

A is for Ant

for

for

for

C is

E is

Gis

I is

Kis

Bis

Dis

Fis

His

Jis

js for

is for

M

0

js for

is for

for

for

for

for

for

for

is

is

0 is

S is

for

for

for

for

for

for

for

for

for

L is

V is for

X is for

Uis

Wis

Y is

4

Z is for

- -F

. I

Colours

Colour theColour theColour theColour theColour the

wal1s of the house yellow.roof red.door black and the windows brown.sky b1ue.grass around the house green.

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Put the words in thebegin wi th.

according to the l-etters theYright box

shi p

shop

chase

chi ld

trai n

this

th i nk

brai n

drai n

church

tri p

dr i l I

dri nk

broom

brown

that

shel I

tree

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Here are the names of what is in the picLures.

sun uel l chair f lower

Now write down the names in the order

star leaf

of the pictures.

1.

3.

2.

4.

1I

5. 6,

baldtestf i shhandbestduck

Put the words given below in the right box.

mustcoldpondhushmisski ss

words endingin ss

901dtl'ashmindlocklesscheck

words endingin sh

words endingin st

words endingin ck

words endingin nd

words endingin 1d

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Identification

Look at the picturesquest ions. The f i rst is

in the boxes below and then answer thedone for you.

What is i t?

l i lhat is it?

is a, box.

What is i t?

What is i t?

l{hat is i t?

What is i t?

a chair

t fhat is i t?

What is i t?

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a dog

Read the worCs in each box and write each of them down next toLhe let ter Lhey begin with.

boy cat ant

a

b

c

frog egg doll

d

e

f

goat ink hen

I

h

i

ki te

j

jug lamp

k

I

orange nest flK)nkey

m

n

o

queen rat pen

p

q

r

sun umbrella tree

s

t

u

wel l van x-ray

v

t,,

x

zebra you

v

k-

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Nunbers

Here are the numbers writLen for you in words.

12345

0neTwoThreeFout'F rve

6789

10

SixSevenEightNi neTen

Count the number of lettersin let ters next to each word.

Write down the numberdone for you.

in each word.The first is

nov thre e

dol I

grass

gi r l

b i rd

Mala

father

i t brother

el ephant

)

I

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Given below are the names of what ls in the pictures. Next toeach picture wri te down how many of each there are. The f i rs l :is done for you

bal I stars sti cks eyes flowers

wwp

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N%f rn@ww

r -56a{r di 4}A, l / .&t*E 8nLU(D>

@s963aHs6

3u\ua @@

r 1r r1Tr

/

\1/A

a, l)A.5.1n\-/ r-,u /

,a

. \ OvL,-,/

\1-'l

frh*fr&&

I I

l\f a

How many of each are there?

I eaves

pl antai ns

spoons

brush

candl es

frui ts

squares

appl es

nai ls '

cups

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F'!

Choose the right wordin the blanks.

from the words siven in brackets and fil l

A is

B is

C is

D is

E is

F is

G. is

H is

J, is

Kis

I is

L is

Mis

for

for

for

for"

for

for

for

for:

for

for

for

for

for

a#e (toffee, mango, qpPle)

(bal l , toy, g j r l )

(goat, cup, dol l )

(boat, dol l , cow)

(house, egg, k i te)

(frog, baby, afrt)

( iug, goat, ink)

(mouse, orange, hen)

(nest, ice-cream, Pi l low)

(face, jug, shjp)

(moon, Amna, kite)

(bat, lamb, oi l )

(mat, t ree, x-ray)

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N is for

0 is for

P is forI

0 is for

R is for

S is for

T is for

U is for

V is for

ltl is for'

X 'is for

Y is for

7 is for

(ant, k ing, nose)

(orange, naiI , spoon)

(boy, pen, candle)

(gjr1, monkey, queen)

( wel I , rat, pig,)

(hat, sun, van)

(tree, bun, egg)

( leaf , donkey, umbrel la)

( gate, vest, ice-cream)

(wal l , MaIa- jam)

(ape, elephant, x-ray)

(shop, you, f ish)

(umbrel la, dog, zebra)

I!

I, \

tlri

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Read the words given below.

Pot rlog henbox

sun

bun

ki te

book

van

pig

boy

cr

car

cathat bat pen

Now f i l l in the missing let ters in the words next to each Dicture.

d_g p_t ct t

hgvnn

b____l b___ r b_ _k

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k 'le P_n

Now put these words in the r ight boxes according to the middlevowel let ters.

bread book heacl fool feet heatpaint good shout sai l jo in cloudgreedy gain meet point proud coin

oo ouee

book $e eL

ea or ai

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II

What does }4a1a saY she is doing in each of the Pictures?

sleepi ng

runni ng

( \;ru"----atsh,ifimi ng -

t' \

dri nki ng

1) I am-51-gggi-!9.

2\ lam

3) I am

4)lam

5) I am

6) i am

7, I am

8) I am

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Each of these words can be broken into two. Write doun the Lwowords in the columns siven below.

anythi ng onu thinasomeone SOYnQnothi ng thinqcarpet eeLoutside

' is l and

because

i nto

dragon

wi thout

become

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Lookone.

atThe

the pi-ctures and wri te downwords are given below but not

is doing in eachwhat Ammain order.

cooki n9 set.Ii ng h,ashi ng readi ng s\{eepi ng

1)

2)

3)

4)

s)

Anuna t's sweepl ng.

Amma

Arma

Arrna is

Arnna i s

is

1S

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True or False

isi r .

sayone

which of these senEencesof these statements nexL to

Birds f ly

r ight and which is not. Wri te

This is right' This is wrono

1.

2.

3.

4.

We go to school.

Fish l ive in water

Seeya can fly.

Buses can suim.

Dogs bark.

Chairs and tables

5.

6.

7.

8.

bnr*

Glass is nice to eat.

9. Kavums are nice to eat.

10. Bread is made of stones.

1'l , Elephants are very big.

12. Ants are tiny.

13. Akka wears frocks.

14. Elephants wear skir ts.

15. l, lonkeys 1 i ke pl antai ns.

16. Thatha has four legs.

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