ENG/P/2: SANITATION

SUB THEME: SANITATION

Sanitation refers to public health conditions related to clean drinking water and treatment and disposal of human excreta and sewage. Preventing human contact with feces is part of sanitation, as is hand washing with soap.

Vocabulary: throw, burn, boil, clean, collect, cover, slash, wash, cook, brush, cut, dig

Structures

1. a) What are you doing?

I am / we are ………………………

1. b) What is he/she doing?

He/she is ……………………………

1. What are the / we doing?

They are ………………………………

1. Did you ………………………………?

Yes, I did……………………………..

No, I did not ……………………….

1. What did you/she / he do ……………………..(yesterday) last Monday, e.t.c)

Activities

1. a) Reading the vocabulary.
2. b) Answering the structures correctly.

Present continuous tense

Adding – ing to the verb.

Examples

Throw              –           throwing

Brush –                        brushing

Touch –            touching

Burn   –                        burning

Cover –            covering
Collect-        collecting

Sweep-         sweeping

Eat –             eating

Activities

–  Changing verbs to present continuous tense.

– Constructing sentences using verbs in the present continuous tense.

Exercise

1. Change these verbs to present continuous tense.

1. work
2. play
3. sing
4. clean
5. wash
6. fall
7. go
8. do
9. look
10. milk
11. finish
12. fetch
13. rest
14. sit
15. kick
16. watch
17. call
18. ask
19. read
20. walk
21. beat
22. make

Use the words in the brackets to complete the sentences correctly.

1. The children are _______________________ their books. (read)
2. Mother is _____________________ some food for me. (cook)
3. The cat is _________________ milk now. (drink)
4. James is __________________ the floor now. (sweep)
5. Tom is _________________ his head now. (touch)
6. Our maid is __________________ her dress. (iron)
7. James is ______________ on the lights. (switch)
8. The birds are __________________ over the house. (fly)
9. Ann and Mary are ___________________ with the rope. (fly)
10. The teacher is _________________ the children. (teach)

 Present continuous tense of verbs which double their last letter.

We double the last letter for verbs which end with consonants, vowels, consonants (CVC) as the last three sounds.

Example

Stop   –            stopping

Clap   –            clapping

Slap    –            slapping

Skip   –            skipping

Run    –            running

Activities

–  Change verbs to present continuous tense.

–  Constructing sentences using verbs that double their last letter.

Write these verbs in present continuous tense

1. Cut ______________
2. get ______________
3. rot ______________
4. put ______________
5. tap ______________
6. drop ______________
7. stop ______________
8. slam ______________
9. dip ______________
10. nod ______________
11. swim ______________
12. knit ______________
13. shut ______________
14. slap ______________
15. hum ______________
16. rob ______________
17. drop ______________
18. garb ______________
19. snap ______________
20. trim ______________

Use the word in the brackets correctly.

1. Water is _______________ from a hole in the can. (drip)
2. The rude boy is ______________ the door. (slam)
3. The garden is busy ___________ the hedge. (him)
4. Mummy is ______________ meat now. (cut)
5. We are going for _____________ now. (swim)
6. Grandmother is ____________ the garden now. (dig)
   7. The children are _____________ the apples in the basket now. (put)
7. Joy is ______________ the bathroom now. (scrub)
8. We are ______________ to go to town. (plan)
9. The boys are ______________ in Namboole now. (run) 

Past simple tense

Verbs which change to past simple tense by adding –ed.

Examples

brush               –           brushed

clean                –           cleaned

cook                –           cooked

help                 –           helped

cover               –           covered

collect  –           collected

need                –           needed

box                  –           boxed

Activities

–  Reading the verbs.

–  Identifying more verbs in the same category.

–  Applying the verbs in oral sentences.

Exercise

1. Change to past simple tense.

1. a) play _________________

b )      add _________________

1. c) plant _________________
2. d) collect _________________
3. e) help _________________
4. f) push _________________
5. g) clean _________________
6. h) work _________________
7. i) cover _________________
8. j) wait _________________

Complete the sentences using the correct form of the word in the brackets.

1. Pam _________________ her uniform yesterday. (wash)
2. Father _________________ for us at the park. (wait)
3. We _________________ many games last evening. (play)
4. It _________________ heavily last week. (rain)
5. Deborah _________________ the window last evening. (open)
6. The cat _________________ the tree yesterday. (climb)
7. The teacher _________________ Joan to bring her bag yesterday. (ask)
8. A baker _________________ lovely cakes. (bake)
9. The gardener _________________ the weeds after the rains. (pick)
10. Last week we all _________________ for the peace of our country. (pray)