English: Class 2 — Chapter 5: Come Back Soon

Take a bus
Or take a train,
Take a boat
Or take a plane,

Take a taxi,
Take a car,
Maybe near
Or maybe far,

Take a rocket
To the moon,
But be sure
To come back soon.

Practice reading these common words:

• take
• is
• the
• or
• two
• may be

Learn these new vocabulary words related to transport:

• train
• boat
• plane
• taxi
• near
• rocket

Answer and discuss the following questions with your classmates:

1. Have you ever travelled by a bus or a train?
2. Where did you go?
3. What did you eat on the way?
4. What did you see from the window?
5. Who else went with you?
6. Did you have fun? Share it with the class.

Listen to your teacher and read out this action poem:

Everybody stop,
Everybody stand,
Everybody sit,
and raise your hand.

Everybody jump,
Everybody run,
Everybody stop,
Oh! What fun.

Sort the different means of transport depending on the surface they move on:

• Land: bus, car, train, jeep, bicycle, truck, cart, taxi, tractor
• Air: aeroplane, helicopter
• Water: ship, boat, yacht, raft

Read the words below each category to practice the short vowel sound u (as in 'hut'):

• Group 1: an umbrella, a truck, a duck
• Group 2: a jug, a mug, a cup
• Group 3: a bus, a rug, a hut

Notice that the word an occurs before words beginning with the vowel letter 'u' (e.g., an umbrella), while a is used before consonant sounds.