Grade 4 - English

1. Vocabulary
words
Day 1

2. Have you been to a
long journey
before?

3. Where did you go?
Have you experience
to ride in a jeepney?

4. Have you been to
a remote village?

5. Journey -
an act of
traveling
from one
place to
another

7. remote area
- far away in
distance; a
house or
village is a
long way
from any
towns or
cities.

9. nervous -
feeling
excited
and
worried,
or slightly
afraid

11. jeepney - the
most popular
means of public
transportation
in the
Philippines. A
twin-benched
jitney bus,
seating about a
dozen
passengers

13. helmet – a hard
or padded
protective hat,
various types of
which are worn
by soldiers,
police
officers,
motorcyclists,
and others

16. armband – a
band worn
around a
person’s upper
arm to hold up
a shirtsleeve
or as a symbol

18. reverse – to
change the
direction,
order,
position,
result, of
something to
its opposite

19. pedestrian
crossing – a
special place
in a road
where
traffic must
stop to allow
people to
walk across

21. danger –
the
possibility
of harm or
death to
someone

23. harness – a
piece of
equipment
with straps
and belts,
used to
control or hold
in place a
person, animal
or object

25. Answer A B
page 52

26. Which type of
transport do you
use regularly?

28. Which places do
you go to?

30. Which of these
types of
transport have
you used?

32. Which did you
like best?

34. Listening
Day 1

35. Listen to some children talking
about how they get to school
every day. Match the
speakers and the pictures.
Play the cd (track 22)

37. Speaker 1: Bangkok
Lots of cars
He go to school by Tuk tuk
It’s faster than walking
The problem with tuk tuk is its
open on each side and he
breathe in the traffic fumes.

38. Speaker 2: Manila
Get to school by jeepney
Good fun travelling with all your
friends
It is very bumpy because the
benches are high up

39. Speaker 3: Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Everybody travels by motorbike.
It is fast and can travel so fast.
But during monsoon its hard to ride
in a motorbike because they still
get wet even if they wear a
waterproof clothes.

40. Speaker 4: Hong Kong
By ferry
He like to travel by ferry because
he likes to stand on the deck and
look at the view.

41. Speaker 5: Japan
By tram/train
It’s fast and stop at outside of
their school.
But if its crowded she don’t get a
seat.

42. Transport Good points Bad points
Tuk tuk Good fun
It’s faster than walking
You don’t get stuck in traffic
jams.
You don’t have to wait behind cars
Open on both sides, so you breath
in exhaust fumes
Jeepney A lot of kids can travel at once
Good fun
Often very bumpy
A bit of a squash
Motorbike Fast
Gets to spend time alone with his
dad
You get very wet when it rains in
the monsoon
Ferry Can look at lovely views Very cold in winter
Tram Quite fast
Stops right outside school
Often really crowded
Sometimes don’t get a seat
Can fall over if you don’t hold on
tight

43. What are the good
and bad points for
each type of
transport?

44. Holiday
Day 2

45. Reading
(worksheet)
Day 3

46. How does Daisy get
to school? How long
does the journey
take?

54. Answer the
worksheet
(Reading: Daisy’s
Journey to school)

55. Staying Safe
on the road
Day 3

57. Uses ofGet &
Zero
Conditional
Day 4

58. Vocabulary &
SpellingTest
Day 5