English For Today chapter 7: Colours, Shapes and Signs

Colours

A. Look, listen and say.

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Labels: Red, red, red; The rose is red.; Green, green, green; The parrot is green.; Blue,blue, blue; The sky is blue.; Violet, violet, violet; The balloon is violet.; Orange, orange, orange; The carrot is orange.; Yellow, yellow, yellow; The banana is yellow.; Indigo, indigo, indigo; The kite is indigo. Description: Seven pictures of coloured objects, each with its colour sentence beneath: a red rose, a green parrot, a blue cloud for the sky, a violet balloon, an orange carrot, a yellow banana and an indigo kite.

Red, red, red The rose is red. Green, green, green The parrot is green. Blue,blue, blue The sky is blue. Violet, violet, violet The balloon is violet. Orange, orange, orange The carrot is orange. Yellow, yellow, yellow The banana is yellow. Indigo, indigo, indigo The kite is indigo.

B. Look, listen and say.

This colour is red. red This colour is green. green This colour is yellow. yellow This colour is violet. violet

This colour is blue. blue This colour is orange. orange This colour is indigo. indigo

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C. Look at the objects in different pictures. Point to the objects and say what colour they are.

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Labels: [none] Description: Five rows of coloured objects with no text. Row 1: two red-and-white striped spinning tops, one yellow-striped top and one blue-and-white top. Row 2: three orange, two yellow banana, two red apples and two green-and-yellow mangoes. Row 3: three orange balls, four purple balls, two red balls and one blue ball. Row 4: three green kites, two blue kites and two orange kites. Row 5: one red flower, two purple flowers and one yellow flower.

D. Match the pictures with the names of the colour. One is done for you.

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Labels: violet; green; indigo; orange; blue; red; yellow Description: Seven pictures in a column, top to bottom: a red apple, a blue bottle, a sunflower, a green mango, a purple eggplant, an orange T-shirt and a purple hat. A line joins the apple to the word red on the right, as the example; the other six pictures are not yet joined to a word.

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Rainbow

A. Look, listen and repeat after your teacher.

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Labels: Seven Colours / Make a Rainbow Description: A large multi-coloured rainbow arc with seven bands, from outside to inside red, orange, yellow, green, light blue, dark blue and violet. The title is printed inside the arch.

Do you know? Do you know? Seven colours make a rainbow? Red, orange and yellow, Green and blue, Violet, indigo too! Raindrops and sunlight Make the colours look so bright!

B. Look at the picture. Read and colour .

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Labels: indigo; violet; yellow; blue; red; green; orange; indigo; violet; yellow; blue; red; green; orange Description: An outline of a butterfly with open wings to be coloured, seen from above. Each of the fourteen wing sections has a colour name printed on it: on the upper wings, indigo, violet, yellow and blue from the outer edge inward; on the lower wings, red, green and orange.

C. Draw a rainbow and colour it. As you draw, recite the rhyme.

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D. Write the name of the colour in the box.

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Labels: [none] Description: Seven coloured circles in a column, each followed by an empty rectangular box to the right. From top to bottom the circles are green, yellow, dark purple, orange, blue, light purple and red.

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Shapes and sizes

A. Look at the picture and say what you see.

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Description: A grand clock drawn from simple shapes. A blue square at the top holds a red circular face with white tick marks and white hands. Below it, an orange rectangle has a green vertical bar running down its centre, ending in a green triangle that points downwards.

B. Draw the grand clock and colour it.

C. Look, listen and say. Trace the shapes in air.

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Labels: circle, square, triangle, rectangle Description: Four shapes in a row, each with its name printed below: a red circle, a blue square, a green triangle and an orange rectangle.

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D. Write A under the circle, B under the square, C under the triangle and D under the rectangle. Colour them.

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Labels: Red, Blue, Green, Orange Description: Four outlined shapes, each with a colour name inside it: a red circle labelled "Red" at the top left, a blue square labelled "Blue" at the top right, a green rectangle labelled "Green" in the lower middle, and an orange triangle labelled "Orange" at the lower right.

E. Read and match them with the pictures. One is done for you.

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Labels: square, triangle, circle, rectangle Description: Four words in a column on the left, each beside a coloured shape on the right: a green triangle, an orange rectangle, a blue square and a red circle. A line is drawn from "square" to the blue square; the other three words are not yet joined.

F. Look for the different shapes in your classroom and say what shapes they are.

G. Say, draw and colour.

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More about shapes

A. Look at Mr. Shape and talk about it. Why the picture is called Mr. Shape?

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Description: A line drawing of a figure built from basic shapes. The head is a large circle with a face: two small circle eyes, a triangle nose and a smile. The body is a square, with a rectangle arm on each side and a small circle hand at the end of each arm. Two rectangle legs hang below the body, each ending in a triangle foot.

Mr. Shape

I am Mr. Shape, look at me. I have circles, squares, triangles and rectangles As many as there could be. My eyes are round and so is my face, My body is square if you haven’t noticed, in case. My arms are rectangles and so are my legs. My hands are circles and my feet are triangles, you see.

Now, can you colour me?

B. Look at Mr. Shape, count the different shapes and write.

Mr. Shape has:

................ circles.

................ squares.

................ triangles.

................ rectangles.

C. Project work: Make the grand clock with paper, colour it and display it on the wall of your classroom.

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Sizes

A. Look, listen and say.

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Labels: tall, short, big, small, fat, thin Description: Three pairs of pictures, each pair labelled below. A tall tree beside a short tree; a big elephant beside a small mouse; a fat dog beside a thin dog.

B. Point and say.

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Description: The same pictures as in A, without the words: a tall tree beside a short tree; a big elephant beside a small mouse; a fat dog beside a thin dog.

C. Listen and circle the picture.

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Labels: a tall man, a short man, a fat cow, a thin cow, a big pot, a small pot Description: Six pictures, each with its caption below. Two men stand side by side, a tall man on the left and a short man beside him. A fat cow and a thin cow stand together on the right. A big pot and a small pot stand together at the bottom.

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D. Look at the pictures in Section C and say what things are big and what are small. Also say who is tall and who is short.

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Labels: It's a fat cow. / It's a thin cow. Description: A girl stands on the left and speaks; a fat brown cow stands in the upper middle and a thin white cow stands to its lower right. Speech bubbles point from the girl to each cow.

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Labels: What is it? / Is it a cow? / Yes, it is! It's fat. / Now, it's my turn. It's small. Description: Two children sit at a desk with an open book; the boy on the left is pointing at the book. Speech bubbles show their questions and answers.

continue. . . .

E. Say, draw and colour.

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Labels: It's a big tree Description: An outline of a large tree with a wide leafy crown and a thick trunk, to be drawn and coloured by the learner.

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