Bahasa Inggeris notes, module 6

Getting around

Textbook Get Smart Plus 4 (Student's Book), pages 59-70 (Get Smart Plus 4 Student's Book, one volume); Phonics 6 on p. 124

What this chapter covers

I can name street safety words (seat belt, helmet, handlebars, pavement, zebra crossing) and follow street safety rules (6.1)
I can give safety advice with Fasten..., Keep..., Wear..., Don't... and Look both ways (6.1)
I can ask and answer about a trip with How are we going to get there? How long does it take? What time does the bus leave? (6.2)
I can say how I travel with by bus / car / bike / train / plane and on foot (6.2)
I can tell the time to the minute and work out when a journey ends (6.2)
I can read about different means of transport (tuk-tuk, gondola, snowmobile) and make true sentences about them (6.3)
I can ask about prices with How much is it? and buy a ticket politely (6.4)
I can read a story and say what the characters do and why (6.5)
I can read an extract from The Jungle Book, separate fact from opinion and summarise it (6.6)
I can say and spell words with ow, which makes /au/ in cow, down and town and /əu/ in slow, pillow and window (6.7)

Welcome to Module 6! You will learn how to stay safe on the road, plan a trip, talk about different means of transport and buy a ticket. You will also meet Kelly and Amin in a story, and read about Mowgli in the jungle.

6.1Sing a song: Street safety

These words help us talk about being safe in the street.

Pictures with labels: fasten your seat belt, helmet, handlebars, pavement, zebra crossing, stick your hand out of the window — Street safety words.

Get Smart Plus 4, p. 59.

Word	What it is
seat belt	the strap you fasten in a car
helmet	the hard hat you wear on a bike
handlebars	the bars you hold to steer a bike
pavement	the path at the side of the road for people on foot
(zebra) crossing	the place with white stripes where you cross the road

In the song "Street Safety", Joe and Jules say what to do in the car, on a bike and in the street.

Where	Do	Don't
In the car	Fasten your seat belt.	Don't stick your head or your hand out of the window.
On a bike	Keep both hands on the handlebars. Wear a helmet. Watch out for cars.	Don't take your hands off the handlebars.
In the street	Walk on the pavement. Look both ways. Cross at the crossing.	Don't play in the street.

Get Smart Plus 4, p. 59.

A safety rule is an instruction. It starts with a verb and has no subject: Fasten your seat belt. Wear a helmet. To say "do not", put Don't before the verb: Don't play in the street.

Say "Don't stick your head out", not "Not stick your head out". Use Don't + the base verb.

Value: Always follow street safety rules.

Make a safety rule for a girl who is riding a bike and has no helmet.

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Wear a helmet. (Also: Keep both hands on the handlebars.)

6.2Smart kids: a school trip

Mrs Rama tells her class about a school trip to the zoo. Greg asks how they will get there and when.

The story (p. 60)

Mrs Rama says that tomorrow the class is going to visit the zoo. They are going to go by bus. It takes about 40 minutes. The bus leaves at 10:10 in the morning. So the class is going to arrive at the zoo at 10:50.

Get Smart Plus 4, p. 60.

Telling the time to the minute

The clock face counts in fives: the long hand points to 1 for 5 minutes, 2 for 10 minutes, 3 for 15 minutes, and so on up to 12 for 60 minutes.

A clock face with the minutes 5, 10, 15 and so on up to 60 written beside the numbers — Minutes round the clock.

Get Smart Plus 4, p. 60.

We say a time such as 10:10 as "ten ten". The hour comes first and then the minutes.

10:10the bus leaves

10:50the bus arrives

Pattern: talking about a trip

Language box: How are we going to get there? By bus / car / bike / train / plane. On foot. How long does it take? Twenty minutes. What time does the bus leave / arrive? It leaves / arrives at 10:10.

Get Smart Plus 4, p. 61.

Question	Answer
How are we going to get there?	By bus / car / bike / train / plane. On foot.
How long does it take?	Twenty minutes. (It takes twenty minutes.)
What time does the bus leave / arrive?	It leaves / arrives at 10:10.
Where are you going to go?	I'm going to go to the park.

Use by with a vehicle (by bus, by bike) but on foot when you walk. The question about time uses does, so the verb stays plain: What time does the bus leave? The answer adds -s: It leaves at 10:10.

Don't say "by foot" or "by my bike". Say on foot, and by bike.

Going to: we use am / is / are going to + verb for plans. "We're going to visit the zoo." "I'm going to go to the park."

Work out the arrival time

Example

The bus leaves at 10:10. The journey takes 40 minutes.
10:10 + 40 minutes = 10:50. It arrives at ten fifty.

Greg's notes for the trip (p. 61) use the same facts: the date, the place, how you go, when you leave and when you arrive.

A train leaves at 9:55. The journey takes 20 minutes. When does it arrive?

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9:55 + 5 minutes = 10:00, then 15 more minutes = 10:15. It arrives at 10:15.

Value: Appreciate the benefits of school trips.

6.3Our world: different means of transport

A means of transport is a way to travel. This text is from Social Studies. New words: wheel, motorbike, taxi, comfortable, exciting, tourist, slow.

Three photos with text: a gondola on a canal in Venice, a tuk-tuk, and a snowmobile on snow — Gondola, tuk-tuk and snowmobile.

Get Smart Plus 4, p. 62.

Transport	What it is like
tuk-tuk	looks like a motorbike with three wheels; the driver sits in the front and two or three people sit in the back; many tourists take it in Thailand; it can be faster than a taxi; fun and exciting
gondola	a long boat; people used it in Venice, Italy; very slow; not very comfortable, but tourists love it
snowmobile	goes on snow; it hasn't got wheels, it has got skis; can go very fast; drivers have to wear a helmet and very warm clothes

To compare things, tick the facts in the table on p. 63: a tuk-tuk has got wheels, a gondola is a kind of boat, a snowmobile hasn't got wheels.

Make true sentences (p. 63)

Join three parts: a verb phrase + is + an adjective.

Part 1	Part 2	Part 3
Travelling by gondola	is	slow.
Travelling by snowmobile	is	exciting / fast.
Riding a bike to school	is	fun.

After by we use a means of transport with no "a": by gondola, by bike, by train. Travelling by gondola is slow.

Which means of transport has skis but no wheels?

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The snowmobile.

Value: Understand different cultures.

6.4Let's play: buying a ticket

Pictures of a bus ticket, coins and notes labelled sen, a cheap item marked RM5 and an expensive item marked RM500

Get Smart Plus 4, p. 64.

Money in Malaysia is ringgit (RM) and sen. A thing that costs little is cheap (RM5). A thing that costs a lot is expensive (RM500).

Language box: How much is it? It's two ringgit and fifty sen (RM2.50). How much are they? They're six fifty (RM6.50).

Get Smart Plus 4, p. 64.

Question	Answer
How much is it? (one thing)	It's two ringgit and fifty sen (RM2.50).
How much are they? (more than one)	They're six fifty (RM6.50).

Dialogue at the ticket counter (p. 64)

Seller: Hello. Can I help you?
Girl: Hello. I'd like a ticket for Cyberjaya, please.
Girl: What time does the bus leave?
Seller: The bus for Cyberjaya leaves in ten minutes.
Girl: Is the ticket expensive?
Seller: No, it isn't. It's six ringgit and fifty sen.
Girl: Wow, that's cheap. OK. One ticket, please.

To ask politely, use I'd like (I would like) and say please. "I'd like a ticket for Cyberjaya, please." Say "Thank you" when you get your ticket.

A ticket costs RM6.50. You pay with RM10. How much change do you get?

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RM10.00 - RM6.50 = RM3.50 (three ringgit and fifty sen).

6.5Story time: The lost boy 1

Project (p. 65): choose a favourite means of transport, make it from card or recycled things, and tell the class why, for example "Tickets for the bus are cheap."

The story (pp. 66-67):

It is the weekend. Amin is getting ready to go to the park with his friend Kelly. They are going to go by bike.
In the garden, Kelly has got her helmet but Amin hasn't. Amin's mum brings it and reminds him to keep both hands on the handlebars and watch out for cars.
The children ride to the park. It takes five minutes.
They play with friends all afternoon. When it gets dark, they see something and Kelly asks, "What's that?"

Get Smart Plus 4, pp. 66-67.

Look how the story uses this module: a helmet, both hands on the handlebars, watch out for cars and how are we going to get there? The children follow the street safety rules.

Why does Amin's mum give him his helmet?

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Amin hasn't got a helmet, and he must wear one when he rides his bike.

6.6Let's read: The Jungle Book

New words: panther, jungle, python, worried, shout.

Summary of the extract (p. 68): Mowgli lives in the jungle with Mother Wolf and Father Wolf. His friends are Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther. Mowgli says he has made friends with the Monkey People, who want him to be their leader. Baloo and Bagheera are angry and tell him not to talk to them again. At night, the monkeys take Mowgli away. Mowgli calls to Chil the bird for help. Baloo and Bagheera are very worried and go to ask Kaa the python to help find him.

Story map

Part	What happens
Where	In the jungle
Who	Mowgli, Baloo (bear), Bagheera (panther), the Monkey People, Chil (bird), Kaa (python)
Problem	The monkeys take Mowgli at night
Help	Chil tells Baloo and Bagheera; they go to Kaa

Fact or opinion?

A fact is true and we can check it. An opinion is what a person thinks or feels.

Sentence	Fact or opinion?
The monkeys jump from tree to tree.	Fact (it happens in the story)
Baloo and Bagheera are Mowgli's friends.	Fact
The monkeys are scary.	Opinion (Mowgli feels this)
The Monkey-People don't care about anyone.	Opinion (Baloo thinks this)

Words like scary, beautiful, best and boring often show an opinion.

Get Smart Plus 4, pp. 68-69.

Value: Choose your friends carefully.

Is "The jungle is a lovely place" a fact or an opinion?

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Opinion. "Lovely" shows what someone thinks.

6.7Phonics: ow /au/ and /əu/

The letters ow can say two different sounds. Words with /au/ (like now): cow, down, town. Words with /əu/ (like go): slow, pillow, window.

The letters ow do not always say /au/. In slow, pillow and window they sound like the "o" in "go" (/əu/); in cow, down and town they sound like the "ow" in "now" (/au/).

Get Smart Plus 4, p. 124 (Phonics 6).

Which word has the same vowel sound as cow: slow, down or pillow?

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down (/au/, like cow). Slow and pillow say /əu/ like go.

Summary

Topic	Remember
Street safety	Fasten your seat belt. Wear a helmet. Keep both hands on the handlebars. Walk on the pavement. Cross at the crossing. Don't play in the street.
Trips	How are we going to get there? By bus. On foot. How long does it take? What time does the bus leave? It leaves at 10:10.
Time	Leave time + journey time = arrive time (10:10 + 40 minutes = 10:50).
Transport	tuk-tuk (three wheels), gondola (slow boat), snowmobile (skis, no wheels).
Prices	How much is it? It's RM2.50. How much are they? They're RM6.50. cheap, expensive.
Polite requests	I'd like a ticket, please. Thank you.
Reading	Fact = true; opinion = what someone thinks.
Phonics	ow /au/: cow, down, town. ow /əu/: slow, pillow, window.
Values	Follow street safety rules. Appreciate school trips. Understand different cultures. Choose your friends carefully.