Hello! Welcome to Our Class
Primary 1 · English
Hello! Welcome to Our Class
Lesson 3 of 7
10 min
Let's begin
Read this with a big person. Say every English word out loud.
It is the first day of school. Umutoni sits down in her new class.
The teacher looks at her and asks something in English. Umutoni says nothing. She does not know the words yet.
Today you will say your own name in English.
Your name is yours. Say your name out loud now.
In English you say: My name is Umutoni.
Put your own name at the end.
My name is Keza.
My name is Byiringiro.
You can say it a short way too: I am Keza.
Look at the front of your book. Your name is there. Read it out loud, and then say the whole thing: My name is ...
You want to know a new friend. You ask: What is your name?
Your friend says: My name is Gatete.
Careful! Do not answer with Yes. Yes is not a name.
Do not say the question back to your friend. What is your name? is the question. It is not the answer.
The answer always starts the same way: My name is ...
Keza: Hello! What is your name?
Gatete: My name is Gatete. How are you?
Keza: I am fine, thank you.
Now you are the two children. Say the whole thing out loud with a big person. Then say it again, and put your own name in it.
A song: What is your name?
This song stops, and you say your own name out loud.
Tip
The answer starts with my name is
Three words come first every time: My name is ... Then your own name comes last.
Say it ten times today. Say it to a big person at home.
Say each one out loud, then tap Show answer to check.
Your teacher asks: What is your name?
Answer: My name is ... and then your own name.
Keza asks Gatete: What is your name?
Answer: My name is Gatete.
Is Yes a good answer to What is your name?
Answer: No. Yes is not a name. Say My name is ...
You want to know a new boy in your class. What do you ask him?
Answer: What is your name?
Clap one time for one word: My name is Keza. How many claps?
Answer: 4. My, name, is, Keza.
What you learned today
Quick check
Your teacher asks: What is your name? What do you say?
