📘 SMILE Book 3A – Grade 5 – Complete Summary
Sudan Modern Integrated Learning of English
Based on the Official Pupil’s Book (2016 Edition)
📖 Introduction to the SMILE Curriculum
The SMILE (Sudan Modern Integrated Learning of English) series replaces the older SPINE curriculum. It is designed for Sudanese pupils at the basic level, with a pupil‑centred, standards‑based approach. The course introduces phonics, cross‑curricular topics, and enjoyable activities to motivate young learners. Both print and cursive handwriting are taught from the start. The curriculum aims to develop a positive attitude towards English and teaches the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing) simultaneously.
Communicative methods include Total Physical Response (TPR), storytelling, guessing games, role‑plays, problem‑solving drills, spelling and phonics practice. The evaluation system uses formative and summative assessments to ensure quality. Cross‑curricular dimensions (life skills, morals, traditions, values) are integrated throughout.
By the end of Grade 9, pupils are expected to reach level B1 of the Common European Framework (CEF).
Book 3A contains 6 units, each with 8 lessons (Lesson 8 is always revision). Each unit includes recordings (dialogues, chants, stories) and a story. Unit 12 (not in this book) revises previous units, while Unit 1 consolidates the previous year’s learning.
📚 Unit 1 – Back to School
Lesson 1: Welcome Chant and Subjects
Chant: "Welcome back from holiday... There's Science and Maths... Geography and History and English, too." The chant encourages pupils to smile and be happy to learn new things.
New vocabulary: Geography, History, Science, Maths, subjects, friends, family.
Activity: Listen, read and chant. Then match words to pictures (Page 13).
Grammar: Possessive adjectives (his); no article before school subjects.
Lesson 2: Talking about Holidays (was/were)
Activity: Pupils say sentences about their holidays using was / were (past simple of be). Example: "I was in Port Sudan. It was nice."
Questions: "Where were you? Who were you with? What was your holiday like?"
Grammar: Past simple of be: I/he/she/it → was; you/we/they → were. Prepositions: in, at, with.
Lesson 3: Poem about Sudan
Poem: Describes natural features of Sudan: "Along the River Nile, dates grow on tall palm trees. Sharks swim in the warm waters of the Red Sea. Camels walk on the sand through the desert heat. Birds fly over the mountains. Farmers look after their cattle. Elephants and deer live in Dinder Park."
New vocabulary: grow, swim, walk, fly, look after, live, across, along, cattle, child, evening, great, land, palm tree.
Activity: Complete the missing words; make sentences using the verbs.
Grammar: Present simple (3rd person singular) for facts and routines.
Lesson 4: The Secretary Bird – Sudan’s Emblem
Facts: The secretary bird is the national emblem. Young birds have yellow faces, adults have red faces. They are up to 1.30 m tall, with a wingspan of 2 m. They have long legs, run fast, and eat mice, rats and snakes.
Questions: "What is the emblem of Sudan? What colour are the faces of young birds? How tall are secretary birds? Why can they run fast? What do they eat?"
New vocabulary: adult, beak, emblem, face, mice, rat, stork, secretary bird.
Grammar: Articles (a/an/the), determiners (this/these/some).
Lesson 5: Story of Sukkar the Monkey (Part 1)
Story: Sukkar lives in a tree next to the River Nile and gives mangoes to the crocodiles every day. One day, Mrs Crocodile wants meat, not mangoes, and asks her husband to bring Sukkar’s heart. Mr Crocodile invites Sukkar for lunch. While swimming, Sukkar drops the mangoes. Mr Crocodile says: "Never mind, Mrs Crocodile wants to eat your heart today, not your mangoes."
New vocabulary: bring, heart, invite, never mind, next (adj).
Activity: Read and act out the story; answer comprehension questions.
Grammar: Present simple for everyday actions; prepositions (next to, with, in, to).
Lesson 6: Sukkar (Part 2) – Using ‘because’
Continuation: Sukkar is afraid but thinks fast. He says he wants to go back to his tree to get his heart. Mr Crocodile swims back, Sukkar climbs up and shouts down. Mrs Crocodile is very angry.
Activity: Complete the sentences using words from the story; play the 'Crocodile Game' using Can.
New vocabulary: because, cross (v), drink (n), shout (v).
Grammar: Conjunction because to express reason; can for requests (Can you help me?).
Lesson 7: Sudan’s Independence (1st January 1956)
Text: On 1st January 1956, Isma'il AlAzhari raised the Sudanese flag. Thousands of people stood, watched, smiled and clapped. Children waved the new flag. Everyone was happy because Sudan became independent.
Questions: "What's the date? What's the weather like? What are people doing? Who is raising the flag? Why is everyone happy? How many people are there? What are the children waving?"
New vocabulary: independent, news, photograph, raise, wave.
Grammar: Present continuous to describe actions happening now. Example: "People are standing and watching."
Lesson 8: Revision of Unit 1
Activities: Re‑read the chant; write about the bird; retell Sukkar’s story; add new words; spelling practice.
Key words: ostrich, tell.
🌞 Unit 2 – The Sun and the Planets
Lesson 1: Warnings with ‘mustn’t’
Chant: The sun is a star, very old, gives heat and light. Warns: "You mustn't stay in the sun too long" and "You mustn't look straight at it with your eyes."
New vocabulary: away, Earth, keep away, must, space, straight, top.
Grammar: Use mustn't for prohibition. Combine with when.
Activity: Match sentences to pictures; write other sentences with mustn't.
Lesson 2: Comparing Planets (Comparative Adjectives)
Text: The sun is a star. The Earth is one of nine planets, third from the sun. Light takes 8 minutes to reach us. Planets orbit the sun. Mercury is closest, Pluto is farthest. Pluto is colder than Neptune because it is farther. Mercury is hotter than Neptune.
Questions: "Which planet is colder, Pluto or Neptune? Which is hotter, Venus or Mars? Which is bigger, Pluto or Jupiter?"
New vocabulary: close (adj), correct, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, planet, Pluto, Saturn, Uranus, Venus.
Grammar: Comparative adjectives with -er (hotter, colder, bigger, closer) and than.
Lesson 3: Story of the Lonely Star (Hisham and the Star)
Story: A lonely star wants to live on Earth. Hisham asks wise people; they agree but she must change into a yellow flower. She is unhappy because animals walk on her. She becomes a rose but the village is too noisy. Finally, she becomes a water lily and is happy because she can see her friends in water and sky.
New vocabulary: lonely, rose, water lily, wise.
Activity: Order the events; make correct sentences using wanted and because.
Grammar: want/wants to for desires; modals must/can.
Lesson 4: Solar Eclipse – Sequence Words
Text: An eclipse happens when the moon comes between the Earth and the sun, blocking the light. Use three coins: biggest coin for sun, middle for Earth, smallest for moon.
New vocabulary: block, eclipse, middle-size, moon, show.
Activity: Fill in the blanks; point and say using superlatives (biggest, smallest, middle-size).
Grammar: Sequence adverbs: first, after, next, finally; past simple of regular verbs (asked, walked).
Lesson 5: Superlatives – Facts about Planets
Questions: "What's the biggest planet? What's the smallest planet? What's the closest planet to the sun? What's the coldest planet?" (Jupiter, Pluto, Mercury, Neptune).
Facts about Earth: 24 hours in a day; 365 days to orbit the sun; lots of water; temperature up to 50°C.
Activity: Match the facts; cover and say from memory.
Grammar: Superlative adjectives with -est; prepositions: between, on the left/right, in the middle.
Lesson 6: Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Text/Ordering: Rocket blasted off; three astronauts inside; Apollo 11 arrived at moon on the third day; Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed; stayed 21 hours; started back; landed back on Earth on 24th July.
New vocabulary: centigrade, degrees, fact, temperature.
Activity: Complete sentences about the Apollo mission using past tense.
Grammar: Comparatives and superlatives; present simple for facts.
Lesson 7: Revision of Unit 2
Activities: Re‑read the chant; write about an eclipse; retell Hisham’s story; spelling practice.
Lesson 8: Unit 2 Summary
Review vocabulary (Page 116‑117): eclipse, planet, moon, rocket, astronaut, etc.
👗 Unit 3 – Clothes
Lesson 1: Names of Clothes
Chant: Lists clothing items: dress, coat, hat, trousers, cap, blouses, skirts, shorts, shirts, shoes, scarf, T‑shirts, jeans, sweater, socks.
Activity: Point and say; use this/these.
Grammar: Countable/uncountable nouns; passive is/are called.
Lesson 2: Possessive Pronouns and Whose
Dialogue: Osama asks: "Whose is this football shirt?" Salah replies: "It’s not my shirt. It’s Salah’s shirt." Mona uses mine, yours, his, hers.
New vocabulary: hers, mine, whose, yours.
Grammar: Possessive pronouns (my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers); question word Whose.
Lesson 3: Materials (made of)
Text: Clothes are made from different materials: cotton (shirts, blouses), wool (sweaters, socks), leather (bags, belts, shoes), silk (dresses, scarves). We get cotton from plants, silk from worms, leather and wool from animals.
New vocabulary: belt, cotton, leather, made of, material, silk, wool.
Grammar: Passive is/are made of to express material.
Lesson 4: Packing for a Trip – should
Chant: Salah asks what to pack. In cold weather: gloves, scarf, hat. In hot weather: sandals, T‑shirt, hat.
Questions: "Who is Salah's trip with? What is the weather like? What clothes should he pack? Why does he need sandals?"
New vocabulary: gloves, pack, sandals, snowy, sunny, trip.
Grammar: Modal should for advice; wh‑questions (why, who, what).
Lesson 5: Story of Majda – Cotton Picking (Past Simple)
Story: Majda helped her father pick cotton during school holiday. They woke early, walked to the fields, picked cotton, rested at noon, worked until dark, emptied the sacks.
Activity: Order the sentences (Page 32).
New vocabulary: ago, empty (v), sack, rest, until.
Grammar: Past simple of regular (walked, picked, rested) and irregular verbs (went, had, gave, took).
Lesson 6: The Hat‑Seller and the Monkeys
Story: A hat‑seller rests under a tree; monkeys take his hats. He shouts and throws his hat; monkeys copy him, so he picks up the hats and says goodbye.
New vocabulary: hat‑seller, tired; irregular past: said, threw.
Activity: Act out the story using given words.
Grammar: Past simple without did in affirmative; time adverbs (when, later, then, now).
Lesson 7: Jobs and Uniforms
Text: Questions about jobs: "Why does Musa wear a uniform? Where does Huda work? What is Ibrahim's job? What is Osman's job?"
Activity: Match clothes to jobs (policeman, mechanic, fireman, doctor).
New vocabulary: boot, fireman, job, mechanic, overalls, protect, uniform.
Grammar: Present simple; passive is/are called.
Lesson 8: Revision of Unit 3
Activities: Write about clothes for different seasons; retell the hat‑seller story; add words; spelling.
🐫 Unit 4 – Animal Partners
Lesson 1: How Animals Help Us
Matching: Camel (moves people), donkey (carries loads), elephant (carries loads), falcon (hunts), guide dog (finds places), sheep dog (looks after animals).
New vocabulary: (guide) dog, (sheep) dog, falcon, hunt.
Grammar: Regular and irregular plurals; question word How.
Lesson 2: Story of Idris and Barood – Past Tense
Text: Idris woke at six, washed Barood (camel), cut patterns, took the bride to the ceremony, she rode on Barood, moved to music, after the ceremony Idris gave him food and water. They had a wonderful day.
New vocabulary: bride, ceremony, coat (animal's), pattern; irregular verbs: cut, had, gave, rode, took, woke up.
Activity: Ask and answer questions about the story.
Grammar: Past simple of irregular verbs (cut, had, gave, rode, took, woke up).
Lesson 3: The Falcon – Information
Text: Falcons are the fastest birds, diving at 300 km/h. Owner trains it, wears a leather glove, covers its eyes when not hunting. Falcon eats small birds and mammals, needs rest after hunting.
New vocabulary: dive, kilometres, owner, prey, train.
Activity: Describe pictures using who (e.g., "... a man who has three falcons.")
Grammar: Relative pronoun who to join sentences.
Lesson 4: Falcon Care – must / mustn't
Rules: must always wear a glove; must be kind; mustn't give cake; mustn't keep inside; must train daily; mustn't put in a cage.
Listening: Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital – first in the world, opened in 1999, looked after 6,000 falcons last year.
New vocabulary: cage, United Arab Emirates; irregular: won.
Grammar: must and mustn't for obligation and prohibition.
Lesson 5: The Old Farmer Hamid – should / because
Story: Hamid has an ox, horse, dog and chickens. Brother Ali suggests selling them because they are hard work. Hamid explains: ox ploughs fields, horse takes him to town, dog protects, chickens give eggs/meat.
Activity: Make sentences: "Hamid should keep his animals because he likes them."
New vocabulary: better, ox, plough (v), tractor.
Grammar: should for suggestions; because for reasons.
Lesson 6: The Cattle Egret – Symbiotic Relationship
Chant: "Can you eat near a rhino's eye? ... We can't, but a cattle egret can."
Text: Cattle egrets eat insects and worms on the skin and hair of rhinos, zebras, buffalo, etc. The animals help by stirring up insects when they eat grass.
New vocabulary: buffalo, cattle egret, nearby, snack, zebra.
Grammar: can/can't for ability; present simple.
Lesson 7: Karan’s Letter – Elephant Festival
Letter: Karan writes to his uncle. He woke at 5:30, fed his elephant Amit, washed him, decorated with gold and red, painted patterns. At the festival, tourists took photos and rode on him. They went home at 6. They enjoyed the day.
Activity: Order the pictures; answer comprehension questions.
New vocabulary: gold, festival, order, tourist; irregular past: ate, went, wrote.
Grammar: Past simple (affirmative, negative, questions) with regular and irregular verbs; time adverbs (yesterday, after, then).
Lesson 8: Revision of Unit 4
Review chants, stories and vocabulary (Pages 117‑118).
🤝 Unit 5 – Helping Hands
Lesson 1: Building the Future – can
Chant: "We're boys and girls from all Sudan... We can build the future... We can give a helping hand."
Activity: Read and say Yes/No; say sentences about ways to build our future.
New vocabulary: build, future, helping hand, quickly, spend money.
Grammar: can for ability; adverbs (quickly, for a long time).
Lesson 2: Describing Pictures – Present Continuous
Matching: "They are picking cotton. They are handing out Ramadan packages. They are painting a school. They are running a race. They are putting money in a charity box."
New vocabulary: charity, hand out, ill, package, poor, race.
Grammar: Present continuous for actions happening now; relative who.
Lesson 3: Quantifiers (a lot of, many, much, enough)
Activity: Complete sentences about the playground: "There are a lot of / aren't enough places to sit. There aren't many / are a lot of trees..."
New vocabulary: enough.
Grammar: Use of a lot of, many, much, enough with countable/uncountable nouns.
Lesson 4: Likes and Dislikes (like/enjoy + ing)
Dialogue: Mona likes healthy food (salads, vegetables) and dislikes junk food. Salah enjoys reading science magazines and dislikes watching football on TV; he thinks we should do sports.
New vocabulary: burger, junk food, magazine, salad.
Grammar: like/enjoy + verb-ing; should/shouldn't for advice.
Lesson 5: Story of Ali and the Shopkeeper (Past Simple)
Story: Ali is poor, sells water in the market. A shopkeeper asks why he isn’t at school; Ali says his father died two years ago and he works to help his mother. He asks for help.
Activity: Ask and answer questions (How much money did Ali get? When did his father die?).
New vocabulary: another, make sure, die; irregular: bought, got, saw, sold.
Grammar: because and so; past simple of irregular verbs.
Lesson 6: The Little Red Hen – Past Simple (negative)
Story: Red Hen finds seeds, asks cat, rat, dog to help plant, harvest, cook – they all say "No!" She does everything herself, then eats all the peanuts alone.
Activity: Choose the correct form (planted/didn't plant).
New vocabulary: harvest, lazy, nut; irregular: found, grew.
Grammar: Past simple in affirmative and negative; can for requests.
Lesson 7: Volunteering – Green Hands (Adverbs of Frequency)
Text: Green Hands helps people who need help. Volunteers work every Friday for free. They buy books and sports equipment for poor schools, give food and water packages to children in hospitals, give blankets to the poor in winter, collect money in mosques, and advertise on TV.
Activity: Write sentences using adverbs of frequency (always, sometimes, usually, often, never).
New vocabulary: advertisement, blanket, equipment, volunteer.
Grammar: Adverbs of frequency with present simple.
Lesson 8: Revision of Unit 5
Activities: Re‑read the chant; write about the little red hen; retell Ali’s story; add words; spelling.
✈️ Unit 6 – Travel and Holidays
Lesson 1: Expressing Wishes – would like to
Chant: "I'd like to see the world... take a trip... sail a ship... drive a car... ride a motorbike... fly a plane... visit Cairo, Paris, Rome."
New vocabulary: Cairo, Jeddah, love (v), motorbike, of course, Paris, sail (v), world.
Grammar: would like to + verb to express wishes; prepositional phrase by (car).
Lesson 2: Reasons for Travel
Text: Six reasons: to study, to work, to visit family/friends, to see beautiful places, to have a holiday, to perform Hajj.
New vocabulary: overseas, reason, Saudi Arabia.
Activity: Describe pictures using sentences.
Grammar: Present simple; would like to.
Lesson 3: Reading a Text Message – Wh-questions
Text: A message from a traveller (probably Hassan) to a friend. He arrived in Port Sudan, stopped for two hours to eat and pray, visited Hamdi, went to the market and beach.
Questions: "Who is the text message to? Where is the writer now? What time did the writer arrive? How long did the bus stop? Who did he see yesterday?"
New vocabulary: text message, writer.
Grammar: Wh‑questions (why, where, what time, how long, who) with did in the past.
Lesson 4: Suggestions (Let's / How about)
Activity: Make sentences using Let's or How about for places in Sudan: Jebel Barkal, El Fashir, Red Sea, Dinder Park, River Nile, Sultan's Palace.
Dialogue: Salah asks Hassan where he would like to visit in Sudan and why.
New vocabulary: explore, life, palace.
Grammar: Let's and How about for suggestions; Wh‑questions (Where, Why, What).
Lesson 5: Travel by Plane – using so/because
Dialogue: Agent and Mr Rami booking a flight to Cairo. He needs a passport, chooses to fly there and return by train.
Activity: Write sentences using needs and so: "He needs a passport so he can leave the country."
New vocabulary: agent, flight, passport, tomorrow.
Grammar: because and so; present simple.
Lesson 6: Jules Verne – Around the World in 80 Days
Text: Jules Verne (1828‑1905) wrote "Around the World in 80 Days" in 1873. Phileas Fogg and Passepartout started in London, travelled by train and ship, had adventures, and won a prize of £20,000 – they arrived after 80 days.
Questions: "When was Jules Verne born? When did he die? When did he write the story? What did Phileas Fogg want to do? Where did they start? How did they travel? Were they late? What was their prize?"
New vocabulary: adventures, difficult, famous, hero, journey, prize, born; irregular: thought.
Grammar: Past simple (was/were, regular and irregular verbs).
Lesson 7: At the Airport – Procedures
Text: Steps: Departure Hall, Check‑in Desk, Passport Control, security check, Departure Gate, bus to plane.
Activity: Write sentences about Mr Hamdan's trip using new vocabulary.
New vocabulary: airport, check‑in, departure hall/gate, officer, passport control, security; irregular: flew.
Grammar: Present simple and past simple to describe procedures.
Lesson 8: Revision of Unit 6
Activities: Re‑read the chant; write about travel by plane overseas; talk about Jules Verne; add words; spelling.
📝 Comprehensive Solved Questions (All Units)
I. Multiple Choice
- The emblem of Sudan is the ______.
a) camel b) secretary bird c) crocodile
Answer: b) secretary bird - We use ______ to demonstrate a solar eclipse.
a) three coins b) three pencils c) three books
Answer: a) three coins - The coldest planet is ______ because it's far from the sun.
a) Mercury b) Neptune c) Jupiter
Answer: b) Neptune - We get silk from ______.
a) sheep b) cotton plants c) silk worms
Answer: c) silk worms - The fastest bird is the ______.
a) falcon b) eagle c) secretary bird
Answer: a) falcon - The little red hen planted the seeds ______.
a) with help b) without help c) with the cat
Answer: b) without help - Phileas Fogg travelled around the world in ______ days.
a) 70 b) 80 c) 90
Answer: b) 80
II. True or False
- The sun is a planet. ( )
False – the sun is a star. - Sukkar gives mangoes to the crocodiles every day. ( )
True - People in Sudan make clothes from only one material. ( )
False – from different materials. - Cattle egrets eat insects on the skin of rhinos and zebras. ( )
True - Jules Verne was born in 1905. ( )
False – born in 1828.
III. Fill in the Blanks
- In the story, Sukkar is a ______. (monkey / crocodile)
Answer: monkey - The Earth is the ______ planet from the sun. (first / third / fifth)
Answer: third - We wear ______ in winter to keep our hands warm. (sandals / gloves / shorts)
Answer: gloves - Hamid’s brother Ali thinks machines are ______ than animals. (better / worse / faster)
Answer: better - At the airport, you show your ______ at Passport Control. (ticket / passport / bag)
Answer: passport
IV. Reorder the Words
- you / where / holiday / on / were / your?
Where were you on your holiday? - mustn't / at / look / the / sun / you / straight.
You mustn't look straight at the sun. - is / made / cotton / shirt / of / my.
My shirt is made of cotton. - should / we / healthy / eat / food.
We should eat healthy food. - would / to / I / explore / Jebel Barkal / like.
I would like to explore Jebel Barkal.
V. Answer the Questions
- What is the date of Sudan's independence?
1st January 1956. - Why can secretary birds run fast?
Because they have long legs. - What does the little red hen eat at the end of the story?
She eats all the peanuts. - How long did the Apollo 11 astronauts stay on the moon?
They stayed for 21 hours. - Why do Muslims travel to Saudi Arabia?
To perform Hajj.
VI. Write the Past Simple Form
| Present | Past |
|---|---|
| go | went |
| give | gave |
| take | took |
| see | saw |
| buy | bought |
| think | thought |
| ride | rode |
| wake up | woke up |
✨ This summary covers all 6 units of SMILE Book 3A with detailed explanations, vocabulary, grammar, and a large set of solved questions. Best of luck to all students! ✨
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