English Standard Four – Full Summary of the TIE Pupil’s Book (2024)

This article provides a general overview of the English Pupil’s Book – Standard Four, Third Edition 2024, published by the Tanzania Institute of Education (TIE). The book is aligned with the English Language Syllabus for Primary Education, Standards III–VI (2023). It organises learning into eleven units and thirty-five activities. Use this guide to see the scope and sequence of the book before studying the individual lessons.

Note: This is a concise guide to the units and activities listed in the textbook. It is not a substitute for the full pupil’s book, and it does not reproduce all explanations, examples or exercises found in the book.

General Overview of the Book

The book develops pupils’ English language learning through vocabulary, grammar, conversations, reading, spoken language, short messages, daily routines and creative writing. The units are arranged as follows:

Unit 1: Developing Vocabulary about Everyday Environment

This unit introduces vocabulary associated with familiar places and everyday surroundings. Pupils learn words connected with the home and school, hospital, market and bus station.

• Activity 1.1: Home and school
• Activity 1.2: Hospital
• Activity 1.3: Market
• Activity 1.4: Bus station

Unit 2: Expressing Quantity

This unit focuses on language used to express quantity. The activities cover the use of many and much, as well as some and any.

• Activity 2.1: Many and much
• Activity 2.2: Some and any

Unit 3: Expressing Location

This unit develops the use of prepositions and expressions that show where people or things are located. The activities introduce the expressions in the order shown below.

• Activity 3.1: In, on and at
• Activity 3.2: Under, over and near
• Activity 3.3: Inside, in front of, beside and behind

Unit 4: Expressing Past Events

This unit deals with expressing events in the past. Its activities cover the simple past tense and past continuous tense, including asking and answering questions using these tenses.

• Activity 4.1: Simple past
• Activity 4.2: Questions and answers in simple past
• Activity 4.3: Past continuous
• Activity 4.4: Questions and answers in past continuous

Unit 5: Expressing Result and Reason

This unit introduces the conjunctions so and because for expressing results and reasons.

• Activity 5.1: So
• Activity 5.2: Because

Unit 6: Taking Part in Conversations

This unit gives pupils opportunities to take part in conversations in familiar settings. The textbook identifies five conversation contexts.

• Activity 6.1: At home
• Activity 6.2: Interview at school
• Activity 6.3: At hospital
• Activity 6.4: At market
• Activity 6.5: At railway station

Unit 7: Reading for Comprehension

This unit focuses on reading to understand information in a text. The activities distinguish between understanding general information and finding specific information.

• Activity 7.1: General information
• Activity 7.2: Specific information

Unit 8: The Basic Features of Spoken English

This unit addresses selected features of spoken English. It includes pronunciation of words with similar sounds, conveying simple ideas using similar words, recognising opposite meanings, and reading with appropriate stress and intonation.

• Activity 8.1: Pronouncing words with similar sounds
• Activity 8.2: Conveying simple ideas using similar words
• Activity 8.3: Reading and writing words with opposite meanings
• Activity 8.4: Reading with appropriate stress and intonation

Unit 9: Writing Wishes and Short Messages

This unit develops pupils’ ability to write wishes and short messages for different occasions, including birthdays, congratulations, anniversaries and appreciation.

• Activity 9.1: Best wishes
• Activity 9.2: Birthday wishes
• Activity 9.3: Congratulatory messages
• Activity 9.4: Best wishes messages for various anniversaries
• Activity 9.5: Appreciation messages

Unit 10: My Daily Routines

This unit focuses on identifying daily activities and talking about routine activities.

• Activity 10.1: Identifying daily activities
• Activity 10.2: Talking about routine activities

Unit 11: Creative Writing

This unit introduces creative writing through writing simple sentences using pictures and using punctuation marks appropriately.

• Activity 11.1: Writing simple sentences using pictures
• Activity 11.2: Using punctuation marks appropriately

Summary of Units and Activities

Unit	Unit title	Number of activities
1	Developing Vocabulary about Everyday Environment	4
2	Expressing Quantity	2
3	Expressing Location	3
4	Expressing Past Events	4
5	Expressing Result and Reason	2
6	Taking Part in Conversations	5
7	Reading for Comprehension	2
8	The Basic Features of Spoken English	4
9	Writing Wishes and Short Messages	5
10	My Daily Routines	2
11	Creative Writing	2
	Total	35

Important: The activity headings above are transcribed from the textbook’s contents list. The total number of activities is 35 when the listed activities are counted. This guide follows the book’s unit order and can be used alongside the individual Learning Notes published on Masomo Yetu.