Colours and Matching – Basic 2 English Lesson Note (Second Term)

Learning Objectives

By the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:

1. Identify basic colours
2. Locate real world objects of specific colours
3. Match colours with objects

Content

Basic Colours

Primary Colours:

• Red – like blood, fire, roses
• Blue – like the sky, ocean, jeans
• Yellow – like the sun, bananas, corn

Secondary Colours:

• Green – like grass, leaves, frogs
• Orange – like oranges, carrots, pumpkins
• Purple – like grapes, eggplant, violets

Other Important Colours:

• Black – like night, coal, ants
• White – like milk, snow, clouds
• Brown – like chocolate, tree bark, soil
• Pink – like flamingos, roses, cotton candy

Real World Objects by Colour

Red Objects:

• Apple, strawberry, tomato
• Fire truck, stop sign
• Rose, cherry, watermelon

Blue Objects:

• Sky, ocean, blueberries
• Jeans, police uniform
• Blue whale, forget-me-not flower

Yellow Objects:

• Sun, banana, lemon
• School bus, corn, sunflower
• Taxi cab, butter, cheese

Green Objects:

• Grass, leaves, broccoli
• Frog, lime, cucumber
• Traffic light (go), spinach

Orange Objects:

• Orange fruit, carrot, pumpkin
• Basketball, construction cone
• Tiger stripes, marigold flowers

Purple Objects:

• Grapes, eggplant, violets
• Plums, lavender flowers
• Some butterflies

Colour Matching Activities

Activity 1: Colour Hunt Find objects in the classroom that match these colours:

• Something red
• Something blue
• Something yellow
• Something green

Activity 2: Colour Sorting Group these items by colour:

• Red apple, blue pen, yellow pencil, green leaf, red rose, blue book, yellow banana

Activity 3: Complete the Sentence

1. The grass is ____. (green)
2. The sun is ____. (yellow)
3. The sky is ____. (blue)
4. Blood is ____. (red)

Exercise 5: Colours

Match the object with its colour:

1. Banana →
2. Grass →
3. Apple →
4. Sky →
5. Orange →

Colour choices: Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Orange

Exercise 6: Picture Description

Look at the picture of a classroom and write 3 sentences about what you see: