Project 3 Y1-Lesson 3

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Lesson 3

Welcome back!

Today:

 Food for life

• Questions about countable and uncountable nouns?
• Small quiz
  
• Questions about a/an?
• Small quiz
  
• Reading
• Writing
  
• Listening and vocabulary building
  

Countable & uncountable nouns

The next slides will inform you  about countable and uncountable nouns. In Dutch these are called: "telbare- en ontelbare zelfstandige naamwoorden".

Countable nouns

You can say a number before these nouns. There is a plural form: one banana, two bananas, one orange, three oranges. You can use a/an: a banana, an orange.

Uncountable nouns
You can’t say a number or a/an before these nouns.
There is no plural form: five pastas, three breads.

countable or uncountable?
mushroom

1. countable
2. uncountable

countable or uncountable?
pear

1. countable
2. uncountable

countable or uncountable?
sandwich

1. countable
2. uncountable

countable or uncountable?
sugar

1. countable
2. uncountable

countable or uncountable?
sugar cubes

1. countable
2. uncountable

countable or uncountable?
tomato

1. countable
2. uncountable

countable or uncountable?
bread

1. countable
2. uncountable

countable or uncountable?
chocolate

1. countable
2. uncountable

countable or uncountable?
pancake

1. countable
2. uncountable

countable or uncountable?
glass of milk

1. countable
2. uncountable

countable or uncountable?
milk

1. countable
2. uncountable

A or an?

• When do we use a ?
• When do we use  an ?
• Spelling or pronuncuation?
  

Don't let the first letter of the word fool you!

a or an?
axe (= bijl)

1. a
2. an

a or an?
hospital

1. a
2. an

a or an?
owl

1. a
2. an

a or an?
tiger

1. a
2. an

a or an?
carrot

1. a
2. an

a or an?
island

1. a
2. an

a or an?
ear

1. a
2. an

a or an?
woman

1. a
2. an

a or an?
European

1. a
2. an

a or an?
honest man

1. a
2. an

a or an?
valley

1. a
2. an

a or an?
umbrella

1. a
2. an

a or an?
hook

1. a
2. an

a or an?
unicorn

1. a
2. an

Individual part of this lesson

We will now switch to the individual part of this lesson. Follow the slides and do the exercises.

When you have any questions, please let me know.

Good luck!

Reading: Thirteenandsosmart.com 

Exercise 1.

Exercise 1: Look at Jenny's blog for not more than 15 seconds and answer the questions. Then read and check your answers.

1. How old is Jenny?

2. How is she feeling?

3. What's the problem?

Exercise 2: Read the blog again. Answer the questions on the next slides.

1. How do Jenny's parents react to Jeremy's cooking?

2. What does Jeremy sometimes do with the food his family don't eat?

3. Why does Jeremy sing when he serves his spaghetti?

4. What does Jenny like about the meals Jeremy serves?

5. Why does Jenny say that her mum and dad's dance class is 'unhealthy'?

Writing: your favourite meal

Exercise 1: Enter your answers to the questions of exercise 1 (on page 34) below.
Write your answers like this: 1a, 2b, 3c

Exercise 2: Write out the email below.

Exercise 3: Write a paragraph describing your favourite food.

How to make a cup of tea the British way

Watch the video about how to make "a proper cuppa" on the next slide. After watching, you have to make a word list. Write down at least 10 words you didn't know the meaning of yet.

Tip: Switch on the subtitles when you are watching the video. You can then also read what she is saying.

Type in your word list below

That's it for today! Don't forget your homework for Monday, though! See next slide...