CB 1 English - 3rd lesson

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• English
• Secondary Education
• Age 11,12

CB1 - English - 01 September 2026

Open the lesson with familiar visual cues: flags and country names. Keep the tone welcoming and connect the topic to meeting new classmates and talking about yourself.

Our learning goal

I can name country names, nationalities, and the present tense of to be with am, is and are in full forms.

Today's program

• Countries & nationalities

• Subject pronouns

• Verb: " To BE"

• Workbook

• Exit ticket

One country and one nationality word you already know

Use the cloud to activate prior knowledge. Invite a few students to say whether they named a country or a nationality, and briefly separate the two ideas before moving on.

Country and nationality

A country is the place a person is from.

A nationality is tells us what someone is.

Stress the difference in meaning and form: country names and nationality words are not always the same.

Drag & Drop

Drop the countries and nationalities in the correct box.

You have 2 minutes.

Drag and Drop

Nationalities

Countries

Scotland

New Zealand

Jamaican

Ireland

Congolese

Dutch

Workbook

Go to page 9.

Complete Exercise 4 – Nationalities.

Instructions:

• Work on your own.

• Complete all the nationalities.

• Check your spelling carefully.

• We will check the answers together afterwards.

Country → nationality

More examples

• Aruba → Aruban

• the Netherlands → Dutch

• Spain → Spanish

• Colombia → Colombian

Examples

• Venezuela → Venezuelan

• the United States → American

• England → English

• Brazil → Brazilian

Point out that some patterns are regular, such as Colombian/Colombian and Brazilian, while others must be learned, such as Dutch and English.

Which answer gives a nationality?

A

Spain

B

Aruban

C

Brazil

D

England

Checks the country/nationality distinction after slides 2–5. Distractors are all countries from the examples; only 'Aruban' is a nationality.

Which form goes with I?

A

is

B

are

C

be

D

am

A quick recall check on the special form 'I am'.

Which sentence is correct?

A

She are Spanish.

B

She is Spanish.

C

She am Spanish.

D

She be Spanish.

Tests application of the subject-form match in a nationality sentence, linking grammar back to the lesson topic.

What helped you most in this lesson?

1

Examples

2

Table

3

Practice

4

Class discussion

What part felt hardest today?

Reflection prompt. Likely answers: remembering nationalities, choosing between am/is/are, or spelling. Use this to plan the next lesson's recap.

Glossary

country - a nation or place, such as Spain or Brazil

flag - a coloured symbol for a country

nationality - the word for what someone is, such as Spanish or Brazilian

verb - a doing word or being word

to be - the verb be, used as am, is, are

present tense - a tense we use for things that are true now

full form - the complete form, such as I am or she is