Grammar lesson

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Make up essentials and indefinite articles

Planning

Introduction & warming up 10:00 - 10:05

Reading assignments 10:05 - 10:15

Checking the assignments 10:15- 10:20

Grammar instruction 10:20- 10:30

Grammar activities10:30 - 10:40

Output assignment 10:40- 10:55

The end 10:55 - 11:00

Goals

The students can…

Understand the difference between a and an.

Students can work with the indefinite articles and they know when to use which form.

Warming up

Please think about these questions:

1. Do you read magazines?

2. Do you ever buy products which are mentioned in magazines?

Please open up a word document. You will have to write down your answers to "Reading assignment 1 & 2" in a word document.

In the next slide, you can find the text by opening up the link.

docs.google.com

Reading assignment 1

1. Take a look at the text, what do you think the text is about?

2. What is the purpose of the text?

Reading assigment 2

1. Which product can be used to give your make up a matte finish? 
2. Which product can you use to give your lips a subtle shine? 
3. What does the author mean by defining the shape of your lips? You can contour your lips by using the lip liner?
4. Which product is suggested by the author to cover scars and blemishes? 
5. Are there any makeup products mentioned in the article that you have in your own makeup bag? If so, which ones? If not, mention a product that you prefer. 
6. Do you consider buying any of the makeup articles mentioned in the article after reading the article? Why or why not? 

Take a look, when is a used and when is an used?

a man	an American	a movie	an automobile
a pen	an airplane	a star	an apple
a boy	an elephant	a bike	an episode
a car	an offer	a student	an ambulance
a fish	an ice-cream	a watch	an ant
a house	an hour	a university	an essay

a m an	an A merican	a m ovie	an a utomobile
a p en	an a irplane	a s tar	an a pple
a b oy	an e lephant	a b ike	an e pisode
a c ar	an o ffer	a s tudent	an a mbulance
a f ish	an i ce-cream	a w atch	an a nt
a h ouse	an h our	a u niversity	an e ssay

Red: consonant 

Green: vowels

Grammar assignment 1

Take a look at the text you have previously read and mark the indefinite articles: “a” and “an”.

The rules

Use "A" before a word singular which begins with a consonant.

Use "An" before a singular word which begins with a vowel.

What about H and U?

the H has an "a" sounds so it can be used with "an"

the U has a "y" sound so it can be used with a

Now you try!

Grammar assignment 2: multiple choice questions, a or an?

The next couple of slides consist of multiple choice questions to see if you know how to use the indefinite articles.

You can see immediately if you have got the correct answer.

There is __ green English book on the desk

1. An
2. A
3. Leave it blank

She is reading __ old comic

1. An
2. A
3. Leave it blank

They have got __ idea

1. An
2. A
3. Leave it blank

He is drinking __ cup of coffee

1. An
2. A
3. Leave it blank

The girl is __ pilot

1. An
2. A
3. Leave it blank

Amsterdam has __ airport

1. An
2. A
3. Leave it blank

This is __ expensive bike

1. An
2. A
3. Leave it blank

Look! There is __ bird flying!

1. An
2. A
3. Leave it blank

My father is __ honest person

1. An
2. A
3. Leave it blank

My sister is going to __ famous university

1. An
2. A
3. Leave it blank

Output assignment

You own a salon and you have ran out of materials. WhatsApp your friend to ask if she could run some errands for you.

1. Start with an informal salutation

2 Explain why you have been absent for a couple of days

3 Ask her if she could run some errands for you

4 Make a list of 10 items, make sure you use the correct indefinite article

5 End your message by thanking her

You can find an example on the next slide

Bring your message to the next class so I can give you feedback!

The end

What went well? What needs to be improved?

Did we manage to meet today's goals?

What have we learned?