Y1 Food for life - lesson 3

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Food for life - lesson 3

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 cube

1. countable
2. uncountable

countable or uncountable?
tomato

1. countable
2. uncountable

countable or uncountable?
bread

1. countable
2. uncountable

countable or uncountable?
glass of milk

1. countable
2. uncountable

countable or uncountable?
chocolate

1. countable
2. uncountable

Chocolate

Uncountable	Countable
I need some chocolate.	I had five chocolates already.
Can I have a bar of chocolate?

countable or uncountable?
pancake

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

a or an?
hour

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!

Exercise 2: Read the blog. 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; page 34.

Note down your answers on the next slide, please.

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

Exercise 3: Write a paragraph describing your favourite food.

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