Y1 Food for life - lesson 2

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Food for life: lesson 2

• Questions about lesson 1?
• Countable nouns & uncountable nouns
• A versus an
• Evaluate the grammar
• My favourite quote about food
• How to make breakfast like a Brit

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.

Video explanation

In the next 2 slides, you can find video explanations about countable and uncountable nouns.

Watch the first video, which is explained in English.

If you still have doubts (twijfels) or questions, also watch the second video, which is more elaborate (uitgebreider) and in Dutch.

Check your understanding

Now let's check your understanding and practise. Visit the website on the next slide and do the exercise. You have to decide whether the nouns are countable (C) or uncountable (U).

Make a screenshot of your score when you are finished. I will ask you to share this with me.

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How did you do?
Upload the screenshot of your score, please.

A or an?

Het lidwoord “een” is in het Engels “a’ of “an”. Je gebruikt “a” als het woord erna begint met een medeklinker (b, c, d, etc) en “an” als het woord erna begint met een klinker (a, e, i, o, u etc).

Maar let op!! Het gaat erom hoe je het woord dat volgt op “a” of “an” uitspreekt en niet hoe je het schrijft!

A or an?

Het kan dus zijn dat je een woord schrijft met een medeklinker, maar uitspreekt als een klinker.

Bijvoorbeeld: “an honest man” ipv “a honest man”, want je spreekt de “h” niet uit. Je zegt: [onest]. Andersom komt het ook voor. Je zegt “a one-armed man” en niet “an one-armed man, omdat je “one” uitspreekt als [wan].

Need a spoken explanation?

If you are still having trouble understanding the use of a and an, you can watch the next video. It explains everything clearly in Dutch. If all is clear, you may skip this video.

Check your understanding

Now let's check your understanding and practise. Visit the website on the next slide and do the exercise. Use a or an.

Make a screenshot of your score when you are finished. I will ask you to share these with me.

www.english-4u.de

Let's round up

Take 4 quiz questions to evaluate and check your knowledge.

Examples of countable nouns are...

1. food, money & milk
2. friend, book & year

Examples of uncountable nouns are...

1. water, snow & time
2. train, car & mistake

Use 'a' before...

1. pear, university, girl
2. melon, banana, umbrella

Use 'an' before...

1. hour, apple, insect
2. organization, umbrella, unicorn

Enough grammar!

That' s enough grammar for today. We're going to finish today's lesson with finding your favourite food quote and another video about British food. Enjoy the last assignments! :-)

My favourite quote about food

Search online and find your favourite quote about food.

Note it down in the next slide. Also explain why your chose this quote, please!

My favourite quote about food.
Also explain why your chose this quote, please!

Would you like a full English breakfast? Explain why or why not!

Homework assignment for Monday the 12th of February:

1. What do you normally have for breakfast?

Take a picture of your breakfast during a weekday and a picture during the weekend and upload them in the next slides. Make sure you know how to talk  about what you have eaten and whether you always eat this or not. In English of course!!

2. Also finish this LessonUp lesson, please!

What do you usually eat for breakfast on a weekday?

What do you usually eat for breakfast during the weekend?

You're done! To be continued!