Think Unit 3-Y1-lesson 2

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Food for Life - Lesson 2

Lesson 2: Food for life

• Countable nouns & uncountable nouns
  
• A versus an
  
• Evaluate the grammar
  
• 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 practice. 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. You must upload your score on the next slide.

Questions about why an answer is wrong? Raise your hand. The teacher will come help you.

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How did you do?
Upload the screenshot of your score here 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/consonant (b, c, d, etc.)

en “an” als het woord erna begint met een klinker/vowel (a, e, i, 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 (consonant), maar uitspreekt als een klinker (vowel).

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 practice. 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. You must upload this on the slide after the exercise.

www.english-4u.de

How did you do?
Upload the screenshot of your score please.
If that doesn't work, make a screenshot of
your answers and upload them here.

If you made a/some mistake(s), note down which ones you answered incorrectly.

Do you understand why your answer(s) is/are wrong?

Let's round up

Do the four quiz questions on the next slides

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

Good job!

That's enough grammar for today.  We're going to finish today's lesson with another video about British food.

Watch the video on the next slide.

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

What do you usually eat for breakfast during the week?
Write down at least three things.
You can also include what you drink.

What do you usually eat for
breakfast on the weekend?

You're done! Good job!