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Food for Life - Lesson 3

Lesson 3: Food for Life

• Questions about countable and uncountable nouns?

• Small quiz
  
• Questions about a/an?
• Small quiz
  
• Reading
• Writing
  
• Listening and vocabulary building
  

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 cubes

1. countable
2. uncountable

Countable or Uncountable?
tomato

1. countable
2. uncountable

Countable or Uncountable?
bread

1. countable
2. uncountable

Countable or Uncountable?
chocolate

1. countable
2. uncountable

Countable or Uncountable?
pancake

1. countable
2. uncountable

Countable or Uncountable?
glass of milk

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

Time to work alone...

We will now switch to the individual part of this lesson.

Follow the slides and do the exercises.

If you have any questions, raise your hand.

Good luck!

Reading: Thirteenandsosmart.com

Follow the instructions on the next slides

Exercise 1

Read through Jenny's blog for no longer than 15 seconds on the next slide and answer the questions below (in your head).  You should "skim" the text (read through it quickly).

Go back to the text after and check your answers.

1. How old is Jenny?

2. How is she feeling?

3. What's the problem?

Exercise 1

Answer the questions to the left after "skimming" the text.

1. How old is Jenny?
2. How is she feeling?
3. What's the problem?

Exercise 2: Now read the blog again.

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 doesn'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 exercise: "Your favourite meal"

Write down your answers on the next slide please.

Write your answers to the questions like this: 1a, 2b, 3c,...

Writing Exercise 1: "Your favourite meal"
Write your answers to the questions like this:
1a, 2b, 3c,...
The sentences in the e-mail should be put into a logical order.

Writing Exercise 2
Now write out the complete email from Exercise 1. When you have finished, read it to yourself and see if is in a logical order.

Writing Exercise 3
Write a short paragraph (30-40 words) describing your favourite or least favourite food/meal (and why)

Upload an image of your favourite (or least favourite) food/meal here

How to make a cup of tea the British way

Watch the video about how to make "a proper cuppa" on the next slide. After watching, you have to make a word list.

Write down at least 10 words/expressions you

didn't know the meaning of yet.

Tip: Switch on the subtitles when you are watching the video. You can then also read what she is saying.

Word list

On the next slide, I would like you to type out (at least) 10 words or expressions (uitdrukkingen) from the video you just saw that you didn't know (the meaning of) yet.

Write down the English word(s) and the Dutch translations.

It should look like this:

to put the kettle on = de ketel opzetten / een drankje klaarmaken

proper = goed, juist, fatsoenlijk

etc....

Type in your words/expressions & translations below

That's it for now!

How did it go?

Do you still have questions about countable & uncountable nouns? Watch the video on the next slide.