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Vowels Consonants
i tea p put
i happy b best
sit t tell
e ten d day
sad k cat
car good
dog cheese
ball d just
book f first
u actual v van
u fool three
cup this
bird s sell
away z zoo
e pay ship
so
a cry
a now
boy
dear
e chair
sure
1 Focus students attention on the illustration and You could extend this practice by teaching
ask them to tell you quickly all the different types students the words for the containers shown in
of food they can see in the kitchen. Accept any the illustrations across the unit a bag, a packet,
correct answers that they produce, but dont a carton, a jar a bottle. Challenge the class to
worry if they dont use some correctly yet. find as many uncountable food and drink items
as possible to go with each word. Set a time
2 Play the listening track whilst the students read
limit and let them use dictionaries if necessary.
and listen. Ask some comprehension questions
The winner is the student who has the greatest
to check understanding, e.g. What do Jenny and
number of correctly placed words across all
Nick want to do? (Make a cake.) Have they got any
categories. (It is possible for the same word to
milk? (No.) How many eggs do they need? (Two.)
go in more than one category, e.g. a carton of
3 Remind students of the difference between orange juice, a bottle of orange juice.)
countable and uncountable nouns. Explain that
56 Whilst exercise 5 practises much and many,
uncountable nouns are things that come in a
the crossword puzzle in exercise 6 brings
mass which you can only quantify (count) in
together all the vocabulary and structures from
terms of units of weight or measurement or
the lesson and introduces time and money as
of the number of containers that will hold the
uncountable nouns. If you didnt mention during
mass. All liquids milk, water, juice, etc. are
the grammar presentation that abstract nouns
uncountable, as well as other materials such
are uncountable, it is a good idea to do so before
as rice, flour, sugar the sort that you put in
students start this activity.
containers rather than hold in your hands.
Abstract nouns, such as time, information, 7 Team game
advice, and money are also uncountable. (You
You could involve the students in setting up the
cant hold them in your hand either because they
game by asking the class to brainstorm as many
are abstract concepts.)
food items as they can think of and writing them
4 Check students understand the concept of up on the board (or appoint a student, or students,
countable and uncountable by saying aloud the to do the writing). You can vary the context of
names of the different food items in the text and the game from food for a picnic to food for other
asking the class have to call out whether each occasions, e.g. breakfast, a birthday party, a break-
one is countable or uncountable. If they hesitate, time snack, tea with grandmother, a midnight
ask Can you hold it in your hand? feast.