Skill: I can use numbers in English, and say how many there are of something. Beginner 1 lesson 3
How do you spell that? WMALENOTR ALPPE STBRRYRWA BNNAAA RABRRESYP PREA PALPPEINE PUML OGNARE ARPICTO
A book A box A city A knife A leaf A match A mouse A person A potato A tooth
A book
A box
A city
A knife
A leaf
A match
A person
A potato
A tooth
A mouse
What is it? It is…
How do you spell that? A book A box A city A knife A leaf A match A mouse A person A potato A tooth
Write the correct numbers below. Then, read the numbers . 15 19 8 13 3 16 7 20 12
Grammar – Plural Nouns NOUN+ S One apple -> Two apple s One pear -> Four pear s ‘– s’, ‘- sh ’, ‘- ch ’ or ‘–x’, +‘- es ’, not ‘-s’. One bo x -> Three bo x es One mat ch -> Five mat ch es Put these words in plural form: Sandwich Fox Bus
'-o', +'- es ' One potat o -> Ten potat o es One tomat o -> Twenty tomat o es some nouns ending in ‘- o ’ +‘- s ’ and not ‘- es ’. One pian o -> Three pian o s One radi o -> Four radi o s Kangaroo Photo shampoo
‘ y ’ ‘ i ’ +‘- es ’. One strawberr y -> Five strawber r i es Baby Puppy ‘ f ’/‘- fe ’ ‘ v ’ +‘- es ’. One lea f -> Thirty lea v es Wolf Scarf We don’t do this for the endings ‘- ff ’ and ‘- ffe ’. One gira ff e Two gira ff es Cliff Sheriff
Irregular nouns One person -> Two people One tooth -> Ten teeth One mouse -> Five mice One man -> Six men One woman -> Nine women
5. Change the words below into the correct plural form. A book -> Five ________ -> five book s A box -> Ten ________ An apple -> Fifteen ________ A city -> Three ________ A piano -> Two ________ A knife -> Six ________ A raspberry -> Twenty ________ A leaf -> Fifty ________ A match -> Nine ________ A pineapple -> Four ________ A man -> Eight ________ A mouse -> Seven ________ A person -> One hundred ________ A potato -> Twelve ________ A tooth -> Thirty _____
6. Listening B1_3_6. Listen and repeat the pronunciation of the words in the box. Ch , sh , j, s, z + / z / One mat ch -> two mat ch e s One oran g e -> two oran g e s P,t,k,f + / s / One cu p -> two cu p s One gira ff e -> two gira ff e s N,g,v,l,m,d,f ( es ) + / z / One plu m -> two plu m s One lea f -> two lea v e s a,e,I,o,u + / z / One banan a -> two banan a s One potat o -> two potato e s
7. Look at your answers to exercise five again. Write next to each word which pronunciation is correct: / ɪz /, /s/ or /z/. Then listen and check your answers.
- How many … are there? How many book s are there? How many leav es are there ? There is – singular There is one book. There is one leaf. There are – plural There are two book s . There are ten leav es .
8. Complete the sentences using the correct form, ‘There is’ or ‘There are’. How many books ________? ________ one box. _________ twenty matches. _________ two mice. _________ one person. _________ one city. How many knives _________? How many potatoes _________? _________ one tooth. _________fifty leaves.
9. Look at the pictures. Write a sentence using ‘There is’ or ‘There are’ about each picture.
10. Work with a partner. Look at the pictures on the board. One student should choose a picture, for example ‘picture three ’. The other student should ask questions using the grammar from lessons two and three. For Example: A:What is it ? B:It is a book . A: How do you spell that? B: B-O-O-K . A: How many books are there? B: There are five books .