Teachers Little Helper - Unit 9 - you need the book - but, you can steal some countable/uncountable, A/An, Would, Much/Many - etc.

1. Teacher’s little helper ~ Unit 9
Created by Belinda Baardsen,
TEFL Certified ESL Instructor
King Saud University
December 15, 2012

2. Let’s turn to Chapter 9 –
Food you like!
Page 66

3. Grammar Rule Reminder:
Verb To Be
I ---------------------------- am
He/She/It -----------------is
We/You/They –--------- are
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I’m / I am
He’s = He is
She’s = She is
It’s = It is
We’re = We are
You’re = You are
They’re = They are
New Headway Plus
Elementary Student’s Book
Page 124

4. Vocabulary
Fussy Eater
Are you a fussy eater?
What is a fussy eater?

5. Conversation
What is a conversation?
Can you talk to yourself, and call
it a conversation?

6. Sparkling water
Still water

7. Tap water

8. order

9. Practice: sentences using
vocabulary
What would you like for
I would like to dinner, sir?
order my dinner.

10. I would like
sparkling water,
please.

11. Would you like
desert after
dinner, sir?

12. Yes, I would like the chocolate with berries.
Would you like coffee, sir?

13. Ok, I would like some pear with syrup.
I’m sorry, but we don’t have any chocolate cake.
Would you like something else?

14. Plurals vs. Singular
What is your favorite fruit?
1. Apples
2. Strawberries
3. Bananas
Look at List A & B
Which list has plural nouns?
New Headway Plus
Elementary Student’s Book
Page 66

15. Count & Uncountable Nouns
– Some – “Can I have some
apples, please?”
Countables &
Uncountables
Some, Any,Any, of, much, many
Some, A lot A lot of…
Any – “Do you have any
eggs?”
A lot of – I had a lot of rice.
Revision ~
Can we count rice?
Water? Air? Hair?

16. Much, many, a lot (of), little,
few
We use much with singular (uncountable) nouns
1. Do you have much trouble with English?
and many with plurals.
2. I don’t have much trouble with speaking English.
3. Are there many museums in Milan?
4. Not many, but there are a lot of coffee shops.
How much time have we got before the 5. I love my father so much.
break? 6. Take as much coffee as you like.
7. There are too many people here.
8. Amal feels much better today.
9. She’s got a lot of cousins.
How many tickets do we need?

17. How do you use A & An?
A dog.
A and An A hat.
We use A before a consonant.
A coin.
We use An before a vowel.
But, it depends upon pronunciation of the following word, not the spelling. An orange.

18. A and An
How many oranges are there?
(A.) About a hundred. (100)
The CA Exam is
scheduled for an hour.
No, exactly how many oranges are there?
(A.) Exactly one hundred and three. (103)

19. He’s a doctor.
We use a/an to say what kind of thing somebody or
something is,
1. He’s a Doctor.
what job a person does,
He worked as a taxi-driver.
2. He worked as a taxi-driver.
or what something is used as.
3. Don’t use that plate as an ashtray.
Don’t use that plate as an
ashtray.

20. Say what these people’s jobs are,
using the words in the box. He’s a doctor.
Example:
He’s a cook. He’s a teacher.
He’s __ photographer.
He’s __ scientist.

21. 1. He’s got a long nose.
We do not use A/An with uncountable nouns. 2. She’s got an interesting face.
Example: 3. She’s got a red purse.
4. She’s a student at King Saud University.
(Not) a rain. 5. She’s a mother.
6. She’s a daughter.
7. She’s got an A on her exam.
8. She’s a friend of mine.
We do not use A/An with possessives. 9. There is a spoon over there.
10. I need a pencil for my exam.
Example: 11. Where is a pen when you need one?
(Not) a my friend.

22. Complete the sentences –
with A/An
Some nouns can be used both uncountably and countably.
1. Could you pass me ___ glass?
Paper is made from wood. 2. I need __ piece of wood.
Did you remember to buy coffee?
3. It was ___ great grade!
I’m going out to buy a paper. 4. There’s ___ chicken in the
I’ll have a cup of coffee, please.
garden.
5. Do you want ___ egg with that
steak.