1、Unit 6 Food and lifestyle Grammar I. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. tell the difference between countable and uncountable nouns; 2. know how to form the plural of countable nouns, including regular and irregular forms; 3. use nouns befo
2、re uncountable nouns to show their amounts. II. Teaching contents 1. New words and expressions: piece, glass, salt, cup, kilo, bottle, plate, carton, a piece of, a glass of, a packet of, two bags of, three cups of, four kilos of, six bottles of 2. New structures: What do we need to buy? III. Focus o
3、f the lesson and predicted area of difficulty 1. Know how to form the plural of countable nouns; 2. Use nouns before uncountable nouns to show their amounts. IV. Teaching procedures Step 1 Lead-in 1. Odd One Out. Play a game called “Odd One Out”. Let Students choose one picture which is different fr
4、om the other three. They should tell the reasons. (1) apple pear lemon bread Reason 1: Apple, pear and lemon are fruits. Bread is not fruit. Reason 2: Apple, pear and lemon are countable nouns. A countable noun refers to something that we can count. For example, an apple, two pears and ten lemons. B
5、ut bread is an uncountable noun. An uncountable noun refers to something we cannot count. For example, we cannot say a bread. Explain Reason 2 slowly to make students understand what a countable noun and an uncountable noun are. (2) milk juice cola carrot Reason 1: Milk, juice and cola are drinks. C
6、arrot is a kind of vegetable. Reason 2: Milk, juice and cola are uncountable nouns. Carrot is a countable noun. (3) photo potato tomato mango Reason 1: Potato, tomato and mango are something that we can eat. But we cant eat photo. Reason 2: We should add “es” to potato, tomato and mango to form thei
7、r plural forms. But we just add “s” to photo to form its plural form. (4) man policewoman child toy Reason 1: Man, policewoman and child refer to people. Reason 2: The plural forms of man, policewoman and child are irregular. The plural form of toy is regular, just plus “s”. Step 2 Presentation 1. “
8、A” or “an”. T: Do you know when to use “a” and when to use “an”? If the countable noun begins with a vowel sound, we use “an”. If the countable noun begins with a consonant sound, we use “a”. 2. The plural of countable nouns. T: Do you know how to form the plural of countable nouns? (1) an orange tw
9、o oranges; a cake two cakes Rule 1: We add “s” to most nouns. (2) a story some stories Rule 2: If the noun ends in a consonant + y, we should change “y” into “ies”. (3) a bus two buses; a brush three brushes; a match some matches; a box four boxes Rule 3: We should add “es” after the nouns ending in
10、 “s”, “sh”, “ch” or “x”. (4) a photo two photos; a potato three potatoes; a tomato some tomatoes Rule 4: We should add “s” or “es” after the nouns ending in “o”. (5) a knife two knives; a scarf three scarves Rule 5: We should change “f”/“fe” into “ves” if the noun ends in “f” or “fe”. (6) some other
11、 nouns a man two men; a policewoman three policewomen; a sheep some sheep a child some children; 3. Have a try! Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the given words. (1) My grandfather likes to tell _ (story). (2) Lets go and buy some _ (carrot) and _ (potato). (3) All the _ (child) enjoy ta
12、lking to him. (4) We must brush our _ (tooth) twice a day. (5) Here are two _ (photo) of my family. (6) People usually cut _ (tomato) with _ (knife). (7) How many _ (people) are there in the hall? (8) In the last two _ (month), he scored five goals in six _ (match). 4. A shopping list. T: My birthda
13、y is coming. So my mother is going to do some shopping. Here is her shopping list. Look at the screen and tell me if there are any mistakes in it. T: We can see some uncountable nouns. We cant count their amounts, but we can use nouns before uncountable nouns to show their amounts. 5. Complete the conversation on Page 74. 6. Your shopping list. T: Suppose you will invite some friends to your birthday party. Now you are making a shopping list. Work in pairs and write down the things you need. V. Homework Review how to form the plural of countable nouns.
