Unit 5 Encyclopaedias

1. Unit 5 Encyclopaedias Grammar Shanghong Middle School English Teacher: Amy Wu 吴 莹 Date: Nov 16,2010

2. Listen and complete the table.

3. Listen and complete the table (EA) Foods around us French fries vegetables _____________ _____________ _____________ ice-creams fruits _____________ hamburgers _____________ chocolates cereals ____________ _____________

4. Read together There are different delicious foods around us, but not all the foods are healthy. Young children like French fries, ice-creams, chocolates and hamburgers. But these foods are junk foods. They are not good, because they have too much fat, salt and sugar. They are bad for our bodies. Many children prefer junk foods rather than healthy foods. They don’t like eating healthy foods such as vegetables, fruits and cereals. But healthy foods can make you healthy and smart. You’d better eat more healthy foods .

5. There are different delicious foods around us, but not all the foods are healthy. Young children like French fries, ice-creams, chocolates and hamburgers. But these foods are junk foods. They are not good, because they have too much fat, salt and sugar. They are bad for our bodies. Many children prefer junk foods rather than healthy foods. They don’t like eating healthy foods such as vegetables, fruits and cereals. But healthy foods can make you healthy and smart. You’d better eat more healthy foods .

6. Countable Nouns & Uncountable Nouns

7. We cannot count other things, e.g. meat, water, music. Introduction Countable nouns We can count some things, e.g. elephants, stamps, cars. Uncountable nouns Weuse the letters C and U to tell if a noun is countable or uncountable. C and U

8. Try to find out if the following words are countable nouns or uncountable nouns. (EB) advice, company, news, family, litter, engineer, homework, furniture, invitation, accident, weather, actor, pollution, argument, electricity company, family, engineer, invitation, accident, actor, argument advice, news, litter, homework, furniture, weather, pollution, electricity

9. Countable Nouns Singular Countable Nouns & Plural Countable Nouns

10. a an We use ‘ ’ or ‘ ’ before a singular countable noun. If the noun starts with a vowel sound, we use ‘ ’. an

11. We add ‘-s’ to the singular form to form the plural form normally. flowers clouds moutains Rule 1

12. Nouns ending in s, sh, ch or x +es watches dishes boxes Rule 2 buses

13. tamato---tamatoes potato---potatoes hero---heroes

14. Nouns ending in o piano--- pianos radio--- radios photos photo--- Rule 3

15. city---- key---- cities keys Nouns ending in a consonant + y - y +ies Rule 4 Nouns ending in a vowel + y + s

16. leaf leaves Nouns ending in f orfe - f or fe+ ves knife (knives) wife (wives) wolf (wolves) life (lives) shelf (shelves) thief (thieves) self (selves) half (halves) leaf (leaves) Rule 5

17. Some other nouns man— woman---- （例外：German---） tooth---- foot--- fish--- mouse---- child---- Chinese--- sheep--- men women Germans Rule 6 teeth feet fish/fishes mice children sheep Chinese woman teacher---- man doctor ----- women teachers men doctors

18. Conclusions： dog----dogs • 一般在名词后加-s： 2.以s, x, ch, sh结尾的名词加- es watch----watches 3.以辅音字母加 y 结尾的名词,去y加- ies country----countries 4.以o结尾的名词，一般直接加-s, 少数词加-es photo----photos tomato----tomatoes 5.以f,fe结尾的名词，一般变f, fe为v再加-es knife----knives thief---thieves 6.特殊变化的单词要熟记 child----children man----men tooth----teeth

19. Write the plural form of these countable nouns. (EC) • company ________ 2. potato ________ • 3. watch ________ 4. month _________ • 5. fox __________ 6. radio _________ • 7. secretary _______ 8. knife _________ • 9. shelf _________ 10. foot _________ • 11. woman________ 12. child ________ • 13. tooth _______ 14. sheep _______ companies potatoes watches months foxes radios secretaries knives shelves feet women children sheep teeth

20. Uncountable Nouns No counting & No plural forms

21. of We use some countable nouns + before uncountable nouns to show their amounts. a packet of salt two cups of coffee three bags of rice four kilos of meat six cartons of milk

22. A2 Look at the picture and complete the list. The first one has been done for you. 1 bottle of milk _________________________ ___________ cartons of yogurt ___________________ of cola ______________________ jam _________________________ _________________________ 6 6 cans 2 jars of 1 bag of apples 3 packets of biscuits

23. many ＋ C a few/few a large number of much ＋ U a little/little a large amount of some / a lot of / lots of/plenty of/ enough ＋C／U

24. A3 Look at the picture and complete the sentences. a hamburger some chips Rita chose ______ ______, ______ ______ and ______ ______. some coffee

25. May May chose ______ ______, ______ ______ and ______ ______ ______. a sandwich a salad some orange juice

26. Danny Danny chose ______ ______, ______ ______ ______, ______ ______ and ______ ______. some soup a chicken leg some rice some cola

27. Look and say Talk about the food in pairs. S1: What would you like to have? S2: I would like to have some/many…

28. Group Activities You have only 2 minutes to do the exercises in groups.

29. Choice 1. Several _____ are talking under the tree. And their ______ are swimming in the lake. A. woman, children B. woman, child C. women, children D. women, child 2．---What would you like?---I’d like ______,please. A. two baskets of orange B. two baskets of oranges C. two basket of oranges D. two basket of orange 3．The letter from my uncle was short. There wasn’t ______ information. A. many B. a few C. much C. few 4．We need to come up with a/an _____ and make a decision at once. A. information B. advice C. idea D. news

30. 5．Can you see nine _____ in the picture? A. sheep B. dog C. pig D. horse 6．The _____ has two ______. A. boys, watches B. boy, watch C. boy, watches D. boys, watch 7．This is an interesting ________ . A. news B. information C. work D. job 8．The Japanese ____ will not leave China until she finishes her study. A. woman B. women C. man D. men 9．I would like to have many _____ for lunch. A. rice B. potatoes C. meat D. cheese 10. He has got much ______ on our school sports meeting. A. advice B. idea C. books D. prizes

31. 对划线部分提问。 1. There are two packets of rice on the ground. ____ _____ ____ ____ ____ on the ground? 2. There is a cup of tea on the table. ____ ____ _____ ____ ____ on the table? How much rice is there How many cups are there of tea

32. Read the joke(ED) I. Write the plural forms & Circle the U One day a lady saw a mouse running across her kitchen floor. She was very afraid of the mouse, so she ran out of the house, got into a bus and went to a shop. There she bought a mousetrap（捕鼠器） . The shopkeeper said to her, "Put some cheese in it and you will soon catch that mouse." The lady went home with her mousetrap, but when she looked in her cupboard , she could not find any cheese in it. She did not want to go back to the shop, because it was very late, so she cut a photo of some cheese out of a magazine and put that in the trap. Surprisingly, the picture of the cheese was quite successful! When the lady came down to the kitchen the next morning she found a picture of a mouse in the trap beside the picture of the cheese!

33. mice One day a lady saw a mouse running across her kitchen floor . She was very afraid of the mouse, so she ran out of the house , got into a bus and went to a shop. There she bought a mousetrap (捕鼠器) . The shopkeeper said to her, "Put some cheese in it and you will soon catch that mouse." The lady went home with her mousetrap, but when she looked in her cupboard , she could not find any cheese in it. She did not want to go back to the shop, because it was very late, so she cut a photo of some cheese out of a magazine and put that in the trap. Surprisingly, the picture of the cheese was quite successful! When the lady came down to the kitchen the next morning she found a picture of a mouse in the trap beside the picture of the cheese! days ladies kitchens floors houses buses mousetraps shops shopkeepers cupboards photos magazines traps pictures

34. 1.Did the lady see a mouse running across the kitchen floor? 2. Why did she run out of the house, get into a bus and go to a shop? 3. What did she find at last? II. Answer the questions with the proper plural nouns Yes, the ladies saw the/some mice running across the kitchen floor. Because she was afraid of the mice. She found the pictures of the mice in the traps beside the pictures of the cheese.

35. Homework I. Review the usage of the countable nouns and the uncountable nouns. II. Complete the Exercise Paper.

36. Thank you! Bye!