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课件网) Unit 5 A healthy lifestyle (Grammar) I eat an egg every morning. I also like fish. I often have a pancake and some milk. I also eat lots of fruit and vegetables every day. I seldom eat cakes or sweets. Too much sugar is bad for our teeth. What’s the difference between them What’ s the part of speech of these words in bold All of them are nouns. Some of them are countable nouns, and the others are uncountable nouns. Lead in Types of nouns Examples Countable nouns singular plural Uncountable nouns egg vegetables cakes sweets teeth fish milk fruit sugar pancake Put the words above into different groups in the following table. What are countable nouns And give some examples. A countable noun refers to something we can count. Countable nouns (singular) an apple a carrot a cake Countable nouns (plural) two apples six carrots ten cakes Presentation (countable nouns) What are uncountable nouns An uncountable noun refers to something we cannot count. milk chicken juice beef pork Presentation (uncountable nouns) How can we show a singular countable noun Countable nouns (singular) an apple a carrot a cake When can we use “a” or “an” a countable noun starts with a vowel sound a consonant sound an a / p( )l/ / k r t/ /ke k/ Presentation (countable nouns) I want to eat a banana. cake. an orange. egg. hour unit / a (r)/ / ju n t/ an a We should focus on the vowel sounds instead of vowel letters in words. / / /e/ How we can show the plural of a countable noun And give some examples. cucumbers lemons watermelons peppers carrots sweets To form the plural of most countable nouns, we can add “-s” after the noun. There are some exceptions. boy→ monkey→ boys monkeys Tip Turn to page 144 for the changes in pronunciation. How can we show the amount of uncountable nouns /t i z/ /s lt/ Presentation (uncountable nouns) countable uncountable Go through “Grammar check” from page 143 to 144. Complete the following sentences with correct nouns. Practice 1. Millie and her mother need to buy some _____(chicken), a _____ of salt and a _____ (watermelon) at a supermarket. 2. Her mother also wants to buy some _____(vegetable), like _____(carrot) and _____(tomato). 3. Millie says she wants to buy some _____(orange) because they’re her grandparents’ favourite. 4. Her mother thinks there aren’t enough drinks at home, so they should buy a few _____ of juice. chicken packet watermelon vegetables carrots tomatoes oranges bottles apples oranges bananas cakes bread sweets chocolate bottles of water cartons of juice To show agreement and support: Sounds good! I like that idea! OK! To give advice: Let’s ... Maybe we should ... We can also ... What about ... Why do Millie and Simon want to choose the food above for their class party Food Reasons (possible) fruits snacks drinks Fruits are good for their health and most students may like having them. Some students have a sweet tooth. People can’t live without wate ... ...
