Good morning, everyone.
Today’s agenda:
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Countable and noncountable nouns
·
Prepositions
·
Verb tense – simple past
Monday
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Begin paragraph work
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Continue Goalsetting module
Tuesday
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Continue paragraph work
Wednesday
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Test1 - paragraph
Countable nouns/uncountable nouns
# You can number some nouns. Some you cannot.
pen- countable She
has three pens.
water – uncountable I drank two waters. I drank two
glasses of water.
I drank some water.
Examples of uncountable nouns
water
sugar
oil
information – two pieces of information
vocabulary – three vocabulary words
fun- I had a fun a lot of fun. some
fun no fun
*Vancouver used to be called “the no-fun city”
Exercise 1
1.
advice – N pieces of advice
2.
program -C
programs
3.
news- N
some news pieces of news
4.
necklace- C
necklaces
5.
colour- C
6.
orange- C
7.
email – C
8.
hope- N
bit of hope some hope no hope
a little a lot of hope
9.
ring- C
10.
file- C
11.
hate- N
12.
jewelery-N
a lot of jewelry some jewelry a piece of jewelry
13.
information- N
a piece of information some
information
The teacher gave me two inportant pieces of
informaiton about chemistry.
14.
partner- C
15.
music- N
types of music piece of music- Classical
music
I will listen to a piece of music by Bach.
16.
cheese- N
piece of cheese wheel of cheese slice of cheese
17.
economics- N
18.
boy- C
19.
watch- C
20.
rain- N
21.
season-C
Jun bought a three-season tent. four-season
tent
22.
trash-N
23.
snow-N
snow balls snowmen
24.
work-N a
lot of work two jobs
25.
garbage- N
a bag of garbage
26.
raindrop- C She has raindrops of her glasses.
27.
homework-N
a little bit of homework
homework
housework-chores
duty responsibility A parent has a lot of responsibilities.
28.
happiness- N
29.
faith- N
30.
essay- C
We wrote three essays in English class.
31.
flour- N
cups of flour pounds of flour
You have to knead the dough when you make
bread.
cats- making bread
32.
English- N
33.
ocean- C
34.
leaf- C
leaves
sleeve(n)
35.
bag- C
36.
sleet- N (light wet snow) inches/mms of sleet
37.
milk- N
cups of milk bags of milk cartons of milk
38.
soldier- C
39.
child- C
children
40.
carrot- C
carot She has
two-carot diamond ring.
41.
snowflake- C
snowflake(slang)- somebody who is
very delicate and sensitive, somebody who gets insulted easily
42.
fidelity- N
43.
loyalty- N
Dogs show a lot of loyalty to their families/masters/Alpha.
the Alpha – leader in a pack of dogs/wolves
You have a loyalty card from a salon.
44.
impatience- N
She has a lot of impatience for traffic.
45.
peach- C
“Testing Your Prepositions”
to for in
on over about
under
1.
in debt to
2.
insist on-
I insist on ...
Restaurant- want to pay the bill.
“It’s on me. No, I insist. It’s my turn.”
“Separate cheques/bills, please.” “Go Dutch”
“Dutch treat.”
“Split the bill. I’ll split it with you.”
3.
opposed to
4.
responsible for Parents
are responsible for their children. I am
responsible for my dog.
5.
impression of
6.
faced with -something you have to deal with You will be faced with a long drive
everyday.
7.
familiar with
8.
on/with
9.
distinguish one from another
10.
combine with
11.
named after
Kai Terrence
Terence
Terrance
Allan
Alan
Allen
Jody
Jodi
Stephen
Steven
Clara Ling
12.
associated with
connected to
13.
filled with
14.
graduated from
15.
approve of
disapprove
I disapprove of people smoking in public.
plastic surgery-
16.
apologize for
17.
composed of
18.
interested in
19.
complain about
20.
famous for
Vancouver is famous for its mountains.
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