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Presentation of grammar – 50 min.
Presentation of grammar construction “There is/There are” and the plural form of nouns.
The plural form of a noun is usually ends with the ending “-s”
Singular form Plural form
A flower Flowers
Note: there are some exception nouns which don’t follow the rules:
f.ex: a man men
1. Study the grammar material to get more information from “ Grammar in Use” for elementary and intermediate students, R.Murphy, p142-145.
2. Find the nouns which are used both in plural and singular form:
Mouse, deer, book, trout, pen, sheep, swine, swung, fish
3. Define the nouns below into singular and plural form.
Scissors, teeth, foot, a tooth, a fish, mice, a mouse, people, a person, trousers, pyjamas, jeans, a pair of jeans.
Singular form: Plural form:
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2. Define the nouns below into countable and uncountable nouns.
Water, car, salt, money, music, milk, picture, rice, bottle, house, flat, man, cheese, coffee, tea, book, egg, spoon, sand.
| Countable nouns | Uncountable nouns |
| Car | Water |
3. Study the table of grammar construction There are/ There is.
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| P r e s e n t | Singular form: There is a book on the table. Plural form: There are some books on the table. | There isn’t a book on the table. There aren’t any books on the table. | Is there a book on the table? Are there any books on the table? |
| P a s t | Singular form: There was a book on the table. Plural form: There were some books on the table. | There wasn’t a book on the table. There weren’t any books on the table. | Was there a book on the table? Were there any books on the table? |
4. Write down interrogative and negative form of the sentence below.
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Writing
Change the sentence into interrogative and negative:
a) There are three rooms
b) There is one window in it
c) There is a bookcase full of books
d) There are five chairs around the table
Do the following exercises.
1.Write the plural forms of nouns.
a) Knife – e) family –
b) Day – f) foot –
c) Potato – g) fish –
d) Mouse – h) people –
2.Complete the sentences with the following nouns.
Sheep, teeth, sons, fish, leaves, people.
a) There are a lot of …sheep….in the field.
b) Gary is cleaning his……………
c) There are three ………….at the bus stop.
d) Lucy has got two …………………
e) The ……….. are falling from the tree.
f) There are a lot of ……….. in the river.
3.Kentham is a small town. Look at the information in the box and write sentences about Kentham with There is/are or There isn’t/aren’t.
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1. There isn’t a castle
2. There are a lot of restaurants.
3. …………………………………………
4. …………………………………………
5. ………………………………………...
6. …………………………………………
7. …………………………………………
4.Write there is/there isn’t/is there or there are/there aren’t/are there.
1. Kentham isn’t an old man. ……………….. anyold buildings.
2. Look! ……………a photograph of your brother in the newspaper!
3. “Excuse me, ………….. a bank near here?” “Yes, at the end of the street”
4. ……………….. five people in my family: my parents, my two sisters and me.
5. “How many students ………….. in the class? “Twenty”.
6. The road is usually very quiet. …………… much traffic.
7. “………….. a bus from the city centre to the airport?” “Yes, every 20 minutes”.
8. …………… any problems?” “No, everything is OK!”
9. …………….. nowhere to sit down. …………………… any chairs.
5.Complete with there’s/is there or it is/is it.
a) …….There’s….. a train at 10.30. “…..Is...it….. a fast train?”
b) I’m not going to buy this shirt. ……………. Too expensive.
c) “What’s wrong?” “………. Something in my eye.”
d) ………… a red car outside your house. …………… yours?
e) “……….. anything good on TV tonight?” “Yes, ………….a film at 8.15”
f) “What’s that building?” “…………. A school.”
g) “……………… a restaurant in this hotel?” “No, I’m afraid not.”
6.Write sentences with There are…….. . Choose from the clouds.
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1. There are seven days in a week.
2. ______________________________ .
3. ______________________________ .
4. ______________________________ .
5. ______________________________ .
6. ______________________________ .
Theme:My flat
Lexics:Words andword combinations of the theme
Grammar:“There is/There are” constructions, the plural form of nouns
Aims.
Didactic aims:
to form the students’ following components of competence:
· Educational (cognitive) component:
3. to form the knowledge on mastering terms from the text “My flat”.
4. to form the knowledge of using constructions “There is/There are”.
· Practical (operational) component:
3. to form students’ grammar habits on the theme “There is/There are” constructions.
4. to form students’ skills on listening, reading the text with or without dictionary.
· Communicative component:
2. to develop listening, reading, writing and speaking skills.
· Self-studying component:
3. to form the skills and habits using the professional supplementary literature in informative means of communication.
4. to develop students’ vocabulary habits.
Urgency of the theme:
Medical students must know the importance of studying medical clinical lexics to describe clinical picture of a disease, which they’ll study at clinical disciplines.
Literature:
Basic:
3. “Essential English for medical students”,A.M.Maslova, Z.I.Winestein, L.S. Plebeyskaya, p.26-27
4. “ Grammar in Use” for elementary and intermediate students, R.Murphy, p. 84-87; p142-145.
Additional:
1. “Headway”, Elementary, Oxford University Press, 1995.
2. “Vocabulary in use”, Intermediate, Stuart Redman with Ellen Shaw, Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Tasks :
b) to teach the students the grammar construction “There is/There are” and the theme “My flat”, b) to develop their grammar and vocabulary habits by doing lexico-grammatical exercises, reading and translating the text.
c) to teach students to read the text with commenting and giving their opinion