BACKGROUND NOTĘ
Adelaide: the Capital and most populous city of the Australian State. South Australia. The fifth largest city in Australia. Population: 1.138,833.
Churchill: a town on the shore of Hudson Bay, Manitoba in Canada. Population: 923.
Grammar too many. too much, not enough Pronojns some-. any-, no-. every-+ thing, where. one, body Yocabulary Countabie and uncountable nouns
2 Ss read and correct the statements according to the text. The main aim is for the Ss to understand the text, so help them express their answers with correct grammar in feedback.
Answer key
Australia, Canada
For a fewweeks every winter, the Canadian town of Churchill is home to a thousand polar bears! These enormous, hungry animals are dangerous, so in the town nas to be careful. The bears come into the Coastal town to wait for the sea to freeze. Then they go onto the ice and hunt for seals. These days, climate change is causmg a problem. There
ice, so there good
hunting places. Perhaps n the futurÄ™ the sea won't freeze at al!, and there wor't be for the bears to qo.
Answer key
2 They are very popular.
3 They stay there while they wait for the sea to freeze.
4 They are dangerous. 5 They hunt for food on the ice.
expects to see dolphins in a crowded city, even if it's near the sea. There are buildings and people
nearby, and there's â– ' pollution.
There fresh food for them,
either, because the water is often too dirty. However, the Australian port of Adelaide is dfferent. About thirty dolphins live in the river. really knows why they
stay, but they are certainly very popular.
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Vocabulary: Countabie and uncountable nouns
Vocabulary: Countabie and uncountable nouns
3 a Remind Ss that some nouns can be counted and others cannot. Ask them for some examples. Write the words countabie and uncountable on the board at the head of two columns and ask Ss to copy these into their notebook. Ask Ss to place the words buildings and pollution in the correct columns. They then continue with the
1 The Adelaide dolphins live m the sea.
They Hue in the river.
2 The dolphins are not welcorne there.
3 The polar bears stay in Churchill all year.
4 The bears are friendly.
5 They go swimming to catch their food.
• buildings • pollution • people • food • water
• river • town • animals • ice • places
Countabie |
Uncountable |
buildings |
pollution |
• advice • air • book • bus • children • cities
• fruit • house • information • money • news
• rain • rubbish • school • snów • traffic • trees
woras in tne oox. |
Answer key | |
Answer key |
Countabie: book. bus, children. cities, house. | |
Countabie: river, town, people. |
school, trees | |
places, animals |
Uncountable: advice. air, fruit, information, | |
Uncountable: water. food. ice |
money, news, rain, rubbish, snów, traffic |
4 Look at the example and establish that Ss must choose a form of the verb to be. positive or negative, singular or plural.
b Ss can add the words to their lists in pairs.
Ask Ss to read through the sentences in the box and check with the following questions. Is it good to have too many buildings? (no)
Is it good that there isn’t enough fresh food? (no). Do we use a plural or singular verb yyith
Answer key
2 is. much 3 is, much 4 are, many 5 are 6 Is 7 aren’t 8 isn’t
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