Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering
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English as a foreign language	Department of General Humanitarian Training
Elementary level	Academic year 2012-2013
2 credits	The 1st term
Practical lesson № 4
Lexical theme “Our classroom” Grammar “a/an, plurals, this/that/these/those”
Assistant professor Karybayeva Gulmira Akankazhinovna

Phonetic drill

Tongue twisters are sentences that are difficult to say. They are good pronunciation practice. Listen, and then try to say this tongue twister quickly.

Grammar

this/that, these/those (a rhyme)

This, that, These, those. What’s this? It’s a book. What’s that? That”s a hook.

This, that, These, those. What are these? They” re boxes. What are those? Those’re foxes.

This, that, These, those. These are chicks, Those are cranes, These are pigs, Those are planes.

Exercise: Write in plural .

This – these

That – those

This window - … that book - … that child - …

This boy - … this bird - … that man - …

This wolf - … that city - … this mouse - …

Vocabulary

Guess the puzzle

1. We have lessons in it. 2. We seat on it. 3. We use them to write. 4. We have a lot of them in the garden. They are very beautiful. 5. We read it. 6. We have a lot of them in the classroom. They are green.

What’s the mystery word?

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Speaking

1. Answer these questions 

1. Our classroom big or small? 2. Is it light or dark? 3. How many windows do we have? 4. How many desks do we have? 5. What colour are they? 6. Where is the blackboard? 7. What colour is it? 8. Do you like our classroom?

2. Try to speak about your classroom. This table will help you.

3. Describe the picture

Classroom language

Complete the sentence.

1. C…. the door.

2. L…. to the teacher.

3. O… the door.

4. W… in pairs.

5. Don’t w….

6. T…. off your mobile phone.

7. L… at the board.

8. Don’t s…. Kazakh.

Listening[ 1. T. 6.1]

Listen and complete the dialogue.

Estate agent Well, this is the hall. There are six rooms on this floor. There’s a kitchen, a ____, a living room, a ___, a library…

Larry Wow! There is a library, Louise!

Louise What’s that room?

Estate agent That’s a ___ , madam.

Larry How many bathrooms are there?

Estate agent There’s one downstairs and three ___.

Louise Are there any___?

Estate agent No, there aren’t, madam. This is an old house.

Estate agent This is the living room.

Louise Are those painting original?

Estate agent Yes, I think so, madam.

Larry Is there a ___.]

Estate agent No, there isn’t, sir. But there’s a ___.

Estate agent And the kitchen.

Louise There isn’t a ___.

Estate agent Yes, there is. It’s over there.

Louise You call that a fridge! Are there any ___? I need a glass of water.

Estate agent Yes, madam. There are some glasses in that ___. Now let’s go upstairs.

Reading and writing

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