Unit 3 “About Town”

Tiempo aproximado de duració n: 4 semanas (8 clases)

Saberes:

 Present Continuous
 Countables and Uncountables Nouns
 A lot, a lot of / some, any, a, an
 How Much?
 Articles: a, an, the

Objetivos:

o Hacer referencia acerca de acciones que estoy realizando en el momento de hablar

o Identificar situaciones en Present Continuous y diferenciarlas de las situaciones de Present Simple
o Identificar sustantivos Contables e Incontables y hacer referencia a cantidades, haciendo uso de
indicadores específicos

Propó sitos de la Unidad

 Identificar lugares del pueblo y decir que puedo conseguir o hacer en cada uno de ellos
 Hablar acerca de acciones que se pueden realizar en el pueblo
 Describir lugares y acciones de las personas
 Hacer sugerencias acerca de lugares

Propó sito Final de la Unidad:

 Describir una imagen del pueblo con sus detalles

 Hacer un plan de salida con amigos recorriendo distintos lugares del pueblo

Page 39 – Activity 1 - Find these shops in the potos (Tell the meanings)

GREENGROCER´S – VERDULERIA

CHEMIST – FARMACIA

BUTCHER´S – CARNICERÍA

NEWSAGENT´S – KIOSCO

BAKER´S – PANADERÍA

Activity 2 – Match the things to the shops (Tell the meanings)

CHEWING GUM – CHICLE CROISSANTS – MEDIA LUNAS

TOOTHPASTE – DENTRÍFICO MAGAZINES – REVISTAS

TOMATOES – TOMATES SAUSAGES – SALCHICHAS

ASPIRIN – ASPIRINAS STEAK – COSTELETA

Activity 3 – Normal opening hours in Britain are 9 a.m. to 5, 30 pm for shops and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. for
shopping centers. What happens in your country? (Explain the question to the class)

Page 40 - Places and activities in town

Activity 1 - a) Look at the picture of a town and answer the questions

Where can you….?

A) Get money - conseguir dinero

B) look at the shops – mirar vidrieras/ negocios

C) Borrow a book – pedir prestado un libro

D) Rent a video – alquilar un video

E) Buy food – comprar comida

F) Have a hair cut – cortarse el pelo

G) Send e-mails – enviar correos

H) See a film – mirar una película

I) Buy a newspaper – comprar el diario

J) Buy a shirt – comprar una remera

b) Test your memory. Take turns to cover the picture and answer questions about it

Example: Where is the cinema? The cinema is next to the library

Activity 2 – Listen to the sentences and identify the pictures

Activity 3 – a) in your notebook, write sentences about where you go in town. Use the activities in the
box below

Example: I often go to the cinema to see a film

*See a film * Chat with friends * Rent a video *Surf the Internet

*Buy presents *Pay bills *Have lunch with friends *Buy a magazine

b) Ask your partner questions about where he/ she goes in town

Example: Do you go the supermarket to buy food?

Yes, I sometimes go with my mother (to the supermarket to buy food)

Or Where do you go to buy food?

I go to the supermarket (to buy food)

Page 41 – Activity 1 - look at the picture. Where are the girls? What are they doing?

Read the web article

Activity 2 – Read the web article and complete the chart

Activity 3 – In pairs, look at the article again and find different things you can do at the shopping centres.
Write down six

Activity 4 – Discuss

1. Do you sometimes go to the shopping centers? Who do you go with? What do you do there?
2. Where do you like to shop? Why?
3. Is there a shopping Centre in your town or near it?

EXTRA ACTIVITY

Photocopy (page 94 – 95)

1- Complete the name of the Places

2- Complete the sentences with the correct preposition
3- Find nine more things you can buy
4- A - Match each verb(1-9) with a noun (a-i)
B – Where can you do these things?

Reading –

Activity 1 - Read the adverts and write the names of the places

Activity 2 – Answer the questions

Page 42 - PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Study and complete the table

Usamos el Present Continuos cuando queremos mencionar una acció n que estamos haciendo en el
momento de hablar. Su estructura gramatical se forma usando el Verbo To be + el verbo principal con
ing

(Remember verb to be and pronouns – Explicar si es necesario)

Activity 1 – Match the people and the activities

Meanings

1 – Buying s t-shirt – comprando una remera

2 – Waiting for the bus – esperando el colectivo

3 – Reading a magazine – leyendo una revista

4 – Chatting – conversando

5 – Phoning a friend – llamando a un amigo

6 – Listening to a band – escuchando una banda

7 – Having lunch – almorzando

8 – Buying a Cd – comprando un Cd

Activity 2 – What are people doing? Ask and answer (Look at the names under the pictures)

Example:

1 – A – What are Josh and Hannah doing?

B – They´re (are) buying a Cd

Activity 3 - Complete the telephone conversation with the present continuous for of the verbs

Answer Key

1 – are you doing 2- are shopping 3 – are walking 4 – is playing 5 – is Charlie doing

6 – is shopping 7 - are they buying 8 – are buying 9 – are you buying

10 – am not spending 11 – is going

Page 43 – Activity 4

a) Order the words to make questions

Answer Key

1 – Are your parents working now?

2 – Is the teacher writing on the board?

3 – Are we speaking English now?

4 – Are your school friends shopping in town?

5 – Are you listening to the teacher?

B) Ask and answer the question? It can be written in your notebook or orally

How can you identify sentences in Present Continuous?

If the following time expressions are at the end of your sentence, they are in Present Continuous

Now At the moment

Extra activity - Identify the sentences in Present Continuous

A – We buy him a present

B – We are going to the cinema

C – They are at the cinema

D – Are you living in New York?

E – I´m very thirsty

F – She is having a hair cut

G – I am listening to music
Extra activity

Make questions and answer them

1 – The girls / cook?

Are the girls cooking?

Yes, they are cooking / No, they aren´t cooking

2 – The boys / play the guitar?

3 – The woman / drive a car?

4 – The boy / write a letter?

5 – The girl / eat a hamburger?

6 – The girls / do homework?

Complete the dialogue. Pay attention

DAD - Hi, Chris, it´s Dad. What ________________ (you / do)?

CHRIS – Hi Dad. I _______________ (finish) my homework

DAD – I can hear the TV. ______________ (you / watch) TV ?

CHRIS – No, I´m not. I ______________ (listen to ) the radio

DAD – What ________________ (Amy and Lizzie / do)

CHRIS – They ______________________ (play) on the computer

DAD – Where´s Mum?

CHRIS – She´s at the supermarket. She _________ (buy) some food

DAD – Ok, See you later. Bye

(Hasta aca habìan trabajado conmigo)!!

Page 43 - COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

Countable nouns are individual people, animals, places, things, or ideas which can be counted.

Uncountable nouns are not individual objects, so they cannot be counted.

We can make uncountable nouns countable to express quantity. We add a unit or a quantity with “OF”

Example: a bar of chocolate

You can divide nouns in….

A can of… a bottle off… a packet of… a piece of… a slide of…. a cup of…. a glass of….

Extra Activity

*In the photocopy, mark C or U

*Is the underlined noun countable or uncountable?

The children fell asleep quickly after a busy day of fun.

Be careful! The water is deep.

The parade included fire trucks and police cars.

We like the large bottles of mineral water.

My mother uses real butter in the cakes she bakes.

How many politicians does it take to pass a simple law?

Most kids like milk, but Joey hates it.

Most pottery is made of clay.

Michael can play several different musical instruments.

I was feeling so stressed that I ate an entire box of cookies.

Answer Keys: 1 – countable, 2 – uncountable, 3 – countable, 4 – countable, 5 – uncountable, 6 – countable, 7 –

uncountable, 8 – uncountable, 9 – countable, 10 – countable

Page 43 - Activity 5 – Write C (Countable) and U (Uncountable) in the boxes

HOW MUCH…? / HOW MANY…?

How much + uncountable noun

E.g. How much ham?

How many + countable noun

E.g.: How many sausages?

d) Ask questions using how much or how many

(eggs) _______________________________________________________?
(meat) ________________________________________________________?

(jam) _________________________________________________________?

(people) _______________________________________________________?

(flour) ________________________________________________________?

(votes) ________________________________________________________?

(parties) _______________________________________________________?

(oil)___________________________________________________________?

– How much – how many –

_______________________________ sandwiches have you got?

_______________________________ milk is there in the fridge?

_______________________________ time do you need?

_______________________________ fruit can you see on the table?

_______________________________ friends have you got?

_______________________________ states are there in Mexico?

_______________________________ love do you give to your mom?

_______________________________ gubernators are there in Mexico?

_______________________________ bananas do you eat a day?

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A LOT OF / SOME / ANY + FORMS

SOME / A LOT OF + AFFIRMATIVE FORMS

THERE ARE A LOT OF / SOME SANDWICHES

THERE IS A LOT OF / SOME CHEESE

ANY + NEGATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE FORMS

THERE AREN´T ANY APPLES / THERE ISN´T ANY JUICE

ARE THERE ANY SWEETS? / IS THERE ANY MILK?

A LOT OF / SOME / ANY/ A (AN) + NOUNS

A LOT OF / SOME / ANY + PLURAL COUNTABLE NOUNS AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

SOME / ANY / A LOT OF BANANAS / WATER

A/ AN + SINGULAR COUNTABLES

A BANANA / AN ELEPHANT

ACTIVITY 6 – CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD

ACTIVITY 7 – COMPLETE THE CONVERSASTION WITH A /AN / SOME OR ANY

PAGE 44 – LISTENING AND SPEAKING

ACTIVITY 1 – 2 – 3

ACTIVITY 5 – 6

Page 46

WRITING RULE

Articles: Indefinite (a / an) and Definite (The)

Usamos a / an mas el sustantivo por primera vez para mencionar algo o a alguien. Luego usamos The mas el
sustantivo

Example: There is a man and a woman. The man is carrying a shopping bag.

Al nombrar la segunda vez al objeto o sujeto, usamos The

Activity 1 – Complete the description with a, an or the

WRITING RULE

Pronoun Reference

Usamos a / an mas el sustantivo la primera vez que mencionamos algo o a alguien. Luego usamos un pronombre
para reemplazar (He, She, They)

Example: There is a teenage girl. She is talking on the phone

Activity 2 – For each first sentence find the second sentence

Activity 3 – Now it`s your turn!

Lee la descripció n en la Ac 1 nuevamente.

De una revista saca 2 fotos con 3 o má s personas en ella. Recó rtalas.

Elige una foto y descríbela... Usa el presente continuo. Asegú rate de usar a / an The y los pronombres correctos.

Siéntate en grupos de 3, pongan las fotos sobre la mesa y lee una descripció n. El resto deberá adivinar de cual foto
estas hablando

Final Task – Make plans to go out

Activity 1 - Putt he rest of the conversation in order

Activity 2 – Use the guidelines to: Log on to MSN and chat with a partner OR Invent a conversation with a partner
and (if you want) act it out to the class

English Test

EXTRA ACTIVITIES (Ver Referencias – PÀ GINA 94, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 – PÀ GINA 95, READING 1, 2 – PÀ GINA 96, 1, 2, 4-
PÀ GINA 97, 5, 6 – PÀ GINA 99, 1, 2