Classroom Materials 6e

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Brainstorming :

A student pic

He is a ____________?

Where is he going?

Look at the picture and tell which objects you daily use in your classroom.

I use ________________________________________________________

Grammar : articles the, a/ an

A. The

We use the definite article « the » before a noun that the speaker is supposed to know. It is a
determiner we put before the noun. We use it for both singular and plural nouns.

Example : the teacher is writing the lesson

B. A/ an

The indefinite article a/an is a determiner for singular noun. We use «a » before nouns started with
consonant. We use « an » before nouns started with vowel

Example : I use a pencil when I do an exercise

Exercise: complete correctly these sentences with a/an


1- I have

Text :

Good morning ! My name is Sidi. I am 11 years old. I am a first form student at Babacar Cobar Ndao1
middle school. I have a nice school bag, six copybooks, seven exercises books, four blue pens and
three red pens, five pencils, rulers, erasers and many colour pencils. In our classroom, we all sit in
school banks in front of the black board. Teachers write lessons and exercises on this board with
chalks. I love going to school !

Activity1 : MCQ read the text and circle the right answer

Name Age School name grade


…………………………. …………………………. ………………………….. 1st form

Sidi has four blue _________________


a- Pens b- erasers c-rulers
1. Teachers write lessons and exercises on ______________
a- The copybook b- the black board c- the desk
2. Sidi has ________________ pencils
a- Two b- three c-five

Activity2: Match the objects in column A with their definitions in column B

Objects definitions
pencil L’object que l’eleve utilise pour ecrire les lecons
eraser Le bureau du professeur
duster L’outil que l’eleve utilize pouer dessiner
pen L’outil que l’on utilise pour effacer le tableau
desk L’outil que l’eleve pour effacer le crayon

Grammar : Regular plural form

Teacher helps the students complete the rules of the lesson

To turn a regular singular into a plural noun we add _______.

Apllication exercise: write the plural form of these words.

SINGULAR NOUNS PLURAL NOUNS


A cat Cat_
An apple Apple___
A house House_____
A dog Dog____
A book Book______
Note : singular nouns ending in O, S, SS, SH, CH, X, or Z usually take « es » in their plural forms.

Example : one potato = two potatoes

Singular nouns Plural nouns


One box Two Box…..
One glass Two glass….
A buzz Buzz….
A day seven day….
A watch Three watch…..

Grammar: there is/ there are /How many

 We use « there is » before singular nouns.

Example : there is one chair in our classrom

 We use « there are » before plural nouns.

Example : there are four pens in the table.

 We use « How many » to know the number.

Activity3 : answer these following questions with there is/ there are

1. How many students are there in your classroom ?


…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. How many pencils do you have in your schoolbag ?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. How many windows are there in your classroom ?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Activity 4: complete the picture

Things to review

- Language level of the text (they are beginners). You can use a student talking about what is in his/her bag using there is or there are+ classroom
objects
- Explanations (use tables, students observe to see the differences)
- Picture clarity if they are printed black and white

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