Bahasa Inggeris notes, unit 3

Let's play!

Textbook Super Minds Student's Book 1 (Cambridge, Puchta, Gerngross and Lewis-Jones), pages 22-33 (Super Minds Student's Book 1, Unit 2 Let's play!)

What this chapter covers

{'I can say the names of ten toys': 'kite, doll, monster, plane, computer game, train, car, ball, bike and go-kart (2.1)'}
I can say "His name's Ben. He's seven." and "Her name's Lisa. She's six." (2.2)
I can say big and small, long and short, old and new, ugly and beautiful (2.3)
I can say "a new kite" and "an ugly monster" (2.3)
I can ask "Is it green?" and answer "Yes, it is." or "No, it isn't." (2.3)
{'I can say what is wrong in a story': 'cheating is not fair (2.4)'}
I can say the short e sound in Ken, ten, red and pens (2.5)
I can name the shapes triangle, square, circle, parallelogram and rectangle (2.6)
I can say "My favourite toy is my blue doll." (2.7)

Welcome to Unit 2! Let's go to the toy shop. You will learn toy words, say who is a boy or a girl, and say what a toy is like.

2.1Toys

A toy shop scene with a kite, a doll, a monster, a plane, a computer game, a train, a car, a bike, a ball and a go-kart, each with a label — Ten toys.

Super Minds 1, p. 22.

Toys: kite, doll, monster, plane, computer game, train, car, ball, bike, go-kart.

The chant "Toy shop" (p. 22)

Toy shop, toy shop, let's go to the toy shop.
A doll, a car, a bike, oh yes, a go-kart and a train.

Which toy flies in the sky: a kite or a car?

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A kite.

2.2His name, her name

Boy	Girl
What's his name?	What's her name?
His name's Ben.	Her name's Lisa.
How old is he? He's seven.	How old is she? She's six.
His favourite toy's his ball.	Her favourite toy's her doll.

Super Minds 1, p. 23.

Boy: his and he. Girl: her and she.

Lisa is a girl. Say: "____ name's Lisa."

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Her.

2.3What is it like?

Eight pictures: a long blue train, a short red train, a big green ball, a small yellow ball, an ugly purple monster, a beautiful orange monster, an old black go-kart and a new pink go-kart — Opposites.

Super Minds 1, p. 25.

Word	Opposite
long	short
big	small
ugly	beautiful
old	new

Say (p. 25)

It's a new kite.
It's an ugly monster.

Use an before a, e, i, o, u. Use a before the other letters.

Question	Yes	No
Is it green?	Yes, it is.	No, it isn't.

Say "an old go-kart", not "a old go-kart".

Write a or an: ____ new bike. ____ ugly doll.

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a new bike. an ugly doll.

2.4Story: The go-kart race

Six comic pictures of a go-kart race between the Red team and the Green team; Ben cheats and the Green team say it isn't fair — Ben is from the Red team. Misty is from the Green team.

Super Minds 1, p. 26.

Ben and Misty race in go-karts. Ben cheats: he puts a stick in Misty's go-kart and says, "Now I'm first!" The children in the Green team say, "That isn't fair!"

Value: fair play. Cheating is wrong.

Is it fair to cheat?

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No, it isn't. Cheating is wrong.

2.5Phonics: the short e sound

Say the sound in Ken, ten, red and pens.

Tongue twister (p. 27)

Ken and his ten red pens.

Which word has the e sound: pen or pig?

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pen.

2.6Shapes

Five shapes: an orange triangle, a green square, a yellow circle, a blue parallelogram and a red rectangle — triangle, square, circle, parallelogram, rectangle.

Super Minds 1, p. 30.

Say: "I can see a square. I can't see a circle."

Which shape has three sides: a triangle or a circle?

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A triangle.

2.7My favourite toy

Model (p. 29)

My favourite toy is my blue doll.

Start with a capital letter. End with a full stop.

Finish the sentence: My favourite toy is my ____.

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Any toy, for example: My favourite toy is my red car.

Summary

Topic	Remember
Toys	kite, doll, monster, plane, computer game, train, car, ball, bike, go-kart
Boy and girl	his, he's, her, she's
Opposites	long - short, big - small, ugly - beautiful, old - new
a and an	a new kite, an ugly monster
Is it ...?	Yes, it is. No, it isn't.
Value	Fair play. Cheating is wrong.