Bahasa Inggeris notes, chapter 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 ask and answer "What's his name?", "How old is she?" and "What's her favourite toy?" (2.2)
I can describe a toy with long, short, big, small, old, new, ugly and beautiful (2.3)
I can use a and an correctly, like "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 read a story and understand its value, "Fair play': 'cheating is wrong." (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 write a short sentence about my favourite toy (2.7)

Welcome to Unit 2! Let's go to the toy shop. You will learn toy words, say how old people are, and describe toys with words like long, big, new and ugly.

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

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.
A ball, a computer game, a monster and a plane. And there's a kite!

Which toy is a small racing car?

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A go-kart.

2.2His name, her name

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

Super Minds 1, p. 23.

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

"What's her favourite toy?" Lisa likes her doll. Answer the question.

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Her favourite toy's her doll.

2.3Adjectives: what 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: long and short, big and small, ugly and beautiful, old and new.

Super Minds 1, p. 25.

Word	Opposite
long	short
big	small
ugly	beautiful
old	new

a or an?

Use a before a consonant sound and an before a, e, i, o, u.

Examples (p. 25)

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

Is it ...?

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

Say "an old go-kart" and "an ugly doll", not "a old go-kart".

Fill in a or an: ____ new bike, ____ old plane.

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a new bike, an old plane.

2.4Story: The go-kart race

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

Super Minds 1, p. 26.

The story: Ben and Misty race in go-karts. Misty is first, but she cheats. The other children say, "That isn't fair!" and ask her to stop.

Value: Fair play. Cheating is wrong.

Which team is Misty from?

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The Green team.

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 short e sound: pen or pig?

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pen.

2.6Maths: shapes and tangrams

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.

A tangram is an old Chinese toy made from shapes.

A tangram: a square made from seven coloured shapes, orange, blue, green, yellow and red — A tangram: seven shapes make one square.

Super Minds 1, p. 30.

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

My book is a ____. (It has four straight sides and four square corners. Two sides are long and two are short.)

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rectangle.

2.7Write about your favourite toy

Model (p. 29)

My favourite things.
My favourite toy is my blue doll.

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

Write one sentence about your favourite toy. Start: "My favourite toy is ..."

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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
Asking	What's his / her name? How old is he / she? What's his / her favourite toy?
Adjectives	long - short, big - small, ugly - beautiful, old - new. a new kite, an ugly monster.
Is it ...?	Yes, it is. No, it isn't.
Value	Fair play. Cheating is wrong.
Shapes	triangle, square, circle, parallelogram, rectangle