2. Reading and writing module. Contents Describing pictures 1.
introduction 2. sentences 3. structures of describing pictures:
there is/ there are 4. structures to describe pictures: countable
and uncountable nouns 5. structures to describe pictures:
quantifiers 6. structures to describe pictures: prepositions 7.
writing assignment Describing people 1. describing people:
appearance 2. describing people: character 3. describing people:
putting it together
3. * Colour and I are one. Im a painter. * There is no must in
art because art is free. * Everything has beauty, but not everyone
sees. Wasily Kandinsky * Every child is an artist. * The world of
reality has its limits, the world of painting is boundless. * Art
is the freedom to be yourself. Pablo Picasso
4. 1. Introduction A. Look at the picture and discuss in group:
What can you see in the picture? What is he doing? Do you think is
he happy? How old do you think is he? Where do you think he should
be at his age? Why? Think of the TITLE of the picture. Brainstorm
Look at the following sentences to describe the picture: There is a
boy in the picture. He has a gun. He is standing. B. In groups make
more sentences about this picture. C. In groups think of the ideas
to complete the chart. What can you see in the picture? What can
you imagine about what you see in the picture?
5. D. Here is a description of this picture. What is wrong with
this description? List the mistakes. Theres a boy in this picture.
He is about 20 years old. He looks happy. He isnt smiling. He has a
small gun. Hes wearing a school uniform. There are some trees
behind the boy. There is an elephant beside the boy. 2. Sentences
A. What is in a sentence? Think of some things that you find in a
sentence. B. Some of the following lines are sentences, some are
not. Tick the sentences. If it is not a sentence, why not? 1. Law
Meh worked in a hospital for six years. 2. My friend in Mae Sot. 3.
Mama studies English after dinner. 4. He is tired. 5. Teaches
mathematics to high school students. 6. My fathers old blue
motorcycle. 7. I walk. 8. There are two dogs. 9. A beautiful house
beside the Salween river. 10. Its raining. brainstorm exercise
6. Parts of the Sentence A sentence has a subject and a verb He
cooks. subject verb Usually a sentence has some other He sometimes
cooks special words too. dishes for us. Subject come before the
verb. Everybody likes eating this cake Subject can be one or many
words. My uncle, my sister and my friend like this cake. The first
letter of the first word of a We ate many cakes last night.
sentence is a capital letter. A sentence ends with a full stop, Do
you want some cake? question mark or exclamation mark. Id love
some!
7. C. These sentence all have one mistake. Correct the mistake.
1. I think the boys name Maung Maung Soe. 2. he was born in a
village. 3. Didnt go to school. 4. There a cinema in his village.
5. Likes Maung Maung Soe going to school. 6. One night some
soldiers to the cinema. exercise
8. 3. Structures to describe pictures: there is/there are A.
Look around you. Are these sentences true or false? Theres a
teacher. There are twelve students in this classroom. Theres a
blackboard. There are two white boards. There are some pictures on
the walls. Theres some water in a bucket. There are more male
students than female students. Theres a lot of money on the desk.
There are a lot of chickens outside. There are many intelligent,
hardworking students.
9. B. Fill in the gaps in the box with these grammar terms.
Uncountable Noun Singular Plural Countable Negative C. Make true
sentences. Fill the gaps with there is/are isnt/arent. 1.__________
some food in the kitchen. 2.__________ any gold under the
classroom. 3.__________ a lot of dust outside the window.
4.__________ a good football teams in this school. 5.__________ any
tigers near here. There is/are There is + singular,______. There
are +________ noun. Use isnt arent with there. Use any with isnt
arent.
10. D. Activity. Work in groups. Write three sentences about
your school, using there is /are, isnt/arent. Write some true and
some lie sentences. Read these sentences to the group. Can they
identify the lie?
11. Countable and uncountable nouns Countable nouns are the
names of objects that we can count. We can use numbers and a/an
with count nouns, they have plurals. A cat three cats a newspaper
two newspapers Uncountable nouns are the names of things that we
cannot count. We cannot use a/an or numbers with uncountable nouns,
they have no plurals. Water (NOT a water, two waters) Wool (NOT a
wool, two wools) Weather (NOT a weather, two weathers)
12. C. classify the nouns into countable and uncountable Banana
advice wood animal Bread rubbish exam adult Vegetable furniture
colour rice Grass meal bamboo office Information work knowledge
number countable uncountable
13. 6. Structure to describe picture: Prepositions A. describe
the picture using some of these words: At the top At the bottom At
the back In the front In the centre On the right On the left
14. Describing people: Appearance A. Parts of the face: Use the
words in the box to label the diagram. How many of the words do you
know? Try to guess the rest. Check answers with your partner. Eye
Chin Nose Forehead Eyelashes Lips Eyebrow Cheek Jaw
15. B. Describing faces Look at your classmates and say. 1. Who
has long eyelashes? 2. Who has a pointy chin? 3. Who has a wide
nose? 4. Who is short? 5. Who has a big mouth? 6. Who has a round
face? 7. Who has curly hair?
16. C. Adjectives and nouns. Which of the adjectives go with
the nouns in the circle? You will need to use the adjectives twice.
Big, small, thin, thick, long, Curly, short, bushy, full, straight
Hooked, bent, wavy, pointed nose hair lips chin
17. D. Matching pictures. Grammar Box There are two ways to
make a sentence to describe somebody: a) Subject + has + adj + noun
She has big eyes. b) Subject + to be +adj Her eyes are big.
18. Describing the Mona Lisas portrait
19. Homework E. The perfect face. Are any people of these
pictures beautiful? Handsome? What makes some people beautiful and
handsome? .Describe the perfect face.