Halloween party countable and uncountable nouns speaking
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Countable nouns and uncountable nouns speaking practice on the topic of Halloween and parties, with Halloween vocabulary and a count/ non-count grammar presentation.
Lesson Plan Content:
Halloween party: Countable and uncountable nouns - Speaking
You and your partner(s) are housemates who live together in a shared house, in which you have decided to host a Halloween party for twelve friends, neighbours and/ or relatives. Discuss and agree on what you will need for that party and how much/ how many of each thing you need for 12 guests, with topics and amounts/ numbers like those in the table below.
Share one of things you agreed on and see if the other groups agree on how many/ much.
Ask about anything you don’t understand below, working together to think of a suitable number or amount each time.
Countable and uncountable grammar presentation
Write “-(s)” everywhere it can be put on the no -s version on the last page.
Check your answers and use that to make generalisations about which words are uncountable and which are uncountable.
Why do these words have different grammar?
- some ice cubes/ some dry ice
- some (dark) chocolate/ some chocolates (with Halloween wrappers)
- some magic/ some magic tricks
- some make up/ some fake fingernails
- some (spooky) music/ some (novelty) songs
Match the words in the left-hand column to the two kinds of words. Some words can go with both.
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With countable nouns |
With uncountable nouns |
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Check as a class.
Have a similar kind of conversation about a similar situation such as a family Xmas dinner, this time with no worksheets to help.
With -s version
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I think we need
We should get
I recommend
How about
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no
not any
a/ an
one
two
a couple of
very few
very little
not much
not many
a few
a little
several
some
quite a lot of
a lot of
lots of
so many
so much
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- (black/ ghost-shaped) balloon(s) - (plastic) bat(s) (to hang from the ceiling) - (fake) blood - (fake) body part(s) (eyes, hands, legs, etc) - candle(s) - cauldron(s) (full of…/ for…) - (dark) chocolate - chocolate(s) (with Halloween wrappers) - (vampire) cape(s)/ cloak(s) - (black) cloth/ fabric (to cover…) - (ghost-shaped/ pumpkin) cookie(s) - dry ice - (black/ fake) fingernail(s) - (red/ green) food dye - glowstick(s) - (adult/ family/ child) guest(s) - (witches’) hat(s) - (skull-shaped) ice cube(s) - jelly/ Jello (in brain shapes) - (tomato) juice - (red/ black/ green) light bulb(s) - (UV/ fairy) light(s) - magic/ magic trick(s) - (black/ red/ orange/ UV/…) make up - mask(s) - (horror/ child-friendly) movie(s) - (spooky) music - (Halloween-themed) paper plate(s) - party game(s) - party popper(s) - (cooked) pumpkin (paste) - pumpkin(s)/ Jack-o’-lantern(s) - (red) sauce (ketchup, etc) - (fake/ life-sized) skeleton(s) - (green) slime - (monster-shaped) snack(s) - (novelty) song(s) - (fake) spider(s)/ spiderweb(s) (to hang up) - toilet paper (to wrap up mummies) - tombstone(s) (for the front garden) - torch(es)/ flashlight(s) - wig(s)/ fake hair - (red) wine |
No -s version
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I think we need
We should get
I recommend
How about
|
no
not any
a/ an
one
two
a couple of
very few
very little
not much
not many
a few
a little
several
some
quite a lot of
a lot of
lots of
so many
so much
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- (black/ ghost-shaped) balloon - (plastic) bat (to hang from the ceiling) - (fake) blood - (fake) body part (eyes, hands, legs, etc) - candle - cauldron (full of…/ for…) - (dark) chocolate - chocolate (with Halloween wrappers) - (vampire) cape/ cloak - (black) cloth/ fabric (to cover…) - (ghost-shaped/ pumpkin) cookie - dry ice - (black/ fake) fingernail - (red/ green) food dye - glowstick - (adult/ family/ child) guest - (witches’) hat - (skull-shaped) ice cube - jelly/ Jello (in brain shapes) - (tomato) juice - (red/ black/ green) light bulb - (UV/ fairy) light - magic/ magic trick - (black/ red/ orange/ UV/…) make up - mask - (horror/ child-friendly) movie - (spooky) music - (Halloween-themed) paper plate - party game - party popper - (cooked) pumpkin (paste) - pumpkin/ Jack-o’-lantern - (red) sauce (ketchup, etc) - (fake/ life-sized) skeleton - (green) slime - (monster-shaped) snack - (novelty) song - (fake) spider/ spiderweb (to hang up) - toilet paper (to wrap up mummies) - tombstone (for the front garden) - torch/ flashlight - wig/ fake hair - (red) wine |
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