When the students are starting to speak more in English, they find that simple
things like describing "groups", can be troublesome.
Here are
some expressions I’m sure they'll find helpful.
A stack of ...............dishes
A spool of ...............thread
paper
wood or logs
boxes
A pile of ..................books
A string of ...............beads
towels pearls
A
bunch of .............grapes
A blade of ...............grass
bananas
A ball of ..................wool (yarn)
A bundle of .............newspapers
string
magazines
A row of .................trees
A group of ...............people
houses
paintings
windows
shrubs
A
pair of .................shoes, slippers A grain of
................salt
pants,
jeans sand
earrings
In the kitchen we have these expressions.
A pinch of salt. A dash of pepper.
A slice of bread, cake, meat.
A ladle of soup. A spoonful of sugar/syrup.
A portion of vegetables, meat, fruit.
The students can try to find these expressions when reading. They will probably
be able to add many more to this list.
It
could be fun looking up recipes in internet to discover how the ingredients and
measurements are given.
Example: a cupful of ..... a teaspoonful of a tablespoonful of
.....
a package of ..... a container of
..... etc.
Every time we give students new vocabulary, the more the students are
"entering"
the English language!
Since so much of this language is made up of expressions, it is definitely
valuable for them to learn as many as possible.
A Nice
Thought
"Teachers open doors.You enter yourself."
Chinese proverb