English Year One Macroteaching

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English Year 1 Grammar : Articles

Articles

 An article (abbreviated art) is a word (or prefix or suffix) that is with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun. Articles specify the grammatical definitenessof the noun, in some languages extending to volume or numerical scope.An article is usually considered to be a type of adjective.

Types of articles

Articles are usually characterized as either definite or indefinite. A few languages with well-developed systems of articles may distinguish additional subtypes.

Within each type, languages may have various forms of each article, according to grammatical attributes such as gender, number, or case, or according to adjacent sounds.

Definite article

A definite article indicates that its noun is a particular one (or ones) identifiable to the listener. It may be something that the speaker has already mentioned, or it may be something uniquely specified. The definite article in English, for both singular and plural nouns, is the.

The children know the fastest way home.

The sentence above refers to specific children and a specific way home; it contrasts with the much more general observation that:Children know the fastest way home.

The latter sentence refers to children in general, perhaps all or most of them.

Likewise,

Give me the book.

refers to a specific book whose identity is known or obvious to the listener; as such it has a markedly different meaning from

Give me a book.

which does not specify what book is to be given.

The definite article can also be used in English to indicate a specific class among other classes:

The cabbage white butterfly lays its eggs on members of the Brassica genus.

Indefinite article

The indefinite article is just the opposite of the definite article. In English, the indefinite articles are "a, an, some, any." They are "indefinite" because they do not refer to a particular thing as "the" does, but simply refer to an object or person in a non-specific way, that is, we do not specify exactly to which person or object we are referring to.

For example:
A white house on a green hill.
A cat ate the sardine

* We are not specifying which cat ate the sardine, it could have been any cat.

Notes:

It is normal to use the indefinite article when we mention someone or something for the first time in our conversation or text.

For example:
I've finally got a good job.
We bought a new computer and it was cheap.
Would you like a drink?

"A" and "an" are also used to refer to a particular member of a group or class.

For example:
She is an English teacher.
He wants to be a dancer.
John is an Englishman.
Sherlock Holmes was playing a violin when the visitor arrived.
I was born on a Thursday.

We also use the indefinite article to talk about price / weight, speed.

For example:
This car does 240 km an hour.
It is 10 euros a kilo.

Certain numbers in English require the presence of an indefinite article.

For example:
A hundred, a thousand, a million, etc...

With singular nouns, after the words "what" and "such"

For example:
What a day!
What a shame!
She's such a beautiful girl.
Meaning "one", referring to a single object or person

For example:
I'd like an orange and two lemons please.
The burglar took a diamond necklace and a valuable painting.
The choice between "a" and "an"
Depends on the initial sound of the adjective that immediately follows the article:

Use "a" with nouns starting with a consonant. On the other hand, we use "an" before nouns starting with a vowel.

For example:
an umbrella
a table
an elephant
a book

NOTE: If the next word begins with a consonant sound when we say it then we use a. If the next word begins with a vowel sound when we say it then we use an.

For example:
We say "university" with a "y" sound at the beginning as though it were spelt "youniversity".
=> a university
We say "hour" with a silent h as though it were spelt "our".
=> an hour

Now it's time for exercise.

Here are the sample exercise.

Example 1

Example 2

Example 3

Example 4

Example 5

Until then,

see ya..=)

Parts of the human body..

Parts of the human body is one of the subtopic in English Year 1 syllabus.

Learning about parts of body could be fun and educational for the kids.

Front parts of the body

Back parts of the body

Here are some of the sample exercises regarding the topic.

Example 1

Fill in the blanks.

In this activity, the students need to complete the spelling by 

fill in the blank with the

correct missing alphabet.

Before

After

Example 2

Fill in the blanks with the correct answers.

In this activity, students have to fill the blanks with the correct answer.

They have to choose the answer among the options given.

Before

After

Example 3

Match the pictures.

Students need to match the picture in the left side to the correct answer

at the right side.

Before

After

After a few exercise. I think we need to relax and have a little fun.

Let's sing a song. Yay!!

Head, Shoulders,Knees and Toes

Head, shoulders, knees and toes,

Knees and toes.

Head, shoulders, knees and toes,

Knees and toes.

And eyes, and ears, and mouth,

And nose.

Head, shoulders, knees and toes,

Knees and toes.

Till then,

See again in next lesson.

Let's learn about numbers 1 to 10

One little, two little, three little Indians

Four little, five little, six little Indians

Seven little, eight little, nine little Indians

Ten little Indian boys.

Let's learn about Farm Animals

Old MacDonald had a farm,

Ee i ee i oh!

And on that farm he had some chickens,

Ee i ee i oh!

With a cluck-cluck here,

And a cluck-cluck there

Here a cluck, there a cluck,

Everywhere a cluck-cluck

Old MacDonald had a farm

Ee i ee i oh!

Old MacDonald had a farm,

Ee i ee i oh!

And on that farm he had some dogs,

Ee i ee i oh!

With a woof-woof here,

And a woof-woof-woof there

Here a woof, there a woof,

Everywhere a woof-woof

Old MacDonald had a farm

Ee i ee i oh!

Old MacDonald had a farm,

Ee i ee i oh!

And on that farm he had some turkeys,

Ee i ee i oh!

With a gobble-gobble gobble-gobble here,

And a gobble-gobble gobble-gobble there

Here a gobble-gobble, there a gobble-gobble,

Everywhere a gobble-gobble-gobble

Old MacDonald had a farm

Ee i ee i oh!

Old MacDonald had a farm,

Ee i ee i oh!

And on that farm he had some cows,

Ee i ee i oh!

With a moo-moo here,

And a moo-moo there

Here a moo, there a moo,

Everywhere a moo-ooo

Old MacDonald had a farm,

Ee i ee i oh!