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GS1 LESSON 11 EXPLANATION

Basic Teaching Technique
Contents
o How many
o How much
WIA
BAKING POWDER
CAKE
CUP
EGG
FLORIST
FLOUR
FLOWER
SAUCER
SUGAR

TEASPOON
TELEPHONE DIRECTORY
TELEPHONE BOOK
PHONE BOOK
WHITE
WHITE PAGES
YELLOW
YELLOW PAGES

SITUATION 1
o Where are they?
o What are they doing?
Title: Small talk
o Is this an important conversation?
o Is it important or is it small talk?
o Whats the title of this situation?
Woman: Your brother is so cute.
brother
o Is this his friend?
o Is he his son or his brother?
o Whos this boy?
o Is Junior Sandys friend or is he her brother?
o Is Chitozinho Xorors father or is he his brother?
o Ask S his/her brothers name.
o Are they friends or brother?
o Is she talking about his teacher or about his brother?
cute
o Is he big or cute (gesture)?

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Is his brother nice or cute?

What about Angelina Jolie?
And Justin Bieber?
Is your brother cute or not?
What about this boy?

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Is she saying hes very cute?

Hows she saying that?
Is Brazil a little (gesture) big or is it so big?
What about the United States?
Is Copacabana so beautiful?
What about Foz do Iguau?
Is she saying hes a little cute?
Whats she saying?
Is she saying the boy is so cute or that his brother is so cute?
Whats she saying?

so

How old is he?

how old
o Is she asking his name?
o Is she asking his name or if hes (point) 2, 3, 4?
o Hows she asking if hes 2, 3, 4, 5?
o Ask S how old s/he is.
o Ask S how old his/her mom is.
o Ask S how old his/her father is.
o Ask S how old his/her brother is.
o Is she asking how hes doing?
o Whats she asking?
Boy: Hes two.
o Is he three?
o How old is he?

SITUATION 2
o Where are they?
o What are they talking about?
Title: Using a telephone directory
telephone directory; telephone book; phone book
o Is this a dictionary?

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to use
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What book is this?

You say telephone book or
Ask S if theres a telephone book in his/her house.
Ask S if theres a telephone directory in his/her office.
Ask S if theres a phone book in his/her school.
What book is this?
How do you say this in English?
Is this person using a dictionary or a phone book to see a phone
number?
Whats this person using?
(write) Am I using a pen or a pencil to write?
(write on the board) Am I using my notebook or the board to write?
(Pretend youre writing something on your appointment book) Am I using
a book or my appointment book to write?
(Pretend youre erasing) What am I using now?
Am I using a pen or an eraser?
Is this person using an eraser too?
Whats this person using?
Is this situation about using an appointment book?
Whats it about?
Whats the title of this situation?

A Woman: Mark, wheres the telephone book?

o Whats his name?
o Is she asking where the dictionary is?
o Whats she asking?
B Man: The White or the Yellow Pages?
white
o Is this pink?
o What color is this?
o What color are the sheets in your book?
o And in your notebook?
o What color is the board?
o Is the board black or is it white?
o What color is this?
yellow
o Is this white too?

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o What color is this?
o (something yellow) How about this?
o Is this white or yellow?
o Are eggs black and white?
o Are they black and white or are they white and yellow?
o What color is this?
White Pages
o Are these the pages where there are peoples phone numbers?
o Are they the White Pages or not?
o Is your telephone number in the White Pages or not?
o Wheres my telephone number?
o Ask S if his/her telephone number is in the White Pages.
o What directory is this?
Yellow Pages
o Is this directory the White Pages?
o Is this the White Pages or the Yellow Pages?
o Where are there companys and school phone numbers?
o Where are there stores phone numbers?
o Ask S if CCAA phone number is in the Yellow Pages.
o Is CCAA phone number in the White Pages or in the Yellow Pages?
o What phone books are these?
o Whats Mark asking the woman?
Woman: The Yellow Pages.
o The White or the Yellow Pages?
o Whats the woman answering?
C Man: What are you looking up?
to look up
o Is she reading the Yellow Pages or is she looking up (gesture) a
telephone number?
o Whats she doing here?
o Ask S if s/he is looking up a word in a dictionary now.
o Ask S if s/he is looking up a phone number in a phone book now.
o And the woman?
o Is she studying or is she looking up a telephone number?
o Whats Mark asking the woman?
Woman: Maxs Florist.
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o Is this a school?
o Is it a school or a florist?
o Whats Maxs?
o Ask S if theres a florist near here.
o Ask S if theres a florist in Diadema.
o Ask S if s/hes going to the florist now.
o Ask S if s/hes going to the florist after this class.
o Is this a supermarket or a florist?
o What store is this?
florist (person)
o Is she a cashier?
o Is she a cashier or is she a florist?
o Ask S if his/her mother is a florist.
o Ask S if s/hes a florist.
o Whos this person?
o Is the florist at home or at work?
o Is the woman calling (gesture) Giovannas florist?
o What florists number is she looking up?
o Is this Maxs shoe store?
o What place is this?
o Is this Johns florist or Maxs florist?
Todays moms birthday.
birthday
o What special day is it?
o Is it Independence Day or is today her moms birthday?
o My birthday is on October 6th. When is your birthday?
o Ask S when his/her birthday is.
o Ask S if today is his/her birthday.
o Is today a special day?
o Is it my birthday or her moms birthday?
o Whats she explaining Mark?
o Whats she saying?
D Man: Good idea. Flowers are a nice gift.
flower
o Is this a fruit?
o What are these?
o Ask S if there are flowers at CCAA garden.
o Ask S if there are flowers in front of CCAA.

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Ask S if there are flowers in his/her house.

Are these fruit or flowers?

gift
Lets pretend Im the woman. Are the flowers for me?
Are the flowers for me or for my mom?
Are they for me or is it a gift?
Ask S if flowers are a nice gift.
Ask S if chocolate is a nice birthday gift.
Is the woman getting flowers for her office or is she getting a gift for her
mom?
(good) idea
o What is he saying about her idea?
o Is it a good idea or not?
o Lets go to Pizza Hut.
o Lets get S a gift.
o Lets go home now.
o Is he saying its not a good idea?
o Whats he saying?
o Are flowers a nice gift or not?
o Whats he saying about flowers?
o Whats Mark saying?
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SITUATION 3
o Are they at home or at work?
o Where are they?
o Is he the womans brother?
o Who are they?
Title: Making a cake
cake
o Is this chocolate?
o Whats this?
o Is this chocolate or is it a cake?
o How do you say this in English?
o Ask S if theres a cake in his/her house.
o Ask S if theres a cake in his/her fridge.
o Ask S if theres a cake in his/her kitchen.
o Is this a cake or not?
to make
o Is the cake here or are they making the cake?

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What are they doing in the kitchen?

Ask S if his/her mom is making a cake now.
Ask S what his/her mom is making for dinner.
Ask S if his/her father is making dinner today.
What are they doing?
What are they making?
Are they making dinner or are they making a cake?
Whats the title of this situation?

A Young woman: Lets see

lets see
o Is she saying well?
o Whats she saying?
o Ask me what time it is.
o Ask me Ss name.
o Ask me if what day today is.
o Is she saying well or lets see?
o Whats she saying?
One teaspoon of baking powder
baking powder
o Is this honey?
o Whats this?
o What are they using to get a big cake?
o Is Royal honey or baking powder?
o Whats Royal?
o Ask S if Royal is a good baking powder.
o Ask S if theres baking powder in his/her kitchen.
o Is this honey or baking powder?
o Whats this?
o What are they using to make this cake?
teaspoon; spoon
o How do you say this in English?
o Is this a teaspoon or not?
o Ask S if there are teaspoons in his/her house.
o Ask S if there are teaspoon in his/her kitchen.
o Are they using a cup or a teaspoon here?
o Are they using one or two teaspoons of baking powder?
o What are they using to make this cake?

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two eggs, two cups of flour
egg
o How do you say this in English?
o Is this an apple or an egg?
o Ask S if there are eggs in his/her house.
o Ask S if there are eggs in his/her kitchen.
o Ask S what they are using in this cake.
o One or two eggs?
o Are they using three or two eggs in this cake?
flour
o Is this baking powder?
o Is this baking powder of flour?
o Whats Dona Benta?
o Ask S if Dona Benta is a good flour.
o Ask S if theres flour in his/her kitchen.
o How do you say this in English?
saucer
o Is this a plate or a saucer?
o How do you say this in English?
o Ask S if there are saucers in his/her house.
o Ask S if there are saucers in his /her kitchen.
o Ask S if saucers are a nice gift.
o What is this?
cup
o Is this a saucer too?
o How do you say this in English?
o I use a cup to drink (gesture) coffee. How about you?
o Ask S if there are yellow cups in his/her kitchen.
o Ask S if her mother is washing a cup now.
o Is this a saucer or a cup?
o One cup or baking powder or two cups of flour?
o One or two cups of flower?
o One or two eggs?
o What are they using now?
o Whats the wife saying?
Young man: How many eggs?
how many
o Is he asking how many or how old?
o Is he saying how many cups or how many eggs?

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Ask S how many students there are here.

Ask S how many books there are in his/her backpack.
Ask S how many cups there are in his/her kitchen.
Is he asking how many or how old?
How many eggs or how many cups?
Whats he asking?

Young woman: Two.

o How many eggs?
o Whats the wife saying?
B Young woman: One cup of sugar
sugar
o Is this flour?
o Is this flour or sugar?
o Is Unio baking powder or sugar?
o Whats Unio?
o Ask S if theres sugar in his/her kitchen.
o Ask S if Unio is a good sugar.
o Is this baking powder or sugar?
o What are they using now?
o How many cups of sugar?
o Whats the wife saying?
C Young man: How much sugar?
how much
o Is he asking how many cups or how much sugar?
o How much sugar or how much baking powder?
o Ask S how much sugar for a cake.
o Ask S how much baking powder for a cake.
o Ask S how much flour for a cake.
o Is he asking how many or how much?
o How much water or how much sugar?
Young woman: One cup. Pay attention!
pay attention
o How much sugar?
o Is he paying attention or not?
o If S is using his/her cell phone, what do I say?
o If S and S are talking (gesture) what do I say?

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If S is asking a question, then other question, other question, what do I

say?
Is she saying no problem?
Is she saying one or two cups of sugar?
Whats she saying?

Young man: Sorry.

o Is he sorry?
o Whats the husband saying?