Session #3 - Animals, colours and numbers

What you’ll learn:

● Vocabulary: domestic and wild animals
● Cardinal numbers
● Colours
● Question words in English: 'who?', 'what?', 'where?', 'when?', ‘why?’ and ‘how?’
● Grammar: verb 'to have' (present simple)

1. Vocabulary items 1

2. Vocabulary activities 2

3. The Numbers 4

4. Grammar: the verb “ to have” 5

5. Question Words in English 6

1. Vocabulary items
Animals:
See below some of the most common ‘domestic’ animals, as well as some other wild animals that might
be interesting for you to know:
Pig Cow Chicken Rabbit Dog

Cat Fish Hamster Mouse Duck

Sheep Horse Rooster Goat Chick

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 Turtle Parrot Elephant Tiger Lion

Colours:

2. Vocabulary activities
Activity 1. Name the colours.

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Activity 2. Answer the questions.
1. What is your favourite colour? My favourite colour is ______.
2. Which colour do you prefer to wear*?
3. How many animals/pets do you have?
4. What is your favourite animal?

* The verb “ to wear” is used when talking about clothes (Example: a white t-shirt.)

Activity 3. Each participant mentions the color(s) of the flags from their countries.

Examples:

Portugal: green and red. Spain: red and yellow. Sweden: blue and yellow.

Activity 4. Practice with participants the following patterns. You can introduce both the singular
and plural form, so they practice the verb “to be”, seen in the previous session. Examples:

Singular: Plural
The pig is pink. The pigs are pink.
The cow is brown. The cows are brown.
The dog is white. The dogs are white.
The fish is orange. The fish are orange.
The sheep is white. The sheeps are white.
The horse is brown. The horses are brown.
The parrot is green, yellow and blue. The parrots are green, yellow and blue.
The chick is yellow. The chicks are yellow.
The elephant is grey. The elephants are grey.

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3. The Numbers
Numbers from 0 to 9:
0 : zero 1 : one 2 : two 3 : three 4 : four

5 : five 6 : six 7 : seven 8 : eight 9 : nine

Numbers from 10 to 19:

10 : ten 11 : eleven 12 : twelve 13 : thirteen 14 : fourteen

15 : fifteen 16 : sixteen 17 : seventeen 18 : eighteen 19 : nineteen

Numbers from 20 to 99:

20: twenty 30: thirty 40: forty 50: fifty

21: twenty-one 31: thirty-one 41: forty-one 51: fifty-one

22: twenty-two 32: thirty-two 42: forty-two 52: fifty-two
23: twenty-three 33: thirty-three 43: forty-three 53: fifty-three
24: twenty-four 34: thirty-four 44: forty-four 54: fifty-four
25: twenty-five 35: thirty-five 45: forty-five 55: fifty-five
26: twenty-six 36: thirty-six 46: forty-six 56: fifty-six
27: twenty-seven 37: thirty-seven 47: forty-seven 57: fifty-seven
28: twenty-eight 38: thirty-eight 48: forty-eight 58: fifty-eight
29 : twenty-nine 39: thirty-nine 49: forty-nine 59: fifty-nine

60: sixty 70: seventy 80: eighty 90: ninety

61: sixty-one 71: seventy-one 81: eighty-one 91: ninety-one

62: sixty-two 72: seventy-two 82: eighty-two 92: ninety-two
63: sixty-three 73: seventy-three 83: eighty-three 93: ninety-three
64: sixty-four 74: seventy-four 84: eighty-four 94: ninety-four
65: sixty-five 75: seventy-five 85: eighty-five 95: ninety-five
66: sixty-six 76: seventy-six 86: eighty-six 96: ninety-six
67: sixty-seven 77: seventy-seven 87: eighty-seven 97: ninety-seven
68: sixty-eight 78: seventy-eight 88: eighty-eight 98: ninety-eight
69 : sixty-nine 79: seventy-nine 89: eighty-nine 99: ninety-nine

100 : one hundred

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4. Grammar: the verb “ to have”
Read the following sentences and to guess in which cases we use “have” and has”.

“Malta has colourful fishing boats. They are pink, red and violet.”
“Fishermen have traditional boats.”
“You have toothpaste on your chin. It’s white.”
“He has new blue hair. ”

Personal Pronouns Verb ‘to have’

I Have

You Have

He/she/it Has

We Have

You Have

They Have

Exercise: Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb ‘to have’.

1. I ________ one (1) brown dog.

2. My mum ________ two (2) grey cats.
3. My grandparents ________ three (3) black horses.
4. He ________ four (4) yellow chicks.
5. Her brother ______ five (5) white cows.
6. We ________ six (6) green parrots.
7. His sister ________ seven (7) brown hamsters.

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5. Question Words in English

WHO is only used when referring to people. ( I want to know the person)

● Who is the best football player in the world?

● Who are your best friends?

WHAT is used to refer to specific information. (= I want to know the thing)

● What is your name?

● What is your favourite colour?
● What time is it?

WHERE is used when referring to a place or location. (I want to know the place)

● Where is the library?

● Where do you live?

WHEN is used to refer to a time or an occasion. (I want to know the time)

● When do the shops open?

● When is his birthday?

WHY is used to obtain an explanation or a reason. (I want to know the reason)

● Why do we need a nanny?

● Why are they always late?

Normally, the response begins with "Because..."

HOW is used to describe the manner that something is done. (I want to know the way)

● How do you cook lasagna?

● How does he know the answer?
● How can I learn English quickly?

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IMPORTANT: How old are you? I am ____ years old.

HOW MANY is used when we want to know the quantity of something. It’s always used with plural,
countable nouns:

● How many animals do you have? I have two cats and one dog.
● How many brothers and sisters do you have? I have two brothers and one sister.

Exercise: Ask a question to someone in the group using ‘what’, ‘who’, ‘where’, ‘when’, ‘why’, ‘how’
or ‘how many’. Examples:

What? What is your favourite colour? My favourite colour is _____.

What is your favourite animal? My favourite animal is _____.
What are the colours on the Portuguese flag? _______.

Who? Who is your favourite person? My favourite person is _____.

Where? Where are you from? I am from ______.

When? When were you born? I was born in _______.

Why? Why do you want to learn English? Because ______.

How? How old are you? I am _______ years old.

How many? How many languages do you speak? I speak _______ languages.
How many pets/animals do you have? I have ________animals.