CYCLE 3

Week 1 Class 1

Student Worksheet
 Part 1 of the Class: Language skills

LANGUAGE FOCUS: Label the following nouns as Countable [C] or Uncountable [U]. Use
a dictionary to help you.

C Algorithm U
Hardware
C
Argument U Information

U Assistance U Logic

C
Bug C Loop

C
Class C Object

C
Code C
Program
C Data U
Software
U
Energy C/U
Speed
C Equipment C Variable

C/U Exception U Work

FORM: COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

An apple three apples rice meat

Complete the explanation of these type of nouns. Use the words below:

Uncountable Plural Singular Countable

• English nouns can be countable and uncountable.

• __________
countable
= things you can count, e.g., apples.
plural (app/es).
These nouns can be singular (a n apple) or _______
• _____________
Uncountable = things you can't count, e.g., rice, meat
These nouns are normally ___________
singular

USE OF A / AN, SOME / ANY

Look at the examples:

(+) We need an apple some butter

some apples
(-) We don’t need a tomato any rice
any tomatoes
(?) Do we need an orange? any sugar?
any oranges?

Complete the rules with a/an, some, or any

• We use _______
a / an with singular countable nouns.

• We use _______
some in [+] with plural countable nouns and with uncountable
le nouns.
• We use _____
any in [-] and [?] with plural countable nouns and with uncountable
 nouns.

LET’S PRACTICE!

a. Write a, an or some + a food or drink from the pictures:

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9

1. Some bread 2. some milk 3. a sandwich

4. some fries potatoes 5. a lettuce 6. an egg
7. some carriots 8. some chocolate 9. a cake
b. Complete the conversation with a, an, some, or any
A. What can we cook for your brother and his girlfriend?
B. Let’s make _______ pizza.
A. Good idea. Are there _______ tomatoes?
B. Yes. And there are _______ mushrooms, too.
A. Great!
B. Oh no! There isn’t _______ cheese!
A. Oh. Wait a minute. I bought _______ steak yesterday. Are there _______potatoes?
B. Yes, there are.
A. Good. So we can have steak and chips. Do we have_______ fruit?
B. I think we have _______ oranges. Yes, and there’s _______ apple and _______
bananas, too.
A. OK. You can make _______ fruit salad for dessert.
c. Read the following comments in a food forum. Find 8 mistakes in
the use of countables and uncountables.

FOOD LOVERS’ FORUM

@yummylettuce

This is for my foodie friends. In case you thought a lettuce was only for
salads, here I’m cooking it in any butter with a onion. Then I add some
mushrooms, chicken, a fresh tomatoes and some other things – not sure yet.
Lettuce are also great in soups, or you can grill it and serve it with blue
cheese.

@yummychicken

We didn’t feel like cooking last night, and anyway we didn’t have some food
in the house, so we decided to order some takeaway salads from our
wonderful local pizzeria. They were all very good, but my favorite was some
chicken salad with carrots, tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, and any pieces of
fried bread.
 Part 2 of the Class: Reading skills

Before reading

Activating previous knowledge:

Talk to a partner. What do you know about the Scrum framework? Write at least 3 ideas.

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While reading

Reading for gist:

Now, go to the following link and read the first paragraph.
https://www.scrum.org/resources/what-is-scrum

What is Scrum? Did you have the right ideas?

What is Scrum?

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Skimming:
Skim through the article and make a list of the headings and what information you expect
to find there.

1. Scrum Glossary- words and terms related to the framework

2.________________________________________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________________________________
4. _______________________________________________________________________
5.________________________________________________________________________
6._______________________________________________________________________
7._______________________________________________________________________
8._______________________________________________________________________
9._______________________________________________________________________

Read the text completely. Does the information match what you expected? What was
different?

After reading

Scanning for specific information:

Are the following sentences True or False? Check your answers with the text.

1. Scrum is a framework used to solve adaptive problems and deliver creative and
valuable products. T/F
2. Scrum uses a programmed algorithmic approach to solve complex problems. T/F
3. Courage, Focus, Commitment, Respect, and Openness are the main values of
Scrum. T/F
4. Sprints are used to time events. They can be changed any time after they begin.
T/F
Classifying information:

So, what is Scrum? What is it for? How do we use it? What are the key terms?
Complete the following map with the most relevant ideas from the text.