Fifth Meeting

Some common Noncount Nouns Reading : Shop Till You Drop

NONCOUNT NOUNS
Some Common Noncount Nouns

These are some examples of noncount nouns : Whole groups made up of similar items: baggage, clothing, equipment, food, fruit, furniture, garbage, hardware, jewelry, junk, luggage, machinery, mail, makeup, money/cash/change, postage, scenery, traffic (b) Fluids: water, coffee, tea, milk, oil, soup, gasoline, blood, etc. (c) Solids: ice, bread, butter, meat, cheese, gold, iron,

silver, glass, paper, wood, cotton, wool,etc.

(d) Gases: steam, air, oxygen, nitrogen, smoke, smog, pollution, etc.
(e) Particles: rice, chalk, corn, dirt, dust, flour, grass, hair, pepper, salt, sand, sugar, wheat, etc. (f) Abstractions: - beauty, confidence, enjoyment, fun, happiness, health, help, honesty,hospitality, importance, intelligence, justice, knowledge, laughter, luck, music, patience, peace, pride, progress, recreation, significance, sleep, truth, violence, wealth, etc. - advice, information, news, evidence, proof - time, space, energy - homework, work - grammar, slang, vocabulary (g) Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, Spanish, etc.

(h) Fields of study: chemistry, engineering, history, literature, mathemathics, psychology, etc. (i) Recreation: soccer, baseball, tennis, chess, bridge, poker, etc. (j) General Activities: driving, studying, swimming, traveling, walking, (and other gerunds) (k) Natural Phenomena: weather, dew, fog, hail, heat, humidity, lightning, rain, sleet, snow, thunder, wind, darkness, light, sunshine, electricity, fire, gravity

Glossary; Dew : tiny drops of moisture, the grass wet with the dew Hail : frozen rain-drops falling from the sky

Sleet : falling snow or hail mixed with rain Smoke : visible vapour (or steam) with particles of carbon Smog : mixture of fog and smoke

Exercise:
Choose the correct form!
1. 2. 3. There werent many/much people at the party. Weve got little/few time. I cant drink this tea. Theres too much/many sugar in it. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. My mother bought some furniture/ furnitures We need to buy some new chairs/chair A porter brings a lot of luggage/luggages How many/how much jewelry do you have? How many/how much friends does she have? She has few/little friends.

Answer the following questions based on your own condition!

1. Where do you like to go shopping? (shopping at discount store, television shopping, shopping at a department store, shopping at a small store, catalog shopping, shopping at a secondhand or thrift store, computer shopping, shopping at a mall). Why? Give your reason! 2. What do you like to buy there? 3. How much money do you spend there?

Reading Shop Till You Drop

Catalog Shopping People in the United States often shop from catalogs. There are spacial catalogs for almost every need-including clothing, furniture, health and beauty products, and things for the kitchen. People also order about 40% of their music from music club catalogs. Customers say that music stores are too noisy.

Television Shopping Television shopping began in 1986. About 5% to 8% the American public now shops by television. Some popular shopping channels are the Home Shopping Network and QVC. Customers say that television shopping is easier than shopping in the store. How do they buy things? They make a phone call and charge the item to their credit card. And TV shopping channels are on late at night, so people can go shopping anytime.

Computer Shopping Is Computer shopping the way of the future? About 37% of American households now have personal computers. And shopping by computer (or shopping-on-line) is interesting to more people every day. Already, shoppers can use their computers to order many different product, flowers, food, Tshirts, and posters. And new on-line shopping services appear every day. Soon people may be able to shop for anything, anytime, anywhere in the world. (New Interchange: 19)

References: Jack C. Richards New Interchange Raymond Murphy English Grammar in Use Azar Betty S Understanding and Using English Grammar

Home assignment 1. Put the words in the list below into their groups! Classical, game show, salsa, science fiction, soap operas, western, talk show, thrillers, horror films, jazz, pop, news. Groups: tv program, music, movies 2. Describing hobby; Write a paragraph about your hobby!

Sixth Meeting: 22nd October, 2012

Hobby Questions using Present Simple Text: Hello my name is Faizal. My hobbies are playing music and playing football. I like playing keybord very much. But, I can not play it very well. I usually play music together with my brother. I also like playing football. I usually play football in the afternoon. I play football in the yard. My favorite football team is the red devil, and my favorite player is Van Persie. I like him very much. He is still young but his skill is very good.

This is my younger brother. His name is Farizki. He is eleven years old. He studies at an elementary school. His hobbies are playing music and playing football. He likes playing drum very much. He plays drum in the evening. He usually plays drum with his teacher on Mondays. He plays drum well. He also likes playing football. He usually plays football in the afternoon. He has a favorite football team. His favorite football team is el barca, and his favorite player is Lionell Andreass Messi. My brother is also a good football player.

 Exercise: Write down some questions using present simple based on the two texts above!

Seventh Meeting: 29th October, 2012

Questions using Present Simple Family

My Family
I live in a small town. I live with my mother, my father, and my younger brother. My father is Mr Hendy. He is a civil servant. My mother is Mrs. Hendy. She is a house wife. My younger brother is an elementary school student. My grand parents live near my house. They have three sons. The first is my father, Hendy. The second is my uncle, Dendy. He lives in Solo. The third is my uncle, Rendy. He lives in Jakarta.

My uncle Dendy has three daughters. They are Nia, Mia, and Dania. My uncle is a lawyer. My uncle usually visits my grand parents once a month. My second uncle, Rendy, lives in Jakarta. He is not married. He is an employee in a bank. He usually visits his parents once in month. So, I have three cousins. They are Nia, Mia, ad Dania. I love my big family.

Exercise:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Explain briefly the following expressions: Grand mother Father Sister Brother Sister-in-law Uncle Aunt Cousin Niece and Nephew