Everyday English (Elementary)

Topic: Eat the Rainbow

Lesson Notes October 3, 2023 (Elementary)

• What did everyone do on the weekend? Go anywhere? Do anything? Cook a good meal? Read a good book?

• My niece will become a paramedic in ambulance.

• She’s about 165cm tall and muscular.

• I can’t imagine her at the scene of a fire.

• The concert was streamed to movie theatres around Japan.

• You could watch the concert live at movie theatres.

• I gently cleaned the paste off.

Eat the Rainbow

Countable

• Singular and plural forms

• We see them as separate items

• Examples: grape / grapes, sweet potato / sweet potatoes, orange / oranges, apple / apples, Brussels sprout / Brussels sprouts

Uncountable

• Have one form (typically we do not add -s)

• We can’t count the item separately. It’s a whole or mass

• Examples: lettuce / broccoli / cauliflower / cabbage / bean sprouts

Vocabulary

• Forgive and forget; meaning “It's okay, and I won't be upset anymore.”

• Gossip; (noun) similar to “rumour”

• Paramedic; (noun) a person trained in emergency medical care

• Paste; (noun) a sticky substance like glue