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This teaching material sample is about: the basic pronouns in nominative, the A-Conjugation in present form and the rhythmic law in Slovak

Willett, Oľga

Verb    to have

Mať                                                        A= conjugation


Ja     mám            I have or I am having                      ………   á  m
Ty     máš             you have or You are having            ………  á  š
On    má               he has                                               ……… á	                      
Ona  má               she has                                                ……. á
Ono  má               child has                                             ……   á
To     má               it has                                                     ……á

                                       
My    máme          we have                                                          á me
Vy     máte            you have                                                        á te
Oni    majú            they have                                                      a jú
Ony   majú            they have                                                      a jú             

N.B.  In Slovak language the pronouns: JA, TY, etc. are only used with verbs when we want to emphasize. 

Bývať v Londýne     to live in London

Bývam                      ……… a   m
Bývaš                        ………a   š
Býva                          ………a
Bývame                     ………a   me
Bývate                     ………..a    te
bývajú	  ……… a    jú   

N.B. The pronouns JA, TY, etc. are only used with verbs when we want to emphasize. 

Examples:    

čítať  knihu                         to read   a book
plávať                                 to swim
čakať na autobus               to wait for a bus

Practice your conjugation:  
Ja čítam……………                       I……
Ty…………….                               You……. Singular   (TY and VY like French TU and VOUS)



Note: when previous vowel is long, the “á” is shortened to “a” e.g. “bývam”, but čakať is čakám. (this is the “rhythmic law” in Slovak, not in Czech language).



English

Verb "to have" or "mať".

With the help of these exercises students can consolidate their knowledge of the form of the accusative, and improve their understanding of the function of this suffix. The dialogue helps students to acquire communicative skills

Tarsoly, Eszter

Fill in the gaps with the accusative suffix, using the appropriate linking vowel or no linking vowel.

Péter az olasz nyelv___ tanulja, de francia újság___ olvas. 
A túristák egy utca___ néznek és az üzletek___ az utcán. Az utcáról a folyó____ és a vár ___ is lehet látni.
Nem két süteményt kérek, hanem három___. A másik vendég öt___ eszik meg.
Nem kérünk banán___ és a vegetáriánusok nem kérnek nyúl___.
A vendég kolbász___ kér vacsorára. Nem eszik kacsa___ és bárány___ csak marhahús___.
Te minden___ tudsz? Én nem tudok semmi___.
Ez az úr egy hölgy___ vár a bárban.
Kenyér___, tej___, vaj___ és gyümölcs___ teszek az asztalra.

Decide which nouns and pronouns from the following dialogue need to be in the accusative and add the suffix to them. All nouns and pronouns have been underlined; all you have to do is to consider their role in the sentences.

	Jó nap kívánok.
	Jó nap.
	Egy kávé kérek és egy melegszendvics.
	Sajnos nincs ma melegszendvics, elfogyott. De van egy nagyon finom gombaleves. Az tudom ajánlani.
	Hmmm. Lehet itt venni túrós táska és sós perec?
	Még egy perec van, de ez az utolsó. Túrós táska pont most hoznak, frissen. A zsömle és a kifli is nagyon friss.
	Akkor kérek egy zsömle és két kifli. Hat szelet párizsi és tizenöt deka pikszalámi is kérek. Van vaj vagy sajtkrém?
	Van egy nagyon finom sajtkrém. A vaj a hűtőben van.
	Akkor egy sajtkrém is legyen szíves.
	Ez minden vagy lesz még valami más?
	Más nem kérek, köszönöm.
	Nyolcszázhetven forint kérek. A sajtkrém a táskába teszem, jó?
	Jó, köszönöm.
	Viszlát.



Hungarian

Accusative: practising form and function

A puzzle involving the formation of sentences using indirect objects in the dative case. Suitable for intermediate (GCSE and AS-level) learners of German. One possible solution is provided

Heady, Katy

Sagen	Sie 	mir 	die Wahrheit	
Wir	haben 	den Gästen	die Stadt	gezeigt
Sie 	verkaufen 	uns 	das Auto	
Meine Eltern	haben 	mir	viele alte Bücher	  gegeben         
Meine Schwester	hat 	ihnen	eine lustige Geschichte	 erzählt              
Ich	schicke	euch 	die Information	
Bringst	du 	dem Mann	seinen Kaffee?	
Dative for Indirect Object Puzzle

Make one copy of the table below for each group of two or three students. Cut up the table so that each box is on a separate piece of paper. Give each group of students a complete set of the sentence fragments, and ask them to form seven sentences from the fragments. There are several solutions!




Sagen	Sie 	mir 	die Wahrheit	
Wir	haben 	den Gästen	die Stadt	gezeigt
Sie 	verkaufen 	uns 	das Auto	
Meine Eltern	haben 	mir	viele alte Bücher	  gegeben         
Meine Schwester	hat 	ihnen	eine lustige Geschichte	 erzählt              
Ich	schicke	euch 	die Information	
Bringst	du 	dem Mann	seinen Kaffee?	




This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. Please attribute Katy Heady when re-using.




German

Dative for indirect object puzzle

A short video clip on the main duties of presidents of different nations. Student level: upper-intermediate for German languag

Kaltschuetz, Denise/ DK

Welche Aufgaben haben Staatsoberhaeupter?

Introduction to the Estonian alphabet, spelling, and pronunciatio

Moseley, Christopher

The Estonian language – alphabet and pronunciation 
Estonian is one of the smaller languages of Europe, with just under a million speakers in the 
Republic of Estonia itself – located in north-eastern Europe, by the Baltic Sea, between the 
Gulf of Finland and Latvia. [map here] 
It is also spoken by emigrant Estonian communities in Sweden, the USA, Canada, Australia 
and also the UK. Some of these emigrant communities are older-established ones, but many 
foreign-born Estonians are descended from people who fled the country during its 
occupation by the Soviet Union (1940-1991). Estonia has been an independent republic since 
1991, but before that it enjoyed one other period of independence (like the other Baltic states 
of Latvia and Lithuania), between the two World Wars, from 1918 to 1940. [flag and coat of 
arms here]  
Although the language might look and sound completely alien to speakers of English and 
most other European languages, it actually hides many layers of loan-words laid down by 
the country’s previous occupiers – the most important being German and Swedish. If you 
come to know Estonian better, you might learn to recognise these extra layers. The 
vocabulary of a language gives away the secrets of its history, the influences on it, but the 
sound system might serve to hide those influences.  That is certainly true of Estonian. This 
language is one of the West Finnic branch of the Finno-Ugrian language family, and so its 
only major close relative is Finnish. In Europe ts is more distantly related to Hungarian, and 
to some of the minority languages spoken in Russia. 
Let’s introduce the sounds and letters of Estonian. Luckily these amount to pretty much the 
same thing, as Estonian is written more or less just as it is spoken. 
Vowels can be short or long, and when they are long they are written double. There are nine 
vowels in Estonian: [use sound-clips at appropriate places after each example, triggered by moving 
the cursor] 
a short as in kala ‘fish’, long as in saab ‘(he/she) gets’ 
e short as in vesi ‘water’, long as in leek ‘flame’ 
i short as in ring ‘circle’, long as in hiir ‘mouse’ 
o short as in morss ‘juice drink’, long as in nool ‘arrow’ 
u short as in kuld ‘gold’, long as in suu ‘mouth’ 
õ short as in sõna ‘word’, long as in mõõk ‘sword’ 
ä short as in käsi ‘hand’ long as in räägin ‘(I) speak’ 
ö short as in köha ‘cough’, long as in sööb ‘(he/she) eats’ 
ü short as in lühike ‘short’, long as in süü ‘cause, blame’ 
The consonants are also pronounced and written short and long. (There is also an extra 
degree of spoken length, which you can learn later as you come to practice the language.) 
Although all the c0nsonants of the Roman alphabet are recognised by Estonians and used in 
foreign words, not all of them are used in native words. Here are the consonants that are. 
Some of these words you will recognise from the list of words in the vowel examples above: 
b as in saab 
d as in saad ‘(you) get’   
g as in mägi  
h as in köha 
j as in jalg ‘leg’, long in majja ‘into the house’  
k as in kala, long in nokk ‘beak’  
l as in lühike, long in sulle ‘to you’  
m as in maa ‘land, earth’, long in samm ‘step’ 
n as in nool, long in sinna ‘to there’ 
p in pool ‘half’, long in sepp ‘smith’ 
r in ring  (and notice how the ng is pronounced as two separate sounds), long in surra ‘to 
die’ 
s in saab, long in kass ‘cat’ 
t in tere! ‘hi! hello!’, long in nutta ‘to weep’ 
v in vesi    
Notice how the stress always falls on the first syllable in Estonian.  
     
         


Estonian alphabet and pronunciation

Nadu, Judit

Rank Word 48 an 96 down
1 the 49 each 97 side
2 of 50 she 98 been
3 to 51 which 99 now
4 and 52 do 100 find
5 a 53 their 101 any
6 in 54 time 102 new
7 is 55 if 103 work
8 it 56 will 104 part
9 you 57 way 105 take
10 that 58 about 106 get
11 he 59 many 107 place
12 was 60 then 108 made
13 for 61 them 109 live
14 on 62 write 110 where
15 are 63 would 111 after
16 with 64 like 112 back
17 as 65 so 113 little
18 I 66 these 114 only
19 his 67 her 115 round
20 they 68 long 116 man
21 be 69 make 117 year
22 at 70 thing 118 came
23 one 71 see 119 show
24 have 72 him 120 every
25 this 73 two 121 good
26 from 74 has 122 me
27 or 75 look 123 give
28 had 76 more 124 our
29 by 77 day 125 under
30 hot 78 could 126 name
31 word 79 go 127 very
32 but 80 come 128 through
33 what 81 did 129 just
34 some 82 number 130 form
35 we 83 sound 131 sentence
36 can 84 no 132 great
37 out 85 most 133 think
38 other 86 people 134 say
39 were 87 my 135 help
40 all 88 over 136 low
41 there 89 know 137 line
42 when 90 water 138 differ
43 up 91 than 139 turn
44 use 92 call 140 cause
45 your 93 first 141 much
46 how 94 who 142 mean
47 said 95 may 143 before
  1000 Most Common Words in English - Numbers 1 - 250 - Vocabulary for ESL EFL 
TEFL TOEFL TESL English Learners
Rank Word Rank Word Rank Word
144 move 194 mother 244 press
145 right 195 world 245 close
146 boy 196 near 246 night
147 old 197 build 247 real
148 too 198 self 248 life
149 same 199 earth 249 few
150 tell 200 father 250 north
151 does 201 head
152 set 202 stand
153 three 203 own
154 want 204 page
155 air 205 should
156 well 206 country
157 also 207 found
158 play 208 answer
159 small 209 school
160 end 210 grow
161 put 211 study
162 home 212 still
163 read 213 learn
164 hand 214 plant
165 port 215 cover
166 large 216 food
167 spell 217 sun
168 add 218 four
169 even 219 between
170 land 220 state
171 here 221 keep
172 must 222 eye
173 big 223 never
174 high 224 last
175 such 225 let
176 follow 226 thought
177 act 227 city
178 why 228 tree
179 ask 229 cross
180 men 230 farm
181 change 231 hard
182 went 232 start
183 light 233 might
184 kind 234 story
185 off 235 saw
186 need 236 far
187 house 237 sea
188 picture 238 draw
189 try 239 left
190 us 240 late
191 again 241 run
192 animal 242 don't
193 point 243 while
Rank Word Rank Word Rank Word
251 open 297 color 343 told
252 seem 298 face 344 knew
253 together 299 wood 345 pass
254 next 300 main 346 since
255 white 301 enough 347 top
256 children 302 plain 348 whole
257 begin 303 girl 349 king
258 got 304 usual 350 space
259 walk 305 young 351 heard
260 example 306 ready 352 best
261 ease 307 above 353 hour
262 paper 308 ever 354 better
263 group 309 red 355 true .
264 always 310 list 356 during
265 music 311 though 357 hundred
266 those 312 feel 358 five
267 both 313 talk 359 remember
268 mark 314 bird 360 step
269 often 315 soon 361 early
270 letter 316 body 362 hold
271 until 317 dog 363 west
272 mile 318 family 364 ground
273 river 319 direct 365 interest
274 car 320 pose 366 reach
275 feet 321 leave 367 fast
276 care 322 song 368 verb
277 second 323 measure 369 sing
278 book 324 door 370 listen
279 carry 325 product 371 six
280 took 326 black 372 table
281 science 327 short 373 travel
282 eat 328 numeral 374 less
283 room 329 class 375 morning
284 friend 330 wind 376 ten
285 began 331 question 377 simple
286 idea 332 happen 378 several
287 fish 333 complete 379 vowel
288 mountain 334 ship 380 toward
289 stop 335 area 381 war
290 once 336 half 382 lay
291 base 337 rock 383 against
292 hear 338 order 384 pattern
293 horse 339 fire 385 slow
294 cut 340 south 386 center
295 sure 341 problem 387 love
  1000 Most Common Words in 
English - Numbers 251 - 500 - 
Vocabulary for ESL EFL TEFL TOEFL 
TESL English Learners
296 watch 342 piece 388 person
Rank Word Rank Word Rank Word
389 money 440 free 491 snow
390 serve 441 minute 492 tire
391 appear 442 strong 493 bring
392 road 443 special 494 yes
393 map 444 mind 495 distant
394 rain 445 behind 496 fill
395 rule 446 clear 497 east
396 govern 447 tail 498 paint
397 pull 448 produce 499 language
398 cold 449 fact 500 among
399 notice 450 street
400 voice 451 inch
401 unit 452 multiply
402 power 453 nothing
403 town 454 course
404 fine 455 stay
405 certain 456 wheel
406 fly 457 full
407 fall 458 force
408 lead 459 blue
409 cry 460 object
410 dark 461 decide
411 machine 462 surface
412 note 463 deep
413 wait 464 moon
414 plan 465 island
415 figure 466 foot
416 star 467 system
417 box 468 busy
418 noun 469 test
419 field 470 record
420 rest 471 boat
421 correct 472 common
422 able 473 gold
423 pound 474 possible
424 done 475 plane
425 beauty 476 stead
426 drive 477 dry
427 stood 478 wonder
428 contain 479 laugh
429 front 480 thousand
430 teach 481 ago
431 week 482 ran
432 final 483 check
433 gave 484 game
434 green 485 shape
435 oh 486 equate
436 quick 487 hot
437 develop 488 miss
438 ocean 489 brought
439 warm 490 heat
Rank Word Rank Word Rank Word
501 grand 547 egg 592 bear
502 ball 548 ride 593 finish
503 yet 549 cell 594 happy
504 wave 550 believe 595 hope
505 drop 551 fraction 596 flower
506 heart 552 forest 597 clothe
507 am 553 sit 598 strange
508 present 554 race 599 gone
509 heavy 555 window 600 jump
510 dance 556 store 601 baby
511 engine 557 summer 602 eight
512 position 558 train 603 village
513 arm 559 sleep 604 meet
514 wide 560 prove 605 root
515 sail 561 lone 606 buy
516 material 562 leg 607 raise
517 size 563 exercise 608 solve
518 vary 564 wall 609 metal
519 settle 565 catch 610 whether
520 speak 566 mount 611 push
521 weight 567 wish 612 seven
522 general 568 sky 613 paragraph
523 ice 569 board 614 third
524 matter 570 joy 615 shall
525 circle 571 winter 616 held
526 pair 572 sat 617 hair
527 include 573 written 618 describe
528 divide 574 wild 619 cook
529 syllable 575 620 floor
530 felt 576 kept 621 either
531 perhaps 577 glass 622 result
532 pick 578 grass 623 burn
533 sudden 579 cow 624 hill
534 count 580 job 625 safe
535 square 581 edge 626 cat
536 reason 582 sign 627 century
537 length 583 visit 628 consider
538 represent 584 past 629 type
539 art 585 soft 630 law
540 subject 586 fun 631 bit
541 region 587 bright 632 coast
542 energy 588 gas 633 copy
543 hunt 589 weather 634 phrase
544 probable 590 month 635 silent
545 bed 591 million 636 tall
1000 Most Common Words in English - 
Numbers 501 - 725 - Vocabulary for ESL 
EFL TEFL TOEFL TESL English Learners
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Rank Word Rank Word Rank Word
546 brother 686 poor 736 brown
637 sand 687 lot 737 wear
638 soil 688 738 garden
639 roll 689 bottom 739 equal
640 temperature 690 key 740 sent
641 finger 691 iron 741 choose
642 industry 692 single 742 fell
643 value 693 stick 743 fit
644 fight 694 flat 744 flow
645 lie 695 twenty 745 fair
646 beat 696 skin 746 bank
647 excite 697 smile 747 collect
648 natural 698 crease 748 save
649 view 699 hole 749 control
650 sense 700 trade 750 decimal
651 ear 701 melody
652 else 702 trip
653 quite 703 office
654 broke 704 receive
655 case 705 row
656 middle 706 mouth
657 kill 707 exact
658 son 708 symbol
659 lake 709 die
660 moment 710 least
661 scale 711 trouble
662 loud 712 shout
663 spring 713 except
664 observe 714 wrote
665 child 715 seed
666 straight 716 tone
667 consonant 717 join
668 nation 718 suggest
669 dictionary 719 clean
670 milk 720 break
671 speed 721 lady
672 method 722 yard
673 organ 723 rise
674 pay 724 bad
675 age 725 blow
676 section 726 oil
677 dress 727 blood
678 cloud 728 touch
679 surprise 729 grew
680 quiet 730 cent
681 stone 731 mix
682 tiny 732 team
683 climb 733 wire
684 cool 734 cost
685 design 735 lost
p
t
Rank Word Rank Word Rank Word
751 gentle 797 thick 842 print
752 woman 798 soldier 843 dead
753 captain 799 process 844 spot
754 practice 800 operate 845 desert
755 separate 801 guess 846 suit
756 difficult 802 necessary 847 current
757 doctor 803 sharp 848 lift
758 please 804 wing 840 rose
759 protect 805 create 850 continue
760 noon 806 neighbor 851 block
761 whose 807 wash 852 chart
762 locate 808 bat 853 hat
763 ring 809 rather 854 sell
764 character 810 crowd 855 success
765 insect 811 corn 856 company
766 caught 812 compare 857 subtract
767 period 813 poem 858 event
768 indicate 814 string 859 particular
769 radio 815 bell 860 deal
770 spoke 816 depend 961 swim
771 atom 817 meat 862 term
772 human 818 rub 863 opposite
773 history 819 tube 864 wife
774 effect 820 famous 865 shoe
775 electric 921 dollar 866 shoulder
776 expect 822 stream 867 spread
777 crop 823 fear 868 arrange
778 modern 284 sight 869 camp
779 element 825 thin 870 invent
780 hit 826 triangle 871 cotton
781 student 827 planet 872 born
782 corner 828 hurry 873 determine
783 party 829 chief 874 quart
784 supply 930 colony 875 nine
785 bone 831 clock 876 truck
786 rail 832 mine 877 noise
787 imagine 833 tie 878 level
788 provide 834 enter 879 chance
789 agree 835 major 880 gather
790 thus 836 fresh 881 shop
791 capital 837 search 882 stretch
792 won't 838 send 883 throw
793 chair 839 yellow 884 shine
794 danger 840 gun 885 property
795 fruit 841 allow 886 column
1000 Most Common Words in English - 
Numbers 726 - 1000 - Vocabulary for 
ESL EFL TEFL TOEFL TESL English 
Learners
Rank Word Rank Word Rank Word
796 rich 937 win 988 speech
887 molecule 938 dream 989 nature
888 select 939 evening 990 range
889 wrong 940 condition 991 steam
890 gray 941 feed 992 motion
891 repeat 942 tool 993 path
892 require 943 ]total 994 liquid
893 broad 944 basic 995 log
894 prepare 945 smell 996 meant
895 salt 946 valley 997 quotient
896 nose 947 nor 998 teeth
897 plural 948 double 999 shell
898 anger 949 seat 1000 neck
899 claim 950 arrive
900 continent 951 master
901 oxygen 952 track
902 sugar 953 parent
903 death 954 shore
904 pretty 955 division
905 skill 956 sheet
906 women 957 substance
907 season 958 favor
908 solution 959 connect
909 magnet 960 post
910 silver 961 spend
911 thank 962 chord
912 branch 963 fat
913 match 964 glad
914 suffix 965 original
915 especial 966 share
916 fig 967 station
917 afraid 968 dad
918 huge 969 bread
919 sister 970 charge
920 steel 971 proper
921 discuss 972 bar
922 forward 973 offer
923 similar 974 segment
924 guide 975 slave
925 experience 976 duck
926 score 977 instant
927 apple 978 market
928 bought 979 degree
929 led 980 populate
930 pitch 981 chick
931 coat 982 dear
932 mass 983 enemy
933 card 984 reply
934 band 985 drink
935 rope 986 occur
936 slip 987 support


Common Words

Learn words and sentences in relate to food and drinks. A lesson plan is attached

Zhang, Qiaochao

Lesson six  
Food and drinks 
04/03/2012 1 Qiaochao Zhang q.zhang9@aston.ac.uk 
Lesson objectives 
Today we will learn… 
 words for drinks, 
 words for food, 
 to use verbs ‘chi’, ‘he’ and ‘xihuan’, 
 to order food and drinks, 
 to write a few Chinese characters. 
 
04/03/2012 2 Qiaochao Zhang q.zhang9@aston.ac.uk 
Drinks  
shuǐ 
water 
 
niúnǎi  
milk 
 
kělè 
cola 
kāfēi 
coffee 
 
chá  
tea 
 
guǒzhī 
juice 
04/03/2012 3 Qiaochao Zhang q.zhang9@aston.ac.uk 
What are these? 
 
04/03/2012 Qiaochao Zhang q.zhang9@aston.ac.uk 4 
What do you like to drink? 
 xǐhuan                   hē 
    like                    drink 
 
 Nǐ xǐhuan hē shénme ？ 
 What do you like to drink? 
 
 Wǒ xǐhuan hē chá 。 
 I like to drink tea. 
04/03/2012 Qiaochao Zhang q.zhang9@aston.ac.uk 5 
Tell us your favourite drinks 
 Wǒ xǐhuan hē… 
04/03/2012 Qiaochao Zhang q.zhang9@aston.ac.uk 6 
Food  
04/03/2012 Qiaochao Zhang q.zhang9@aston.ac.uk 7 
miànbāo 
bread 
  
jīdàn 
egg 
  
yú 
fish 
hànbǎo bāo 
hamburger 
  
shǔ tiáo 
chips 
  
bǐsà bǐng 
pizza 
What are these? 
 
04/03/2012 Qiaochao Zhang q.zhang9@aston.ac.uk 8 
04/03/2012 Qiaochao Zhang q.zhang9@aston.ac.uk 9 
miàntiáo 
noodles  
 
chūnjuǎn  
spring roll 
 
kǎoyā  
roast duck 
huǒ guō  
hotpot 
 
jiǎozi  
dumpling 
 
mǐfàn 
cooked rice 
What are these? 
 
04/03/2012 Qiaochao Zhang q.zhang9@aston.ac.uk 10 
What do you like to eat? 
 chī 
   eat 
 
   Nǐ xǐhuan chī shénme ？ 
   What do you like to eat? 
  
Wǒ xǐhuan chī kǎoyā 。 
   I like to eat roast duck. 
04/03/2012 Qiaochao Zhang q.zhang9@aston.ac.uk 11 
Tell us your favourite food 
 Wǒ xǐhuan chī… 
04/03/2012 Qiaochao Zhang q.zhang9@aston.ac.uk 12 
04/03/2012 Qiaochao Zhang q.zhang9@aston.ac.uk 13 
Listen to the following sentences and decide weather the 
statements are true (T) or false (F) 
1. I like to eat fish.    (      ) 
 
2. I like to drink coffee.    (      ) 
 
3. I do not like to eat noodles.    (       ) 
 
4. Do you like to drink milk?    (       ) 
 
5. I do not like to drink juice.    (       ) 
Listening script and answers 
04/03/2012 Qiaochao Zhang q.zhang9@aston.ac.uk 14 
1. Wǒ xǐhuan chī kǎoyā 。 
      I like to eat roast duck. 
 
2. Wǒ xǐhuan hē kāfēi 。  
      I like to drink coffee. 
 
3. Wǒ bù xǐhuan chī mǐfàn 。 
      I do not like to eat cooked rice. 
 
4. Nǐ xǐhuan hē niúnǎi ma ？  
      Do you like to drink milk? 
 
5. Wǒ bù xǐhuan hē chá 。 
      I do not like to drink tea. 
1.   F      2.  T    3.  F    4.   T    5.   F 
Order food and drinks 
04/03/2012 Qiaochao Zhang q.zhang9@aston.ac.uk 15 
Nǐ diǎn shénme ？ 
What would you like to order? 
  
Wǒ yào miàntiáo hé kǎoyā, wǒ hái yào shuǐ 。 
I would like to order noodles and roast duck, 
and I also would like some water. 
yào…, hái yào… 
want…, also want…  
Can you order something to eat 
and to drink? 
04/03/2012 Qiaochao Zhang q.zhang9@aston.ac.uk 16 
Learn some characters 
Water        水        shuǐ  
Tea             茶        chá  
Coffee        咖啡     kāfēi  
Juice           果汁     guǒzhī  
Milk            牛奶     niúnǎi 
04/03/2012 Qiaochao Zhang q.zhang9@aston.ac.uk 17 
Conclusion  
Today we have learned… 
 words for drinks, such as water, tea, coffee, 
milk, juice, cola; 
 words for food, such as bread, egg, fish, 
hamburger, chips, pizza, noodle, rice, hotpot,  
spring roll, roast duck, dumpling; 
 verbs ‘chi’, ‘he’, ‘xihuan’; 
 to order food and drinks using ‘dian’, ‘yao…, 
hai yao…’; 
 a few characters. 
04/03/2012 Qiaochao Zhang q.zhang9@aston.ac.uk 18 


Lesson six food and drinks- Chinese

Role-play to practise how to invite someone to do something with you and to make arrangements. (The FAVOR project

LOPEZ, NURIA

ACTIVIDAD ORAL
INVITACIONES Y PREPARATIVOS
INFORMACIÓN PARA EL PROFESOR
Objetivos 
Introducción al tema de las invitaciones, hobbies y preparativos a través de la práctica de la 
destreza oral.
Metodología
Introducir en primer lugar la tabla de vocabulario y ampliarla pidiendo a los estudiantes que 
añadan otras frases útiles para este tema.
Dividir la clase en parejas y entregar una copia de las tarjetas para el role-play.
Insistir en que utilicen vocabulario variado usando la tabla vista anteriormente.
El role-play puede ampliarse si los estudiantes piensan en actividades que a ellos les gusta hacer 
e invitan a sus compañeros. Los preparativos también pueden hacerse más detallados para 
añadir complejidad a la actividad.
Nivel de conocimientos
Inicial/Intermedio
Duración
30-45 minutos
INVITACIONES y PREPARATIVOS
(Invitations and Arrangements)
Hacer sugerencias
(Making suggestions)
Aceptar invitaciones
(Accepting invitations)
¿Te gustaría ir (conmigo) a …?
Would you like to go to … (with me)?
Si estás libre hoy, vamos a …
If you are free today, let’s go to …
¿Quieres ir a …?
Do you want to go to…?
¿Por qué no vamos a …?
Why do not we go to …?
¿Qué tal si …?/¿Qué te parece si …?
What do you think if …?
Podemos/Podríamos …
We can/could …
Sí, ¡qué buena idea!
Yes, what a good idea!
De acuerdo/Vale, tengo todo el día libre
OK, I have the whole day free
¡Cómo no!/¡Claro!, ¿a qué hora?/¿cuándo?
Sure! What time?/ When?
Por supuesto, gracias por la invitación
Of course! Thanks for the invitation
¡Estupendo!/¡Genial!/¡Muy bien!
Fantastic!
Rechazar invitaciones
(Rejecting invitations)
Hacer preparativos
(Making arrangements)
Tengo mucho que hacer ese día. Otro día, 
quizás
I have a lot to do that day. Another day, 
perhaps 
Me gustaría mucho, pero no puedo porque 
I’d like to very much, but I cannot because...
¡Qué lástima/pena! Esta tarde estoy ocupado
What a shame! This afternoon I’m busy
No, gracias, no me apetece/Gracias, pero no 
me gusta …
No, thanks, I don´t feel like it/Thanks, but I  
don´t like …
¿Te paso a buscar?
Shall I pick you up?
¿Dónde quedamos?                
Podemos quedar en …
Where shall we meet?            
We can meet at …
¿A qué hora quedamos?
What time shall we meet?
¿Cómo vamos a ir...?  
How are we going? 
Puedo llevar mi coche/Podemos ir en tren, 
caminando, en taxi …
I can take my car/We can go by train, on foot,  
by taxi …
ESTUDIANTE A
Primera
parte
Invita a tu compañero/a a las siguientes actividades y haced preparativos para las 
invitaciones que sean aceptadas:
Invite your partner to the following activities and make arrangements for the 
invitations accepted:
una exposición de arte (an art exhibition)
una fiesta de disfraces (a fancy dress party)
una conferencia sobre Sudamérica (a conference about South America)
un concierto (a concert)
esquiar en los Pirineos (to ski in the Pyreneens)
Segunda
parte
Tu compañero/a te invita a: 
Your partner invites you to:
el teatro (the theatre) RECHAZA la invitación 
un restaurante italiano (an Italian restaurant) ACEPTA la invitación 
la ópera (to the opera) RECHAZA la invitación
hacer paracaidismo (parachuting) RECHAZA la invitación
jugar a la ajedrez (to play chess) ACEPTA la invitación 
ESTUDIANTE B
Primera
parte
Tu compañero/a te invita a: 
Your partner invites you to:
una exposición de arte (an art exhibition) ACEPTA la invitación 
una fiesta de disfraces (a fancy dress party) ACEPTA la invitación 
una conferencia sobre Sudamérica RECHAZA la invitación 
(a conference about South America)
un concierto (a concert) ACEPTA la invitación 
esquiar en los Pirineos (to ski in the Pyreneens) RECHAZA la invitación
Segunda
parte
Invita a tu compañero/a a las siguientes actividades y haced preparativos para las 
invitaciones que sean aceptadas:
Invite your partner to the following activities and make arrangements for the 
invitations accepted:
el teatro (the theatre)
un restaurante italiano (an Italian restaurant)
la ópera (to the opera)
hacer paracaidismo (parachuting)
jugar a la ajedrez (to play chess)


Spanish

Oral Activity Invitations and Arrangements in Spanish

A compilation of 21 cartoons about the economic crisis by El Roto, the popular cartoonist of the Spanish newspaper El Pais. An excellent resource to cover this topic with advanced students. The FAVOR project

The economic crisis in 21 cartoons. Published by El Roto in El Pais.

In this lesson you will learn some words for transport, and some sentence patterns in relation to the topic. You will also learn a few characters. There is a powerpoint file and a teacher's guide

Transport  
Lesson objective 
In today’s lesson we will learn… 
 
 words for transport; 
 a few verbs, such as ‘take’, ‘ride’ and ‘go’; 
 a question word – how; 
 a sentence pattern; 
 a few characters. 
Transport  
jiàochē 
 
car  
kāi chē 
 
Drive (car) 
gōnggòng qìchē 
 
bus 
 
zuò qìchē 
 
take bus 
huǒchē 
 
train 
zuò huǒchē 
 
take train 
 
fēijī 
 
plane 
zuò fēijī 
 
take plane 
 
zìxíngchē 
 
bicycle  
qí chē 
 
ride bike 
zǒu lù 
 
walk 
qí mǎ 
 
ride horse 
What are these? 
What are they doing? 
Use question word ‘zenme’ 
Sentence pattern 
 
      Nǐ zěnme qù…? 
 
      How do you go to…? 
 
For example 
 
      Nǐ zěnme qù xuéxiào? 
 
      How do you go to school? 
  
 
 
Do you remember how to say these  places in 
Chinese? 
Can you ask questions using ‘zenme’? 
 
Sentence pattern 
Subject + transport + go + place 
 
For example 
 
 Wǒ zuò qìchē qù xuéxiào. 
    I take bus to school. 
 
 Wǒ zuò huǒchē qù Lúndūn. 
    I take train to London. 
 
Practice the sentence pattern using the following pictures 
Listen to the following sentences and match the 
pictures 
A few characters 
坐              zuò           sit/take 
火车        huǒchē       train  
自行车   zìxíngchē    bicycle 
去              qù             go  
飞机         fēijī           plane 
Conclusion  
In this lesson we have learnt… 
 
 words for transport, such as ‘car’, ‘bus’, ‘train’, ‘plane’, 
‘bicycle’; 
 a few verbs, such as ‘take’, ‘drive’, ‘ride’, ‘walk’, ‘go’; 
 to use the question word ‘zenme’ as in ‘how do you go 
to…?’; 
 a sentence pattern;  
 a few more characters. 
