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The document is a unit plan for an English 1 course. It outlines the specific objectives of learning demonstrative adjectives and pronouns like this, that, these and those. It then provides explanations of nouns, singular and plural forms of nouns, and how to use demonstrative adjectives and pronouns correctly with nouns. Examples are given to illustrate the uses of this/these and that/those based on proximity. Homework and activities are also mentioned to practice these grammar points.

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The document is a unit plan for an English 1 course. It outlines the specific objectives of learning demonstrative adjectives and pronouns like this, that, these and those. It then provides explanations of nouns, singular and plural forms of nouns, and how to use demonstrative adjectives and pronouns correctly with nouns. Examples are given to illustrate the uses of this/these and that/those based on proximity. Homework and activities are also mentioned to practice these grammar points.

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UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLOGICA DE HONDURAS

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Unit # _2-1__

I. General Information
Course : _English 1______________________ Code: __ INE0204___
Hours: 3 Unit duration: 10 días

Specific Objectives:

The student will focus on people, their family, their possessions and learn
demonstratives adjectives and pronouns this, that, these, and those..

Skills to Develop:
• Can produce simple, mainly isolated phrases about people and places.
• Can ask and answer simple questions, initiate and respond to simple
statements in areas of immediate need or on very familiar topics.
• Can handle numbers, quantities, costs and time.
• Can follow speech that is very slow and carefully articulated, with long
pauses for him/her to assimilate meaning.
• Can understand very short, simple texts a single phrase at a time,
picking up familiar names, words and basic phrases and rereading as
required.
• Can get an idea of the content of simpler informational material and
short, simple descriptions, especially if there is visual support.
• Can write simple, isolated phrases and sentences.
• Can ask for or pass on personal details in written form.
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Forum Description:

After reading the material, the student will be able to participate in the
discussion forum and:

• Practice in a conversation form in the forums.

Activities Description:
You will practice via clearly staged activities in the Grammar Practice,
Vocabulary Practice, and Communication Practice sections. Please remember to
log in and use the available resources as: The Personal Best Language App. The
Workbook, and the Richmond Learning Platform.

Homework Description:
They cover grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation and use accessible graded
texts or audio to contextualize the language point.

II. Content
Introduction to Nouns
INTRODUCTION
Nouns are the building blocks of language learning and English grammar.
Nouns are one of the first things that people study when attempting to learn
any new language. The English language contains more nouns than any other
type of word.

III. Content Development

A noun is a word that refers to a person, place, thing, or idea. It is one of the
basic building blocks for how we refer to things in the world around us. The
other building block is verbs. They tell us what the nouns do.
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Person: mother, father, teacher, Omar, Jenny, student


Place: classroom, town, downstairs, America
Thing: computer, book, car, telephone
Idea: learning, thought, honor
A noun naming an idea, feeling, state, or quality is called an abstract noun.

Here are a few hints to find the nouns in a sentence.

• Nouns often come after an article (a, an, the):


a cup, an automobile, the laundry
• Nouns might be plural forms of other singular nouns:
cats – cats, tree – trees
• A noun might end with -‘s. That means it is the possessive form of the
noun: teacher – teacher’s, boy – boy’s
• Words that end in -ice, -ness, -tion, -sion, -ence, -ance, -ment, -hood, -
dom, -cy, -ist, -ity, or -ism are nouns. They are originally made from
other words. For example: justice, sadness, provision, guidance,
reference

Nouns can change their form. Nouns can refer to one thing (singular nouns).
They can change their form to refer to more than one thing (plural nouns).

Singular and Plural Forms of Nouns

A noun can refer to one thing or to more than one thing. Singular means one.
Plural means more than one.

Example: I am wearing a hat.

The noun hat is singular. I am wearing just one hat.

Example: There must be over a hundred hats in the shop.

The noun hats is plural. There are more than one hundred hats.
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Using Singular and Plural Nouns

You need to know if the noun is singular or plural when you write a sentence.
In sentences, the verb changes for singular or plural nouns. It has to ‘agree’
with the noun. We will learn about this in the lesson Subject-Verb Agreement.

Example: A cow eats grass.

The noun cow is singular. The verb form eats is for the singular.

Example: Cows eat grass.

The noun cows is plural. The verb form eat is for the plural.

Introduction to demonstratives adjectives and pronouns


The use of this, that, these and those is very common in daily language, so that
you can use it correctly when being specific in their language.

Why do we use this and these?


We use this (singular) and these (plural) as pronouns:

• to talk about people or things near us:


- This is a nice cup of tea.
- Whose shoes are these?

• to introduce people:
- This is Janet.
- These are my friends, Juan and Miiguel.
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WARNING:

We don’t say These are Juan and Miguel.

We say This is Juan and this is Miguel.

To introduce ourselves to begin a conversation on the phone:

- Hello, this is David, Can I speak to Sally?


- Why do we use that and those?

We use that (singular) and those (plural):

• to talk about things that are not near us:


- What’s that?
- This is our house, and that’s Rebecca’s house over there.
- Those are very expensive shoes.

We also use that to refer back to something someone said or did:

• Shall we go to the cinema?


• Yes, that’s a good idea.
• I’ve got a new job.
• That’s great.
• I’m very tired.
• Why is that?

this, these, that, those with nouns


We also use this, these, that and those with nouns to show proximity. We use
this and these for people or things near us:

- We have lived in this house for twenty years.


- Have you read all of these books?
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… and that and those for people or things that are not near us:

- Who lives in that house?


- Who are those people?

You can also use demonstratives before a noun. These are called demonstrative
adjectives.

The Demonstrative Adjective needs to agree (= be the same form) as the noun.

Examples of demonstrative adjectives:

- This party is boring. (singular)


- That city is busy. (singular)
- These chocolates are delicious. (plural)
- Those flowers are beautiful. (plural)

BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Rogers, M., Taylore-Knowles, J & Taylore-Knowles, S. (2014). Open Mind 1A
Textbook. (2nd Edition). Oxford, G.B.: Macmillan Education Elt.

2. Rogers, M., Taylore-Knowles, J & Taylore-Knowles, S. (2014). Open Mind 1A


Workbook. (2nd Edition). Oxford, G.B.: Macmillan Education Elt.

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