Lesson Goals
- count to 20
- ask "how many?"
- ask "how old are you?"
Let's Start
Here are very basic examples from one to ten:
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I have one blue jacket. |
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Mary has two pets. |
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The three girls are best friends. |
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Jackie is four years old. |
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I have five oranges. |
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My brother is six years old. |
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Bobby has seven books. |
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Our car is eight years old. |
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I have nine sisters and brothers. |
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Maruko is ten years old. |
Here are some very basic examples from eleven to twenty:
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I have eleven books. |
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Haruko has twelve pens. |
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Jimmy has thirteen apples. |
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We have fourteen chairs. |
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They have fifteen bags. |
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I see sixteen birds. |
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Margo has seventeen flowers. |
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He has eighteen pencils. |
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We have nineteen students. |
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There are twenty desks. |
Let's not forget about zero! Zero is 0 = none, nothing!
Conversation
Jane and Keiko visit a cafe. They order drinks and snacks.
Jane: I will have a cup of coffee and two cookies.
Keiko: I will have an iced coffee and one cupcake.
Jane: How much money do you have? I forgot my wallet!
Keiko: I have only fifteen dollars. I think that is enough.
Keiko: Do you come here often, Jane?
Jane: I come here two times a week. I like the cookies.
Keiko: How many brothers and sisters do you have, Jane?
Jane: I have one brother and one sister.
Jane: How old are you Keiko?
Keiko: I am sixteen years old.
Grammar in this Lesson
Nouns and Articles
Singular and Plural Nouns
A1
Use a singular noun for one thing and a plural noun for more than one thing. In this lesson, jacket is singular, while pets is plural with -s.
In the passage
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“I have one blue jacket.”
“Mary has two pets.”
Nouns and Articles
Countable Nouns
A2
Countable nouns are things you can count, so they can use a/an for one item or a number for more than one. Here, a cup and one cupcake are single items, and two cookies shows a plural countable noun.
In the passage
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“I will have a cup of coffee and two cookies.”
“I will have an iced coffee and one cupcake.”
Vocabulary
In the passage
“Here are very basic examples from one to ten:”
“I have one blue jacket.”
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I have one apple.私はりんごを1つ持っています。
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Only one person can enter at a time.一度に入れるのは1人だけです。
In the passage
“Mary has two pets.”
“Jane: I will have a cup of coffee and two cookies.”
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There are two cats on the roof.屋根の上に猫が2匹います。
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Please wait for two minutes.2分待ってください。
In the passage
“The three girls are best friends.”
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She has three brothers.彼女には兄弟が3人います。
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We need three chairs.椅子が3つ必要です。
In the passage
“Jackie is four years old.”
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The meeting starts at four o'clock.会議は4時に始まります。
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He bought four books.彼は本を4冊買いました。
In the passage
“I have five oranges.”
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Five students joined the club.5人の学生がそのクラブに入りました。
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I slept for five hours.私は5時間眠りました。
In the passage
“My brother is six years old.”
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The package arrived in six days.その荷物は6日で届きました。
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There are six slices of cake left.ケーキは6切れ残っています。
In the passage
“Bobby has seven books.”
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My alarm rings at seven.私の目覚ましは7時に鳴ります。
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He finished seven exercises.彼は7問の練習問題を終えました。
In the passage
“Our car is eight years old.”
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The show begins at eight.ショーは8時に始まります。
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She ate eight grapes.彼女はぶどうを8粒食べました。
In the passage
“I have nine sisters and brothers.”
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There are nine players on the field.フィールドには9人の選手がいます。
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The class ended at nine.授業は9時に終わりました。
In the passage
“Here are very basic examples from one to ten:”
“Maruko is ten years old.”
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He can count to ten.彼は10まで数えることができます。
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The box weighs ten kilograms.その箱は10キログラムの重さがあります。
In the passage
“Here are some very basic examples from eleven to twenty:”
“I have eleven books.”
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There are eleven students in the class.そのクラスには11人の生徒がいます。
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My train arrives at eleven o'clock.私の電車は11時に到着します。
In the passage
“Haruko has twelve pens.”
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She bought twelve apples.彼女は12個のりんごを買いました。
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The meeting will start at twelve noon.会議は正午12時に始まります。
In the passage
“Jimmy has thirteen apples.”
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He is thirteen years old.彼は13歳です。
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Thirteen people attended the party.13人がそのパーティーに参加しました。
In the passage
“We have fourteen chairs.”
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There are fourteen pages in this chapter.この章には14ページあります。
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The package arrived after fourteen days.その荷物は14日後に届きました。
In the passage
“They have fifteen bags.”
“Keiko: I have only fifteen dollars.”
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We need fifteen chairs for the event.そのイベントには15脚の椅子が必要です。
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The movie starts in fifteen minutes.映画は15分後に始まります。
In the passage
“I see sixteen birds.”
“Keiko: I am sixteen years old.”
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She has sixteen books on her shelf.彼女の本棚には16冊の本があります。
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My cousin turned sixteen last week.私のいとこは先週16歳になりました。
In the passage
“Margo has seventeen flowers.”
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Seventeen athletes competed in the race.17人の選手がそのレースに出場しました。
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The bus stop is seventeen minutes away.バス停までは17分です。
In the passage
“He has eighteen pencils.”
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He will be eighteen next month.彼は来月18歳になります。
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There are eighteen cookies in the box.箱の中には18枚のクッキーがあります。
In the passage
“We have nineteen students.”
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Nineteen people signed up for the workshop.19人がそのワークショップに申し込みました。
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The temperature reached nineteen degrees today.今日は気温が19度まで上がりました。
In the passage
“Here are some very basic examples from eleven to twenty:”
“There are twenty desks.”
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Twenty players are on the team.チームには20人の選手がいます。
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I have twenty dollars in my wallet.財布には20ドル入っています。
Quizzes
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