breakfast with eric and ernie
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Breakfast with Eric and Ernie
Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise were two famous British comedians. This clip shows how they make breakfast when they are listening to the radio.
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Breakfast with Eric and ErnieYou are going to
1. discuss breakfast 2. look at breakfast / kitchen words 3. watch a video about breakfast 4. practise asking and answering questions in the present simple 5. practise using auxiliaries in the present simple - Do, Don't, Does,
Doesn't 6. describe what you do for breakfast
Teacher's note. This activity is designed to practise the present simple. By substituting Did for Do / Does it can also practise the past. Students can describe the activity in the past if they know the past forms of eat, drink, make, put, throw, catch, beat (eggs), squeeze, open, close, toss (pancakes), cut, take
Revise and practise the present simple here http://efllecturer.blogspot.com/2011/04/present-simple.html
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Discuss
1) What time do you have breakfast?
2) What do you eat and drink for breakfast? Do you• drink tea? • drink coffee? • drink orange juice? • eat a cereal? • eat toast? • eat bacon and eggs? • eat biscuit? • eat pancakes? • make your breakfast?
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3) Look at the photo. What can you see on the table?
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Describe your kitchen.
4) What is your kitchen like? Describe it.
5) Have you got these in your kitchen?
6) What other things have you got in your kitchen? Make a list in 1 minute.eg kettle, cooker...
milk
bowls
cups
tray
plates
cupboards
eggs
knife
kettle
teapot
bread
toaster
lemons
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Check
1) Vocabulary checkWhat do these words mean?throw, catch, slices, beat (eggs), squeeze, open, close, toss (pancakes), cut, take
2) Look at the photos. What are their names?
Eric Ernie
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Look at the list of breakfast activities before you watch.
Put their names next to the activities you see them do. Four are done for you. Put a cross X if you don't see them do it.
Breakfast activities
• listen to the radio √ = Eric and Ernie
• eat breakfast cereal • drink coffee = X (They don't
drink coffee) • eat biscuits • throw slices of bread • catch the bread • put bread in the toaster • open the cupboards
• cut the lemons √ = Eric • squeeze lemons • toss pancakes • put water in the tea pot • make the tea • catch the toast • take sausages out of the fridge • eat bacon and eggs
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Answers√ Eric √ ErnieEric catches the bread Ernie throws the slices of bread
Eric puts the bread in the toaster Ernie beats the eggs
Eric opens the cupboards Ernie puts water in the tea pot
Eric cuts the lemons Ernie makes the tea
Eric tosses the pancakes Ernie catches the toast
Eric takes the sausages out of the fridge
√ Eric and Ernie... X Eric and Ernie don’t…
They listen to the radio They don’t drink coffee
They eat breakfast cereal They don’t eat biscuits
They squeeze lemons They don’t eat bacon and eggs
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Practise
Ask and answer questions in pairsFor example• Does Eric cut the lemons? Yes he does• Do Eric and Ernie drink coffee? No they don’t. They drink…
Continue…
Look at the pictures which follow
Tell the story in the present. Use the vocabulary from the exercises.
For example; picture 1 – Every day Eric and Ernie have breakfast. They eat cereal and listen to the radio…
Continue…
More practice
Revise and practise the present simple here http://efllecturer.blogspot.com/2011/04/present-simple.html
WriteDescribe what you do for breakfastI have breakfast at 8 o'clock. I drink...
Practice of past simple.Look at the pictures againTell the story in the past. Use the vocabulary from the exercises and these verbs in the past; eat, drink, listen, make, put, throw, catch, beat (eggs), squeeze, open, close, toss (pancakes), cut, take
For example; picture 1 – This morning Eric and Ernie had breakfast. They ate cereal and listened to the radio…
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