Study It Grammar 6 eBook

By James Rice and Jamie Matechuk

Winner 2015 Digital Book Award - Academic Category
Awarded QED Certification for Quality, Excellence and Design

The Study It Grammar series is aneasy-to-use integrated skills ESL textbook for ESL students, language teachers and English language programs in schools or language schools. It is an exciting new series for teachers interested in Mobile Learning, Project-Based Learning or Flipping the Classroom. The Study It English Grammar series consists of 8 different levels. Book 6 of 8 is for Intermediate English as a Second Language learners. 

The Study It Grammar Book 6 consists of the following:
- Video exercises
- 5 different themes including noun phrases, participle adjectives, gerunds and infinitives and much more.
- Each unit contains vocabulary, listening, speaking, writing and reading practice.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Study It Books
• Release date: Mar 4, 2015
• ISBN: 9781927748466

James Rice

James Rice (1843-1882) was an English novelist. Born in Northampton and educated at Cambridge University, he became a lawyer at Lincoln’s Inn in 1871. There, he befriended Walter Besant, with whom he would collaborate on over a dozen popular novels and short story collections, included The Golden Butterfly (1876). Their prolific working relationship ended in tragedy in 1882 with Rice’s untimely death I Redhill, Surrey.

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UNIT 1 You Are What You Eat

Vocabulary

Watch the video here: http://www.studyitbooks.com/6_1_dak.html

Food is culture, and every culture has something new and interesting to offer. This week, we look to connect the culture of a nation with its food. Watch the cooking show above, and answer the discussion questions. Then, look at the list of words to the right. Which ones do you know? Watch the video. Then tell the class: how do you make Dak Galbi?

Questions

a. What is the national dish of your country?

b. Is there a connection between food and your country’s image?

c. What should you have in your kitchen all the time?

d. Do you believe the saying, You are what you eat? Why?

Vocabulary

stumble across smth

a clove

mix smth in

grate

a chunk

a dish

chop smth up

a strip

excess

to stir

effective

a glug

bits

to slice

cook down

to simmer

melt

lengthwise

to shred

Cooking with Jamie: Multiple Choice

1. How did Jamie discover Dak Galbi?

a) his mother taught him

b) he discovered it by accident

c) he travelled to Korea

d) his friend told him

2. Dak Galbi is great for:

a) intimate dates

b) impressing your in-laws

c) parties

d) eating alone

3. Dak Galbi has many, exotic ingredients.

a) true

b) false

4. You should add the garlic into the pan before you put the oil in.

a) true

b) false

5. How much oil should you put in?

a) 1 cup

b) 2 cups

c) none

d) a few gluts

6. You need to _____ up the cabbage.

a) slice

b) cut

c) chop

d) grate

7. You should cook everything for:

a) at least 10 minutes

b) over an hour

c) under two hours

d) at least 15 minutes

8. The trick is:

a) to use good garlic

b) to wait until the sauce gets thick

c) to love your food

d) to use top of the line chicken

e) to pray

Cooking with Jamie

Jamie: Ok everyone, I’m going to teach you how to make my favourite Korean dish, Dak Galbi. I stumbled across this amazing food one night by accident. I actually walked into the wrong restaurant and ordered Dak Galbi by mistake! It was the best mistake of my life. Dak Galbi is a spicy dish that’s great to serve when you’re having a party. The dish is made up of simple but effective ingredients. To make the dish you’re going to need:

So first, you want to get your pan out and a cutting board for the garlic. Use four or five cloves of garlic and chop them up. Add a few glugs of oil into the pan and heat it up for a few minutes, then add the garlic in.

While the garlic is simmering, take out your go chu gang and add three or four tablespoons to the pan. Once the garlic has released its flavour, add a cup of water and mix in the red paste with the water. Smells good, doesn’t it?

Now it’s cabbage time! Chop the cabbage up into thin strips, then chop it up again into smaller pieces. You want the cabbage to be able to melt into the sauce. When you’re done, add it in.

Grab the ginger and remove the skin, I just use my knife. Or you can use a spoon. Then grate the ginger into the sauce.

For the chicken, remove any excess fat first, then slice it lengthwise. After that, cut it up into small chunks then add it in.

Make sure you stir it all around. You want to cook it like this for about 15 minutes on medium-high heat. You have to cook down the sauce. You can use this time to microwave the ramen noodles in water and get them ready.

Now here’s the trick... Wait until the sauce is starting to get really thick, then add the rice cakes. Let them soften for a few minutes, then add the ramen. Almost done! Now shred the mozzarella on top and there you go! Dak Galbi.

Dak Galbi Ingredients

• a large pan

• a good knife

• garlic

• some cooking oil, I use olive oil

• three tablespoons of spicy red pepper paste

• a whole head of cabbage

• a thumb of ginger

• a few breasts of boneless chicken

• a pack of ramen

• about a dozen fresh rice cakes

• mozzarella

Your Cooking Show

Work with a partner or in a group.

Choose your favourite meal(s), and answer the questions.

1. What is it called?

I’m going to tell you about...

2. Why is it special to you?

This dish is spectacular because...

3. What do you need to make it?

For this dish, you’re going to need...

4. How do you make it?

First / Next / Then / After that / Finally

Now, make a cooking show! Record yourself describing your favourite meal, and how to make it. Be detailed and have fun. Use the new vocabulary from this lesson.

Anyone can do it! Just follow these simple steps...

Learn it

Watch the video explanation: http://www.studyitbooks.com/6_1_keynote.html

Keynote Review

1. Girl

a) count

b) non-count

2. Water

a) count

b) non-count

3. English

a) count

b) non-count

4. Beauty

a) count

b) non-count

5. Information

a) count

b) non-count

6. I need ____ computer.

a) a

b) the

c) nothing

7. A movie =

a) any movie

b) a specific movie

8. My son wants the dog.

a) he wants a specific dog we already saw

b) any dog is fine

Main Rule #1: Count or Non-Count?

4 Types of Countable Nouns

1. Jobs or Relationships - friend, girl, doctor, lawyer

2. Names of plants or animals - dog, whale, tree, bug

3. Names of objects with a specific shape - tablet, bottle, building, chair

4. Units of measurement - centimeter, kilogram

5 Types of Non-Count Nouns

1. Fluids - water, milk, coffee

2. Food - butter, rice, sugar, ice cream

3. Materials - paper, wood, glass

4. Languages - Korean, English, Spanish

5. Abstract Ideas - Information, time, beauty

Main Rule #2: Specific or Any?

Let’s watch the movie. vs Let’s watch a movie.

the = a specific movie, a movie already mentioned, a specific movie from a group of movies

a/an = any movie

I really want a dog.

• a = not specific, any

• It doesn’t matter which dog. Any dog is good.

I love dogs.

• noun+s = generalization

• Talking about dogs in general.

The little dog with blue eyes is my favourite.

• the = specific

• The speaker and listener have seen a little dog with blue eyes. They are talking about it.

Articles Special Cases

Special Cases

Unfortunately, there are many special cases with articles in English. Take a close look at the chart to the right, and practice using articles in these special