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Ben, Olivia, David, Leo, Tina. Numbers
Student’s Book pp. 6–7
GoalRemember familiar friends and count from 0 to 20.
New words
zero · nolten · o‘nfifteen · o‘n beshtwenty · yigirma
Explanation
The book has friends called Ben, Olivia, David, Leo and Tina. Names start with a capital letter. Count from zero: zero, one … ten, then eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty. The numbers 13 to 19 end in “-teen”.
Worked examples
Mini counting chant: “Zero, one, two — Dilnoza, me and you! Three, four, five — Bobur’s kite can fly!”
This is my friend: “This is my friend. His name’s Ben. He’s eight.”
Class activity
“Number chain”: children stand in a circle and count from 0 to 20 in turn. When someone says “fifteen”, everybody sits down, then counting goes on.
Practice
1
What number is “ten”?
10
2
Say 13 in English.
thirteen
3
Go on: seventeen, eighteen, …
nineteen, twenty
4
How does a name begin?
With a capital letter: Ben, Tina.