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Unit 5
Activity 3 Play “What’s this?” 
Objectives: to introduce words for toys;
  to practise the pronunciation of the sound [
].
STEP 1: Put toy flashcards in front of the blackboard. Ask 
the pupils to remember what toys they played when they went 
to kindergarten, and if there are any of such toys among the 
flashcards. Further, say that all children love to play with balls, 
all girls play with dolls. here work on the pronunciation of the 
sound [
] in “ball” and “doll” after you in chorus and individu-
ally.
STEP 2: After that offer the pupils to learn a chant. except 
balls and dolls, the chant has a plane and train. every time the 
pupils say a specific object, you point to the right flashcard with 
a picture. Remember that the most important condition of the 
saying chant is keeping the rhythm. You need to say it loudly and 
clearly. if you want, you can clap your hands and stomp your feet 
to keep to the rhythm.
– What’s this? What’s this?
– it’s a ball, ball, ball.
– What’s this? What’s this?
– it’s a doll, doll, doll.
– What’s this? What’s this?
– it’s a plane, plane, plane.
– What’s this? What’s this?
– it’s a train, train, train.
STEP 3: Then repeat the words in chorus and individually. 
After that, you can offer any of the pupils to speak instead of 
you about any toys of their choice in the chant. For example:  
– What’s this? What’s this? (points to a toy. The class should speak.) 
– it’s a plane, plane, plane.
next, say that a favourite toy for boys and girls is a Teddy 
bear, and all the boys love cars. so offer them to learn the words 
“Teddy bear” and “car”.
You should work on the pronunciation of all the words sepa-
rately in chorus and individually.
STEP 4: The next thing you should do is reinforcing the vo-
cabulary. invite some pupils to the blackboard one by one. When 
you say a word, they should show the appropriate toy in the pic-
ture. instead of you, strong pupils may say the words. Then you 
can do vice versa, i.e. you will point to the flashcards one by one, 

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