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Unit 5 I Love Learning English
Review
• Do you like English?
• What do you do to practice your English?
Review
• Do you like English?
• What do you do to practice your English?
Lead In
• What do you know about English?
• How many letters are there in English? What are they?
What do you think of English ?
English
hard
easy
interesting
amazing
fun
It’s ….
Lead In
Let's learn some amazing English facts! Are you ready?
Which two words have the same letters as “silent”?
Listen
silent
Lead In
Let's learn some amazing English facts! Are you ready?
Which letter is around an island?
Lead In
Letter “C” (sea).
Let's learn some amazing English facts! Are you ready?
Only two English words in current use end in “gry”,
they are __ __ __ gry and __ __ gry.
Lead In
h u n
a n
Lesson 27 Amazing English
1. Listen and circle true (T) or false (F).
1. English is an easy language to learn. ( )
2. The word “therein” has ten words in it. ( )
3. There are about 800 000 words in the English language. ( )
4. One word can’t be a sentence. ( )
5. There is an English word with 1 900 letters in it. ( )
F
T
T
F
T
Listening Tasks
Think about these questions before reading the text.
1. How many letters are there in English?
2. How many words are there in the English language?
3. How many letters are there in the longest English word?
Reading
26 letters.
About 800 000 words.
About 1 900 letters.
There are only 26 letters in English. So English is an easy language to learn, right? Well, not exactly.
Yes, English only has 26 letters, but those 26 letters can make a lot of words. In fact, there are about 800 000 words in the English language.
One letter like “a”, can be an English word. And just one word, like “Go” can be a sentence.
There is an English word with about 1 900 letters in it. Wow! That’s a long word.
This sentence uses all 26 letters: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Look at this word: level. You can read it forwards or back