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 Ernie
You are going to
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discuss breakfast
look at breakfast / kitchen words
watch a video about breakfast
practise asking and answering questions in the present simple
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?
milk
bowls
cups
tray
plates
cupboards
eggs

knife
kettle
teapot
bread
toaster
lemons

6) What other things have you got in your kitchen? Make a list in 1
minute.eg kettle, cooker...
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Check
1) Vocabulary check
What 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
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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

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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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Watch
http://youtu.be/EFgdhZGLJrY
Answers
√ Eric

√ Ernie

Eric 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 pairs
For 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
Write
Describe what you do for breakfast
I have breakfast at 8 o'clock. I drink...
Practice of past simple.
Look at the pictures again
Tell 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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Breakfast with Eric and Ernie

  • 1.
    Breakfast with Ericand 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. EFL SMARTblog http://efllecturer.blogspot.com/
  • 2.
    Breakfast with Ericand Ernie You are going to 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. discuss breakfast look at breakfast / kitchen words watch a video about breakfast practise asking and answering questions in the present simple 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 EFL SMARTblog http://efllecturer.blogspot.com/
  • 3.
    Discuss 1) What timedo 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? EFL SMARTblog http://efllecturer.blogspot.com/
  • 4.
    3) Look atthe photo. What can you see on the table? EFL SMARTblog http://efllecturer.blogspot.com/
  • 5.
    Describe your kitchen. 4)What is your kitchen like? Describe it. 5) Have you got these in your kitchen? milk bowls cups tray plates cupboards eggs knife kettle teapot bread toaster lemons 6) What other things have you got in your kitchen? Make a list in 1 minute.eg kettle, cooker... EFL SMARTblog http://efllecturer.blogspot.com/
  • 6.
    Check 1) Vocabulary check Whatdo 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 EFL SMARTblog http://efllecturer.blogspot.com/
  • 7.
    Look at thelist 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 EFL SMARTblog http://efllecturer.blogspot.com/
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    Answers √ Eric √ Ernie Ericcatches 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 EFL SMARTblog http://efllecturer.blogspot.com/
  • 10.
    Practise Ask and answerquestions in pairs For 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…
  • 25.
    More practice Revise andpractise the present simple here http://efllecturer.blogspot.com/2011/04/present-simple.html Write Describe what you do for breakfast I have breakfast at 8 o'clock. I drink... Practice of past simple. Look at the pictures again Tell 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… EFL SMARTblog http://efllecturer.blogspot.com/