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Chapter 2-Caught in the Rush
Transportation; transportation
problems; city services
Goals for this Chapter
 Speaking-Talking
about transportation
and transportation problems; evaluating
city services; asking for and giving
information.
 Grammar-Adverbs of quantity with
count and noncount nouns: too many,
too much, fewer, less, more, not
enough; indirect questions from Whquestions.
Goals for this Chapter
 Pronunciation/Listening-Syllable
stress; Listening to a description of
a transportation system; Listening
to people ask for information.
 Writing-Letter to the editor
 Reading-New transportation
inventions.
Compound Nouns
Noun+ Noun= Compound Noun
First noun= What kind of object it is
Second Noun= Tells us what it is
 Put
the two words together.
Peanut + Butter= Peanut Butter
Yummy! 
Compound Nouns
 Try
creating compound nouns.
Subway + Station=
Subway Station
Police + Man= Policeman
Compound Nouns
I
am going to pass out a packet of
cards with words on them.
 With a partner, create compound
nouns from this packet.
 There should be nine compound
nouns.
Transportation Services
 Which
of these things can you find
where you live?
Listen to comments about transportation
services.
Which statements do you agree with and
why?
Count Nouns vs. Noncount
Nouns
 What
are Count Nouns?
-They are nouns you can count.
-Separate and distinct units.
Ex. Table, apple, finger, teacher
Count Nouns generally end with a “S”
Noncount Nouns
 They
are nouns you can’t count.
 Wholes that cannot be separated into
parts.
Examples: furniture, pollution, weather,
anger.
Noncount nouns do not end with a “s”.
Adverbs of Quantity
 They
describe how much or how many.
Count Nouns
 Too many
 Fewer
 More
 Enough
Adverbs of Quantity
Noncount Nouns
 Too much
 Less
 More
 Enough
Listening-Singapore Solves It
 Listen
to someone talk about how
Singapore has tried to solve its traffic
problems.
 Check “True” or “False”
Listening-Singapore Solves It
 Listen
again. For the false statements,
write the correct information.
 Could the solutions adopted in
Singapore work in Daejeon? Seoul?
Your hometown?
 Why or why not?
Listening- “Could you Tell
Me?”
 Listen
 Listen
and practice.
to the rest of the conversation.
Check the information that Erica asks
for.
Indirect Questions- “Wh”
questions
 Indirect=
Polite
 Word order is the same as answering.
Examples:
Direct= Where is the bank?
Indirect= Could you tell me where the
bank is?
Indirect Questions-More
Examples
Direct= Where are the rest rooms?
Indirect= Do you know where the rest
rooms are?
Direct=How often do the busses leave?
Indirect= Can you tell me how often the
buses leave?