Activity: What's The Category?

뉴스 & 시사 영어

Lesson 46

Activity: What's The Category?

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Lesson 1

Activity: What's the Category?

What's the Category

Intermediate 25 min Speaking 75%
3 min

Warm-up

Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.

  1. Do you have any pets?
    반려동물이 있나요?
  2. What is your favorite animal?
    가장 좋아하는 동물은?
3 min

Key Vocabulary

Learn these words from today's lesson.
오늘 레슨의 주요 단어를 배워봅시다.

category a group of things that share similar qualities 범주, 카테고리 Shirts, coats, and ties all belong to the category of clothing.
classify to arrange things into groups based on shared features 분류하다 Can you classify these animals into pets and wild animals?
carnation a type of flower with ruffled petals, often used in bouquets 카네이션 In Korea, people give carnations to their parents on Parents' Day.
sparrow a small, common brown bird found in many countries 참새 I saw a sparrow building a nest outside my window.
hail small balls of ice that fall from the sky during a storm 우박 The hail was so heavy that it damaged the cars parked outside.
5 min

Reading

Read the passage with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 지문을 읽어보세요.

What's the Category
1. shirt, coat, socks, tie
2. pigeon, parakeet, hawk, sparrow
3. teacher, taxi driver, lawyer, doctor
4. bee, ant, ladybug, dragonfly
5. car, bus, motorcycle, train
6. carnation, tulip, rose, daisy
7. trout, bass, tuna, sardine
8. dog, cat, mouse, bear
9. summer, fall, winter, spring
10. boots, slippers, thongs, sandals
11. tomato, eggplant, pepper, corn
12. maple, oak, palm, orange
13. bread, potatoes, apples, pie
14. orange, banana, peach, lemon
15. water, cola, gasoline, beer
16. rye, oats, barley, wheat
17. uncle, aunt, cousin, grandmother
18. one, ten, twenty, twelve
19. baseball, basketball, tennis, soccer
20. rain, snow, hail, sunshine
21. Tokyo, New York, London, Paris
22. Peru, South Africa, Korea, Canada

3 min

Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정

Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.

❌ "Pigeon, parakeet, hawk, and sparrow are same category."
✅ "Pigeon, parakeet, hawk, and sparrow are in the same category."

한국어에서는 "같은 카테고리야"라고 조사 없이 말하지만, 영어에서는 반드시 "in the same category"처럼 전치사 in을 넣어야 합니다. 그룹이나 분류에 속한다고 말할 때는 항상 "in a category / in a group"으로 표현하세요.

5 min

Discussion

Discuss with your teacher.
선생님과 토론해 보세요.

  1. Which category from the list was the hardest to identify? Why?
    목록에서 어떤 카테고리가 가장 알아맞히기 어려웠나요? 이유는 무엇인가요?
  2. Can you think of one more item to add to category number 8 (dog, cat, mouse, bear)? Would you call them all "animals" or is there a more specific category name?
    8번 카테고리(개, 고양이, 쥐, 곰)에 항목을 하나 더 추가한다면 무엇이 있을까요? 이것들을 모두 "동물"이라고 부를 건가요, 아니면 더 구체적인 분류 이름이 있을까요?
  3. If you made your own category quiz with four Korean foods, what items would you choose? What would the category name be?
    한국 음식 네 가지로 나만의 카테고리 퀴즈를 만든다면 어떤 항목을 고르겠어요? 카테고리 이름은 무엇이 될까요?

Lesson Summary / 수업 요약

Today's Topic: Activity: What's the Category?

Level: Intermediate (??)

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