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Some vocabulary about BIRTH
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pregnant pregnancy |
A woman becomes pregnant. We say she's pregnant. She's having a baby. We call also call it a pregnancy.
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antenatal |
She goes to an antenatal clinic for check ups. Antenatal means "before birth", it's also called prenatal.
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labour |
Eventually she starts to have the baby. We call this going into labour.
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birth newborn |
When the baby arrives we say the mother has given birth. The baby is called a newborn baby.
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baby |
We also say the parents have had a baby.
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milk breastmilk |
Babies drink milk. They can be breast fed.
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bottle |
They can be bottle fed.
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nappy |
Babies have to have their nappy changed.
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certificate |
All babies are registered at birth, and issued with a birth certificate.
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christening |
Some babies are christened by their parents. The ceremony is called a christening.
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pram |
Babies can't walk so they get pushed in prams.
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pushchair |
When babies are older they go for walks in pushchairs.
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TEACHING TIPS: 1) show your students the picture at the top of the page (William, Kate and the Royal baby)
2) ask them what they think about this event.
3) write all the numbers shown in the picture above on the whiteboard
4) ask your students to read the numbers (sometimes they forget how to pronounce long numbers) what they represent
5) they will come up with different ideas and practice their speaking skills
6) finally, show them the picture and see if they guessed!
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