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A bakery that hires anyone? Also, too, as well, either and besides

This B1 ESL lesson plan teaches also, too and as well, with either, besides and in addition, through Greyston Bakery, which hires from a waiting list.

Grammar
Also before the main verb and after be, too and as well at the end of a positive clause, either after a negative one, and Besides, / In addition, to start a sentence.
Topic
Greyston Bakery in Yonkers, New York, and its Open Hiring, with words such as knead, apprentice, waiting list and resume.
Activities
Riley's story to read, a five a.m. bakery shift and a listener's first job to hear, self-checking drills, a first-day chat and open boxes.

What's inside

  1. Chapter 1Warm-up: who's hiring?

    • PictureUnlock
    • Spin the wheel and answerSpin the wheelUnlock
    • Study the words: a job at the bakeryVocabularyTry it
    • Look at the pictures and choose the wordChoose by pictureUnlock

  2. Chapter 2Let's read: a job from a waiting list

    • Look at the photo: a bakery that bakes browniesPictureUnlock
    • Read Riley's story on the show's websiteArticleUnlock
    • Read and mark true or falseTrue or falseUnlock
    • Read again and choose the correct answerQuizUnlock

  3. Chapter 3Let's listen: Riley's five a.m. shift

    • Listen to Riley and DevinListeningTry it
    • Transcript, for the teacherUnlock
    • Listen and choose the correct answerQuizUnlock
    • Listen to the Listener's Take: Helena's messageListeningUnlock
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    • Listen and mark true or falseTrue or falseUnlock

  4. Chapter 4Grammar: no resume, no interview either

    • Study the scheme: also, too, either, besidesGrammar schemeTry it
    • Choose the correct optionChoose the optionUnlock
    • Fill in the gaps: add the second ideaFill in the gapsTry it
    • Fill in the table: also with be and with other verbsFill in the tableUnlock
    • Put the words in the correct orderUnjumbleUnlock
    • Choose the correct answer: which sentence is correct?QuizUnlock

  5. Chapter 5Let's talk: your first day at the bakery

    • Choose the right replies: your first day at workChatTry it
    • Open a box and answerOpen the boxUnlock

  6. Chapter 6Homework

    • Match the words and the meaningsMatchUnlock
    • Unscramble the wordsAnagramUnlock
    • Fill in the gaps with the lesson's wordsFill in the gapsUnlock
    • Find the matching pairs: words and what you do with themMemory gameUnlock
    • Choose the correct option: new sentencesChoose the optionUnlock
    • Fill in the gaps with the words that add ideasFill in the gapsUnlock
    • Put the words in the correct orderUnjumbleUnlock
    • Choose the sentence with the same meaningQuizUnlock
    • Drag the words into the gaps: a bakery job postDrag and dropUnlock
    • Choose the correct option: Riley answers HelenaChoose the optionUnlock

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Vocabulary

12 words and phrases from the lesson, each with a picture and audio in edio.

+9 more with pictures and audio in the lessonMore words

  • waiting list
  • apprentice
  • coworker
  • rolling pin
  • apron
  • brownie
  • tart
  • loaf
  • mansion

Grammar: adding ideas: also, too, as well, either and besides

These words all add one more idea, and each one has its own place in the sentence. Some also depend on the clause: positive or negative. At a bakery that hires with no resume and no interview, learners add ideas about the job, the training and the brownies.

Adding ideas: also, too, as well, either, besides, in addition

One more idea? Choose the word by its place in the sentence and by positive or negative.

Where each word goes

Also goes before the main verb: You also get training. Devin also braids the bread. Too and as well go at the end of a positive clause, either at the end of a negative one, and Besides, or In addition, at the start.

WordPlaceExamples
alsobefore the main verbYou also get training. Devin also braids the bread.
alsoafter be and after helping verbs (can, will, have)It's also open on Sundays. You can also add seeds.
too / as wellat the end of a positive clauseYou need a hairnet too. They bake tarts as well.
eitherat the end of a negative clauseYou don't need an interview either.
Besides, / In addition,at the start of a sentence, with a commaBesides, they train you. In addition, you get an apron.
besides / in addition tobefore a noun (or an -ing form)Besides bread, they bake brownies. In addition to baking, apprentices learn to be on time.

Also after be and helping verbs

With be, also comes after the verb: I'm also new here. They're also hiring. It follows helping verbs as well: You can also add seeds. At the end of a sentence, too and as well are the usual words: I'm new too.

also after be: every person

PersonExample
II'm also new here.
youYou're also on the list.
heHe's also an apprentice.
sheShe's also a supervisor.
itIt's also open on Sundays.
weWe're also bakers.
theyThey're also hiring.

also: before the verb, after be

Put also before the main verb or after be and helping verbs: I'm also new. You also get training. At the end of a sentence, too and as well are the usual words: I'm new too. I'm new as well.

Positive: too. Negative: either.

A negative clause takes either, not too: Devin didn't send a resume. He didn't have an interview either. A positive clause takes too or as well: Devin kneads the dough. He braids it too. So You need an apron either is wrong.

Positive or negative?

positive: too / as well

  • Devin kneads the dough. He braids it too.
  • Riley is hot, and her iced tea is warm as well.
  • I can bake bread. I can bake tarts too.

negative: either

  • Devin didn't send a resume. He didn't have an interview either.
  • Riley can't bake, and she can't braid either.
  • I'm not hungry. Footnote isn't hungry either.

too or either?

too and as well go with positive clauses, either with negative ones: You don't need an interview either (not: too). You need an apron too (not: either).

Besides and In addition at the start

Too never starts a sentence; use Besides, or In addition, with a comma: Besides, they train you. Before a noun, it's in addition to bread, not in addition of, and besides bread, not besides of.

At the start of a sentence

Too never starts a sentence. Say Besides, or In addition, with a comma (not: Too, they train you). Before a noun, say in addition to bread (not: in addition of) and besides bread (not: besides of).

Common mistakes

  • You need a hairnet either.

    You need a hairnet too.

    positive clause → too or as well

  • You don't need an interview too.

    You don't need an interview either.

    negative clause → either

  • Too, they train you.

    Besides, they train you.

    too goes at the end: They train you too.

  • In addition of bread, they bake tarts.

    In addition to bread, they bake tarts.

    in addition to + noun; besides + noun, with no “of”

At Greyston and at Devin's bakery

  • Greyston doesn't ask for a resume, and it doesn't hold interviews either.
  • New workers get training. They also learn to be on time.
  • Devin: “Besides, they trained me from day one.”
  • In addition to baking skills, apprentices learn to communicate clearly.
  • Riley's iced tea is melting as well!
  • You can also add seeds on top.

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What's in the lesson

  • 17 auto-checked exercises
  • 6 games
  • 1 article
  • 1 grammar scheme
  • 1 set of word cards
  • 2 audio clips
  • 2 pictures
  • 2 transcripts

The main objectives of this lesson are to:

  • add a second idea with also in the right place: Devin also braids the bread. It's also open on Sundays. You can also add seeds.
  • end a positive clause with too or as well and a negative one with either: You need a hairnet too. You don't need an interview either.
  • start a sentence with Besides, or In addition, and put in addition to before a noun: In addition to bread, they bake brownies.
  • talk about a first day at work: I don't have any experience, and I don't have a resume either. I can also work on Saturdays.

Lesson 4 closes Start-up stories, unit 1 of English B1.2 · Changemakers. It builds on and, but and or from A1.2 lesson 31, on So do I and Neither do I from A2.2 lesson 16, and on B1.1 lesson 29, where either first came with or. Lesson 5 opens unit 2 with the present simple passive. A bakery that asks for no resume, no interview and no background check is a story told in added ideas.

Students spin a wheel of questions about first jobs, interviews and bakeries, then learn twelve words, from knead and braid to mansion, with pictures and audio. They read Riley's story about Greyston Bakery, from a mansion in the Bronx to Open Hiring, then join Riley on a five a.m. shift with Devin, a supervisor who got his job from a waiting list, and hear Helena from New York remember her first job at a café, both AI-voiced. The scheme comes with five self-checking drills, including a table of also with be and other verbs. In the speaking chapter, a trainer named Pilar takes students through a first day in a chat, and open boxes ask about dream jobs.

All ten homework tasks check themselves: a match, an anagram, a gap-fill and a memory game for the words; a choice of forms; gaps for the adding words; word order; a same-meaning quiz; a bakery job post with words to drag in; and Riley's answer to Helena with options to choose.

Grammar:
also · too and as well · either · besides · in addition (to) · adding ideas
Topic:
Greyston Bakery · Yonkers · New York · Open Hiring · jobs · first jobs · bakeries · Stories That Travel

Teaching tips

  • Start with job requirements: ask what a job in your students' town usually needs, then read how Greyston hires: It doesn't ask for a resume, and it doesn't hold interviews either.
  • Play Riley's bakery shift twice: first for what she learns to do, then for each too, as well, either and Besides. Students hold up a card with the word they hear.
  • Run a quick chain round: one student says I can bake bread, the next adds I can bake tarts too, and after a negative such as I can't braid, the next must answer with either.
  • Ask the title question at the end: does Greyston really hire anyone? Students answer with a reason and Besides: Not exactly. You have to do the physical work. Besides, you have to work a shift.

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    1. Lesson 5Can you cross a city without going outside?The present simple passive
    2. Lesson 6A park on top of a freeway?The past simple passive
    3. Lesson 7Can a desert city catch the rain?The passive with modals
    4. Lesson 8Can an old railroad become a park?The present perfect and present continuous passive

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    3. Lesson 11Why do corn, beans and squash grow together?Verbs with dependent prepositions
    4. Lesson 12What happens to dining-hall leftovers?Phrasal verbs with up, away and out

  4. Unit 4 Memory and learning

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    1. Lesson 13Can you train your memory?Reported statements with say and tell
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    degree adverbs such as quite and pretty, the past perfect, the past perfect vs the past simple, make vs do

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    3. Lesson 19What should you do at a powwow?Past perfect vs past simple
    4. Lesson 20How do you accept a lei?Make vs do: collocations to learn

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    possessive 's vs of, must and can't for deduction, might, may and could for possibility, the meanings of get

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Questions about this lesson

Where do also, too and as well go in a sentence?
Also goes before the main verb, or after be and helping verbs: You also get training. It's also open on Sundays. You can also add seeds. Too and as well go at the end of a positive clause: You need a hairnet too. They bake tarts as well. The B1 lesson A bakery that hires anyone? on edio.ai drills all three.
What's the difference between too and either?
Too follows a positive clause, either a negative one: You need an apron too. You don't need an interview either. So You don't need an interview too and You need a resume either are both wrong. In A bakery that hires anyone?, Riley tells the bakery supervisor, I can't bake, and I can't braid either.
What's the difference between "as well" and "as well as"?
As well ends a clause and means too: They bake tarts as well. As well as goes before a noun and works like besides or in addition to: As well as bread, they bake brownies. A bakery that hires anyone? teaches as well at the end of a clause and, before a noun, besides and in addition to: Besides bread, they bake brownies.
What are some examples of also, too and as well?
From A bakery that hires anyone?: Devin also braids the bread. New workers get training. They also learn to be on time. Here's an apron. You need a hairnet too. Take it home, and take a brownie as well. My coworkers helped me as well. Each one adds a second, similar idea to the sentence before it.
Is it "in addition to" or "in addition of"?
It's in addition to, followed by a noun: In addition to baking skills, apprentices learn to communicate clearly. In addition of is wrong, and so is besides of: say Besides cakes, the bakery made tarts. At the start of a sentence, Besides, and In addition, take a comma, and too never starts one. A tip in the scheme of A bakery that hires anyone? shows each of these points.
What is Greyston Bakery?
Greyston Bakery is a bakery in Yonkers, New York, known for the way it hires. It began in 1982 in Riverdale, in the Bronx, in a mansion called Greyston, and soon moved to Yonkers. Its Open Hiring asks for no resume, no interview and no background check: you add your name to a list, and when a job on the bakery floor opens, the bakery asks the next person and trains them.
Does Greyston Bakery really hire anyone?
Not quite. There's no resume, interview or background check, but new workers must be able to do the physical work and work a shift, and people can wait months for their turn on the list. New hires start as apprentices and learn skills such as clear communication and being on time. The company likes to say it bakes brownies to hire people, as A bakery that hires anyone? explains.
How do I teach also, too and either to B1 students?
Teach the places, not only the meanings: write one sentence on the board, show where also, too and either go in it, then make it negative and watch too become either. A bakery that hires anyone? on edio.ai moves from Riley's story and her bakery shift to a scheme of places, five drills and a first-day chat.
What's a good game for practicing too and either?
Find someone who agrees: students walk around with sentences like I can't cook or I love bread, and a classmate who shares the idea answers I can't cook either or I love bread too. The open boxes in A bakery that hires anyone? add prompts such as Say two things you can't do. Add the second one with either.
How do you practice also, too and either one-to-one?
Compare two lists out loud: teacher and student each name things they can and can't do, then react: I can bake bread. I can also braid it. You can't knead dough, and I can't either. The chat in A bakery that hires anyone?, a B1 lesson on edio.ai, puts the student on a first day at a bakery with Pilar, a trainer, and every wrong reply has an adding-word mistake.
What's good homework for practicing also, too and either?
Give two short sentences to join into one: Helena didn't have a resume. She didn't have any experience. becomes Helena didn't have a resume, and she didn't have any experience either. That same-meaning quiz is one of ten self-checking homework tasks in A bakery that hires anyone? on edio.ai, together with a bakery job post to complete.
Are there interactive exercises for also, too and as well?
Yes: gap-fills, a table and a chat that give instant feedback. No account is needed for three parts of the B1 lesson A bakery that hires anyone? on this page: Riley's shift with Devin, a gap-fill that adds the second idea and Pilar's first-day chat. An account opens the rest.
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