Vaak gemaakte fouten - examen december

• English
• Secundair onderwijs

The December English exam

mistakes - the best (or worst) of!

Present Simple or Continuous?

When do we use which tense?

Right now she ....... a body lotion without looking at the price tag

1. looks
2. look
3. looking
4. is looking

They (never / to know) what they want before they enter a shop

1. are knowing never
2. never know
3. never knows
4. know never

They (not / to respect) their budget.

1. are not respecting
2. not respect
3. don't respect
4. not respecting

She (not / to shop) with her friends today, she's on her own.

1. don't shop
2. doesn't shop
3. isn't shopping
4. don't shops

Alex (always / to hunt) for discounts in the supermarket

1. always hunts
2. always hunt's
3. is always hunting
4. always hunt

Clothing vocabulary

Biggest mistake: not reading the question...

"add the colour and fabric as well if possible".

A lot of students just answered with the item of clothing...

Comparing outfits

degrees of comparison: comparative + / superlative ++. 

I think the models were (attractive +) last year

1. attractiver
2. more attractive

I would like to see (simple +) outfits

1. simpler
2. more simple

I think longer dresses are (classy +)

1. classier
2. classyer
3. more classy

These clothes look like the (expensive ++)

1. the most expensive
2. expensivest
3. the more expensive

(little +) is more

1. littler
2. less
3. littlest

Vocabulary shops

If you studied (and wrote the vocabulary while studying),

 you mostly had good grades. ;-) 

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Most frustrating moments for me while correcting: 

- Students who do not read the questions. 

- Students who leave questions blank / empty.

- Students who do not check the point total for a question.

- Students who still make mistakes against the present simple/continuous. (!!!)

- Students who did study, but did not train their writing enough. 

(you know who you are! )

Do you want to see your exam?

Now is the time. 

Don't want to? Already done? 

- Finish Friday's assignment about the weather if you haven't.

- Check the assignments I sent back, read my feedback. (didn't do all of them? Get to it! *cough* SODA by the end of the week *cough* )

- ReadTheory. (Remember the 17/2 deadline!)

- test on Test Unit 4: How green are you + what will the weather be like? p 116 - 124 ->  Friday 03/02