Unit 2: You'll never believe this

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

You'll never believe this

past tenses & comparisons & 

key word transformation & word formation

Comparisons

choose

1. simpler
2. more simple
3. much simple

choose

1. more quiet
2. much quiet
3. quieter
4. quiet

Comparisons
Please give me ______________ box.

1. the smaller
2. the smallest
3. the most small
4. the more small

Comparisons:
The King is the ___________

1. more powerful
2. powerfuller
3. powerfullst
4. most powerful

She is ... (tall) her father, they're both 1.75 m.

The movie was ... (exciting) I hoped. I wasn't scared once.

Past Simple

Past simple!

Past Simple

- Wanneer gebruik je de Past Simple?

Als iets in het verleden is gebeurd en afgelopen is.

-  Hoe maak je de Past Simple?

ww+ed / ww 2de rijtje

- Hoe kan je de Past Simple herkennen?

signaalwoorden: yesterday, last week, a few days ago

Past Continuous

- Wanneer gebruik je de Past Simple?

Als iets in het verleden is gebeurd en toen gaande was/

tijdelijke situaties

-  Hoe maak je de Past Simple?

was/were + ww + ing

- Hoe kan je de Past Simple herkennen?

signaalwoorden: when, while, at the same time

Used to

Iets wat vroeger zo was en nu niet meer:

- I used to have long hair.

- He used to smoke.

 - They used to live in India.

 

Key word transformation

'Do you know when the match starts, Sally?' asked Mary. 

IF

Mary asked Sally ....................................... time the match started.

The drive home was too long to complete that night.

SHORT

The drive home ....................................... to complete that night. 

Key word transformations

• Understand the context
• Identify the key words
• Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. 
• Do NOT change this word. 
• You must use between 2 and 5 words including the word given.

Prefix & suffix

A word part added to the beginning of a root word.

A word added to the ending of a root word.

By adding the prefix or suffix, 

you make a whole new word!

Word formation

Verb (werkwoord):                                       (to) educate

Noun (zelfstandig naamwoord):           education

Adjective (bijvoeglijk naamwoord):     educational, educated

Adverb (bijwoord):                                       educationally

With a suffix you can transform nouns, verbs and adjectives into ...

adjectives, adverbs and nouns.

Adjectives: word + suffix Ex. 5

You can turn another part of speech into an adjective by adding the suffix:

- ible

- able

-y

-al

-ive

-ful

-less

-ous

windy             endless

attractive      accidental

hopeful         valuable

hopeless       accessible

dangerous

prefixes

Noun Suffixes

Exercises

  0. FORTUNE

1. MISERY (N)
2. HAZARD (N)
3. CARRY (V)
4. SCIENCE (N)
5. MANAGE (V)
6. INTERVENE (V)
7. EXPERT (N)
8. CURE (V)

0. UNFORTUNATE

1. MISERABLE (Adjective with a suffix)

2. HAZARDOUS (Adjective with a suffix)

3. CARRIERS ( plural noun)

4. SCIENTISTS ( plural noun)

5. MISMANAGEMENT  (singular noun)

6. INTERVENTION (singular noun)

7. EXPERTLY (adverb)

8. INCURABLE (Adjective with prefix and suffix) 

You've all heard of the Loch Ness monster, and many other (MYSTERY) monsters.

The giant squid is a (POWER) swimmer.

You shouldn't wear a hat here, you don't look (RESPECT) like that.

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think of a strong
adjective

past continuous

actions in progress in the past/temporary past situations

My brother was living in London at that time

an action which was interrupted by another action

We were having a picnic when it started to rain

as introduction to a story

We were driving to the hotel when we got lost

Past Continuous:
in welke zin wordt de past continuous gebruikt?

1. I haven't been to that film yet.
2. I was walking down the street when I tripped.
3. I lived in Utrecht in 2010
4. I am eating a sandwich.

My brothers .... (play) soccer, when my mother called for dinner.

past perfect

for an actions that happened before another one in the past

The audience had started laughing before he finished the joke

/ with superlative adjectives + fyne jas 

It was the best holiday I'd ever had.

We had never been white water rafting before.

Past perfect:
in welke zin wordt de past perfect gebruikt?

1. I watched my brother leave the store.
2. I was watching tv when he left the store.
3. Can I watch the game at your place?
4. Friends was the longest series I'd ever watched.

They ... (not see) my dog when I last asked them.

used to

used to + infinitive for repeated past actions, habits and states which are no longer true

Stella used to play the violin, but now she plays the piano.

I ... (go) fishing with my dad when I was younger.

past simple

finished past events

a sequence of actions

I fell off my bike last week

past habit/situation

When I was younger, I couldn't ride a bike

PAST SIMPLE:
Welke zin staat in de Past Simple?

1. I was hearing my mother.
2. I have heard my mother.
3. I heard my mother.
4. I hear my mother.

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