Unit 1- Countries

• English
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

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Who knows the names of some countries in English?

 Think: What is a country or countries you've visited before? What language do they speak in that/ those countries?

Pair: Share with your partner. Do you have the same countries or different?

Share: Raise your hand and share with the whole class when the teacher asks you.

Examples

Country - The United States  

Language- English 

Nationality- American

Your Teacher

Country - South Africa

Language- English, Afrikaans, Zulu 

Nationality- South African

Your turn: Fill in for the country you live in and 3 other countries from your vocabulary list.

You:

Country -  

Language-  

Nationality- 

3 other countries:

Country - 

Language- 

Nationality- 

Fill in the worksheet

Grammar

I am / Ik ben

He is

She is   HIJ / ZIJ/ HET -> IS

it is

We are

You are

They are

I'm 

He's

She's   

it's

We're

You're

They're 

SHORT

I am 14 years old

I'm 14 years old 

He is a football player

He's a football player

They are having a party tonight

They're having a party tonight

I am not 14 years old

I'm not 14 years old 

He is not a football player

He's not football player

They are not having a party tonight

They're not having a party tonight

Negative sentences

Am I  14 years old?

 

Is he a football player?

Is she good at English?

Is it cold outside?

Are we learning about countries today?

Are they happy?

Are you going to play volleyball this afternoon?

Question sentences

+  I am happy today / I'm happy today

-   I am not happy today / I'm not happy today

?   Am I happy today?

___ you hungry?

____ he speaking English?

(-) I ____ _____ listening to music.

(-) They ____ _____ eating sweets.

(+) She ____ doing her homework.

(+) We ____ learning English

Short - I + am

Short- she + is

Short- We + are