H4 14-1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Lesson plan and goals

Expand and check vocabulary

The gerund

Present perfect continuous

The weather

Match the weather related expressions

Sentence 1

Sentence 2

Sentence 3

Sentence 4

Sentence 5

Sentence 6

Sentence 7

save it for a rainy day

it never rains but it pours

come rain or shine

get wind of

take a rain check

a storm in a teacup

feel under the weather

Weather expression

Fill in the relevant weather expressions in the right sentence

postpone a plan for a period of time

when one bad thing happens, other bad things happen

carry out plans whatever happens or whatever the weather

refuse an offer politely to accept it at a later date

find out about something, usually accidentally

a big fuss made about something of little importance

feel a little ill

keep something for later time when you need it

save it for a rainy day

it never rains but it pours

come rain or shine

get wind of

take a rain check

put on ice

a storm in a teacup

feel under the weather

What do you remember
about the gerund?

The gerund

Remember:

a verb functioning as a noun

verb+ing (without be)

after all prepositions 

The gerund exercise

Translate the words in brackets into an English gerund

First 4 together the rest is homework for Friday

Zwemmen

Het valt niet te ontkennen

het de moeite waard was om te proberen

Na (de brug) over te hebben gestoken

Present perfect continuous 

exercise

First 2 together the rest is homework for Friday

His father - to lie - in a hospital bed - early May

How long - Faris - to hide - in that truck now?