English writing 18 May 2020

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Good morning students!

Programme

Look back

Instructions writing

Write an email (Blackboard

Homework (reading) 

Lesson goals

- You are able to write a letter in English

I work on mondays.

1. true
2. false

She live in Zwolle

1. true
2. false

My favourite food is pasta.

1. true
2. false

i love to go shopping in Amsterdam.

1. true
2. false

Lets go to the cinema tonight!

1. true
2. false

Thanks for your letter.

1. true
2. false

My birthday is in december.

1. true
2. false

writing tips & tricks

- Start with Dear...

Dear John, Dear Mr Jones, Dear Ms Jensen, Dear Sir/Madam,

- closure:

formal: Yours sincerely

Informal: Kind regards, Best wishes

Your name

Writing tips & tricks

• use paragraphs
• introduction, middle- closure
• 
  
• formal letter: no short forms/ abbreviations!

Grammar tenses

Future

Voor dingen die je nog gaat doen

Voor dingen die je van plan bent

I am going to finish school in may.

I hope I will get my diploma.

We are going to have a party on Saturday.

Grammar tenses

present simple:

things you like or dislike

things you normally do

facts

I really like playing video games.

I often play footbal at the weekend.

I have two sisters.

Grammar tenses

past simple:

happende in the past

Things you used to do.

I went to Spain last summer.

I had a dog when I was little.

There were a lot of people at the party.

Theme 2

Word order

Word order : Wat moet je weten

Who-does- what - when- where

Adverbs of frequency

never, sometimes, often,usually, regularly, always

rulel: before the main verb except to be

Word Order - Check

Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

I / dinner / at / weekend / cook / sometimes / the

once / I / while / go / in / swimming / a

I / money / waste / never / my

We always go shopping on Friday.

We are always late.

She never tells me what to do.

She is never at home at the weekend.

common mistakes:

Who-does- what -wanneer

OW- WW- LV/MV- plaats- tijd

there vs. they're vs. their

your vs. you're

Do you have any questions?

What is the correct past tense of these verbs:
study,
stay,
go,
see,

Make the following words plural:
chair, mouse,
money, tomato,
sheep, woman,
taxi, mouse,
thief, man,

Which sentence is not correct? How much or how many?

1. How much sleep did you get?
2. How much money do you have
3. How many glasses of wine did you drink?
4. How many beer did you drink?

personeelsadvertentie

buiten werking

helaas

tandpijn

datum prikken

job advert (= short for advertisement)

out of order

unfortunately

toothache

to set a date

Which sentence is correct?

1. Yesterday I have gone to the market.
2. Yesterday I went to the market.

Verleden tijd = Past tense

Na woorden zoals yesterday, last night, in 1997, when I was young, etc gebruik je in het Engels de gewone verleden tijd (simple past).

Bijvoorbeeld:

Shakespeare died in 1616 en niet Shakespeare has died in 1616, omdat 1616 een gebeurtenis in het verleden is.

How to be polite in English

Structure of informal email

1. Informal greeting
2. Followed by a friendly expression
3. Main body of the text - why am I sending the email
4. Finish your email

Divide your email in small paragraphs to make  it easier to read!

Remember to always be polite!