A2 pitfalls

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

less vs fewer

11. She has fewer / less coins than I do.

12. She has fewer / less money than I do.

Pitfalls = valkuilen

Lesson Aim:

I can identify pitfalls correctly and know how to avoid them.

Find the mistakes:

We where on our way too the classroom, when the bell rang.

Than they asked me: ‘Where we’re you today?’

Graham said too me: ‘I’ve had way too much too eat, much more then you.’

 

Find the mistakes:

We were on our way to the classroom, when the bell rang.

Then they asked me: ‘Where were you today?’

Graham said to me: ‘I’ve had way too much to eat, much more than you.’

 

to

too

we have __ much homework!

Let's go __London.

Do you like football __?

You don't have __ worry.

He gave it __ me.

He works __ earn money.

I don't know how ___ do these exercises. Can you help?

1. to
2. too

My friend drove me ___ my doctor's appointmment.

1. to
2. too

Then or than?

Then = toen of dan

Verwijst naar tijd

Finish the test and then stop writing

Than = dan

Gebruik je bij vergelijkingen

I am taller than my brother

My dad's company made more profit ___ last year.

1. then
2. than

First we went through customs and ___ we picked up our luggage.

1. then
2. than

Possessives vs contractions

"Your" is een possessive (bezittelijk voornaamwoord) en betekent jouw

"You're" is een contraction (samentrekking) van you en are en betekent jij bent.

You made it around the track in under a minute, ____ fast!

1. your
2. you're

It looked like ___ wasn't anything they could do.

1. there
2. their
3. they're

_1_ going to love going _2_,
I heard _3_ food is the best!

1. 1 =their, 2=there, 3 =they're
2. 1=there, 2=their, 3=they're
3. 1=they're, 2=there, 3=their
4. 1=they're, 2=their, 3=there

___ really hard to tell the difference between a jaguar and a leopard.

1. It's
2. Its

The museum needs to update ___ online schedule for summer.

1. it's
2. its

Less/ fewer = minder

Fewer: voor dingen die je kunt tellen 

Less: voor dingen die je NIET kunt tellen

I bought fewer magazines than last year. 

My mother spent less money on groceries last week.

I can identify pitfalls correctly and know how to avoid them.