Phrases with 'brain'/ SB Unit 4 Verb patterns

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 5

Friday, March 10th

Programme

- Review phrases with 'brain'

- SB Unit 4: Verb patterns

Remember the phrases with 'brain'?

Let's refresh your memory and check your skills!

SB p. 42, exercise 4

1. the person who developed -> the brains behind
2. to repeat ideas many times to force -> to brainwash
   
3. the clever and original idea -> the brainchild
   
4. forgetful and unable to organize their thoughts -> scatterbrained
5. to think hard for a long time -> rack their brains
6. spontaneous good idea -> brainwave
7. asking them a lot of questions -> picking their brains
8. a difficult, but fun problem to solve -> brain-teaser
   

You're so ... . You're always misplacing your keys and your mobile.

1. brainwave
2. brainchild
3. brainwashed
4. scatterbrained

Can I just ... for a minute? I want some help with installing this app.

1. rack your brains
2. pick your brains
3. brainwash you
4. the brains behind

I've just had a ... . How about this for an idea to make some money quickly?

1. brainwave
2. brainchild
3. brainwash
4. brain-teaser

The 'Carebot', or care robot, was the ... of a PhD student in Manchester.

1. brainwave
2. brainchild
3. brainwash
4. brain-teaser

By the end of the seminar, they'd repeated their slogan so often I felt like I'd been ...

1. picked my brains
2. racked my brains
3. brainwashed
4. scatterbrained

Nick D'Aloisio was ... the app Summly, which he developed when he was just fifteen.

1. the brains behind
2. the brainchild
3. the brain-teaser
4. scatterbrained

SB Unit 4: Verb patterns

Let's go through the hand-out together

Hand-out: Verb patterns

Work on the 2 exercises for the next 7 minutes

Verb patterns

Turn to SB p. 44/ 45

Work on exercises 4, 5, 6 &7

Are you going to do these exercises individually, with your neighbour or with some help from me?

Finished? Check your answers online!

Tuesday

50-minute class

•    Finish the exercises in your SB
•    Study words 4A-4C-4D