Lesson 4

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Programme:

• Reading
• Day start
• Placement test
• Homework check 
• Compound adjectives
• -ed vs -ing words
  
• Time to work
• Speaking activity
• Finishing up 

Unit 1

ambitious

bad-tempered

curious

verbazingwekkend

gloednieuw

redelijk

Explain in English: cottage

Explain in English: documentary

Homework

SB p. 12, ex. 1 and 2

WB p. 6&7 (ex. 1-5)

Grammar: Compound adjectives

Adjectives are words that give us extra information about nouns. Sometimes, a combination of 2 adjectives can give us a new adjective. We put a hyphen (-) in between

Good-looking car

Second-hand clothes

15-year-old boy

-ed vs -ing words

I am amazed

I am amazing

He is tired

He is tiring

Adverbs and adjectives

-ed words are usually about feelings and emotions

(she is tired, she is exhausted)

-ing words are usually about qualities or characteristics 

(she is tiring, she is exhausting)

your neighbour

Time to work

SB p. 12, ex. 3, 4 (notebook), 5

SB p. 13, ex. 9 and 10

WB p. 8 and 9

Study second half of the words (generous - yell)

Adjective descriptions

Work in pairs.  Come up with as many adjectives as you can to describe the picture. 

Think of at least 1 compound adjective for each picture