Lesson - Last weeks

Previously on English lessons...

...we've learned the present perfect.

...we've learned about comparisons.

...we've read English texts.

This lesson...

...we will repeat the grammar that is in the test.

...we will practice reading English texts.

Present perfect

What do you remember?

Present = nu

Perfect = met 'have'

Iets is in het verleden gebeurd, maar nog steeds aan de gang of gebeurt weer.

Persoon + have/has + voltooid deelwoord.

He has worked there for 3 years.

I have been here many times before.

The Dutch people have done this for centuries.

(The Dutch people = they)

Persoon + have/has + voltooid deelwoord

I have lived here for 2 months.

You have dyed your hair so many times.

She has been against smoking for ages.

We have dreamed about a vacation like this.

They have done this before.

You have had your chance.

Persoon + have/has + voltooid deelwoord

I have lived 

You have dyed 

We have dreamed 

She has been

They have done

You have had 

Voltooid deelwoord

werkwoord + ed

Dreamed - lived - dyed

onregelmatig (3e woordje in het rijtje)

do - did - done

Comparisons

What do you remember?

He is tall.

But she is ............

She wins, because she is the ....................

He is tall.

But she is ............

She wins, because she is the ....................

He is tall.

She is taller.

She is the tallest.

Exceptions!!!

1. The y turns into an i.

That clip is funny.

The clip I saw yesterday was funnier though.

But, the movie we saw yesterday was the funniest.

Exceptions!!!

2. Beau-ti-ful (3 lettergrepen of meer) 

That view is beautiful.

But the view we had in Spain is more beautiful.

However, the one in France is the most beautiful.

Interesting/powerful/colourful/fascinating/breathtaking/etc.

Texts...

How to deal with them?

What do you do first?

1. Title

What is the text about do you think?

What do you know already?

2. Images, subtitles.

Were you right?

Changed your mind?

3. Lay-out, what kind of text?

Keep triggering your mind!

4. First and last sentence every paragraph.

5. Now read the whole text.

Keep thinking? What is it about? What makes sense?

Let's get down to business

Do the exercises that go with the text.

Finished? Work on the present perfect exercises.

Or study: Unit 3,4,5 (check the planner).

This lesson we've learned...

...the grammar that is in the test.

...reading English texts.

Homework

STUDY FOR THE TEST! 

Check my planner...