Unit 7: Vocabulary/ Grammar: nouns/ RAUOE part 4

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Tuesday, May 20th

Programme

- Silent reading

- Homework discussion

- SB Unit 7: Vocabulary

- SB/ WB Unit 7: Grammar

- WB Unit 7: Reading and Use of English part 4

Read your novel

Homework discussion

Complete the gap with the correct article or leave the gaps empty if no article is required.
1. Can you buy ... bread and ... milk from ... shop next to ... station?

1. the - the - x - x
2. x - x - the - the
3. a - a - x - x
4. x - x - a - a

2. I think we should all try to save ... planet and make ... life better for ... future generations.

1. the - x - x
2. x - the - the
3. x - the - x
4. the - x - the

3. I spend a lot of ... time looking at ... sea from ... balcony of ... hotel where I'm staying.

1. the - the - x - x
2. x - the - x - the
3. x - the - the - the
4. the - x - the - the

4. ... Germans are well-known for ... high quality of their football teams.

1. x - the
2. x - a
3. the - x
4. the - the

5. ... cheapest ferry trip in ... world is from ... Staten Island to ... Manhattan. It's free!

1. a - a - x - x
2. the - a - x - the
3. the - a - the - a
4. the - the - x - x

6. He attends ... school which is located near ... new football ground on ... other side of town.

1. a - the - an
2. an - a - x
3. a - the - the
4. an - the - the

Let's discuss! - Exercise 4

1. Correct
2. Mountains do not use the definite article. Next / last + time period don’t take an article.
3. research – uncountable noun; mosquito-borne diseases – plural
4. FBI – specific group; last night – Next / last + time period don't take an article.  
5. female students … male students – plural noun that implies in general
6. Correct

Get to work!

In pairs, work on the following exercises of Unit 7:

- SB p. 96 Vocabulary: ex. 3, 4 and 5 

- SB p. 98 Countable and uncountable nouns: ex. 1 - 4

(need help with this?  Go to SB p. 213)

- Finished? Check your work with the online key (Magister SW)

Let's do WB p. 32 Countable/ uncountable 

exercises 2 and 3 together

WB p. 34 Reading and Use of English part 4

Keyword transformation

Answer key

1. Overseas students who want to study in the UK have no option but to obtain a high-level English qualification.
2. Neil was reassured by people’s enthusiasm for engaging with important social issues.
3. Simon, wasn’t this job application supposed to have been sent off yesterday?
4. In no way was I unhappy with the quality of training I received on my course last week.
5. Ivanka has never taken any notice of people saying she couldn’t be successful.
6. Alice doesn’t work nearly as hard now as she did when she was at school.

Thursday

- Bring your novel and all your books to class

- Revise wordlist unit 7