May 6th: Grammar & selfworkhour

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 3

Week 14

Welcome!

Today: very simple grammar

Take out your notebook, please. 

Reflexive pronouns 

We use a reflexive pronoun to refer to the subject of the sentence. 

The subject of the sentence is who the sentence is about. 

(We call it 'het onderwerp' in Dutch)

What is the subject? 

We got embarrassed. 

She took care of the problem. 

I need to re-introduce. 

I	Myself	I prefer to do that myself.
You	Yourself	What do you call yourself?
He	Himself	He is by himself.
She	Herself	She taught that herself.
It	Itself	The problem won't solve itself.
We	Ourselves	We've read by ourselves.
Your (plural)	Yourselves	Everyone quiet otherwise you can't think by yourselves.
They	Themselves	The pupils were left by themselves.

We have embarrassed _______.

My aunt took care of the problem by _______.

I need to re-introduce _______.

Homework for next week 

E writing and grammar on pages 28/31

G reading on pages 36/39

Grammar: condintionals

Grab a notebook, please. 

If & when 

If -> Something could possibly happen (but is unsure) 

If I win the lottery I will buy a car. 

When -> Something is definitely going to happen 

When I get home I am going to take a nap. 

Conditionals 

You use conditionals to describe facts, likely situations, and unlikely situations. 

There is always an if-clause and a main clause. 

The if-clause describes a condition. The main clause states the result of that condition.

Examples 

If I win the lottery , I will buy a new car

When I get married , I plan to change my name 

if clause

main clause

if clause

main clause

Zero conditional 

The result is a fact 

Both clauses get the present simple tense

If the light turns green, the oven is done pre-heating. 

Plastic melts, when you apply heat. 

First conditional 

If the result is a prediction or something that is probably going to happen, you use will + infinitive in the main clause. You still use the present simple in the if-clause.

When I get home, I will take a nap. 

If I ever go back to Switzerland, I will not go camping. 

Second conditional

If the result is made up or not real (yet), you use would + infinitive in the main clause. This time you use the past simple in the if-clause. This is called the second conditional.

If he asked, I would say yes. 

If we lost our plane, we would arrive late. 

Conditional	Tense	When to use
Zero	Present simple	Fact
First	Present simple -> if clause Will + verb -> main clause	Prediction
Second	Past simple -> if clause Would + infinitive -> main clause	Made up / not real

Practice

https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b1/first-and-second-conditionals/

Extra explanation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_rJVvfrLSI&ab_channel=EngelsAcademie

Selfworkhour 

- Start your homework for next week

- Start learning the words for theme 4

- Ask questions about grammar

- finish your 'eindexamensite.nl' assignments