CAE Extra Lesson 5: Use of English - Parts 2&4

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 4,5

Here's a new mystery photo. What is it?

It's cheese! 

2. sadness 

Sadness

There are many informal idioms which mean sad or unhappy

a misery guts

Meaning: Someone who complains all the time and is never happy

Just grin and bear it

Meaning: accept a situation you don't like because you can't change it.

down in the dumps

Meaning: unhappy (informal)

It's not the end of the world

Meaning: What has happend won't cause any serious problems

out of sorts

meaning: Slightly unhappy or slightly ill

2.1  sadness idioms

Idiom: 

sour grapes

Meaning

Being jealous about something you can't have

Example:

Pat is also suffering from sour grapes because I got the role in the school play she wanted. 

page 28 - unit 2

USE OF ENGLISH CAE EXAM PART 2

OPEN AND CLOZE

8 ITEMS

FILL IN GAPSIN A TEXT OF 150 - 170 WORDS WITH ONE WORD PER GAP

Coming of age:

This phrase indicates the time when a young person gets the rights and responsibilities of an adult

When do young people come of age in the Netherlands? 

Exercise 1 and exercise 2

What age can you.......... 

learn to drive?

drink alcohol, 

get married? 

Exercise 3

Look at the "How to do it"box

Look carefully at what part of speech is missing

REMEMBER: The words are usually short, for example prepositions (on, in, at), linking words (because, also), auxiliary verbs(helping verbs: be, do, have), pronouns,(he, she, they), relative pronouns (which, that, whose, whoever,  who,) etc.

TIP: Check your answers using the information in the Tip Box

Discuss

Exercise 4: 

Do you think the Xicrin's traditions will survive? 

Why/Why not?

Use of English - Part 4 

Key word transformation

6 items

TRANSFORM INFORMATION FROM ONE SENTENCE TO ANOTHER USING THREE TO SIX WORDS INCLUDING THE WORD GIVEN

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Exercise 5 page 29

The objective is to transform information from one sentence to another without changing the meaning. You cannot change the word in CAPITALS, the lexis (posh way of saying words and phrases) and grammar changes but not the meaning in the sentence. 

Look at the example in the book

Exercise 6

Read the "How to do it"box 

Look carefully at the tenses and form in the first sentence before deciding which are correct or not. 

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