TTO3 week 4

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo b
• Leerjaar 3

Test preparation

Expressions

Difference in tenses

Irregular verbs

Vocabulary

Expressions test week - 1

1. The bare bones of a story=
2. To be in the weeds = 
3. To take a back seat =
4. It is no concern of yours = 
5. to bloom with health = 
6. To bloom out of =
7. I can't be bothered = 
8. to be left to your own resources = 
9. It rattled me to the core = 

Expressions test week - 2

1. Money is tight = 
2. He is on the take = 
3. To cut yourself some slack = 
4. Tooth and nail = 
5. Terms of endearment =                                    
6. To scrape by =                                                        
7.  Shift along = 
8.  He is getting quite befuddled = 

Expressions test week - 1 - key

1. The bare bones of the story = the basic facts
2. To be in the weeds = to be in trouble
3. To take a back seat = to disappear into the background; to take second place
4. It is no concern of yours = It is none of your business, so don't interfere
5. to bloom with health = to look quite healthy
6. To bloom out of = to develop from; to develop as a consequence of 
7. I can't be bothered = I don't feel like it; I don't want to do it
8. to be left to your own resources = to be left alone (1 - to make ends meet/survive on your own; 2- unsupervised/uncontrolled/to do as you please
9. It rattled me to the core = to be extremely shocked

Expressions test week - 2 - key

1. Money is tight = there is hardly any money
2. He is on the take = He is corrupt
3. To cut yourself some slack = Dont' be so hard on yourself
4. Tooth and nail = with all of one's strength and effort
5. Terms of endearment =  words and phrases expressing love or affection                                   
6. To scrape by = to have just enough money to survive
7. Shift along = move over
8. He is getting quite befuddled = He's getting confused

Difference in tenses

1) a - I spoke to him this morning.

1) b - I was speaking to him this morning.

2) a - I was walking to school when she called me.

2) b - I had walked to school before she called me.

3) a - He left the country.

3) b - He has left the country.

Study the difference in tenses carefully on page 17 of your grammar booklet

Irregular verbs

1. To lie - 
2. To lay - 
3. To sink
4. To sing
5. To fall
6. To feel
7. To think
8. Can

Vocabulary

1. Existential
2. Be they
3. To expose (2 x)
4. Exposure
5. To divulge
6. Withhholding
7. Scant

Vocabulary

1. Existential = having to do with existence/your life on earth
2. Be they = whether
3. To expose (2 x) = to unmask (to show so is sth); to show/uncover
4. Exposure = the state of having no protection from sth. harmful
5. To divulge = to make public (private and/or sensitive information)
6. Withhholding information = to hold back/not sharing information
7. Scant = barely sufficient or adequate ("the stray cat weighed a scant 3 pounds")

Your own sentences

3rd conditional: If I hadn't .........., I wouldn't have.....

2nd conditional: If I won the lottery, I  .........

1st conditional: If I study hard for the test week, I 

Grammar Unit 3 - p. 33

Do ex. 1/2/3/4/5