Unit 5 - Genitive

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

English - individual work week 22

In this lesson today:

1. Repeat genitive

2. Reading

3. Finishing the debate (deadline 29-05 before 15:00!)

4. For those interested: make sure you hand in your application for Cambridge English!

Repeat genitive

If you wish to repeat the genitive; read the instructions on this page:

Read about genitive.

Extra exercises for practice can be found at the bottom of the page

Check your genitive knowledge, enter the correct form:
Sarah is ... aunt. (Emily)

Check your genitive knowledge, enter the correct form:
Where is the ... shower? (ladies)

Check your genitive knowledge, enter the correct form:
I couldn't believe ... (the boy - the story)

Check your genitive knowledge, enter the correct form:
My favourite food is a .... (the pizza - New York)

Reading

Open your PDF book (Real Time V3) on page 153

Read the text Traditions in Britain and answer the questions on the following slides

In what way are the New Year celebrations in Scotland and Wales similar?

What ditterences are there between Scotland and Wales? Write down at least two.

What similarities are there between New Year and Burns' Night?

Why is the menu on Burns' Night written in a Scottish dialect and "sometimes in
rhyme"?

How is Guy Fawkes Day celebrated? Explain in your own words.

Are firework displays in other European countries, e.g. the Netherlands, held in the
same way as those in Britain on Guy Fawkes Day? Explain.

Copy the phrases

For the following task use the same text and find the translation of the sentences in the text and write them down.

Het is de traditie dat Oud en Nieuw begint met een feestje.

Oud en Nieuw is het belangrijkste feest van het jaar.

De avond begint met een traditioneel diner en eindigt met het zingen van een gedicht.

Sinds die tijd wordt het al gevierd in Groot-Brittannië.

Kinderen hebben zelfgemaakte poppen die verbrand worden op een groot vuur.

English - what to do now?

Finishing the debate (deadline 29-05 before 15:00!) (see next slide for info)

For those interested: make sure you hand in your application for Cambridge English! (see last slide)

Finishing the debate

Make sure you follow the guidelines in the document.

Record your conversation in Teams, make sure everyone is visible.

Hand in your debate on or before 29-05 15:00. Send in using Teams private chat! (1 person per group hands it in)

Cambridge English letter

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