H4 29 sept

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

British slang word: Kerfuffle
What do you think it means?

girl

drunk

extremely tired

a bit stupid

good/excellent

knackered

bird

daft

cracking

trollied/
plastered/
pissed/
hammered

1. When something or someone is “cracking” it means that the thing or the person is particularly good or excellent. For example, “He’s a cracking lad” or “That’s a cracking cuppa.”

2. “Knackered” is used when someone is extremely tired. For example, “I was up studying all night last night, I’m absolutely knackered.”

3. Daft: Used to mean if something is a bit stupid. It’s not particularly offensive, just mildly silly or foolish.

4. Trollied/plastered/pissed/hammered all mean the same thing: being drunk! 

5. Bird = girl/woman

Use one of the slang words in a sentence: kerfuffle / knackered / bird / cracking / daft / hammered

Past simple vs present perfect

	Past simple	present perfect
How to make it?	+ -ed, tweede rijtje, did / didn't	have / has + volt. deelwoord (3e rijtje)
When to use it?	verwijzing naar het verleden; feiten en gewoontes.	in het verleden begonnen, connectie met het heden / het resultaat is nog zichtbaar
Signaalwoorden	yesterday, last week, last year, in 1994, five hours ago, etc.	for, yet, never, ever, just, already, since.

Past simple vs present perfect

Easier exercises --> Unit 1, lesson 2, exercise 15&16 (p. 20-21)

More difficult exercises --> Unit 1, lesson 5, exercise 8&9 (p. 40-41)

Done? Study for Follow Up 

Rest of the lesson:

Word formation 

Many people often make a ________
between London and New York.
(compare)

This book ___________
as a series of lectures about shipwrecks, which were given two decades ago. (origin)

There are power stations across Europe that use the
________ rise and fall of the ocean tides.
(day)

If you weren't so ________
of Ben, he'd be happier to spend time with you.
(critic)

Don't you find it _______
how Jeremy always comes to work looking so untidy? (intrigue)

Doctors say a glass of warm milk before bedtime can result in a more
__________ night's sleep. (rest)

Tim-Berners Lee has received many awards as the
_________ of the world wide web.
(invent)

On the final day, we visited the __________
Victoria Falls and then flew home.
(majesty)

Word guessing/formation (p. 20)

Unit 1, Lesson 2, exercise 14 (p. 20) Make nouns from the underlined words using the following endings. There are two endings too many. You may use a dictionary.

-th, -ship, -ion, -ence, -ness, -or, -ment , -ity

1.  I paid for this last week. Last Friday I made a _________________________. 

2. She declared she was innocent. She made that ________________ yesterday. 

3. Michaela is a kind woman. She is known for her __________________________.

4. I'm curious to know where you are going to perform next. Can you satisfy my ____________________. 

5. I didn't know that club existed. I was not aware of its _____________________. 

6. It seems his father died last year. I had not heard about his ________________, however.