Week 8 - English year 1

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English Year 1

2025 - 2026

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Your teacher:

 Mr Vullings

Language: English

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You will have a test in the 9th week:

Week of 27 Oct

Grammar: Word order, articles, prepositions, pronouns, present simple, present continuous.

Which piece of grammar remains unclear to you?

Word order

Articles

Prepositions

Pronouns

Present simple

Present continuous

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Word Order: Basic word order

When a sentence contains more than two elements, they need to be in a certain order.

Word order: Subject

The person or thing who does something in a sentence. 

I love music

My father is a carpenter

Word order: Verbs

Subject and verb(s):

The subject and the verb are always as close together as possible. If there is more than one verb in a sentence (or part of a sentence), these also stay together. For example:

• You could have told me this yesterday.

Word order: Direct Object

Direct object:

You can find the direct object by finding the verb and asking "what?".

For example:

He gave the beggar a gold coin.

Step 1. Find the verb = “gave”

Step 2. Ask "What?" or "Whom?" = “a gold coin”

(Therefore, the direct object is “a gold coin”.)

Word order: Indirect Object

Indirect object:

You can find the indirect object by first finding the direct object. Once you've found the direct object, ask who or what received it.

For example:

He gave the beggar a gold coin.

Step 1. Find the verb = “gave”

Step 2. Ask "What?" or "Whom" = “a gold coin”

Step 3. Ask “who or what received the gold coin” = “the beggar”

(Therefore, “the beggar” is the indirect object.)

Word order: Adverbs of place

Adverbs of place:

If a sentence contains an adverb of place, this is placed at the end of a sentence:

My brother is cooking in the kitchen

The books are in the closet

Word order: adverbs of time

Adverbs of time:

If a sentence contains an adverb of time, this is placed at the end of a sentence:

We saw each other a month ago

I lost my keys yesterday

Word order: Adverbs of place and time

Adverbs of place & time:

When a sentence contains both an adverb of time and place, place always comes before time:

We saw each other in Belgium a month ago

I lost my keys in the supermarket yesterday

Word order: adverbs of frequency

An adverb of frequency can be added to a sentence as well. The position of this adverb depends on the verbs.

Before the verb, if there is only one verb in the sentence:

My brother always walks the dog twice a day

After ‘to be’, if ‘to be’ is the only verb in the sentence:

I am always late

After the first verb, if there are more verbs in the sentence:

I have never seen that film

I have often been skiing in Austria

She should never have said that

Articles a / an

You get a when the sound of the word behind it starts with a consonent:

A book 

A unit (You say Junit)

A university

You get an when the sound of the word behind it starts with a vowel:

An apple

An opportunity

An hour

Prepositions (voorzetsels)

Prepositions - Time

At – specific times

• At 4 o’clock
  
• At 12:15
  
• At the weekend (UK)
  
  

On – days, dates or days of the week

• On Tuesdays
  
• On the 25th of February.
  
• On my birthday
  
  
  

In – during periods

• In the morning
  
• In February
  
• In the middle of the month
  

Prepositions - Place

In – a country, city, neighbourhood or closed space

• We are in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
  
• There is a bowling alley in the Maaspoort
  
• The chairs are in the classroom
  
  
  

At – an adress, a specific location

• I live at Vlijmenseweg 1
  
• Let’s meet at reception
  
• He’s at school now
  
  
  

On – streets, surfaces (table)

• The subway is on the Onderwijsboulevard
  
• I met him on 5th Avenue
  
• The keys are on the table.
  

Other prepositions

Since – Period from a certain day onwards till now

•  We’ve been at this hotel since last Friday.
  
  

For – for the length of the whole period

•  We’ve been at this hotel for 2 week.
  

Between – between two places or things

•  There are mountains between Italy and Switzerland.
  

During – when something happens at the same time as something else

•  During my sickness, a colleague covered for me.
  

Pronouns (voornaamwoorden)

In English there are 5 kinds of Pronouns

Personal: I, you, he/she/it, we, you, they

Possessive: my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their

Reflexive: myself, yourself, him/her/itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves

Demonstrative: this, that, these, those

Relative: who/that, which/that, whose, whom, where

Personal pronouns

I, you, he/she/it, we, you, they

Words refer to people or things – can be replaced by a noun 

I liked the movie a lot

He thought the mogive was quite scary

we will not watch the movie again

Possessive pronouns

my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their

Are in front of a noun (zelfstandig naamwoord) and tell you who is the owner of something

This is my book.

Their book is still in the kitchen.

Its cover is blue.

Reflexive pronouns

Myself, yourself, him/her/itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.

Are used to refer back to the subject of the sentence.

Peter hit himself with his own tennis racket during the match.

I taught myself how to play the piano.

This, that, these, those

Relative pronouns

Present Continuous - Use

We use the present continuous to describe things that are happening right now:

You are listening to your teacher while your teacher is explaining the theory

Be on time, parttake in class, business attitude.

Present Continuous - Affirmative

Be on time, parttake in class, business attitude.

Present Continuous - Negative

Rule: Person + to be + verb + ing

Be on time, parttake in class, business attitude.

Present Continuous - Interrogative

Rule: to be + person + verb + ing

Be on time, parttake in class, business attitude.

Present Simple - When

We use the present simple for:

1. Facts or general truths - feiten of algemene waarheden
   
2. (semi-) Permanent situations -  (semi-) permanente situaties
   
3. Habits - gewoontes
   
4. Sequences, or short actions - serie acties of korte acties
   

Present Simple - Facts & General truths

We use the present simple when something is generally or

always true: 

People need food. 

In Canada, it snows in winter. 

Two and two make four. 

Present Simple - (semi) permanent situations

We also need to use this tense for a situation that we think is more or less permanent:

Where do you live? 

She works in a bank. 

I don't like mushrooms. 

My brother is 18 years old. 

Present Simple - habits

We use the present simple when we talk about habits.

Habits are repeated actions or things that we do regularly. We often use adverbs of frequency (such as 'often', 'always' and 'sometimes') in this case, as well as expressions like 'every Sunday' or 'twice a month’:

Do you smoke? 

I play tennis every Tuesday. 

I don't travel very often. 

Present Simple - Short actions

We can also use the present simple for short actions that are happening now. The actions are so short that they are finished almost 
as soon as you've said the sentence. This is often used with 
sports commentary:

He takes the ball, he runs down the wing, and he scores!

Present Simple - Form (affirmative)

Is the subject of a sentence He/she/it?

Verb + S or spelling rules

He lives, she works, it dances

If not:
verb without to
I live, they work, we dance

Present Simple - Form (affirmative) + spelling

Is the subject of a sentence He/she/it?

Watch the spelling of the verb

Present Simple - Form (negative)

Present Simple - Form (Interrogative)

Follow the rules below, if you have to add the word where it comes before the word do: Where do you sing? Why do you sing? etc. 

Present Simple vs Present Continuous
Signal words

Facts & Habits

Signalwords:

• Usually
• Often
• Always
• Never
• Every week/month/year
• On Mondays
• Sometimes
• In the weekend

I often play football in my free time

Every week I sing to my dog. 

She is 17 years old. 

Things that are happening now

Signalwords:

• Right now
• At the moment
• This instance
• This week
• Now
• Currently
• While
• Listen! Look!

I am doing my homework, righ

Listt now.

They are allowing phones in class this week. 

Clarissa is running to class. 

Catch up on your task list

Finish the final worksheet from last week
Then work on your task list

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hoofdstuk 1

Exercise 1-4
hoofdstuk 4

Exercise 1-3 & 9, 10

hoofdstuk 5

Exercise 4-6