CEN1 Grammar overview Units 4 and 5

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Welcome!
Grammar overview from units 4 and 5

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

Grammar topics
- Comparative adjectives ~ p. 50 and p. 134
- Superlative adjectives ~ p. 52 and p. 134
- Past continuous ~ p. 62 and p. 136
- Past continuous versus Past simple ~ p. 64 and p. 136
- How to write a review ~ p. 54-55

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Comparisons (vergelijkingen)








syllable (lettergreep): word + er (vergrotende trap), word +est (overtreffende trap)
syllables (lettergrepen) or more: more + word (vergrotende trap), most + word (overteffende trap)
Comparative adjectives 
(= vergrotende trap)
Superlative adjectives 
(= overtreffende trap)

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

Comparisons (vergelijkingen)
Let op!
- Bij woorden van één lettergreep die eindigen op a/e/i/o/u en een medeklinker wordt de laatste letter verdubbeld + -er of -est.
big-bigger-biggest 
- Bij woorden van 2 lettergrepen die eindigen op le, er, ow  (en een paar andere uitzonderingen) mag je kiezen: -er en -est of more en most.           (simpler of more simple)    
- Woorden van 2 lettergrepen die eindigen op -y, krijgen -ier en -iest (soms mag ook more/ most).                              (happy- happier-happiest)

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

Comparisons (vergelijkingen)
Let op!
- Bij vergelijkingen than gebruiken, niet then.
My shoes are more expensive than your shoes.
- Is iets even zo veel/groot/sterk/etc.? Gebruik as ....... as.
My shoes are as expensive as your shoes.

- Leer de uitzonderingen! (p. 134)


Slide 5 - Tekstslide

Past continuous
When do we use it?
- For actions happening at a particular time in the past.
bv. I was cycling to school this morning.

- To set the scene in a story.
bv. It was a dark night and it was raining heavily.

- For two or more actions happening at the same time in the past.
bv. They were playing video games and eating at the same time.
Often with a time expression like: yesterday, last weekend, at 12 o'clock!

Slide 6 - Tekstslide

Past continuous
How do we use it?
Positive:
Was / were + ww + ing

Negative:
Was / were + not + ww + ing

Questions:
Was / were + ow + ww + ing



He was doing the dishes when the doorbell rang.

They were not listening when the lesson started. 

Were you listening when the teacher asked you a question?


Slide 7 - Tekstslide

Past continuous
Important!
- was = singular (I, he, she, it)
Susy was working at the bakery yesterday.

- were = plural (you, we, they)
Davy and John were walking in the park at lunchtime.

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

Past continuous and past simple
- We use the past continuous and the past simple in the same sentence to talk about an action that was in progress (past continuous) when another action happened (past simple).

- We use when before the action in the past simple.

example: She was dancing when she hurt her leg.


Slide 9 - Tekstslide

Past simple
Past simple (bij dingen die in het verleden gebeurd zijn):
- Bevestigend: verb + ed 
- Ontkennend: did + not + verb
- Vragend: did + ow + verb

I worked at the store yesterday.
I did not work at the store yesterday.
Did I work at the store yesterday?


Slide 10 - Tekstslide

How to write a review
- Start with a mind map/ word web to gather information.
- Write in your review about the best and worst things.

> More information on p. 54-55

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Good luck!
Practise with the topics you struggle with, you can find where you can do that on It's Learning. Email me if you have any questions! 

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