lesson 1

• Engels
• WO
• Studiejaar 2

24 Sep

Riddle

The word of this week

Test your level

A dog has three puppies. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. What is the mother's name.

Make up

She puts on make up everyday before she goes to work

Make up

• Women make up 56% of our company.
• He likes to make up reasons for why he's not successful in life.
• We spoke for five hours to make up for lost time.
• The three of us make up a band
• They decided to make up after a year of not talking to each other.

You hear a student talking about her college course.
What does she say about it?

1. She enjoys seeing how things work in practice.
2. She is sure she'd like to work in a related field.
3. She wants to know more about an aspect of the course.

Fill in the missing word:
We would have called you if we ___ known you were in.

Change the word so that it fits in the sentence.
What a beautiful vase! That's the __(LOVE) present I've ever had.

Practise or practice?
You need more _____ before you’re ready to take the exam.

1. practise
2. practice

Fill in the missing word:
He failed his exam, ___ was a real surprise.

You hear a conversation between a customer and a florist.
What does the customer decide to do?

1. Research a new species of rose.
2. Take the florist's advice.
3. Buy an expensive bunch of flowers.

Change the word so that it fits in the sentence.
My teacher says there has been a big __ (IMPROVE) in my English lately.

Affect or effect?

The strike will seriously ___ the train service.

1. affect
2. effect

Did you have any problems ____ our house?

1. to find
2. finding
3. find
4. for finding

Fill in the missing word:
The police are looking __ the recent series of robberies in the area.

Complete sentence 2, making sure the meaning is the same as sentence 1. Use the given word.
I must buy bread later.
REMEMBER
I ___ bread later.