8.1 Meet and Greet

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• Studiejaar 1

English Writing & Speaking

8.1 Meet & Greet

Today

- Introduction to new period

- NU Engels 8.1

- Speaking practice: The Secret Door

- Deeper look into plurals (meervoud)

This period

- Speaking and conversations in English

- Chapter test

- Conversation assignment

How would these friends
greet each other?

How would these people
greet each other?

Meet & greet

Here they are again:

Informal: friends and people you know.

Formal: strangers and formal situations.

Page 8 of book B

Speaking practice (5 min)

- Form pairs or groups of 2-3 

- Click on the link in Teams

- Open the Secret Door

- Take turns describing what you see in English

- If you do not know certain words you can look them up and write them down

Plurals in English

What are plurals?

Plurals

Look at the grammar tab:

Car - cars                        

Bus - buses

Hero - heroes

Wolf - wolves

Lady - ladies            Boy - boys

Plurals

Irregular plurals (onregelmatige meervouden)

Man - men

Woman - women

Goose - geese

Plurals

A pair of....

Gebruiken we bij twee dingen die bij elkaar horen.

- A pair of socks

- A pair of scissors

- A pair of glasses 

Plurals

Woorden waar een groep mee wordt beschreven

The police are investigating the case.

Plurals

Sommige woorden blijven hetzelfde in het enkel- en meervoud:

One deer - Multiple deer

One series - Multiple series 

For now and later

8.1

Do exercise 1A - 2 - 3 - 4