B Theme Words

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Today

• Introduction to the theme words. 
  
• Time to work on your own. 
• A short game. 
• Some more time to work on you own. 
• A check! 

After today you know words that are related to technology and science. 

Words that have to do with technology

• Do exercise 10 on p.140:

Underline the words that have to do with technology

Answers 

Over to you.......

• Do exercise 11 on p.140

11 a: Are the words unfamiliar? Write the translation next to them! (For at least three of them!)

11b: choose the correct word. 

Finished early? Continue with exercise 13. 

 

Answers 

Exercise 11b: 

1. tool
2. manufacture 
3. outdated 
4. progress 
5. developed 
6. appliances 
7. state of the art

Answers 

1. To manufacture= the act of making a product from raw materials
2. Engineer= person who designs machines, roads, public works, etc.
3. Analysis= the process of examining something 
4. Tool= a piece of equipment that you use to make something
5. Progress= when something is improved or developed
6. To monitor= keep track of something 
7. State of the art= the most modern, updated version of something
8. Outdated= old-fashioned and no longer useful

Hangman 

• Choose one of the theme words from exercise 11. 
• Your classmate tries to guess the letters of the word.
  
• Every time the letter is incorrect, you draw part of the hangman.
  
•  If your classmate guesses the word before the hangman is complete, they score a point.

Over to you....

• Do exercise 14a & b 

 14a: Are the words unfamiliar? Write the translation next to them! (For at least 3 of them)

14b: Come up with three gap sentences. 

It is interesting to see how ........................... react under pressure. 

And ask your classmate to complete the gaps. 

Come up with a sentence including at least three theme words!

How to study the words?

• Flashcards. 
• See if you can use them within a context. 
• Quizlet 
• Copy them on a piece of paper.  
• Say them, together with their definition, out loud.

The podcast assignment 

• Amber, Indi & Fleur 
• Norah, Ines & Lisa