Writing test

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 1

What are we going to do today?

- Discuss some writing rules for the test next week. 

- Make exercise 18 in the workbook on page 93

- Read from your book. 

Today's goal

- Learn the important things about writing for the test next week. 

How do you feel about writing in English? What are you good at, what do you need to work on?

Punctuation

 . full stop ( at the end of a sentence)

 , comma

                -Jimmy and Johnny hate math, but they love science.

                -Jimmy and Johnny also like gym, history and French.

 ? question mark

 

Capital letters

               -starts a new sentence                    This is me. That's you.

                -for names of things                       We went to Disney World.

                -I (when talking about yourself)   I love English.

          When writing, make sure you pay attention to:

Your turn!

Rewrite the whole sentence, using correct punctuation and capitals.

(Herschrijf de hele zin, gebruik de juiste interpunctie en hoofdletters.)

my brother works at the jumbo supermarket

my brother sister and I watch netflix every night

why are you laughing

make sure your spelling is in order when writing in english

Troublesome words

its / it's 

its:    bezit, iets is van een ding

                  The dog has a bone in its mouth.

it's: - afkorting voor "it is" (de apostrof neemt de plaats van "i")

                   It's not a bone, it's a toy.

i think its just down the road

Wow, .... a wonderful day today.

practice 

Make exercise 18 in your workbook

Finished? 

Read your stage book.