Chapter 3: Recap and practice

• Engels
• WO
• Studiejaar 3

In this lessonup:

Recap Grammar and practice links: 

Comparatives / Superlatives 

Future Perfect / Future Continuous

Reported speech

Theme 3- Getting started

                                      Revision of the comparative and superlative.

                                                   From minimal to maximal with regards to adjectives.

1. One syllable: add –er, add –est.

 Small – smaller – smallest

2. Two syllables (ending in –y, - le, -ow, -er): add –er, add –est. 

 Happy – Happier – Happiest

3. Two syllables (the rest): add ‘more’, add ‘most’.

 Peaceful – more peaceful – most peaceful

4. Three syllables: add ‘more’, add ‘most’. 

 Extraordinary – More extraordinary – Most extraordinary

5. Irregular: depends on the adjective. 

 Bad – Worse – Worst

                                                          Overview

1. One syllable: add –er, add –est.

 Small – smaller – smallest

2. Two syllables (ending in –y, - le, -ow, -er): add –er, add –est.

 Happy – Happier – Happiest

3. Two syllables (the rest): add ‘more’, add ‘most’.

 Peaceful – more peaceful – most peaceful

4. Three (or more) syllables: add ‘more’, add ‘most’.

 Extraordinary – More extraordinary – Most extraordinary

5. Irregular: depends on the adjective.

 Bad – Worse – Worst

Irregular forms:

good- better- best

bad -worse-worst

litte- less -least

many- more- most

much- more- most

Exercises like you'll get on the test: 

1. The new armchar is ......(good)......... the old one. 

2. This is ........(exciting).......... film I've ever seen. 

3. a kilogram of feathers is .......(heavy)..... a kilogram of steel. They are the same weight. 

4. In this classrom there are ......(many)...... boy than girls.

5. I bought .......(expensive)...... souvenir I could find.

6. Trains are .......(slow)..... planes

Exercises you'll get on the test: 

1. The new armchar is better than the old one. 

2. This is the most exciting film I've ever seen. 

3. a kilogram of feathers is as heavy as a kilogram of steel. They are the same weight. 

4. In this classrom there are more boys than girls.

5. I bought the most expensive souvenir I could find.

6. trains are slower than planes.

Practice Comparative / Superlative practice

https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions/preint/grammar/grammar_04_012e?cc=nl&selLanguage=en

https://www.myenglishpages.com/english/grammar-exercise-grammar-comparatives-superlatives.php

https://www.myenglishpages.com/english/grammar-exercise-comparative-or-superlative.php

The Future Perfect

Future perfect

There always a dealdine. 

Signal words: 

By the time... 

By tomorrow

At 2 o'clock

etc.

Future perfect

Future Perfect - examples

The future continuous

Form: 

will + be	root verb + ing
will be will be	staying watching

Future continuous

Future continuous

Not a dealdine: the action is going on at a specific time in the future. The action is not finished. 

(de actie is gaande op een bepaald moment in de toekomst, not niet afgerond.)

Future Continuous - examples

Future continuous   Future perfect

I hope that, 20 years from now, we'll all be living in towns like Gaviotas.

In PROGRESS

will + be + verb-ing

ALWAYS 'will be'

50 years from now, we will have used up all the Earth's resources.

FINISHED

will + have + past participle

ALWAYS 'will have'

Exercises you'll get on the test

1. Don't call between 7 and 8. We (to have) dinner then.

2. Will you be available to eat at 7? Yes I (to finish) work by 7.

3.  If you need to contact me, I (to stay) at the hotel untill Friday. 

4. By 2026 I (to graduate) high school.

5. I would like to be responsible by the time I (to reach) the age of 20.

Exercises you'll get on the test

1. Don't call between 7 and 8. We will be having dinner then.

2. Will you be available to eat at 7? Yes I will have finished work by 7.

3.  If you need to contact me, I will be staying at the hotel untill Friday. 

4. By 2026 I will have graduated high school.

5. I would like to be responsible by the time I have reached the age of 20.

Future perfect / future continuous practice 

https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions/int/grammar/grammar_05_022e?cc=nl&selLanguage=en

https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b1-b2/future-continuous-and-future-perfect/3/

https://www.e-grammar.org/future-perfect-simple-continuous/test1-exercise1/

Reported speech

Sasha said, "I will have finished cooking by tomorrow"

1. Step 1: remove comma after said, add 'that' and remove quotation marks. 
2. Step 2: Backshift the verb (one tense backwards in time) 
3. Step 3: change 'point-of-view' words

Sasha said that she would have finished cooking by the following day

Backshifting

Modals

Exercises like on the test

1. I said, ‘engineering technology is much more hands on and less theory based’.
2. ‘It has always been my dream to travel to Mars to conduct experiments’, she explained.
3. The concert will broadcast simultaneously on television and YouTube’, the band mentioned in a press release.
4. Tarík said, ‘I am testing my waterproof mobile phone in this bucket of water’.

Exercises like on the test

1. I said that engineering technology was much more hands on and less theory based.
2. She explained that it had always been her dream to travel to Mars to conduct experiments.
3. The band mentioned in a press release that the concert would broadcast simultaneously on television and Youtube.
4. Tarík said that he was testing his waterproof mobile phone in that bucket of water.

Practice Reported speech

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech-exercise-1.html

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/reported-speech/exercises?10

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/reported-speech/exercises?04

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/reported-speech/exercises?11

Study for the test:

Grammar

• Comparison/Superlative (you also have to fill in than and the to complete the sentences! don't forget). 
• Future perfect / future continuous
• Reported speech

Vocabulary:

• Theme words (know them inside out)
• Words A, C, F, G (English - Dutch)
• Stone 5 and 6 (Dutch - English)