Unit 4.1: Vocab + 4.2: Grammar

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Welcome B1L

- Please take your seat 

- Put your phone and earbuds in your bag 

Start reading your book.

Test revision

Look at your test and try to figure out the correct answers to your mistakes by yourself or with a neigbor.

Questions left unanswered? Come to my desk.

If you scored an onvoldoende you can do a resit. If your average (gemiddelde) is onvoldoende you have to!

Class rules

Try to speak as much English as you can

Be nice to and respect each other

Listen to the speaker in silence

Raise your hand if have something to say

Help each other when working independently

It is what it is --> it eez what it eez

Today's planning

1st hour: 

• Introduction to unit 4

2nd hour: 

• 4.2 Grammar

At the end of this lesson

You've gotten familiar and 

practiced with unit 4. 

There's two options for this lesson:

1: You think English is difficult or want to ask me questions.

2: You excel in English and want a challenge today.

Option 1: workbook fun

Grab your workbook and go to pages 48 and 49. 

Complete exercises 3 (text), 8 and 11 (underlined words).

Guess who: describe yourself in three words. Write the words + your name down on a piece of paper.

Option 2: a challenge

Form groups of 2 - 3 people and create at least 10 questions in Kahoot or another online quiz.

Don't just focus on the words but also look at the grammar items.

Go sit in the hall and use pages 

48 - 57 from your workbook.

Answers 

Exercise 3:

2: big                           5: big           8:                     11: interesting 

3: small and brown     6: fit              9:                     12: funny

4: tall                           7: sporty      10: sociable  

         

Exercise 8:

1: small brown, 2: very big green, medium-length wavy brown, 3: short wavy red, beautiful big blue, 4: medium-length fair, small blue, long narrow, 5: short curly grey, tired big black

Exercise 11: 

2: serious, 3: sociable, 4: clever, 5: funny, 6: shy

 

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4.2 Comparisons

You know what comparisons are and know the difference between a comparative and superlative.

Discuss these questions:

1: What's the difference between the words then and than?

2: What's a comparison?

Comparisons in music

Song one:

Choose from: dark – darker – darkest:

Hit me like a ray of sun

Burning through my ……. night

You're the only one that I want

Think I'm addicted to your light

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Song two:

Choose from: good, better, worse

You probably think that you are ... now, ... now

You only say that 'cause I'm not around, not around

You know I never meant to let you down, let you down

Would have gave you anything, would have gave you everything
.

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Song three:

Choose from: happy, happier, happiest

'Cause baby you look … , you do

My friends told me one day I'll feel it too

And until then I'll smile to hide the truth

But I know I was … with you

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Song four:

Choose from: high, higher, highest

Think about it, there must be a …………… love

Down in the heart or hidden in the stars above

Without it, life is wasted time

Look inside your heart, and I'll look inside mine

3.2 Comparisons

Normal adjective: +er / +est

Smart – smarter (than) – (the) smartest

Adjective ending with an e: +r / +st

Nice – nicer (than) – (the) nicest

Write a sentence using the COMPARATIVE form of tall

Write a sentence using the COMPARATIVE form of wise

3.2 Comparisons

Adjective ending with a y: +ier / +iest

Funny – funnier (than) – (the) funniest

Adjective with more than two syllables: more / most

Important - more important (than) - (the) most important

Write a sentence using the SUPERLATIVE form of lazy

Write a sentence using the COMPARATIVE form of beautiful

Complete the irregular form:
Good - ... - ...

Complete the irregular form:
Bad - ... - ...

Compare yourself to a neigbor

Interview your neigbor and ask questions. 

Write their answers down.

Ask them about their good and bad qualities.

Ask them what makes them special.

Compare yourself!

Reflect

You know what comparisons are and know the difference between a comparative and superlative.

Study paragraph 4.1 + 4.2 and use MyEnglishlab for extra practice.

Need help? Ask questions or come to a flexhour.