Objective Advanced unit 17

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

unit 17

objectives:

1. You can find titles to reviews
2. You can use the articles correctly
3. You can use vocabulary relating to films
4. You can understand a discussion about films

Today's Programme

- Reviews Discussion

- Articles diagnostic questions

- Exercises in Course Book

Lesson Objective:

- You know when to use which article if at all.

Review

speaking

a report in a newspaper or magazine that praises something such as a film or show in a very enthusiastic way = a rave review

1.  List as many things as possible that may be reviewed in the media
2. What sorts of things do you read (or listen to) reviews of?
3. Has a rave review ever affected you?

Articles

Diagnostic Questions

His flight is due to arrive at.....Heathrow Airport.

1. x
2. the
3. a
4. an

My dad is ..... doctor in ..... hospital in Zwolle

1. x- the
2. x - x
3. a - the
4. a - x

I like ..... classical music very much.

1. x
2. the
3. a
4. an

Will you be taking ....... bus?

1. x
2. the
3. a
4. an

We go to ...... church every Sunday.

1. x
2. the
3. a
4. an

I liked ........ restaurant we went to last week.

1. x
2. the
3. a
4. an

My favourite holiday was my trip to _____ New Zealand.

1. x
2. the
3. a
4. an

We went on ..... school trip to .... UK.

1. x - a
2. x - the
3. a - x
4. a - the

We'll meet in front of ..... church, OK?

1. x
2. the
3. a
4. an

.........cube houses in Rotterdam are visited regularly by tourists.

1. x
2. the
3. a
4. an

She was taken to ..... hospital.

1. x
2. the
3. a
4. an

It's hot so I'm going to .......Scheveningen.

1. x
2. the
3. a
4. an

They went to Wales by.........bus.

1. x
2. the
3. a
4. an

My best friend comes from .......Netherlands

1. x
2. the
3. a
4. an

I like........food in general.

1. x
2. the
3. a
4. an

Articles

Easy? Great! Then do ex. 1+Corpus Spot on p. 108

Not so easy? Study the next LessonUp pages and/or p. 172

NOW:

- Reading 1+2 p. 107

(- Study the next LessonUp pages and/or p. 172)

- Do ex. 1+Corpus Spot on p. 108

- Listening 1+2 (Next page)

- Vocabulary 1-3 pp. 108-9

reading

Base for backpackers

standing the test of time

still fun,still challenging, still not changing much

an album of mystic love

under one digital antenna

praise or criticism?

what might the reviews be about?

listening

answer the questions in exercise 1

answer the questions in exercise 2

cd 2 05

definite article: the

• The definite aricle is used before an uncountable noun or plural noun when it is followed by a phrase specifying exactly what is being talked about.

     I like the music they play at Christmas.

• When a singular countable noun has been mentioned before you use the definite article because everybody already knows exactly what is being referred to.

     He hired a room. The room was very small and quite dirty.

• the definite article is used for countries with a plural name or name of countries which contain a common noun

      He lives in the United Kingdom and I live in the Netherlands

the definite article: the

• the definite article is used with playing instruments

       My friend plays the piano.

• the can be used before means of transport when talking about the use of different types of transport in general.

     We are going to take the train to Schiphol.

• the definite article is for bodyparts when they are talked about in general

       The heart is the most important muscle in our body     

• the definite article is used for the units we buy or sell commodities in ( + by)

        We sell these notebooks by the ton.

the indefinite article: a / an

a is used before a consonant sound: a pear

an is used before a vowel sound:  an apple

• the indefinite article is used the first time a singular countable noun is mentioned

       He lived in a castle. The castle was built on top of a hill.

• the indefinite article can be used before means of transport when talking about the different types of transport in general.

      We are taking a bus to Rotterdam.

the indefinite article: a / an

• You put a before few/ little to change the meaning ( few = weinig, a few = een paar, a little = weinig, a little = een beetje

      We had a few cupcakes left and only a little icecream.

• we use an indefinit article to describe someone or something in a way that applies to others

       He is an intelligent man ( there are more intelligent man)

• we use the indefinite article when we talk about the price of the units we sell commidities in

      The strawberries are € 3 a pound.

• with professions

       My mother works as a manager for IBM.

no articles

• no article is used before uncountable and plural nouns when used in a general sense

     I hate sports

• singular countable nouns can also have a determiner ( each, my, this, ...) instead of an article

,      exceptions are, among others, by car and in hospital

      My friend was brought to hospital in that new ambulance. 

• no article is used before the names of most counries

       France is situated to the south of Holland

no articles

• parts of the body are usually preceded by a possessive pronoun when they are talked about in the context of their relation to a specific body or bodies.

     Do not touch my arm while I am driving

• the word own must be preceded by a possessive pronoun and never by an article

     Do your own work, please

      

do exercise 1 and corpus spot

vocabulary

do exercises 1-4