V4 entl6 & 7 lessons 1 & 2_wk 48_comparisons_adverbs_adjectives_Past continuous

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Today's objectives

• Listening - Thanksgiving / Political context jokes

• Lesson 3 - reading comprehension/vocab HW review (ex. 1-6)

• Speaking exercises 19 - (HW)

• Lesson 3 - Grammar Past Continuous vs Past Simple (ex. 7); Present Perfect vs Past Simple

Vocabulary E-N

1. To capture (2 meanings)
2. To address
3. Bonding
4. Guidelines
5. To mitigate
6. A pun
7. Self-deprecating (humour)
8. To foster
9. To circulate
10. Cohesion
11. Compassionate

Thanksgiving

You are going to watch 2 short videos:

One on the history of Thanksgiving & one SNL sketch 

Questions to video 1:

1. Who were the Pilgrims?
2. Who were the natives?
3. Why did the Pilgrims celebrate Thanksgiving with the native people of America?

Questions to video 2:

Note the jokes (= political references) in this short video

Ex. 19 - lesson 2

You are going to give a talk of 3-4 minutes about the shows of two stand-up comedians – one male, one female. For this you can watch (part of) two shows on TV or online. Each show should be at least 15 minutes. Prepare your talk by writing down a maximum of 30 keywords.

Include information about the following:

a. Set the stage. Describe the location and the atmosphere. Name whose show you have seen. If you were familiar with the comedian’s work, what did you expect? If you were not familiar with his/her work, what did you expect after the first 2-3 minutes of the show?

b. Did the comedian(s) meet your expectations? What sort of atmosphere did they create? What was the subject matter? How did you like their style? What sort of humour was used? If something in the show was not to your liking, explain why.

c. Compare the two comedians (differences and similarities).

d. Finally, state your preference between the two comedians and explain why.

Adjectives vs Adverbs - SB p. 65-66

• The red car.

• The completely red car

• Fortunately, she drives the completely red car really well.

Comparisons - SB p. 68-69

• Adjective 1-syllable word - er/est (bigger than; the tallest)

• Adjective (> or =) 3-syllable words - more/most (more beautiful than; the most beautiful)

• Adjective 2-syllable words - er/est or more/most (SB p. 68)

• Adverbs (ending in -LY) - more/most (She danced more beautifully than he did.)

• Irregular adverbs (good/better/best; bad/worse/worst; few/fewer/fewest; little/less/least etc.)

Adjectives with number

• The fifty-pound note
• I have a note of fifty pounds.

• The 80-year-old grandmother.
• The grandmother who is 80 years old

• The 13-year-old girl
• The girl who is thirteen years old

NOTE - Comparisons

little/less/least (non-countable - milk/gold/love/hate - material/abstract)

few/fewer/fewest (countable - chair/spoon/people - plurals)

much/more/most (non-countable)

many/more/most (countable)

late/later/last (de laatste qua binnenkomst)

late/later/latest (de nieuwste)

the late Mr. Steve Jobs = wijlen

old/older/oldest

old/elder/eldest (familierelaties)

far/farther-further/farthest-furthest

far/further -> aanvullende (further details; further inquiry)

NOTE - Adverbs

• Common suffix adverb = -LY

• adjectives ending in -Y -> ILY (easily/funnily etc.)

• adjectives ending in -ICAL -> ICALLY (practically, musically)

• adjectives ending in -LE -> LY (simply, subtly)

NOTE: Adjective (NO ADVERB)  for verbs of perception

• look, 
• taste, 
• smell, 
• feel 
• sound 

->express sensation or appearance, they are followed by adjectives, not adverbs (because the adjective says something about the noun and NOT about the verb in these cases):

• It smells good. NOT: It smells well.
• The food looks bad. NOT: The food looks badly.
• Your idea sounds good. NOT: Your idea sounds well.
• This fabric is nice and soft, it feels good. NOT: This fabric is nice and soft, it feels well.

Negative prefixes

dis – im – in – mis – non- – ir – un

Can you come up with a few words 

containing 

these

prefixes?

Past Simple 

Form: 

• regular verbs + ed (I walked)
• irregular verbs = 2nd form (I caught)
• questions = did + verb (1st form) ( Did you catch...?)
• negative = didn't + verb (1st form) (I didn't catch...)

Use: 

- A finished action in the past. You know when it happened. 

We met in 1987.         

- Actions which follow each other in a story 

Mary walked into the room and stopped. She listened carefully.  

- A past situation or habit 

As a child,I used to walk miles on the beach with my dog every day. 

 

 Past Continuous

Form:

• was (I/he/she/it) / were (you/we/they) + verb + ing

e.g. I was sleeping all morning yesterday.

Use:

- To express a (longer) activity in progress before (& after) a  particular time in the past. (verb = longer action)

At 7.00 this morning, I was having breakfast. 

 - To indicate something took long, or at least it felt that way 

The dentist was drilling for 3 minutes! 

- To express a longer action that was already going on (P.C.) and was interrupted by the shorter action (P.S.)

When the phone rang, I was having a bath. 

- Scene descriptions in a story 

It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining and the birds were singing. 

 

Affirmative  

 

Negative 

 

 

Question 

 

 

I  

 

 

I  

  

 

  

I 

  

He  

was talking. 

 

He  

wasn’t talking. 

 

 Was 

he 

 talking? 

She 

 

 

She 

 

 

 

she 

 

It 

 

 

It 

 

 

  

it 

 

We  

 

 

We  

 

 

 

we  

  

You  

 were talking. 

 

You  

 weren’t talking. 

 

 Were 

you 

 talking? 

They 

  

 

They 

  

 

  

they 

  

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Unit 2 - lesson 3 - HW

• Grammar Past Continuous vs Past Simple - ex. 7

Extra/next class: Speaking exercises 8 

Extra/next class: Listening - Why do we laugh? - ex. 9

Unit 2 - lesson 3 - Speaking

Speaking exercise 8 (small talk - giving more extensive answers)

Speaking exercise 10 (using expressions unit 2 - blue pages)

Speaking exercise 11 (using expressions unit 2 / interviewing each other)

Vocabulary Unit 2 - lesson 1 - N-E

1. Aantekeningen maken
2. Aanvankelijk
3. Oppervlakkig
4. Tussen twee haakjes; trouwens
5. Verbinden
6. Verwijzen naar
7. Voorlopig
8. Waaronder
9. Ondanks
10. Geavanceerd; hoogontwikkeld
11. Op school zitten
12. Beledigend
13. Meedelen
14. Benadrukken

Vocabulary Unit 2 - lesson 2

A) Translate & B) talk about your life as a student

1. uitgebreid
   
2. vereisen
   
3. vergen
   
4. weinig + degrees of comparison (non-countable nouns)
   
5. weinig+ degrees of comparison (countable nouns)
   
6. zowel ..... als
   
7. gemiddeld
   
8. lichamelijk
   
9. verveling 
   
10. ambitieus
    
11. eisen
    
12. duren
    
13. concurrerend
    
14. Dat is vanzelfsprekend.