V5C 20-2-2025 45 min

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Welcome! You need: laptop, notebook, pen, (grammar booklet)

Program

1. Learning goals

2. Grammar: interrogative & relative pronouns (20 mins)

3. Exam idiom (10 mins)

(4. Watch the news, 10 mins)

5. Rounding off together (5 mins)

Learning goals

At the end of this lesson...

- I will have practised grammar needed for the test

- I will have studied exam idiom

More general questions:

1. What do you want to eat tonight?
   
2. What school do you go to?
   
3. What is your name?
   
4. What was the last thing you said to her?
   
5. What happened to you?
   
6. What is in the box?
   
7. What can I do to help you?

When we have already been presented with a limited number of options:

1. Which bike is yours?
2. Which of these looks best to you?
   
3. Which artwork do you want to buy?
   
4. Which dates are you away in June?
   
5. Which is the best book for you?

1. What town are you from?

2. Which town are you from?

1. What town are you from?

We use 'what' when we’re trying to figure out where someone lives. We may have no idea where they come from and are trying to figure it out.

Interrogative pronouns

2. Which town are you from?

We use 'which' when we already know which part of the country they’re from. We’ve narrowed down the list of towns, and now we’re just asking them to clarify.

More

Relative pronouns / clauses

We can use relative clauses to join two English sentences, 

or to give more information about something.

The girl who works there is my sister

The house which we live in is old

- Defining

- Non-defining

(ELO)

I will send this to

you in Teams

Check it out today

Defining relative clauses

What's the function of 'which/who/where' in this text?

Defining relative clauses

..give important information about a person, thing, or place

who / that - people

which / that - things

where - places

.. the relative pronoun can be omitted when followed by a personal pronoun:

The house (which/that) we live in is old.

Defining vs. Non-Defining Relative Clauses

Defining  - provide essential information about a noun or pronoun

Non-defining - provide additional, non-essential information

My friend gave me his bike that/which has recently been purchased.

• = he has more bikes & he gave away the new one = defining
  

My friend gave me his bike, which has recently been purchased.

• = there was only 1 bike = non-defining
  

Highlight the difference between defining and non-defining relative clauses. Provide examples and ask students to identify which type of relative clause is being used.

Rules for Non-Defining Relative Clauses (1)

- Are set off by commas

- Can be removed without changing the meaning

- Can be placed immediately after the noun (e.g. person, thing, place) or  

   pronoun (e.g. she, they, it, him...) they describe

- OR can be placed at the end of the sentence.

This bike, which has recently been purchased, was given to me by my friend.

My friend gave me his bike, which has recently been purchased.

Review the punctuation rules for non-defining relative clauses. Provide examples and ask students to identify the non-defining relative clause and explain why it is non-essential.

Rules for Non-Defining Relative Clauses (2)

who - people

which - things

where - places

whose (=wiens) - possession

We can't use 'that'!

Review the punctuation rules for non-defining relative clauses. Provide examples and ask students to identify the non-defining relative clause and explain why it is non-essential.

Practice Exercise

Identify the non-defining relative clause in the following sentence:

The movie, which was directed by Steven Spielberg, won several awards.

Create 1 sentence out of these 2. Use a non-defining relative clause:

Rob & Simona go to this class. Rob & Simona are cousins.

Rob & Simona, who are cousins, go to this class.

Provide a practice exercise for students to identify the non-defining relative clause in a given sentence. Ask students to share their answers and explain why the relative clause is non-essential.

Practice Exercise

Identify the non-defining relative clause in the following sentence:

The movie, which was directed by Steven Spielberg, won several awards.

Create 1 sentence out of these 2. Use a non-defining relative clause:

Rob & Simona go to this class. Rob & Simona are cousins.

Rob & Simona, who are cousins, go to this class.

My mother like cooking. She comes from Wales.

Combine!

The flat he's rented is really expensive. This flat is in central London.
Combine!

Mary is a very smart girl.
Her brother is a friend of mine.
Combine!

I broke the plate. It was a wedding present. (defining relative clause)

I broke the plate. You loved it.
(defining relative clause)

A pronoun:

- A word that is used instead of a noun, often to avoid repetition

- Like nouns, pronouns can refer to 

people, things, concepts, and places.

- There are various types of pronouns 

- Today, we studied interrogative and relative pronouns

More practice - on paper

Combine the sentences:

1. The film was really interesting. We saw it last Saturday.

2. Mr Smith introduced me to his daughter. He is my boss.

3. John Ash is a policeman. His wife was at the party last night.

4. Robert is going to get married. He is a lawyer.

5. Our new car has broken down again. We bought the car only last month.

6. Lucas is my best friend. I have known Lucas since I was a child.

7. We stayed at Mary's place. It is in a small village in the south of England.

8. Next weekend I'm going to Rome. My brother has been living there for the past two years.

Grammar task English

- Go to ELO

- Do the grammar task (period 4?)

- Check it yourself, using the key

- Also check out the information about relative clauses

 & do some exercises

Vocab goal today:

Know at least 10 more words well that

you were not (so much) familiar with

Exam idiom list
ENGLISH - DUTCH ONLY

Watching the news

- listen carefully

- we will discuss each news item together

- this way, you also practise understanding of exam texts

edition.cnn.com

Well done! You...

- I will have practised grammar needed for the test

- I will have studied exam idiom

Every lesson, please bring: 

• Wasp
• Grammar booklets 
• Notebook / pen
• Working laptop
• Good vibes

Watching the news

- listen carefully

- we will discuss each news item together

- this way, you also practise understanding of exam texts

www.bbc.co.uk

www.bbc.co.uk

edition.cnn.com