Adjectives with prepositions

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

English in Use

5 April 2023

What's the plan?

• Phrasal verbs check
• English in use: talking about people’s skills and emotions
• Revision Unit 8
• Review of Test result

Phrasal Verb check

Join the wrts live quiz.

Teacher's notes about skills

Listen to the teacher's notes.

What do you hear after 

'is good at', 'is fond of', etc.

Close your Chromebook. Listen & make notes in your notebook.

adjectives & prepositions	skill
(not very) good at crazy about keen on (really) bad at afraid of fond of hopeless at brilliant at interested in	drawing counting talking telling taking spelling helping

What about your skills? I am/you are/he,she,it is... etc.

My son loves watching car races on TV but he's afraid ... going fast in the car.

1. of
2. in
3. on

He's brilliant ... learning languages.

1. about
2. at
3. of

He's really bad ... remembering people's names.

1. on
2. to
3. at

She's keen ... doing Sudoku puzzles, but not very ... at doing Maths problems.

1. about, fond
2. in, afraid
3. on, good

I am ... about playing the guitar but hopeless at ....

1. crazy, singing
2. keen, sing
3. brilliant, to sing

Are you fond ... working in the garden?

1. at
2. on
3. of

P. 101, do exercise 4: Match skills & jobs

• accountant
• artist (Hannah is brilliant at drawing. I guess she’ll be an artist.)
• athlete 
• astronaut
• doctor
• nurse
• pilot
• police officer
• politician

Bruce

Wendy

Kevin

Albert

Kay

Hannah

Talk about your skills (page 101)

In pairs, use 

• the phrases of exercise 3 (Are you good at… etc.) 
• the skills of exercise 7 (learn languages, sing, remember things etc.)

to ask and answer questions.

Close your Chromebook & talk to each other!

Work for yourself: Revision Unit 8, p. 103

Do exercise 1 & 2, 4, 5 & 6 .

Rules:

• Work for yourself.
• Work in your notebook (schrift!)
• Not sure about an answer? Check with your neighbour. (whisper!)
• Still not sure? Ask your teacher.

Have a look at your test & result

Tel je punten/fouten na.

Kijk wat je hebt fout gedaan.

Wat zou je nu anders doen?

Heb je specifieke vragen? Loop even bij me langs.

I can talk about people's skills and emotions.

I can & I can help a friend.

I can do it by myself.

I can but I have some questions.

I can't.

Homework

• Do 8.7 (and the earlier assignments).
• Study the Word list for Unit 8

Think about this unit. What did you learn? What do you need help with?

Next week: 

• BBC Culture: Will robots do our jobs?
• Formative test about the vocabulary of unit 8!