OW starter: past tenses

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• Leerjaar 4

OW Starter: Past tenses

Focus on the news

You know when 

to use which 

past tense 

I used to have porridge for breakfast as a kid, now I cannot even stand its smell....

1. This sentence has a past tense
2. This sentence has NO past tense

Complete: Before I went to visit her at the hospital, I ...

1. bought her a present.
2. had bought her a present.
3. used to buy her a present

Which statement is false?

1. This sentence contains a passive past tense.
2. This sentence contains a past continuous.
3. This sentence contains a past perfect.

Something happened regularly or habitually in the past

would 

My granny was wonderful. Each time we stayed at her place, she would hide treats under our pillow.

used to

As a teenager I used to walk to my friends, nowadays I always go by car.

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Want to practise some more?

Watch the video by clicking the Qr code on p. 16 (OW)

Check the grammar explanation on p. 198 (OW) 

https://www.grammarbank.com/verb-tenses-mixed-exercise.html

For next class

Study page 198 and do ex 1.

Then turn to page 9 and do ex. 2, 3 and 4.

Now,

Turn to page 10. Together we'll do exerccise 1. 

Then,

with your neighbour(s), take 4 minutes and discuss the questions of Reading ex. 1. Then do ex. 4, 5 and 6

What strategies do you use to learn new words?

Some useful vocab:

infuriating

to retain

to plummet

te prevent

to reveal

an attempt

a steep curve

een steile curve

behouden

een poging

ergerlijk/gekmakend

kelderen

voorkomen

onthullen

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Week task!

In your week task you'll find:

'Exam Vocabulary unit 1'

Find the document in your studiewijzer and download it.

Print it and make a booklet of it.

How will you learn your vocabulary?

!!!  Question:

For next class

Do the exercises 2 and 3 on page 13