Writing letters

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1-3

Today's planning

• Recap informal letter
• Verb forms
• Commas
• Next week

Lesson goals

• At the end of this lesson, the students can put at least one verb form in a sentence correctly after listening to the instruction and practicing with the exercise.

Dear Ben,

I'll try and phone you at the weekend to check the times.

I’m writing to ask for your help

Best wishes, 

(your name)

Thank you for your last letter.

Salutation or greeting

Body Opening

Body

Closing

Closing statement

Signing off

Rewrite the sentence correctly: Last december i went skiing in the alps, and i broke my leg.

Verb forms (werkwoordsvormen)

• Changes with time (past, present, future)

• Changes with a noun (zelfstandig naamwoord), cat, book, Ben, or a pronoun (voornaamwoord) I, she, he, it, we, they

• Regular and irregular verbs (buy, bought, bought or walk, walked)

Verb forms

Present simple        Facts and habits         I/you/we/they + hele werkwoord

She/he/it + hele werkwoord +(e)s         He drinks tea at breakfast.

Present continuous        When something is happening now or is about to happen        I + am + werkwoord + ing   You/we/they + are + werkwoord + ing

She/he/it + is + werkwoord + ing         I am reading a book at the moment.

Future        To talk about something that still has to happen         Will + werkwoord        I will go to Africa someday.

For the future, you can also use to be going to (when there is proof), present simple (With schedules), or the present continuous (when something is planned).

Verb forms

Past simple          When something started and also ended in the past    Regelm. Ww.: werkwoord + ed (walk = walked), Onregelm. Ww.: Buy = Bought, Sing = Sang          She sang a song last year.

Past continuous         To say that something was going on, sometimes during something else         I/he/she/it + was + werkwoord + ing, You/we/they + were + werkwoord + ing         While we were having the picnic, it started to rain.

Verb forms

Present perfect         When something happened in the past but you don't know when          She/he/it + has + volt. Deelw. I/you/we/they + have + volt. Deelw. (Catch-Caught-Caught)         He has caught the ball.

Past perfect          To discuss multiple things from the past, the thing the furthest away is written in the past perfect          had + voltooid deelwoord + ed         As soon as we had finished our drinks, we went to school. 

Water ... at 100 degrees Celcius. (to boil)

1. boiling
2. boils
3. are boiling
4. was boils

Ssssh! Be quiet! John ... right now! (to sleep)

1. sleep
2. was sleeping
3. are sleeping
4. is sleeping

I ... my homework right now! (to make)

1. makes
2. made
3. are making
4. will make

After I ... breakfast, I went to work. (to eat)

1. had eaten
2. will eat
3. was eating
4. eating

He ... a letter last night (to write)

1. write
2. wrote
3. will write
4. writing

Where do you put commas in sentences?

• Quotes                  “We really need to start improving our English”, said my co-worker Tom.

• When you add extra information to a sentence.                An employee from Philips, who is specialized in this area, helped us today.

• When you are introducing your sentence.                First of all, I would like to thank you ...

• When you are combining two sentences, who can stand on their own.                I went to Jim to ask him about his ideas, and I started working on the design.

• When you are making a summary of multiple sentences.                Can you bring toast, avocado, tomatoes, eggs, and orange juice from the store?

I have eyes a nose a mouth and eyebrows.

My mom baked me an apple pie and I eat the whole pie by myself.

At the end of this lesson, the students can put at least one verb form in a sentence correctly after listening to the instruction and practicing with the exercise. Did you achieve this goal?

Yes

No

Homework

• Make exercise 2 of the portfolio assignments.
• Send it to me for feedback via teams or the mail: [e-mail]
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