prepare for writing test

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 4

Hi M4D!

Today's plan:

• toetsweekstof
• Check grammar stencil
• Prepare for Friday's writing test
• Eindexamensite

Toetsweek stof

   Vocabulary: CH 1 + 2, EN -> NL + NL -> EN (p.66-67 + 114-115)

   Grammar: 

•    CH1: prepositions on page 45 + 202/203
•    CH2: Degrees of comparisons on pages 201-202  +  sentences on page 93.
  
•    Grammar Survey: present simple and present continuous on pages 183-184.
  

Grammar stencil

ex 3, 4, 5

Studiemateriaal writing test

Itslearning --> Bronnen --> periode 1

Improving the world

How lucky are we?

On the list of countries with best quality of life, which country do you think holds the #1 position?

On the list of countries with best quality of life, which country do you think has the lowest ranking?

Which number do you think the Netherlands have on the list?

www.numbeo.com

assignment: 

• Read text The Netherlands
  
• Fill in format the Netherlands

Format the Netherlands

Statistics:

Europe                           Region

Amsterdam                 Capital

16,936,520                    Population

41,543 SQ. KM             Area

$879.3 billion              GDP (Gross domestic products )

$49,624                          GDP per
capita, ppp

Typically Dutch

Typically Dutch

• cheese, wooden shoes, windmills, tulips
• colour orange
• tallest people
• liberal view on drugs, abortion, euthanasia etc
• celebrating Kingsday

Government

• located in the Hague
• constitutional monarchy
• elected parliament
• two main political parties
• prime minister: Mark Rutte
• head of state: King Willem Alexander

What else do you know about our government?

Historical facts

• Words such as "dollar" and "Yankee" have Dutch roots
• Amsterdam grew around a 13th century dam in the Amstel river
• first to legalise same-sex marriage in 2001
• in 1642 Rembrandt paints the Nightwatch
• 1919 Dutch women get the vote

Geographical facts

• highest point is 322,7 metres above sea level (Vaalserberg)
• one of the most densely populated countries in the world.
• More than 1,000 bridges
• 20,000 miles of bike paths
• Much of the country is
  underwater
• 12 provinces

Other interesting facts you found?

The Netherlands is the best place to live, because:

writing Test

Friday 13 October

info in itslearning

Bring your own dictionary Ne-EN!

Eindexamensite

Examen 2023 t/m vraag 35