Recap les 2022

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Fill in the correct linking word:
We don't take global warming seriously enough ________ rising ocean levels and floods.

1. though
2. as a result of
3. because of
4. in spite of

Fill in the correct linking word:
Climates are changing ______ global warming.

1. in spite of
2. as a result of
3. in order to
4. although

Fill in the correct linking word:
He could read and write
______ being blind.

1. despite
2. as a result of
3. although
4. besides

Fill in the correct linking word:
They lost the match ______ poor physical preparation.

1. despite
2. after
3. because of
4. even though

Choose the correct signal word
"I like that sweater; ............, it only comes in one colour."

1. also
2. however
3. instead
4. therefore

Choose the correct signal word
Mr Tip's siblings all play sports, ... he himself plays music.

1. despite
2. however
3. instead
4. whereas

Choose the correct signal word
"He is old and unpopular. ............., he has at best only two years of political life ahead of him."

1. furthermore
2. similarly
3. however
4. though

Choose the correct signal word
"Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, .......... you cannot make yourself as you wish to be"

1. despite
2. for example
3. since
4. whereas

vocabulary

to find                         discover       

to identify                 show to exist

to compare              look for the resemblances and differences between two or more things

to recognise            know what something is

to initiate                  start

to exist be                present

to prove                    show to be true

to expose                make (someone) experience

to develop               bring into being

TEST MATERIAL 

So study this carefully for the test!!!

nouns

to identify           identification

to exist                 existence

to prove              proof

to find                  finding(s)

to compare       comparison

to develop         development

to expose          exposure

to initiate          initiation

to recognise   recognition

TEST MATERIAL 

So study this carefully for the test!!!

........ in nearly every country in the world they drive on the right, in England they insist on driving on the left.

1. On the one hand
2. While
3. Nevertheless
4. In contrast

....... to the north, which will remain warm and sunny, the south will become cloudy during the early morning.

1. On the contrary
2. In contrast
3. Although
4. While

He couldn't get the machine to work ........ following the instructions carefully.

1. despite
2. however
3. while
4. yet

I know we agreed to raise the issue at the next meeting ........ we simply won't have the time to discuss it.

1. although
2. whereas
3. but
4. still

The man was arrested ........ claiming to have been nowhere near the scene of the crime.

1. whereas
2. in spite of
3. yet
4. in contrast