Preparation for the vocabulary test Spare time & Having fun

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Spare time & Having fun

Today's schedule:

- What's in the test?

- Phrasal verbs about hobbies

- Pracise for the test

- How to study vocabulary effectively? > Tips in SomToday

What's in the test?

- There will be gap filling exercises;

- You should be able to make sentences with a given word from the word list. Make sure that the meaning of the word will become clear in this sentence!

- There will be "odd one out" exercises;

- There will be an exercise in which you have to match the words with their definitions;

- There will be two reading & answering questions exercises.

Important information for the test:

- Repeat/study all the words from the word list Spare Time & Having Fun, please!
- You have to know the words two ways: from Dutch - English AND from English - Dutch.
- Read through the definitions & example sentences. You don't have to know these by heart, but you will be asked to match words with their definitions.

- The test will be in Learnbeat, so make sure you bring a fully charged laptop, please!

Expanding your vocabulary

Phrasal Verbs

What are phrasal verbs?

A phrasal verb combines a normal verb with an adverb (bijwoord) or a preposition (voorzetsel) to create an entirely new verbal phrase—the phrasal verb. The meaning of a phrasal verb is usually unrelated to the meanings of the words that compose it, so think of a phrasal verb as an entirely new and independent word.

Let's have a look at an example:

What does the word "to throw" mean?

What does the word "up" mean?

Now put "to throw" & "up" together:
"to throw up". What does this phrasal verb mean?

Expanding your vocabulary

Spare time & Having fun

Phrasal Verbs about hobbies worksheet

Read the text together & find the phrasal verbs

The phrasal verbs in the story are in the past tense. Let's find them, underline them on the worksheet in part A AND put them in the present tense. Note down these present tenses at part B of your worksheet, please. Now do the rest of the exercises individually or together with your neighbour.

How to study/practise for the test?

There are several things you can do to study for the test:

- See the 10 tips for studying vocabulary in SomToday "jaarbijlagen".

- Form new sentences with difficult words from the word list. Try to make sentences in which the meaning of the word will become clear.

- Find pictures for words you find difficult.

- Look up synonyms (words that mean the same) for words you find difficult.

- Look up antonyms (words that mean the opposite) for words you find difficult.

> The last two exercises can be done by using a thesaurus.

Time left? Practise the vocabulary with this quizlet list.

Visit this site to practise the vocabulary list, please.

Time left?
Make a mind map about your hobby or favourite spare time activity.
You may do so on a piece of paper or in a word document or online environment/app.

Time left?
Write a story about your hobby or favourite spare time activity.
Try to use as many of the words of the word list as you can.

Tips for learning English words

Visit this site and read all the tips for learning new words.

More time left? Reading assignment

Expand your vocabulary on this topic by reading the text on this website & answer the questions, please.

Even more time left?

After answering the online questions,

read the text again. Note down all the words you don't know yet and look up their meaning in an online dictionary.

Note these down on the next slide, please.

Note down like this:

joy = vreugde, blijdschap

Note down all the words you didn't know yet & their translation here, please.

Well done!

Keep practising for your test on Thursday, please!