This lesson contains 28 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
Lesson duration is: 60 min
Items in this lesson
English Writing
Pitfalls
Slide 1 - Slide
Today
- Previous assignments
- Common writing mistakes (pitfalls)
Slide 2 - Slide
Previous assignments
- Writing informal letter
- Writing formal letter
- Filling out forms
- TOA
Slide 3 - Slide
Pitfalls
Slide 4 - Slide
Your - you're
Your-you're
> your car = JOUW auto
>you'remechanic= you are = JIJ BENT
Slide 5 - Slide
Do you know more pitfall words?
Slide 6 - Mind map
It is _______ dangerous to get any closer.
A
to
B
too
Slide 7 - Quiz
To - too
To: combination with verbs (ww) I am going to the cinema.
Too: ''te'' / ''ook''
They want to join us too. / It's too small.
Slide 8 - Slide
They say they are better _______ you.
A
than
B
then
Slide 9 - Quiz
Than - then
Than: vergelijking You've done more than enough.
Then: tijd
And then the police arrived.
Slide 10 - Slide
Slide 11 - Slide
They worked hard on _______ exercises.
A
their
B
there
C
they're
Slide 12 - Quiz
Their - there - they're
Their: bezittelijk (Their books)
There: daar (location) (Over there)
They're: they are
Slide 13 - Slide
Slide 14 - Slide
The dog wagged _______ tail.
A
it's
B
its
Slide 15 - Quiz
It's - its
It's: it is
Its: bezittelijk (his / hers / its)
Slide 16 - Slide
We _______ just looking for you.
A
where
B
we're
C
were
Slide 17 - Quiz
Where - were - we're
Where: waar (Where are you going?)
Were: waren (We were talking.)
We're: we are
Slide 18 - Slide
I ____ come to the party tonight.
A
can't
B
cant
C
can not
D
cannot
Slide 19 - Quiz
Can't - cannot
Cannot = kan niet (I cannot come)
Can't = cannot (contraction)
Slide 20 - Slide
_______ option do you prefer?
A
With
B
Which
C
Witch
Slide 21 - Quiz
Which - with - witch
Which: die, dat, welke We went to a bar, which I liked very much. / Which bus should we take?
With: met / bij Are you going with friends?
Witch: heks
The witch made a poison.
Slide 22 - Slide
I am ___ school right now.
A
on
B
at
C
by
Slide 23 - Quiz
On - at
On school = ON TOP of the school - on the roof...
At school = attending the school / taking a course there.
Slide 24 - Slide
This is one of the best _____ I've been to.
A
parties
B
party's
C
partie
Slide 25 - Quiz
party's - parties
This party's dress code is blue and white: 'the dress code that belongs to the party' - bezit. Just like: my mom's car (de auto VAN mijn moeder)
I love to go to parties: multiple parties (plural) = more than 1 party = meervoudsvorm van party (en andere woorden die eindigen op medeklinker + y - battery / diary / story)
Slide 26 - Slide
Also pay attention to:
Capital letters (names, cities, I, countries, start of the sentence)