Cambridge week 7

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 4

Necessities for class

•  chromebook (charged!)
•  student book 
•  notebook 
•  pen!

Today's class focus

• Look into the essays

Chapter 2: Leisure and pleasure

• Listening part 2
• Grammar: making comparisons
• Reading and Use of English part 4

Check the essay

Read the essay and complete the following tasks:

• Complete the checklist
• Mark words and expressions from the ‘key language box’ on page 202
• Compare the essay to the 'modal answer'
• Return the essay and the completed checklist to the writer

chapter 2: Leisure and pleasure

Starting off: student book page 18

Look at the pictures and talk about the points in exercise 1,2,3. You should be able to talk about the pictures for at least 5 minutes.

In short

• You hear a talk or lecture by one speaker
• You listen and complete ten sentences with a word or short phrase
• You write the actual words you hear and you must spell them correctly. You don't change them in any way.
• You hear the recording twice 

Page 18 exercise 1

You are going to hear a professional footballer talking about her carreer. Before you listen, complete the sentences about professional sports players with words from the box.

Answers

1. depend on                 6. perform

2. burn                             7. chase

3. regret                          8. influence

4. train                             9. share

5. doubt

How many did you get correct?

1. 9
2. 8
3. 7
4. less than 7

Page 19 exercise 4

You will hear a woman called Clare Jackson, who is a professional footballer, talking about how she managed to make football her carreer. Listen and complete the sentences in exercise 3 with a word or short phrase

Clare Jackson

Answers

1. park                              6. professional footballer

2. speed                         7. limited

3. training                      8. spectators

4. hire                              9. opportunities

5. chosen                     10. injuries

How many did you get correct?

www.bbc.co.uk

Today's topics?

What was the happy news about?

Grammar

Making comparisons

The form of comparatives and superlatives depends on the number of syllables in the original adjective or adverb.

At first it was difficult for me as my brother and his friends were bigger and ___

1. more strong
2. stronger

That probably helped me to develop into a ___ player

1. much better
2. more better

I've been ___ than many female players.

1. more lucky
2. luckier

There are lots of ways to keep fit, but I think ___ (healthy) of all is Zumba

Team games are ___ (sociable) than cycling because you meet and speak to a lot of people.

Reading and Use of English part 4

• In Reading and Use of English part 1, you complete six sentences between two and five words so that they mean the same as the sentences printed before them

• You use the word given in CAPITALS without changing it in any way

Exercise 1 page 23

Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.

Answers

1. one of the easiest / one of the least difficult

2. not as interesting as

3. such a strange

4. not nearly as

5. far cheaper than

6. more quickly than

How many did you get correct?

1. 6
2. 5
3. 4
4. less than 4

Next week

Chapter 2: Leisure and pleasure

• Grammar: adjectives with -ed and -ing
• Speaking part 2
• Writing part 2

Homework

Making comparisons (grammar reference, page 163,164)

•  exercise 1, 2, 3 page 164

1. Vocabulary and grammar review

• exercise 1, 2, 3 page 28