6.2

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Travelling:
1: What is your preferred way of travelling?
2: What has been your favourite travelling experience/destination so far?
3: What do you like to do when you're travelling?
4: Where would you still like to go (bucket list)?

Our baseball team's pitcher has a few eccentric habits, such as throwing exactly thirteen warm-up pitches and never wearing socks.

What does the highlighted word mean?

1. Normaal
2. Vreemd
3. Rommelig
4. Fabulatastisch

After the heavy rains, the stream became murky; in fact, the water was so cloudy you couldn't see the bottom..

What does the highlighted word mean?

1. Troebel
2. Bodemloos
3. Helder
4. Oranje

The newlyweds agreed to be very frugal in their shopping because they wanted to save enough money to buy a house.

1. Zuinig
2. Overdadig
3. Geïnteresseerd
4. Bruine suiker

Although Alex usually looks unkempt, he had a very neat appearance at his job interview.

1. Netjes
2. Knap
3. Onverzorgd
4. Wablief?

So, what was the point to these seemingly random questions?

Context is a very powerful tool. Use it wisely.

You don't have to look up all the words you don't know. The text usually provides more than enough clues to figure out the meaning.

Different forms of context:

Schrijf de zinnen over en vul jouw antwoord in:
1: I can't come tonight ................. I'm broke!
2: Björn is called 'the Viking' ............. he is small and thin.
3: I'll finish this assignment quickly ........... I can get back to my games.
4: Hi mom! I reorganised the living room ............. you were away. Nice huh!?