havo 4 unit 2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Computer games are anti-social and violent, and their users are mindless nerds.

1. I agree
2. I don't agree
3. I have no opinion

speaking

• class discussion about gaming
• discussing advantages and disadvantages of playing games online.

What are the five most important features of any computer game?

FCE reading

skimming = reading a text very quickly ro get a general idea of what it is about

scanning = running your eyes over a text very quickly, just looking for particular words or information

exercise 4

a. What are you going to scan for?

b. Where do you find the information you need?

c. What kind of words are you looking for to find the least suitable game for adults?

d. What kind of words are related to soundtrack?

now do exercise 4

exercise 5

form groups of four.

Choose one review and find out:

• What sort of game is it?
• one good point
• one bad point
  

vocabulary

collocations = words that commonly go together - nouns after certain verbs, adverbs, with adjectives etc.

Now let's do exercise 6

solve

spend

reach

take

problem

money

interest

goal

fortune

crime

conclusion

advantage

adverbs without -ly

Some words have the same form for adjective and adverb

fast - hard - late 

good has an irregular adverb: well

mind: hardly and lately have a different meaning. They are not the adverbs of hard and late!

lately = de laatste tijd   Have you heard from him lately?

hardly = nauwelijks      I can hardly believe that he was arrested

-ly adverbs

easy - easily

endless - endlessly

graphic - graphically

remarkable - remarkably

true - truly

When you add -ly to an adjective to turn it into an adverb, the spelling sometimes changes!

corpus spot

correct the spelling mistakes in the adverbs.

 the present simple

I work - Do you work? - I don't work / he works - Does he work? - He doesn't work

When do you use the present simple?

permanent situations / facts

Example: Water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius.

Habitual situations / habits (sometimes, often, usually etc)

Example: I usually do my homework before supper.

In time clauses (once, until etc)

Example: You stay at school until you finish this assignment.

In zero conditionals (if/when + present simple, present simple: every time the first part happens, the second part happens too)  = in effect a fact

Example: If the temperature drops below zero, water turns into ice.

In schedules, timetables

Example: the train leaves at 18. 45 from platform 3b.

the present continuous

He is working - Is he working? - he isn't working

When do you use the present continuous?

Temporary situations (as opposed to permanent situations)

Example: This month I am working in our Hong Kong office.

Developing situations

Example:In autumn it is getting dark earlier and earlier.

Events happening now / something that is going on now

Example: Look! Those men are cleaning the windows of that skyscraper.

Events in the near future / fixed plan for the future

Example: We are flying to New York on Thursday

Irritation

Example: That awful girl is always gossiping about her classmates!

explanation in Dutch

If you think it is very difficult to have the explanation of the tenses in English only, you can watch the videos below for an explanation in Dutch.

If you understand the tenses you do not need to watch the videos!

wordformation

there are different parts of speech:

• noun ( zelfstandig naamwoord)
• verb ( werkwoord)
• adjective ( bijvoeglijk naamwoord)
• adverb ( bijwoord)

The information in the sentence ( before and after the gap) tells you which part of speech you have to use. For the test you need to learn all 4 parts of speech of the words. Now do exercises 6-8

wordformation

After the/a/an/ some/any/many / his etc / you use a noun. Check if there is not a noun after the gap. If there is, use an adjective.

His ... to succeed impressed us very much. DETERMINE   answer: determination

If there is  a gap in front of a noun  or after  a form of to be you get an adjective.

It is ... to see how far he can jump. ASTONISH  answer: astonishing.

He  received a very ...... letter. BEAUTY   anser: beautiful

If there is a gap after a verb or before an adjective  you use an adverb.

They  spoke .... about the difficult situation. INTELLIGENCE  answer : intelligently

Nobody knew where the .... difficult test would take place. EXTREME  answer: extremely

sometimes you need to add a prefix as well.

After the divorce Fred felt very ... for quite a long time. HAPPINESS  answer unhappy

exercise 6

trick - tricky

mess - messy

mud - muddy

ice - icy

noun - adjective

exercise 7

access - accessible

excellent

impressive

trick - tricky

colour - colourful

favour - favourable

mind - mindless

help - unhelpful

dull

hope - hopeless

sophisticated

an adjective can be formed by adding:

• ible
• ful
• able
• less

exercise 8

to be popular - popularity - popular - popularly 

to access - access - accessible - x

to apply - application - applicable - x

to be able - ability - able - x

to impress - impression - impressive - impressively

x - x - electronical - electronically

to trick - trick - tricky - x