3 juni A3D - gerund vs infinitive + books

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

WELCOME

Today's lesson

• Reading
• SO follow up
• Books
• Grammar: gerund vs infinitive

               

              Read your book for 10 min 

SO Follow up (optioneel)

• Study unit 31-40
• Next week on Thursday or Friday (June 9/10)

Books

Why is it important to read books in a foreign language?

Personal benefits

• Expand vocabulary
• Exposure to nuances (expressions, sentence structures, word order, grammar etc)
• Improves your listening, reading, writing, speaking

Other reasons

• Things get lost in translation (jokes but also expressions and words that can't be translated)
• More options (so more topics)
• Often cheaper

Adventure/sci-fi 

• The hunger games 
• The maze runner
• Divergent
• Harry Potter

Chick-lit

• The princess diaries
• Sophie Kinsella books (Shopaholic etc)
• Something borrowed
• Bridget Jones's diary
• Confessions of Georgia Nicolson

Drama (1)

• Slumdog millionaire
• Life of Pi 
• The Kite runner
• Curious incident of the dog in the nighttime
• The boy in the striped pyjamas 
• The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Drama (2)

• Paper towns
• The meaning of birds
• The hate u give
• They both die at the end
• All the bright places
• One of us is lying (mystery)
• The fault in our stars

Comics etc

• Marvel comics
• Donald Duck

• Books like 'Dog zombies rule'
• Diary of a whimpy kid

Do you have any recommendations?

Social media tips

@engelse_boekenlijst

Gerund vs infinitive

I love playing tennis 

I promised to play tennis with my sister

Gerund

Swimming is my greatest hobby

I love watching the sunset

Please take off your shoes before entering the room

I hope to see you soon

We refuse to leave the room

I would love to watch that movie with you

Please remember to close the door when you leave

They don't remember meeting you

U5L4+L5

• Do exercise 6, 7 (p. 203/204)

When you're done you can work on another subject or simply relax. We'll discuss the answers after 10 min.

• This week: SO Follow up!!

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