Lesson 3, period 2

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Today's programme

- looking back at last week's lesson
- grammar; making questions
- reading; The Savoy
- working online; 4.3

Looking back at last week's lessons

- word order; place, time and adverbs of frequency (always, never, sometimes etc.)

Comparisons; comparative and superlative

1. If the word has:..... one syllable
                                .....two syllables ending at -y, -le, -ow, of -er (with the emphasis on the first                                                                                                                                             syllable)
                                   then you use -er and -est

        large- larger- the largest
        clever- cleverer- the cleverest
        handy - handier- the handiest

2. Longer words:... more - and most -
expensive - more expensive - the most expensive

What are the comparative and superlative of handy.....

1. handyer - the handyest
2. handier- the handiest

exquisite...

1. more exquisite - the most exquisite
2. exquisiter - the exquisitest

yellow...

1. more yellow - the most yellow
2. yellower - the yellowest

peaceful...

1. more peaceful - the most peaceful
2. peacefuller - the peacefullest

Which sentence is correct?

1. I got home really early yesterday from work.
2. I got home really early from work yesterday.
3. Yesterday I got home really early from work.

Which sentence is correct?

1. The thieves ate lunch in the park in the late afternoon yesterday
2. The thieves ate lunch yesterday in the late afternoon in the park.
3. Yesterday in the late afternoon the thieves ate lunch in the park.

Which sentence is correct?

1. He could always go somewhere else.
2. He always could go somewhere else.
3. Always he could go somewhere else.

Which sentence is correct?

1. Sam always will work hard.
2. Sam will always work hard.
3. Always Sam will work hard.

What is a synonym for 'wealthy' ?

1. healthy
2. rich
3. weather

what is a synonym for 'occur'?

1. happen
2. occasion
3. provide

What is a synonym for 'aim' ?

1. goal
2. love
3. eat

grammar; making questions

Present Tense: do & does	Lisa likes cake. I work hard. Does Lisa like cake? Do I work hard?
Past Tense: did	Adam slept in the tent yesterday. Did Adam sleep in the tent yesterday?
To be in the sentence? Place the verb first	We are happy to see you. Are we happy to see you?
Multiple verbs? Put the auxiliary verb first	We could easily go to the supermarket. Could we easily go to the supermarket?
Who, what, where, which, when	Where is my jacket? What are you doing?

Turn these sentences into questions:

1. The waiter worked hard all evening.
2. Sally flies to her grandma in Spain.
3.  She bought a book when she went home.
4. We flew to Barcelona instead of Madrid.
5.  The boys were disappointed when Ajax lost.
6. I am always feeling sick when I work-out.
7.  Everybody thinks the boys are being naughty.
8. I work hard to earn lots of money.

9. My grandmother was always happy when we arrived. 

Exercise; The Savoy

You will now be reading a text about the Savoy hotel. When we are done you will have 15 minutes to finish the exercise.

Working online

We will now be working online.
You can go to Nuengelsonline.noordhoff.nl and finish paragraph 4.3.

Good luck!

What did you learn today?