V4 - week 13 - lesson 1 & 2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• Voortgezet speciaal onderwijs
• vwo
• Leerroute V
• Leerjaar 4

Today's objectives

Test Unit 3 feedback

Tests period 4

Uni4 - grammar overview 

Reading comprehension

Vocabulary unit 4.1

Grammar 4.1 - tenses review

Tests - period 4

• Literature (poetry & informal e-mail)  - Friday April 16th - 14:00 - 16:00 hrs.
• Unit 4 
• Listening
• Reading
• Literary analysis - April 9th deadline to hand in
• Speaking - video of 5-10 min. on an English topic + video - April 9th

Unit 4 - grammar/vocab/expressions

Blessed are the curious for they shall have adventures.

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The top 3 inventions
in history

Speaking (3 min.) & Video - 5 min.

Video on life's greatest inventions - top 10

What type of invention would you not be able to do without in your life? Is it in the top 10?

What still needs to be invented?

Unit 4 - lesson 1 - Skimming

Ex. 1

Skim the text by reading just the introduction, the headings and the first sentence of each paragraph. 

Then, write down the number of the paragraph that each title refers to.

Class & Independent work

Read text 4.1  - The Innovative  Spirit together

• Reading comprehension - Answer questions 2 - 7
• Vocabulary - Do ex. 9 
• Grammar - Do ex. 10 (grammar tenses review)

Tenses review - present/past/used to/would 

Present Simple (verb (+s) - facts,/habits - signal words (=adjunct of time): always, usually, sometimes etc.

Past Simple (verb +ed/2nd form) - action finished & when is important; a sequence of actions in the past - signal words: yesterday, when, last, etc.

Used to - to talk about habits/situations in the past; Would - to talk about habits in the past

Tenses review - present perfect/past perfect simple

Present Perfect (has/have + 3rd form)- action still going on (started in the past up to now)/action recently finished & result still visible -when is NOT important/mentioned - signal words: so far, since, up till now, how long, ever, never, yet, still etc.

difference with Present Perferct Continuous: Present Perfect -> shorter actions, also with "never

Past Perfect (had + 3rd form) - action took place before another action in the past (always accompanied with a verb in the past simple in the sentence)  - signal words: before, after, when 

Tenses review - present perfect continuous/past perfect continuous

Present Perfect (has/have  been + verb + ing)-

 to emphasize duration; to signal irritation (always); to signal pride;- signal words: for hours, all day now, for a long time time etc.

to indicated that a current result is the consequence of sth. that has been going on (no signal word)

Past Perfect (had been + verb + Ing) -

To emphasize duriation & to show that sth. took place before another action in the past (signal word)

To show that sth. is the result of an action that took a longer time in the past (no time indication)

Tenses review - past/present continuous

• Past Continuous (was/were + verb + ing) - to emphasize duration; to indicated sth. was already  going on when sth. else interrupted; descriptive - signal words: while, when

• Present Continuous (am/is/are + verb + ing) - to indicated sth. is going on right now; irritation; future arrangement (diary appointment/ when/where usually known)

Tenses review - Future Simple

• Future Simple  - to talk about any action in the future:

will = future facts, intenctions, hopes, promises, offers, spontaneous decision at the moment of speaking; prediction not based on evidence

going to = intention/plan, prediction based on evidence

present simple = timetables/schedules

present continuous = future arrangement (diary appointment - when/where usually known)

Past Perfect (had + 3rd form) - action took place before another action in the past (always accompanied with a verb in the past simple in the sentence)  - signal words: before, after, when