G401B- Periode 1: Les 13-14

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Lesson 13-14

12 October 2017

TO DO:

Homework

20/20 Business English: Grammar

Vocabulary in Use: Unit 9

Homework

What do you remember about last week's lessons?

Homework

Hand in the Letters of Enquiry

What About Us

Listen to the song and fill in the gaps.

Answers

1.  searchlights
2. stars
3. answers
4. plans
5. problems
6. children
7. afters
8. stones
9. bones

Wat hebben de woorden die je net hebt ingevuld met elkaar gemeen?

Aim

After this lesson you should be able to make and use plural forms of nouns.

Look at the plural (meervoud) forms of the nouns. 

Can you figure out how to make plurals?

cities

houses

boys

families

photos

churches

villages

chairs

thieves

tomatoes

Rules

• city - cities
  
• house - houses
  
• boy -boys
  
• family - families
  
• photo- photos
  
• church - churches
  
• village - villages
  
• chair - chairs
  
• thief - thieves
  
• tomato - tomatoes

Rules

Irregular Plurals 

child
woman
foot
man
sheep
mouse
tooth

• children
  
• women
  
• feet
  
• men
  
• sheep
  
• mice
  
• teeth
  

Nouns that are always plural

trousers

scissors

glasses

jeans                                                                                         a pair of shoes     pliers

clothes

20/20 Business English

Exercise 20: Write down the plurals

Exercise 21: Translate the plurals

Finished: Exercise 22

Answers Exercise 20

1. prices

2. cards

3. catalogues

4. enquiries

5. checkouts

6. pricelists

7. boxes

8. amounts

9. shelves

10. brochures

 

11. addresses

12. cheques

13. women

14. companies

15. taxes

16. tomatoes

17. loaves

18. sheep

19. fish

20. invoices

Answers Exercise 21

1. two pairs of trousers
   
2. fourteen pairs of glasses
3. three pairs of shoes
4. dozens of customers/ buyers/clients
5. several dozen
6. several pairs of jeans
7. cameras
8. businesses/companies
9. catalogues
10. ladies and gentlemen

20/20 Business English

Types of Containers

20/20 Business English

Exercise 23: Match the pictures with the correct word and translate the completed phrases.

Finished: Exercise 22

Answers Exercise 23

1. a bag of crisps
2. a sack of cement
3. a box of matches
4. a tube of toothpaste
5. a carton of milk
6. a case/bottle of wine
7. a packet of cigarettes
8. a can or tin of baked beans
9. a tub of margarine
10. a case/bottle of wine
11. a pack of coffee
12. a jar of marmelade
13. a punnet of strawberries
14. a roll of peppermint
15. a crate of beer

Wat heb je vandaag geleerd?

Wat vind je na deze les nog moeilijk?

Vocabulary in Use

Unit 9: Idioms describing people

Homework

Zodiac Assignment

AIM

After this lesson you should know a few idioms you can use to describe people

Which English idioms do you know?

Unit 9

Exercise 9.1: Complete the idioms

Exercise 9.2 : Describe the person using an idiom

Exercise 9.3: Complete the sentences using an idiom from B

Answers 9.1

1. heart of gold
   
2. as hard as nails
   
3. as good as gold
   
4. in the right place
   
5. piece of work
   
6. awkward customer
   

Answers 9.2

1. a know-all
   
2. the teacher's pet
   
3. a big-head
   
4. top of the class
   
5. a lazy-bones ( this person is bone-idle)
   

Answers 9.3

1. a head like a sieve
   
2. a good head for figures
   
3. have a head for heights
   
4. has her head screwed on
   
5. has his head in the clouds
   
6. burying your head in the sand
   
7. head and shoulders above
   
8. keeps his head
   

Which idioms do these pictures represent?

                 1.                                              2.                               3.

Which idioms do these pictures represent?

                             4.                                                                 5.

Which idioms do these pictures represent?

                     6.                                     7.                                     8.