Grammar Revision units 3&4

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

What do I need to know?

Grammar Reference page 138 (3.1)

Past simple.  (verb to be)

1.    I was cold and tired./ My sister was a very pretty baby but now she has spots! / Our old

house was very small, that is why we moved. (I, she, he, it – use
WAS when talking about events in the past that have completely stopped and have
no influence on the present.

2.    You were late for the English lesson. We were the winners in the Serious Request competition.  The teachers were very
strict at my old school.

 

3.    You
can also use the past simple by adding ed to regular verbs: I waited for you all morning /
They shouted at me / She killed my guinea pig

4.    For
irregular verbs, learn the list at the back of your student book: I sung a song this morning/ We
ate breakfast together yesterday/ They ran all the way home / My
dad drove to work last week.

 

Use the past
simple when you are talking about an event that started in the past and has
completely finished. Use was for I,
she, he and it. Use were for
you, we and they.

 

Past
continuous

 

1.    I
was reading a book / he was doing his homework

2.    They
were working all
morning / We were waiting for you.

 

Use the past
continuous when you are talking about an event that started in the past and has
not yet finished or still has influence
now. Use the verb to be in the past form (was/were)  (was for I, she, he and it. Use were
for You, we and they) plus verb+ing.

 

Sadly, there
are no EXTRA GRAMMAR LESSONS in February but make sure you check out the
lessons in LessonUp in the next few weeks.

These are the
things that you need to know for the grammar test for units 3 and 4

A.    Complete the sentences with the Past Simple form of the verbs in
brackets.

   1   The train
left (leave) at 8.00.

   2   He
______ (study) in England last year.

   3   We
______ (arrive) at the airport late at night.

B .   Complete the sentences with the
Past Simple or Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

   1   The
professor was walking (walk) to his companion when he ________ (hear)
a rattle snake.

   2   One
day I ________ (sleep) in my hammock when a coconut ________ (fall) on my head.

C.    Form adjectives  from adverbs.

passionate   fluent  

   1   She
took the injured bird home and looked after it passionately.

   2   The teachers
at my school speak English ___________.

D     Learn when to use the correct
preposition (at, on, in)

   1   I
left school  at two o’clock.

   2   We
took a trip to the mountains __ the weekend.

   3   Did
we visit London __ 2007 or 2008?

E      When do we use much and many and when do we use

some or any?

   1   There
are some sweets on the table. Help
yourself.

   2   Is
there ______ water in the fridge?

 

F   Know when to use a/an, the

   1   I’m
going to have two pieces of fruit – an 
apple and ___ pear.

   2   Did
you know that there is ___ shop in Japan where all ___ staff are robots?

G  Make sure that you know when you use the past
simple and the past continuous and be able to give example sentences.

 

H. Make sure that you can explain what an adjective
is and what an adverb is.

past simple - regular and irregular verbs ( pg 158 column 2)

Page 138: Grammar Reference

Use the past  simple when you are talking about an event that started in the past and has
completely finished. Use was for I,
she, he and it. Use were for
you, we and they.

KAHOOT PRACTICE

https://create.kahoot.it/#quiz/526ecea3-b3d9-4586-ac55-afc9787b0158 

Past continuous

1.    I was reading a book / he was doing his homework

2.    They were working all morning / We were waiting for you.

Use the past continuous when you are talking about an event that started in the past and has not yet finished or still has influence

now. Use the verb to be in the past form (was/were)  (was for I, she, he and it. Use were for You, we and they) plus verb+ing.

 

Now you try!

A.    Complete the sentences with the Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets.

  1   The train left (leave) at 8.00.

   2   He ______ (study) in England last year.

   3   We______ (arrive) at the airport late at night.

B .   Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

 1   The professor was walking (walk) to his companion when he ________ (hear)
a rattle snake.

 2   One day I ________ (sleep) in my hammock when a coconut ________ (fall) on my head.

C. Form adjectives from adverbs.

Look at LessonUp: https://student.lessonup.io/lesson/qiLHLYGSCWJwaY2Rw

C.    Form adjectives  from adverbs.

passionate              fluent  

1   She took the injured bird home and looked after it passionately.

   2   The teachers at my school speak English ___________.

 Learn when to use the correct preposition (at, on, in)

Page 138 in Grammar reference: 3.4 

   1   I left school  at two o’clock.

   2   We took a trip to the mountains __ the weekend.

 3   Did we visit London __ 2007 or 2008?

E When do we use much and many and when do we use

some or any?

Grammar reference: page 139 (expressions of quantity)

1   There are some sweets on the table. Help

yourself.

2   Is there ______ water in the fridge?

 

F Know when to use a/an, the

   1   I’m going to have two pieces of fruit – an 
apple and ___ pear.

2   Did you know that there is ___ shop in Japan where all ___ staff are robots?

Can you match the amounts with the nouns

Example: a bunch of bananas

a loaf of bread

Do the exercise on page 36 in the Student book

and finally...........

G  Make sure that you know when you use the past
simple and the past continuous and be able to give example sentences. 

H. Make sure that you can explain what an adjective
is and what an adverb is.

 

Good Luck 

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