SO Practice Lesson

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

Wonderful Wednesday!

Learning Goal: 

- I know what to expect on the SO. 

- I can use posessives. 

-I can use much/many. 

-I know the present simple vs. present continuous.

- I can use comparatives and superlatives.

Lesson Overview: 

-What will be on the SO?

-Grammar Explanations

-Practice

SO PTO3

Chapter 5

Grammar: 

Posessives (Sara's cat, My family's house)

Much/many

Present simple vs. present continuous.

Vocab

-Theme Words, List A, List C

Chapter 6

Grammar: 

Comparatives and superlatives.

The Possessive

To show that somebody owns something:

1. Add an  's after their name.

   Tom's bike

   My sister's umbrella

2. Words that are plural (already end in an s, only get an (') after the s. 

    The lions' dinner

    My sisters' blowdryer 

3. We use of for places and geographical reagions and things.

   The capital of England. 

   The name of the city is Madrid. 

   The color of my socks are blue. 

Choose the correct possessive form:

Sara pencil

1. Sara's pencil
2. Saras' pencil
3. The pencil of Sara

Choose the correct possessive form:

The cats toys

1. The cat's toys
2. The cats' toys
3. The toy of the cat

Choose the correct possessive form:

Capital Netherlands

1. Netherland's capital
2. Netherlands' capital
3. The capital of the Netherlands

Much and Many

Much and Many

Used to say that there is a lot of something. 

Much

Used for things that you can't count (teken).

How much money do we have left?

I don't have much time today.

Many

Used for things that you can count. 

How many people work at this zoo?

There aren't many animals outside today.

Much

Many

Do the words belong to much or many? Drag and drop. 

carrot

water

dessert

restaurant

food

sugar

plate

egg

Present Simple vs. Present Continuous

I run vs. I am running

                      Present Simple 

Used for habits, routines, facts. 

I run on Thursdays.

They bike to school.

He talks during class.

Form: he/she/it + verb+s

                 Present Continuous 

Used for things that are happening at this moment. 

I am running through the park.

They are singing their favorite song.

She is doing her homework. 

Form: I am + verb + ing

you/they/we are + verb + ing

he/she/it is + verb + ing

                      Present Simple 

                 Present Continuous 

Used for habits, routines, facts. 

I run on Thursdays.

They bike to school.

He talks during class.

Form: he/she/it + verb+s

Used for things that are happening at this moment (now). 

I am running through the park.

They are singing their favorite song.

She is doing her homework. 

Form: I am + verb + ing

you/they/we are + verb + ing

he/she/it is + verb + ing

Comparatives and Superlatives

A tennis ball is small.

A baseball is smaller than a tennis ball.

A golf ball is the smallest of them all.

Where there is a short vowel + a consonant, you double the consonant at the end.

big - > bigger -> biggest      fit-> fitter -> fittest

If the adjective ends in -e, you only add -r or -st.

nice -> nicer-> nicest            wise-> wiser->wisest

If the adjective ends in -y, you replace the last letter with -ier and -iest

happy->happier -> happiest       crazy -> crazier-> craziest

1. She is fast______ than him.

2. He is craz______ than her.

3. Tom is the big______ in his class.

4. She is big_____ __than her younger sister.

Match the ending to the comparative/superlative.

er

ger

ier

gest

Comparatives and Superlatives

Jack's medal is beautiful                                   English is difficult. 

Peter's medal is more beautiful.                     Maths is more difficult.

Rosie's medal is the most beautiful one.      Physics is the most difficult subject.

Some words have their own irregular form: 

good -> better -> best

bad -> worse -> worst

For adjectives with three syllables or more (beau-ti-ful/won-der-ful) you use more and most.

Some adjectives with two syllables (like famous, boring, and words that end in -ful)

Comparatives

older

newer

busyer

busier

dryer

drier

biger

bigger

more modern

moderner

old

new

busy

dry

big

modern

Wonderful Wednesday!

Extra Practice

- I can use posessives and much/many. 

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-I know the present simple vs. present continuous

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- I can use comparatives and superlatives.

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