Reading practice - tto

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Reading practice - English

Today

• Dictionary skills 
• Linking words
• Practice makes perfect

Put the words in alphabetical order

1

2

3

4

5

handy

hard

hand

heat

heart

Put the words in alphabetical order

1

2

3

4

5

shoulder

school

scholar

should

solid

Collocations

Een combinatie van woorden die samen horen.

Welke 'collocations' ken jij?

Form collocations with the word "ask"

Form collocations with the word "school"

Difficult words

And what to do with them

Our football team's goal keeper does /eccentric/ things; he never wears socks and he always kicks the ball exactly thirteen times as a warm-up.

1. normaal
2. raar
3. rommelig

The /debris/ on the stadium floot included old tickets, empty Coca-Cola cans and cigarettes.

1. producten
2. papier
3. afval

The man and his wife agreed to be very frugal in their shopping because they wanted to save money to buy a house.

1. zuining
2. verspillend
3. geïnteresseerd

Now it might be time to open your dictionary!

Who uses an easel?

Where would you put gravy?

What would you keep in a larder?

Odd one out. Which one is the odd one out

1. elm
2. daffodil
3. pine
4. beech

Odd one out. Which one is the odd one out

1. cod
2. sardine
3. hake
4. fern

Linking words

Linking words help you to connect ideas and sentences when you speak or write English. We can use linking words to give examples, add information, summarise, sequence information, give a reason or result, or to contrast ideas.

Addition (aanvulling)

Sequence (volgorde)

Consequence (gevolg)

Contrast

firstly

as a result

too

besides

despite

thus

then

likewise

rather

moreover

nonetheless

previously

How to....

approach, start or answer a reading task?

I always start with...

Reading the text

Read the title, subtitles,look at pictures

Read the first question

It is important to understand all difficult words in the text

YES

Gap fill options = yes

NO

What is the best strategy/order?

Answer the question

Predict: read the title, subtitles, pictures, intro

Read the relevant paragraph

Read the question 

Thé golden tip 

Waar staat mijn antwoord in de tekst?

Geen antwoord = een fout antwoord