listening chapter 4

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Welcome

Ondersteboven draaien. 

Today

After today you can recognise the subject of a discussion happening around you (A2). 

• Grammar: a short recap. 
• Listening: a quiz. 
• Listening & completing the exercises. 

A stamp

Do you remember? 

Use modals and quantifiers correctly? (A2)

1. Nick and John, I need some money. Does ___________________ of you have any money I can borrow? 
2. When you are not feeling well you ______________________ eat some fruit. 
3. When do we use "ought to" ? 

A stamp

What relevant job did Peter Powers have when he broke the world record for deliberately sleeping without waking up (8 days!)

1. pillow designer
2. maths teacher
3. hypnotist
4. pyjama tester

Marawa Ibrahim of Australia set the record for the most Hula Hoops spun at once in 2015. How many hoops did she keep in motion at the same time?

1. 52
2. 200
3. 120
4. 300

While he is undoubtedly consumed more since then, Donald Gorske was acknowledged in 2016 as having eaten more Big Macs than anyone before. How many did he eat over a 44- year stretch?

1. 82,500
2. 105,678
3. 28,788
4. 10,000

The tallest LEGO brick tower was observed in Milan, Italy in 2015. How tall was it?

1. 22.12 m
2. 35.05 m
3. 64.08 m
4. 138.24 m

Which World Record is broken over 400,000 times a day?

1. World's tallest person
2. World's longest beard
3. World's fastest car
4. World's youngest person

Listening 

• Read the questions of exercise 37b on page 30. 
• Take notes in Stepping Stones on page 44 or in a notebook. 
• Complete exercise 37b. 

Taking notes: 

1. only write down key words. 
2. Leave out a/an, shorten words such as "btw, asap"...... 
3. use abbreviations for commonly used words; min, doc., dec....... 

Listening

A stamp

Listening 

• Complete exercise 39.

Voice level: silence. 

Finished early? Complete exercise 38. 

Listening

A stamp

Answers 

• Exercise 37b: 

1. the most football world cubs and the oldest criminal gang. 
2. the man with the longest tongue. 
3. amazing, interesting, varied/funny
4. one that takes effort / one that is really impressive / one that requires a lot of dedication and drive. 
5. are famous for the wrong reasons. 
6. skill(s) 
7. the "funniest" category. 

A stamp

Rounding off 

• study vocabulary F on page 47. 
• When do you believe a world record is a good world record? 

A stamp