Cambridge lesson 2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome to Cambridge lessons!

Practical info

Bring to class:

- NOTEBOOK, iPad/laptop

- A lot of motivation!

!! monolingual course !!

- We only speak English in here

Friday, 

lesson 8

Cambridge classes

- 8 Units (e.g. Family and friends, Exploring the world, The entertainment industry...)

- Have a notebook with you - Don't write in your workbook!

- Exercises at school and homework at home

- Listening, reading, writing, speaking, vocab, grammar

Irregular verbs pg. 93

- a verb is a word like: do, swim, eat

- Table: to express yourself in the past (and present perfect)

- list pg. 93 learn by heart!! 

- 3 columns - present, past, present perfect

- Today: arise - cut

CELEBRATIONS

Pg. 7: 1, 2, 3 - do on your own

Done? Learn irregular verbs pg. 93

KEY

1. at least, at once, at last, at all

2. demands, expects, depends, believes

3. B, D, B, D, C, A, B, A

Speaking pg. 8

1, 2 listening

3 - grammar

do on your own: 4, 5

DO: pg. 10, 11 - reading

Study irregular verbs (arise t/m cut)

PRESENT SIMPLE

- things we do often and that are our hobbies (dingen dat we met regelmaat doen en zijn onze hobby's)

- things that are always true -facts (feiten)

- things we like or dislike (dingen dat we leuk of juist niet leuk vinden)

 We use PRESENT SIMPLE

Examples:

I play tennis 3 times a week.

The Sun rises on the East and sets on the West.

Sacha likes tea but doesn't like coffee. 

Present Continuous

- When we want to say what is happening RIGHT NOW 

Signal words: now, right now, at the moment, as we speak. 

Example: 

I am drinking coffee right now.

Tijn is writing in his notebook at the moment.

Loes and Roos are daydreaming about lunch.

Verb to be:

I -> am writing

he/she/it -> is writing

they/we/you -> are writing

Present Continuous

When: 

• Appointments, plans at a specific time, programmed events (furneals, weddings, interview)

Example:

• I’m having my dentist appointment tomorrow morning at 10AM.
  
• I’m taking an English exam on Monday at 3PM
  
• She’s attending a wedding on Saturday.

Listening LINK

https://www.cambridge.org/nl/cambridgeenglish/catalog/cambridge-english-exams-ielts/compact-first-schools-2nd-edition/resources