Stepping Stones VWO 3 Theme 5

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• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Stepping Stones  5: Story Time

In this chapter will you practise with listening, speaking and writing about stories, books and films. The grammar subjects of this chapter are: indirect speech, One and Ones and past perfect.

Stories

What's the function
of stories

Indirect speech

Rule no 1: Backshift

Take a step back in time

Present Simple -> Past Simple

Jessie: "I  go to school by bike with you."

Maria: "Jessie said that she went to school by bike with me."

Present continuous > Past continuous

Jessie: "I am visiting my aunt ."

Maria: "Jessie said that she was visiting her aunt." 

Past simple   >   Past perfect

Jessie: "Last week I worked at McDonalds."

Maria: "Jessie said that she had worked at McDonalds the week before."

Rule no 2: make some changes

Change pronouns and references to time

Jessie: "My parents and I will visit our aunt."

Maria: "Jessie said that her parents and she would visit their aunt."

Jessie: Yesterday I was at school, but today I am at home."

Maria: "Jessie said that the day before she had been at school, but  that day she was at home."

Changes made in Reported/indirect speech

1. Backshift in time ( stapje terug in de tijd, zie stencil)
2. Persoonlijke en bezittelijke voornaamwoorden veranderen. I-> he,she; my-> his/her etc
3. This-> that; these-> those; here-> there
4. Bijwoordelijke bepalingen van tijd veranderen:

today-> that day

tomorrow -> the following.next day.

yesterday-> the day before

Last week-> the week before

Voor uitgebreide uitleg zie stencil op ELO onder weektaak 11.

 

One  and ones

One and Ones

Vervanging van zelfstandig nw.

One = die, degene, diegene (enkelvoud)

Ik vind die (bloem) het mooist.                                       

                             I think that one is the most beautiful.

Degene die mij helpt, krijgt een muffin.

                             The one that helps me, will get a muffin.

1. na een bijvoeglijk nw.
2. na which 
3. Na this, that, these, those

One and Ones

Vervanging van zelfstandig nw.

Ones = die, degenen, diegenen (meervoud)

Ik vind die (bloemen) het mooist.                                       

                             I think those ones are the most beautiful.

Degenen die mij helpen, krijgen een muffin.

                             The ones that help me, will get a muffin.

1. na een bijvoeglijk nw.
2. na which 
3. Na this, that, these, those