Chapter 6.1

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

You'll be divided into pairs. One of you will receive an image from me, and he/she is going to give instructions to the other to replicate that image in Microsoft Paint (or on paper).

Do not show the image to your partner!

How would you tell someone to stop playing videogames?

What sentence would you expect to find on a sign whose purpose is telling the reader the grass is off limits?

Travelling:
1: What is your preferred way of travelling?
2: What has been your favourite travelling experience/destination so far?
3: What do you like to do when you're travelling?
4: Where would you still like to go (bucket list)?

Our baseball team's pitcher has a few eccentric habits, such as throwing exactly thirteen warm-up pitches and never wearing socks.

What does the highlighted word mean?

After the heavy rains, the stream became murky; in fact, the water was so cloudy you couldn't see the bottom..

What does the highlighted word mean?

The newlyweds agreed to be very frugal in their shopping because they wanted to save enough money to buy a house.

What do you think the highlighted word means?

Although Alex usually looks unkempt, he had a very neat appearance at his job interview.

What do you think the highlighted word means?

So, what was the point to these seemingly random questions?

Context is a very powerful tool. Use it wisely.

You don't have to look up all the words you don't know. The text usually provides more than enough clues to figure out the meaning.

Another example of context:

Schrijf de zinnen over en vul jouw antwoord in:
1: I can't come tonight ................. I'm broke!
2: Björn is called 'the Viking' ............. he is small and thin.
3: I'll finish this assignment quickly ........... I can get back to my games.
4: Hi mom! I reorganised the living room ............. you were away. Nice huh!?

Are there ......... people who speak Tagalog in here?

1. some
2. any

Do you sell .......... cars that run on hydrogen?

1. some
2. any

He lost ........... flashdrives with sensitive information.

1. some
2. any

How do you deal with multiple choice questions?

Tip #1

Read the entire question.

Tip #2

Answer it in your mind first.

Tip #3

Read every answer option 

(even when you think you've spotted the right answer already)

Tip #4

Eliminate wrong answers.

Tip #5

Select the best answer

Tip #6

Answer the questions you know first.

Tip #7

Pay attention to words like always, not, sometimes, never. 

Pay particularly close attention to the words not, sometimes, always, and never. An answer that includes always must be irrefutable. If you can find a single counterexample, then the answer is not correct. The same holds true for the word never. If an answer option includes never a single counterexample will indicate the answer is not the correct.

Tip #8

Don't second-guess yourself! Stick with your first answer.

Pay particularly close attention to the words not, sometimes, always, and never. An answer that includes always must be irrefutable. If you can find a single counterexample, then the answer is not correct. The same holds true for the word never. If an answer option includes never a single counterexample will indicate the answer is not the correct.

What's the difference between A and B?

A: A few schools in this area teach Spanish.
B: Few schools in this area teach Spanish.

What's the difference between A and B?

A: We had little time to work on the project.
B: We had a little time to work on the project.

There are ..... (veel) emergency exits in this building.

1. a lot of
2. a few
3. many
4. much

I saw ....... (een paar) interesting tweets yesterday.

1. few
2. little
3. a few
4. a little

There's ..... (weinig) time left to discuss this now.

1. few
2. little
3. a few
4. a little

I'm convinced that ........ (weinig) astronauts like space food.

1. few
2. little
3. a few
4. a little

Would you like ........ (een beetje) water?

1. few
2. little
3. a few
4. a little

They haven't got ....... (veel) money.

1. a lot of
2. a little
3. many
4. much

What's next?