Week 6: grammar recap, newswise

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2

W6	5/2 - 9/2	Grammar recap + newswise
W7	12/2 - 16/2	Test theme 3 + Watching & listening
W8	19/2 - 23/2	Holiday
W9	26/2 - 1/3	Speaking + newswise
W10	4/3 - 8/3	School of our dreams explanation
W11	11/3 - 15/3	Activity week
W12	18/3 - 22/3	Start theme 4

Homework check

C reading & E writing & grammar 

Go to pages 136 & 137

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Grammar recap: 

Adjectives & present perfect 

Adjectives 

Adjectives 

Adjectives = bijvoegelijk naamwoord

We use adjectives to describe a noun. We can explain how something looks, tastes or feels. 

We can be clear about which one we mean or how many there are of something. 

There are different types 

• Positive: This is the basic form of the adjective, used to describe one item or group without making a comparison. (e.g., big, happy, interesting)

• Comparative: This form is used to compare two items or groups, indicating a higher or lower degree of the quality. (e.g., bigger, happier, more interesting)

• Superlative: This form is used to compare three or more items or groups, indicating the highest or lowest degree of the quality. (e.g., biggest, happiest, most interesting)

Present perfect

The present perfect is used to say that something happened in the past and continues in the present.

have / has + past participle (regular/irregular form)

We have washed the car. It is clean now.

He has lost his keys. He can't get into the house.

We have lived in this house since January. 

Key words 

already, just, yet, ever, never, for, since, so far, up to now, not yet, lately, recently

If one of these is in the sentence -> present perfect

Example sentences 

You have been a Dalton pupil for 2 years now.

I have baked this recipe many times.

She has waited for hours and there is still no bus.

We have never driven a car before

Let's have a look!