V4 - P4 - Testweek Prep - Part 2

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V4 - P4 - Testweek Prep - Part 2

Today's Lesson

You will use today's lesson to prepare for the tests that are coming up

Test Units 9+10+11

Reading Test

I will repeat all the grammar briefly and help you with any questions you may have. 

Test Material

- Vocabulary Units 9+10+11 English>Dutch and Dutch>English

- Grammar Units 9+10+11: 

Phrasal verbs

Reduced relative clauses

Question tags

Indirect questions

Embedded questions (verbs + wh clauses)

- Reading (old exam texts) 

Today's lesson I'm going to:
Prepare for the test..

1. By myself in silence
2. with the class, for a grammar repeat.

Make an indirect sentence:
How many people were there at the party? Do you know?

Indirect Questions

Have a look at this conversation.

Me: Excuse me. Could you tell me where the nearest station is?

Person in the street: Certainly. It's along that road on the right.

Me: Thank you. And do you know if there's a supermarket near here?

Person in the street: Yes, there's one next to the station.

Me: Thank you very much for your help.

We use indirect questions when asking for help in the street, because they are very polite. Indirect questions start with a phrase like 'could you tell me...' or 'do you know...'.

Direct VS Indirect Questions

Direct question: Where is the bank?

Indirect question: Could you tell me where the bank is?

Notice that in the indirect question the verb ('is') comes after the subject ('the bank'), in the same way with a normal positive sentence ('the bank is over there'), but in the direct question the verb 'is' before the subject 'the bank'. 

This is called inversion, and it is used to make direct questions in many verb tenses in English, but we don't use inversion in indirect questions.

Make an indirect sentence:
When does the concert start? Let's find out?

Make an embedded question:
Start with "Do you know"
And use: when does the class start?

Embedded questions

What you just worked with are embedded questions (verbs+WH-clauses). 

Words such as who, when, where and why are not always used to ask questions. 

They are often found as part of a statement. 

In these cases they are not followed by the question word order. 

> I can't remember where I heard that song before.

NOT: I can't remember where did I hear that song before. 

Make an embedded question:
Start with "Could you tell me"
And use: is there free parking?

Time to prepare

We will continue with the grammar recap tomorrow. 

Now you must prepare for the test yourself by:

- Studying the vocabulary

- Practising the grammar

- Making the Unit checks

- Practise reading old exam texts

Are you ready for the English test?

1. Yes, I'm ready!
2. Almost, need a little bit more practise
3. No, haven't started at all
4. I have started, but need more practise

Finished!

Today you prepared for the tests coming up

Well done!