Lesson 1, Period 2

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Today's programme

- what are we going to do this period?
- discussing last period's test
- word order, explanation & exercise
- reading; afternoon tea
- working online

What are we going to do this period?

- practicing the skills; reading, writing, listening & speaking
- year 1   no exams the upcoming period
- year 2 listening & reading exam B1 in January

writing, reading & use of English for next period's test.

This period's test

Let's have a look at the test and discuss the answers together.

Word order

Place and time are always at the end of the sentence. 
(exception is time at the beginning of the sentence for emphasis)

1. The United States of America have been independent since 1776.
2. Last year we went on holiday to Spain.
3. The Lakers became champions in Los Angeles in 2009.

Word order

Adverbs of frequency:always, sometimes, never, rarely, on occasion, now and then

...are placed before the main verb:
I always travel by myself.

...after the verb to be:
It is never too late to give someone a second chance.

...after the auxiliary verb (hulpwerkwoord), with more than two verbs:
They could sometimes be calling for help.

Word order exercise 

1. the first roller coaster-in Russia-was built-in the 15th century
2. was built-the highest rollercoaster-in 2000-in the USA
3. in Madrid-opened-in 2002-the world's biggest theme park
4. met-her-ago-boyfriend-a-I-days-few
5. year-spend-where-Christmas-does-Terry-to-next-?-want
6. went-Dublin-we-pub-Saturday-out-every-to-in-a
7. never-he-that day-told-April-have-about-in-her-should

Reading; afternoon tea

We are now going to read a text about the English tradition of drinking afternoon tea.

afternoon tea

Exercise; afternoon tea

Now you will create your own afternoon tea. 
You can work on your device and make an English menu for the afternoon tea.

The menu should include:
- at least three different sandwiches
- at least three other foods
- a minimum of two kinds of tea

Also, create a nice lay-out. Try to make it look as if you could really find it in a fancy English hotel.

Good luck!

Working online

We will now be working online on Unit 4.
Today you can make paragraph 4.1