Objective Advanced unit 13: Colours

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• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

colour

Unit 13

01:23

What do you think each of the different colours tastes like?

What do you associate
with the colour 'red'?

What do you associate
with the colour 'pink'?

Exercise 1

Which apple looks the most appealing to you and why?

Vocabulary

(Vocabulary Spot + ex. 1-3)

vocabulary

bath -
belief -
licence - 
relief - 
proof -
loss -
life - 
practice - 
effect - 

•  to bathe
• to believe
• to license
• to relieve
• to prove
•  to lose
• to live
• to practise
• to affect

exercise 2 and 3

Some words are pronounced the same in their noun and verb forms.

Some words are pronounced the same but have different meanings and spelling.

Now do the exercises

Independent work

Do: 

(Vocabulary exercises 2+3)

Speaking and Listening ex. 2+3 (p. 82)

Reading exercises 1+2 (p. 82)

Mr Tip prepared this lesson after he ____ the course book.

1. read
2. had read
3. had been reading
4. was reading

J.K. Rowling _____ 7 instalments in the Harry Potter series so far.

1. wrote
2. has written
3. has been writing
4. was writing

We ___ Netflix yesterday evening when the doorbell rang.

1. watched
2. have watched
3. were watching
4. had been watching

When it was time to stop the work out I was soaked in sweat, for I ____ for at least 45 minutes!

1. ran
2. was running
3. had run
4. had been running

past tenses and present perfect

past simple

He worked - He didn't work - Did he work?

the auxiliary verb for the past simple is to do. You use it to turn an 

affirmative sentence into a negation or question.

You use the past simple for

• actions that started and ended in the past,
• repeated actions in the past. It is not important how long the action lasted or if something happened before or after it.

The man bought a fixer upper last month.

The man bought a copy of the Times every Sunday morning.

past continuous

He was working - He wasn't working - Was he working?

the auxiliary verb for the past continuous is to be. To be is part of the form of the tense ( to be + verb+ ing)

You use the past continuous:

• for actions that were in progress at some point in the past
• for actions that were in progress but were interrupted by another event ( when/while)
• to emphasize that two actions were happening at the same time in the past
• with always/forever for repeated actions or behaviour

mind! the continuous cannot be used with static verbs ( describes a state instead of an action)

I knew he was quite wealthy 

I was knowing he was quite wealthy

do not use with static verbs

present perfect

He has worked - He hasn't worked -Has he worked?

the auxiliary verb for the present perfect is to have. To have is part of the form of the tense ( to have + past participle) 

After the auxiliary verb you use a past participle.

You use the present perfect:

• when something started in the past and continues up to the present.
• It is often used to talk about experiences ( specific time is not known or unimportant)
• to say how many times something has happened in the period between something happened for the first time until the present.
• to talk about an event in the (recent) past that has a result in the present ( focus on: effect or importance)
• to talk about the duration of something that started in the past and continues up to the present. The length of the period is given.

present perfect continuous

he has been working

it is used:

• to talk about something that started in the past and continues up to the present
• to talk about repeated past events in a time period that extends up to the present.
• to talk about something in the recent past that has a result in the present. the action may be finished or unfinished.
• to talk about the duration of something which started in the past and extends up to the present. The length of the period is given.

do not use with static verbs

past perfect

He had worked - had he worked - he hadn't worked

The past perfect is used:

• to refer to actions or events before a particular time in the past.

They had washed the dished before they left the house

past perfect continuous

He had been working

It is used:

• to refer to actions or events up to a particular time in the past. It can refer to specific past times

The police had been looking for the missing boy for three days when he walked out of the forest.

cannot be used with static verbs

'Simple' or 'Continuous'???

Focus on result   --->      Simple form

They have/had built three houses so far.

*Dutch:  Ze hebben gebouwd.

Focus on action   (continuous)* --->    Continuous form

They have/had been building houses for six months.

*Dutch: 'aan het' --> Ze waren aan het bouwen.

Use this page to do ex. 4 on p.84!

More on the tenses

Consult pp. 169-70 in the back of your book

Now do exercises 1 -5 on pp. 84-5 on the 

Past Tenses and Present Perfect

Today's Programme

- Grammar questions

- Discuss Ex. 3+4

- Order of adjectives

- CAE Reading / Unit 13

He asked me when I ... first ... (hear) about the problem.

1. heard
2. had heard
3. have heard
4. had been hearing

You look exhausted. .... you ...(work) hard?

1. have worked
2. did work
3. have been working
4. had you worked

I ... (live) in London when Prince William married Kate Middleton.

1. lived
2. was living
3. have lived
4. had lived

I ... (be) to Russia three times since 2003. I ...(go) last in 2013.

1. have been / went
2. had been / went
3. was / have gone
4. have been going / was going

Discuss ex. 3+4

Ex. 4B What has the person done or been doing?

Ex. 4C What has the person done or been doing?

Ex. 4D What has the person done or been doing?

Ex. 4E What has the person done or been doing?

Ex. 4F What has the person done or been doing?

Ex. 4G What has the person done or been doing?

Ex. 4H What has the person done or been doing?

Ex. 4I What has the person done or been doing?

order of adjectives

1. opinion
2. size
3. age
4. colour
5. origin
6. material
7. purpose

the order can be changed to emphasize one adjective

It was a red balloon, beautiful and big!

Study this by heart!!!

Homework:

Now do ex. 1+2 on p. 85 on Vocabulary