Pitfalls

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k, g, t
• Leerjaar 2,3

Pitfalls

They're / There / Their

Where / Were / We're

Your / You're

Pitfalls

• Woorden die dezelfde uitspraak hebben, maar een andere schrijfwijze en betekenis.
• Zorg dat je er niet intrapt! (Of valt!)

Lesdoel

• Je kunt woorden die op elkaar lijken uit elkaar houden. 
• Je kent de betekenis van woorden die dezelfde uitspraak hebben. 
• Je kunt goede zinnen maken met woorden die op elkaar lijken. 

You're / Your

You're -> verkorte vorm van "you are" = jij bent. 

Your -> bezittelijk voornaamwoord: van "you", van jou. 

Your / you're

• Your: bezittelijk voornaamwoord van jou / you
• Your website is offline / Jouw website is offline. 

• You're : you are /jij bent
• You're the best singer ever. 

May I drive ........ car to the cinema tonight, dad?

1. your
2. you're

I wish you'd keep ...... comments to yourself.

1. your
2. you're

Have you lost all of _____ senses?

1. you're
2. your

Vertaal de zin. Gebruik your of you're:
Jij bent vandaag op school.

Whose / Who's

• Whose = wiens (wie zijn.....)
• Whose party are we going to tonight?
• Wiens (wie zijn) feestje gaan we vanavond naar toe?

• Who's (who is = wie is) that man over there in the corner?
• Wie is die man daar in de hoek?

......... your best friend?

1. Whose
2. Who's

.......... car is yellow?

1. Whose
2. Who's

....... a better tennis player? You or your brother?

They're / Their / There

• They're -> verkorte vorm van "they are".
• Their -> bezittelijk voornaamwoord: van "they".
• There -> geeft een 'plaats' aan.

They're / Their / There

• They are, verkorte vorm = They're: zij zijn.
• They're in the garden at the moment
• Their -> bezittelijk voornaamwoord van "they": (van) hun.

• Their dog is sick. (Hun hond is ziek). 
• There: geeft een plaats aan; Daar, of betekent Er

• I visited Amsterdam this weekend. I like it there.
• There is not much milk left in the fridge. 

_____ are many crazy things happening in the world.

1. they're
2. there
3. their

All of _____ friends were crazy.

1. they're
2. there
3. their

Which is correct?

1. They're from here
2. Their from here
3. There from here

Vertaal deze zin:
Zij zijn hun kat aan het zoeken.

Now what?

Go to Stepping Stones online

Go to paragraph I, writing and grammar, blz. 138

BK: make exercises 56A and B, 57 A and B, 58

Ga naar je mail en maak de oefeningen achter de linkjes die ik gestuurd heb. 

Pitfalls

Its / It's 

Than / Then

Too / to 

Its and It's

It's is de verkorte vorm van it is (het is)

It's a miracle / het is een wonder. 

Its gaat om eigenaarschap: 

The dog started to bark when the mailman stole its bone. 

Its betekent hier dus het bot van de hond. 

She has lost her phone, but she thinks ______ in her car.

1. it's
2. its

The dog is eating ........ food

The dog is lazy and ....... hungry.

Than and Then

Than wordt gebruikt in vergelijkingen:

Thom is bigger than Tim. 

Cats are smarter than dogs. 

Then geeft een tijd of een volgorde aan:

I went to the gym, then I took a shower.

I eat my breakfast, then I drink coffee, then I go to work. 

He's much crazier _____ I am.

1. then
2. than

I think the book is better than/then the film

1. than
2. then

I have some time tomorrow. I will clean the attic than/then.

1. than
2. then

It was ... that I realised that he was taller ... me.

1. than / than
2. then / than
3. than / then
4. then / then

Than/Then we went to school.

1. Than
2. Then

Tomorrow I'm going fishing .... I'm going to the zoo. I like fishing more ... visiting the zoo

1. then, than
2. than, than
3. then, then
4. than, then

It's amazing she is so much taller ...... her parents.

1. then
2. than

Where, Were, We're

Where -> vragende voornaamwoord voor 'plaats'

Were -> verleden tijd voor 'to be'

We're -> verkortte vorm van "we are"

______ out of time. I have to go home.

1. Where
2. Were
3. We're

______ you on time for the meeting?

1. Where
2. Were
3. We're

too / to

Too -> betekent "ook", of geeft "heel veel" aan

To -> voorzetsel 

If I passed the test, you can _____ .

1. too
2. to

We're going _____ that new place.

1. too
2. to

I am ______ tired to go out tonight.

1. too
2. to