How English worked - Do you still understand?

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

How English worked....(and still works)

How does English say what happened when it is not or still going on?

How does English work with things that you can or cannot count?

How does English work when you want to compare things? Is that easier or more difficult than in Dutch?

Write a short sentence in the past. Start with 'I........'

Write a short sentence in the present perfect. Start with 'I .......'

past simple or present perfect?

I ... (walk) to school yesterday.

1. walked
2. have walked
3. has walked

We ..........(did) the dishes. They are clean now.

1. did
2. have done

Prices .............(go) up. Everything is so expensive at the moment.

1. have gone
2. went

The weather ...........(be) very nice these last few days

1. was
2. has been

Your parcel .............(arrive) two hours ago

1. arrived
2. has arrived

Last Sunday I ................ (score) a goal.

1. have scored
2. scored

She .............(never be) in the USA.

1. has never been
2. never was

Many or much?

How ....... games do you have?

1. many
2. much

Sir, please don't give so ........homework

1. many
2. much

There is still ......... gas left beneath Groningen.

How ........ bottles of coke are in the fridge?

Do you understand this now?

Yes I do.

No, I don't.

Comparing.....

This flower is (beautiful)
... that one.

A holiday by the sea is (good) ...
a holiday in the mountains.

The weather this summer is even (bad)
... last summer.

The weather is ____ than yesterday.

1. BETTER
2. HOTTER
3. HOTTEST
4. WORSE

French is ........(easy) German.

Joey is as … as Skip.

1. cooler
2. cool
3. funnier
4. coolest

Rob is the … man of them all.

1. weirder
2. most handsome
3. strict
4. greatest

Brian is … at Spanish than Bob.

1. better
2. gooder
3. worse
4. badder

Winston is the … dancer of them all.

1. goodest
2. best
3. worst
4. baddest

So........

* Take the worst score to start with.......Do the exercise(s). Check.

NEXT:

* ...........continue with the other 'how English works' items.

* ...........ask the teacher for help or advice

* ...........make plans for the next lesson

* AND/OR read your book