Translating Sentences: Dutch to English - Year 4

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Translating Sentences: Dutch to English

Translating sentences: How do you go about it?

Today's goals:

• I can translate Dutch sentences to English.
• I know the steps to easily translate a Dutch sentence to English.

How to translate Dutch sentences?

1. Take a closer look at the Dutch sentence. What does it mean?2. Come up with the English translations for the Dutch words. 

2. Check the sentence structure and adapt the sentence accordingly. 

4. Pay attention to signal words and/or meaning of the sentence and write down the correct tense.

Choose the correct word order that needs to be used in English sentences:

1. Wie - doet - waar - wat - wanneer
2. Wie - doet - waar - wanneer - wat
3. Wie - doet - wat - wanneer - waar
4. Wie - doet - wat - waar - wanneer

Wie doet wat waar wanneer?

             O              ww              lv             plaats                    tijd

         Peter liep vanmiddag samen met Patrick naar zijn huis.

Wie doet wat waar wanneer?

Peter liep vanmiddag samen met Patrick naar zijn huis.

Peter walked together with Patrick to his house this afternoon.

Jacky and Pete

aren't going

to the cinema

tonight

The parents

bring

to football training

every Sunday

their son

Translate: Ze elkaar al vijf jaar toen ze trouwden.

Translate: Het gedicht dat Anna schreef heeft vijf jaar aan de muur gehangen.

Translate: De nieuwste auto is niet net zo snel als de mooiste trein.

Time to practise on your own!

Answers set 1:

1. When you called I was doing my homework.

2. This was the toughest journey that he had ever made.

3. When I met him for the first time, he had just bought a house.

4. I have never written letters to my grandmother, but she installed whatsapp two days ago.

5. The plane was flying extremely low when the weather got/became worse.

Answers set 2: 

1. The convention was very exhausting, because everyone contributed to the discussion about battling child labour.

2.The prime minister spoke in a friendly way to the 15-year-old boy.

3. The new spokesman had underestimated his job, because his crew kept whining about the costs.

4. What's more, the runner-up has never won a match/game. 

5. My uncle can speak 3 global languages very well.

Any questions?