Havo 5_first class_grammar period 1 / skills

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo lwoo, havo
• Leerjaar 4

Today's class

You will ...

Review the class/school rules

Get to know each other a bit better

Get acqainted with the H5PTA English &lesson planner period 1

Get acqainted with the readers & books

Review irregular verbs / word order/present simple/present continuous tenses

HW = Blue grammar/writing reader 

Read p. 9/10/11 + p. 15/16 & Do ex. A/B ((p. 16/17) and ex. A/B (p.17)

Warming up exercise - 5 min.

1. Take 2 pieces of paper
2. On the first piece write your Pet Peeve
3. On the second piece write your secret talent
4. Do not write your name on the paper! Do not share info!

Guessing game: 

Whose pet peeve is it? Who has this special talent? Pick a paper, walk around , find out who!

Irregular verbs

Example: 

To forget / forgot / forgotten

1e vorm = To forget = Infinitive (hele ww)

2e vorm = Forgot = Past Simple 

3e vorm = Forgotten = Past Participle (voltooid deelwoord)  

(e.g. has never forgotten/ had forgotten)

Word order - adverbs

One verb in sentence -> BEFORE VERB (He always picks on me!)

Two verbs in sentence -> AFTER FIRST VERB (He can never do you any harm!)

Form of "To be" in sentence -> AFTER form of "to be" (He is actually in love with you! ;-)

Questions -> AFTER subject (Why do you always make fun of me?)

Word order - longer/emphasis adverbs

• After the verb or at the end of the sentence

You need to look carefully!

JLO asked specifically for Ben!

• At the beginning of the sentence (more emphasis) 

Usually we don't listen to our teacher.

Present  Simple 

he/she/it -> verb + S;

 I/you/we/they -> verb

Question = does + verb 1st form/infinitive (he, she, it); 

do + verb first form/infinitive (I, you, we, they)

Negative sentence = don't + verb; doesn't + verb

Use: 

• General facts (NOT right now or duration) (She loves poetry)
• Things that happen repeatedly (Each Tuesday we swim in the lake)
• Time conjunctions (Before he leaves, he will call you)

Signal words:

always, sometimes, often, frequently

Time conjunctions: 

before, after, until etc.

Present Continuous

he/she/it -> is + verb + ing

I -> am + verb + ing

we/they/you -> are + verb + ing

Question= is/am/are + personal pronoun + verb + ing 

(Are you calling him?)

Negative = isn't/am not/aren't  + verb + ing

Use:

• Happening right now (and for a certain limited period)
• Is happening in the near future (in your agenda)
• Irritation

Signal words:

always (irritation); right now, look, listen, at the moment, currently, at present

next week/this afternoon/tonight = near future

Present  Simple 

Verbs relating to senses or feelings are called static verbs as they describe a state of being. These verbs are only used in the present simple:

hear

see

smell

taste

feel

like

love

hate

seem

appear

understand

etc.

Irregular verbs - online practice

-> Of Course online - PRE-TEST grammar - Exercise 1

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/irregular-verbs

(sometimes 2 verbs are given: use the one before the comma)

Past Simple 

Regular = verb + ED

Irregular = 2nd form

Question = did + verb/1st form (Did you ring you last night?)

Negative sentence = didn't + verb/1st form (He didn't ring me)

Use: for actions that are finished, in the past

• When = important AND mentioned
• Action is finished

Signal words:

when, then, ago, last week/night/year etc.

in 2019, during the Middle Ages etc.

Present Perfect

has/have + 3rd form (participle)

has = he/she/it; have = I/you/we/they

Question = has/have + 3rd form (Have you ever eaten snails?)

Negative = hasn't/haven't + 3rd form (I have never eaten them.)

Use: to talk about result, experience, how long sth. has been going on (not finished), recent actions

• When = NOT important 
• Focus is on result/experience
• Action started in the past AND 

is still going on / OR has only just finished

Signal words:

never, ever, always, so far, since, for, just,

yet, up to now, recently, 

https:

www.ego4u.com

Asking questions

who/whose (=wiens, van wie)/ which/when/why/how = interrogative pronouns

which = choice between a limited number (often 2)

what -> what time is it? = hoe laat is het?

Asking questions in the present simple, past simple, present perfect:

• Do + 1st form/hele ww -> present simple (I, you, we, they)
• Does + 1st form/hele ww -> present simple (he/she/it = shit rule)
• Did + 1st form -> past simple (all personal pronouns = I, you, he, she etc.)
• Has + 3rd form -> present perfect (he/she/it)
• Have + 3rd form -> present perfect (I/you/we/they)

Table of English tenses

Werkwoord tijden in Engels in de volgende slide/weblink

Progressive = Continuous,  bijv. Present Progressive = Present Continuous

Simple Past/Past Simple is hetzelfde