Y1 - Spending money - lesson 4 & 5

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Happy new year!!!

Today's schedule

- Happy New Year!

- New Year Resolutions?

- Important dates

- Present Continuous

- Exercises about the Present Continuous

- Reading about Teen's New Year's Resolutions

What comes to mind when you think about
new year's resolutions?

Do you have any New Year's Resolutions?

Yes!

Nopes!

If you had to pick one resolution for this new year, what would it be? Write down only serious answers, please!

Vocabulary test & Listening test

Note down in your diary:

- Vocabulary Test about is on Monday the 22nd of January.

- Listening Test will be on Monday the 29th of January.

Vocabulary test

You have to study 2 word lists for this test:

1. "Word list Spare Time & Having fun" &
2. "Word list Spending Money"

- You have to know the words from Dutch to English and from English to Dutch.
- You have to know how to spell the words.
- You should be able to use the words in sentences and gap exercises.
- You should be able to link the right word to the right description, etc.

You don't have to know all the descriptions or example sentences by heart, but you should definitely read them through a couple of times!

Vocabulary test

The 2 word lists for this test:

1. "Word list Spare Time & Having fun" &

2. "Word list Spending Money"

- Have been handed out to you on paper;

- Can be found in Som at the date of the test;

- Can be found in Som at the "studiewijzers".

Listening test

We will practise your listening skills during the coming weeks. 

You cannot really study for a listening test, but practising does help!

Also, knowing the words from the word list "Spending Money" does come in handy for your listening test! 

So, if you're smart, you might want to repeat these before the listening test.

Present Continuous

'I can describe what people are doing'

= Ik kan beschrijven wat mensen aan het doen zijn.

The name of the tense we use to do that is the Present Continuous.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Present contiNUous: gebeurt NU 

Example: They are working now.

How do you make this tense?

1. you use the verb to be: am, is / are 

2. infinitive + ING

 

I am chilling right now...

How to make present continuous affirmative

Hoe maken we bevestigende zinnen?

I + am + infinitive + ing

I am just doing my job.

you/we/they + are + infinitive + ing

We are eating soup at the moment. 

he/she/it + is + infinitive + ing

He is singing right now.

Can you do the following exercises correctly?

Choose the correct form of the present continuous.

Jimmy ___ games now.

1. is playing
2. are playing
3. am playing
4. plays

You ___ London at the moment.

1. am visiting
2. are visit
3. are visiting
4. is visiting

Present Continuous

When you see these (signal) words in a sentence:
Use the Present Continuous!

now

at the moment

look!/listen!

right now

at present

Choose the Present Continuous.

Listen! The birds ___ a song!

1. sing
2. singing
3. are sing
4. are singing

Choose the Present Continuous.

Our teacher ___ the grammar now.

1. explains
2. is explain
3. explaining
4. is explaining

Choose the Present Continuous.

When ___ for vacation?

1. are we leaving
2. are we leave
3. we leaving
4. we leave

Luister wat gezongen wordt.

Even when I lose I ... ....

4. the man is looking at a mine.

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How many times do I have to tell you? Even when you ... ... you are beautiful too.

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4. the man is looking at a mine.

I ... .... on sunshine, oh oh

4. the man is looking at a mine.

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Which words indicate you should use Present Continuous?

1. At the moment
2. Every Saturday
3. Now!
4. Often

Watch a video & take notes

You are going to watch a video about mister Bean doing his spring cleaning. Write down all the Present Continuous forms you see. You have to type them down in a slide further on, so don't forget to take notes!

Type all the Present Continuous forms of the Mr Bean video here, please.

Now practise some more!

1. Visit the website on the next slide and do the exercise, please!

2. Take a screenshot of your score

3. Upload this on the slide after the next slide.

Good luck!

www.practisingenglish.com

Back to New Year's Resolutions

Read the information on the next slides to read, learn and think some about New Year's Resolutions.

Good luck!

Visit the website on the next slide, but read the information on this slide first ;-P

- Scan the 50 new year's resolutions for teenagers on the site on the next slide.

- Choose 3 resolutions that might be good for you to try out.

- Read the text at these 3 resolutions.

- Note down your 3 resolutions after the slide with the link to the website, please. 

- Also explain WHY you think it might be good to try out these 3 resolutions!

raisingteenstoday.com

Which 3 New Year's Resolutions did you pick? Note them down below, please.

Questions & negatives in the Present Continuous

We have just explained and practised how to make affirmative sentences in the Present Continuous.

We will now have a look at negative sentences (ontkenningen) and questions (vragen) in the Present Continuous.

How to make negative sentences (ontkennigen) in the Present Continuous:

How to make questions (vragen) in the Present Continuous:

Grammar dictation exercise

Your teacher is going to give you a worksheet. She will dictate the verbs you need for this exercise.

Editing practise

At the backside of the worksheet you have just been given, you will find an editing practice. You have to find & correct the 12 grammar mistakes in this text.

Ready? 

Put your hand up to let me know!

Click on the next slide

A webpage will open: 
Do the 5 exercises.
If you need to you can watch the explanation video. 

When you get less than 70%, do the exercises again.
Aim for 100%!!!

hoeengels.wordpress.com

Test yourself

Check your knowledge of the Present Continuous by doing the 3 online exercises on the next slide.

Make sure to make a screen shot of your scores after every exercise. You have to upload those at the next slides.

Good luck!

test-english.com