Cambridge lesson 5

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome to Cambridge lessons!

Practical info

Bring to class:

- NOTEBOOK, iPad/laptop

- A lot of motivation!

!! monolingual course !!

- We only speak English in here

Friday, 

lesson 8

News in English

1. Listen to the video - Night owls!

2. Make notes about new words (write them down)

3. Write in your own words what those words mean

www.bbc.co.uk

Writing

For homework you did: 

pg. 12: 1, 2, 3, 4

Now based on that you will write an essay answering the question pg. 12: 150 words!

Use the arguments you have already thought of.

You can help yourself with an online dictionary

HW

Write: Text of 150 words -> 15 sentences

- In those 150 words/15 sentences you will answer this question: 

Which is more important to teenagers? Their family or their friends.

- arguments! 

Hand-in on paper!

Week 5

- Watch/listen to the video and try to come up with your own definition of the words on your worksheet

Listen to the video and come up with your own definitions of the words (in English!)

www.bbc.co.uk

DO now + hw

pg. 14 (can work in pairs)

DONE? Pg. 15: independently

HW: 

pg. 93: learn the verbs: cost to have

 Read the words pg. 95: Pick 10 words and use them in a sentence

pg. 14-15 - pair work

1. Discuss in pairs in English

2. Answer in your notebook

3. Read the text (He Nearly Reached... ex 4) and answer the questions in your notebook

4, Complete gaps 1-6 with A-F

5. Underline the words...

DONE? Pg. 15 independently: 6, 7

pg. 14-15 - pair work KEY

1. your own answer + 2. your own answer

3. 180 km, a guide called Doug, windy and cold, gaps in the ice too wide for them to cross

4. 1B, 2A, 3D, 4C, 5F, 6E

5. there A -> North Pole, them B  -> few people who asked, 

they C -> temperatures, him/his D -> Dough, that E -> gaps in the ice, these F -> Cracks

www.bbc.co.uk

HW: 

1. pg. 93: learn the verbs: cost to have

2. Read the words pg. 95: Pick 10 words and use them in a sentence

Cambridge classes

- 8 Units (e.g. Family and friends, Exploring the world, The entertainment industry...)

- Have a notebook with you - Don't write in your workbook!

- Exercises at school and homework at home

- Listening, reading, writing, speaking, vocab, grammar

Irregular verbs pg. 93

- a verb is a word like: do, swim, eat

- Table: to express yourself in the past (and present perfect)

- list pg. 93 learn by heart!! 

- 3 columns - present, past, present perfect

- Today: arise - cut

CELEBRATIONS

Pg. 7: 1, 2, 3 - do on your own

Done? Learn irregular verbs pg. 93

KEY

1. at least, at once, at last, at all

2. demands, expects, depends, believes

3. B, D, B, D, C, A, B, A

Speaking pg. 8

1, 2 listening

3 - grammar

do on your own: 4, 5

DO: pg. 10, 11 - reading

Study irregular verbs (arise t/m cut)

PRESENT SIMPLE

- things we do often and that are our hobbies (dingen dat we met regelmaat doen en zijn onze hobby's)

- things that are always true -facts (feiten)

- things we like or dislike (dingen dat we leuk of juist niet leuk vinden)

 We use PRESENT SIMPLE

Examples:

I play tennis 3 times a week.

The Sun rises on the East and sets on the West.

Sacha likes tea but doesn't like coffee. 

Present Continuous

- When we want to say what is happening RIGHT NOW 

Signal words: now, right now, at the moment, as we speak. 

Example: 

I am drinking coffee right now.

Tijn is writing in his notebook at the moment.

Loes and Roos are daydreaming about lunch.

Verb to be:

I -> am writing

he/she/it -> is writing

they/we/you -> are writing

Present Continuous

When: 

• Appointments, plans at a specific time, programmed events (furneals, weddings, interview)

Example:

• I’m having my dentist appointment tomorrow morning at 10AM.
  
• I’m taking an English exam on Monday at 3PM
  
• She’s attending a wedding on Saturday.

Listening LINK

https://www.cambridge.org/nl/cambridgeenglish/catalog/cambridge-english-exams-ielts/compact-first-schools-2nd-edition/resources