Introduction to English

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2,3

Who am I again?

Mister Rademakers

E-mail:

[e-mail]

English Class
What comes to mind?

English class - What to expect?

• Two teachers for the foreseeable future.
• We have a book, but we'll also have lessons without the book.
• We'll start with a project outside of the book.
• A whole lot of English

For now let's do a little trivia!

(We'll get started for real next Tuesday.)

The word soccer comes from American English

1. True
2. False

This famous picture of the Beatles was taken where?

1. Church Avenue
2. Mosque Highway
3. Synagogue Lane
4. Abbey Road

Toilets flush the other way around in Australia.

1. Fair dinkum!
2. That's false mate

The size of the British Empire used to be roughly 25% of the entire world.

1. True
2. False

The Queen owns all the swans on the river Thames.

1. True
2. False

There's a law that says there must ALWAYS be six ravens in the London Tower

1. True
2. False

Billie Eilish suffers from a condition known as Giles de la Tourette syndrome.

1. True
2. False

The first king of England made a law that everyone had to be in bed by 8 pm.

1. True
2. False

For a period of 300 years, not English but French was the official language spoken in Britain.

1. True
2. False

A rapper had a 24 million dollar diamond implanted in his forehead.

1. Totally happened.
2. No way.

England's national animal is a corgi.

1. True
2. False