Unit 3: Use of English - Part 1 - And Vocabulary

• Middelbare school

What is it?

It's a highlighter pen! That was difficult! 

Starter Activity

In your groups, discuss the questions on your table. 

One person ONLY from each group logs in to LessonUp, you can use a (sensible) name for your group to log in!

Type your answers in to the next slide. 

1. At what stage of life is your age more obvious? Is it easier to tell the age of men or women?

2. To what extent is the culture in the Netherlands “ageist”?. How respected are older people in your society?

3. How accurately can you tell someone’s age by looking at them?
What else gives you clues to how old people are?

What do you think is the difference between your 'calendar age' and your biological age? 

Read the text quickly, 

(p.40) 

Use of English- Multiple choice 

• Read the text quickly for general sense, ignoring the gaps
• Read the text again and think of a possible answer for each gap -BEFORE YOU LOOK AT THE WORDS.
• Try each option in the gap to check your choice

Think about keeping a record of verbs followed by dependent prepositons - We can practice this using the next slide. 

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Exercise 3 (p40)

Key:

• 1 D
• 2 D
• 3 B
• 4 A
• 5C
• 6 C
• 7 A
• 8 B

Exercise 4

Key: 

a. based

b. feed

c. calls

d. determine

Key: 

• e. reach
• f. claims
• g. motivated

In your groups: 

A. Try out the tests to find your biological age. How accurate do you think they are? 

B. Invent one more to try out on a different group - Tip: All the tests are related to physical agility so you might want to try and invent something which tests, for example, memory. 

While it's possible to test athletes for drugs, there's actually no scientific test to determine someone's exact age. This might seem like a weird statement, at first. After all, we can tell how old trees are by measuring their rings. But there's no comparable test for humans

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Expressions connected with age

1. Match the expressions with the meanings

Discuss the following questions: 

a. Do you have similar expressions about age in Dutch?

b. Do you agree with the saying "you are never too old to learn? Why/Why not? 

a. Is there an ideal age? 

b. What are the things you like/dislike about your present age? 

a. How have things changed for you since you were a child? 

b. What are some of the advantages of getting older?