2P1L2 writing gerund, past simple + cont 2324

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

English writing

5 September 2023

Today's programme

Attendance

Warm-up

Writing - Grammar recap

Writing - taking notes

Today's goals

At the end of this lesson you will have refreshed your knowledge of:

• present and past simple 
• present and past continuous
• gerund

5 September 

2000

Tuvalu became the 189th member of the United Nations.

Head of state: King Charles

Money: Australian dollar

Capital: Funafuti

Population: 11,900

Position: one of most secluded and smallest isles in the world

Sinking islands due to rising sea level

5 September

Created by the United Nations in 2017 to raise awareness for charity and help increase commitment and donations for charity.

Warm-up

Please, answer the question.

Present Simple?

Past simple?

I always ...... yoghurt for breakfast.

1. ate
2. eat
3. eats

Yesterday I ..... to school.

1. walked
2. walk
3. walks

Ten years ago we ...... in Amsterdam.

1. live
2. lived
3. lives

A whale ...... in the ocean.

1. swim
2. swam
3. swims

Wat is de present continuous?

Present continuous?

Past continuous?

Writing - grammar recap verbs (werkwoorden)

Past continuous - verleden tijd

to be + verb + -ing

I was working

We were working in the kitchen when the phone rang.

Use: Describe that something was going on in the past (in the middle of something) - iets was bezig in het verleden

We ... ..... verbs at the moment.

1. is practising
2. were practising
3. are practising

James .... .... when grandmother entered the kitchen.

1. is eating
2. was eating
3. were eating

I ... .... earrings right now.

1. am wearing
2. was wearing
3. is wearing

Gerund

Verb that becomes a noun.

I am cycling to school right now - ik fiets op dit moment naar school

I love cycling - ik hou van fietsen

Taking notes

What is important with writing a memo:

• Date / time
• To whom
• From whom
• Subject
• Short message --> sum up

Taking notes

Homework

A2 - Taking notes  1.1 + 1.2

Thank you for your attention

Any questions?