Grammar unit 4

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

Grammar unit 4

4.1 Mogen

4.2 Past Perfect

4.3 Adjectives & adverbs

4.4 Both/either/neither

4.6 Comparisons

4.7 Als

Wat is de bedoeling

1. Alle grammatica van unit 4 herhalen
2. Op je eigen niveau kunnen oefenen
3. Een voldoende halen voor je toets

Mogen

May + hele werkwoord

• Mogen (formeel) : You may go
  
• Zou kunnen (een kans dat): She may be ill
  

Might + hele werkwoord

• Zou misschien mogen (erg formeel) : Might I ask the Minister a question?
  
• Zou misschien kunnen (kleine kans) : Alien might exist.

Mogen

(to be) allowed to + hele werkwoord ( kan altijd gebruikt worden)

• Mogen (toestaan) : He was allowed to leave early
  

Past Perfect

Voltooid Verleden Tijd

Regelmatige werkwoorden : had + werkwoord + ed

had walked

Onregelmatige werkwoorden: had + 3de rijtje (achterin je boek)

had bought

What is happening in this sentence?

When he arrived at the train station, the train had already left.

What happened

first?

🇬🇧 Past Simple 

🇳🇱 Verleden Tijd

ww+ed

(irr. verb = 2e vorm)

I 

I saw him yesterday.

🇬🇧 Past Perfect

🇳🇱 Voltooid Verleden Tijd

🇬🇧 Past Simple 

🇳🇱 Verleden Tijd

ww+ed

(irr. verb = 2e vorm)

He arrived to the train station.

I decided to walk home.

🇬🇧 Past Perfect 

🇳🇱 Voltooid Verleden Tijd

had + ww+ed

(irr. verb = had + 3e vorm)

When he arrived to the train station the train had left.

I had lost my bike key so I decided to walk home.

The Past Perfect shows what happened first in the past.

Fill in the Past Perfect:
When I walked in, the meeting ___already___ (start).

Fill in the Past Perfect:
After he ______ (pass) his exam, he threw a party.

They ________ (show) me the pictures they ________ (take) during their holiday.

1. had shown - took
2. showed - had taken

Making a sentence with the Past Perfect and Past Simple.

- Ben bought flowers for Jen. (1)

- Ben arrived at Jen's house. (2)

What happened first? --> Past Perfect

Ben had bought flowers before he arrived at Jen's house. 

or

Before he arrived at Jen's house, Ben had bought flowers.

Adjectives + Adverbs

Adjectives/ Bijvoeglijke naamwoorden

• Zeggen wat over zelfstandig naamwoorden
• The red dress (red zegt wat over de jurk)

Adverbs/ Bijwoorden

• Geven meer informatie over andere adjectives en werkwoorden en eindigen (vaak) op -ly
• She is really old ( really geeft extra informatie over hoe oud)

Adjective or Adverb
She drove very slowly
'slowly'

1. Adjective
2. Adverb

Adjective or Adverb
She is a very beautiful girl
"beautiful"

1. Adjective
2. Adverb

Both/Neither/Either

Both

• beide
• I like them both

Both...... and

• zowel....als
• I like both tea and coffee

Both/Neither/Either

Either

• een van beide
• You can pick either

Either.....and

• of..... of
• You can pick either tea or coffee

Both/Neither/Either

Neither

• geen van beide
• I  like neither of them

Neither......nor

• noch......noch
• I like neither tea nor coffee, they are both gross

Comparisons

Vergrotende trap:

• + er of more
• Big - Bigger
• Beautiful - more beautiful

Overtreffende trap:

• + est of most
• Big - Bigger - Biggest
• Beautiful - more beautiful - most beautiful

Als

Like

• Hoe iemand eruit ziet / hoe iemand doet
• She looks like her mother /  He acts like his father

As

• Een baan van iemand/ een functie van iets
• He works as a teacher / She used her bag as het umbrella