H4 Period 2 + Unit 7

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H4 ENTL - Period 2

OF Units 7-12

Wordlist 2

Book: Being There - Jerzy Kosinski

Reading/Listening/Writing practice

What are we working towards?

• Testweek 2: starts January 8
• Test: Units 7-12 (grammar/vocab ex./use of English) + Wordlist 2 + questions Being There
  
  

Each week:

• 1 Unit + vocab  
• Reading Being There  
• Skills: reading, listening, writing
• Formative tests

Where to find it all?

Studiewijzer Magister: 

- weektaken 

- OF units 7-12 info

- digital copy of Being There

Lesson Up: every lesson will be shared with your class and updated accordingly. Make sure you take notes as well!

Unit 7: Life is too short

What do you dream of doing?

What do you want to achieve some day?

Who do you look up to?

Grammar Unit 7

Gerunds and infinitives

• I love skiing.
  
• I want to go skiing
  
• I simply must ski in winter

Gerunds (-ing)

You use a gerund (-ing form)

• after a preposition
  
• after a phrasal verb
  
• as a noun ( as subject, direct object or indirect object in a sentence)
  
• after certain verbs: love-hate, start-stop , avoid, miss, suggest, consider, imagine
  
• after certain expressions: it's no use, it's not worth, there's no point

The to-infinitive

You use the to-infinitive:

• after certain verbs ( afford, agree, ask, choose, help, hope,want, intend, pretend, promise, expect, prefer, used
  
• after certain adjectives ( difficult, possible, happy, certain, simple)
  
• after verbs : verb + somebody + to do + something ( ask, encourage, permit, allow, persuade, teach, force)
  
• to express purpose