Writing

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t, mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1-4

Writing Practice

In this lesson you will practice things that are important to know when writing!!!

Word order

Subject - Verb - Object

Onderwerp - Werkwoord - Lijdend/Meewerkend voorwerp

I looked up.

The chair was blue.

Place before Time

I went to school yesterday.

Punctuation

 . full stop ( at the end of a sentence)

 , comma

                -Jimmy and Johnny hate math, but they love science.

                -Jimmy and Johnny also like gym, history and French.

 ? question mark

 

Capital letters

               -starts a new sentence                    This is me. That's you.

                -for names of things                       We went to Disney World.

                -I (when talking about yourself)   I love English.

          When writing, make sure you pay attention to:

Past simple

Past Simple

e.g.

I went to school for the first time.

I didn't like the food.

What class did you have?

What is correct?
We ..... (go) the cinema yesterday.

1. gone
2. went
3. goed
4. goes

What is correct?
Yesterday I ..... (clean) the kitchen.

1. clean
2. cleaned

What is correct?
We ..... (think) about getting a dog.

1. tought
2. taught
3. thought
4. thinked

What is correct?
This morning Stijn ..... (tell) me a story.

1. told
2. tolded
3. telled
4. tolt

Turn into questions
My sister played the guitar last year.

1. Did my sister play the guitar last year?
2. Did my sister played the guitar last year?
3. Does my sister play the guitar last year?

Turn into questions
They studied very hard for the test.

1. Do they studied very hard for the test?
2. Did they studied very hard for the test?
3. Did they study very hard for the test?

Turn into a negative
We planned our holiday 2 years ago.

1. I did not planned our holiday 2 years ago.
2. I don't planned our holiday 2 years ago.
3. I did not plan our holiday 2 years ago.

Turn into a negative
The team played a very good game.

1. The team did not played a very good game.
2. The team didn't played a very good game.
3. The team didn't play a very good game.