unit 2.5

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• Leerjaar 3

Welcome

3rd formers

Today

• home work check, irregular verbs
• reading 'The Curious Incident'
• grammar: possessives
• linking words
• listening

Active

Focus: who 

Miss Hemelsoet bought baby clothes. 

Passive

Focus: what

Baby clothes were bought by miss Hemelsoet. 

Active

Dave breaks the window.

Dave broke the window.

Dave has broken the window.

Dave had broken the window.

Dave will break the window.

Dave is breaking the window.

Passive

The window is broken by Dave.

The window was broken by ...

The window has been broken ..

The window had been broken ..

The window will be broken ...

The window is being broken ...

Quiz

For each sentence pick the correct rewritten version. 

The top sentence is always active. 

You have to select the correct passive version.

The builders demolished the old cinema.

1. The old cinema is demolished.
2. The old cinema was demolished.
3. The old cinema has been demolished.
4. The old cinema had been demolished.

The kids are singing a song.

1. A song is being sung.
2. A song is sung.
3. A song was being sung.
4. A song was sung.

My parents have mowned the lawn.

1. The lawn is mowned.
2. The lawn was mowned.
3. The lawn has been mowned.
4. The lawn had been mowned.

NASA has just launched a rocket into space.

KEY

A rocket has just been launched into space (by NASA).

Irregular verbs

Do some irregular verb-exercises (next slide)

Scroll down to: Irregular verbs – randomly selected

Do test 1, test 2 - etc.

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Grammar unit 2,5

Possessives

Possessive / Genitive

                           She's a docter    vs.    John's wife is French

Both 's look the same at first glance, but they are not!

In the first sentence, 's is short for is. 

But in the second sentence, 's is a form of the genitive

Possessive / Genitive

                 He's my best friend    vs.    My cat's whiskers are long

Again, in the first sentence, 's is short for is

But in the second sentence, 's is possessive = genitive

Possessive  's: Drag the sentence to is if 's = is

Drag the sentence to possessive if 's = possessive

is

Possessive

My name's Jenny.

My father's name is Bob

He's a doctor

 My mother's name is Karen

 She's Italian.

 My sister's a student. 

My brother's name is Jack.

 My dog's favourite food is steak.

Possessive assignment 3

In het Engels geef je bezit op 3 verschillende manieren aan:

's / ' / of

Maar wanneer gebruik je welke?

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The genitive 's (I)

We use the genitive S after names of people, animals, time and place (to show possession). 

Mickey's ears are funny                               (enkelv., 1 Mickey)

Alexis's room is beautiful                            (enkelv., eindigt op -s / Alexis'= OK too)

Let op: 

I went to my friend's.                      (house)

Can you go to the baker's?           (shop)                                                         

Genitive 's (II)

... ook bij meervouden die niet op -s eindigen.

The men's toilets are on the left  

Genitive '

--> bij meervouden die op -s eindigen

My neighbours' garden is nice
My sisters' rooms are messy
(meerdere zussen & kamers)

What is the difference?

My sister's room

My sisters' room

Genitive of

Bij dingen - (alles wat niet personen of dieren zijn)

The roof of the house.

The capital of England.

A cup of coffee

A pound of apples

Choose the correct form of possessive: _________ was not expensive.
(parents/car)

1. My parents' car
2. My parents's car
3. The car of my parents

Choose the correct form of possessive:
Berlin is ….. (capital/Germany)

1. the capital of Germany
2. Germany's capital
3. Germanies' capital

Do  the exercises on the next 2 slides and then exercise 3 (page 77)

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exercise 3 (page 77)

Finished? 

Learn/repeat vocabulary 2.2 - 2.5

Linking words

How do you finish these sentences?

• Because he was only 4 years old, he ......... swim.
• Although he was only 4 years old, he ..... swim.
  
  
• This shows that Linking words help you understand a text: they tell you what to expect.
  
  
  

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Read 'Grammar Conjunctions'

Then do exercises 5 and 6

Listening

Visit the following site (click +): 

Scroll down, click 'Intermediate'

Choose a title from the list, start working.

1 do the pre-listening exercise, 

2 study the vocabulary

3 do the listening exercise (use a headphone) and the 'vocabulary practice'

Finished? Choose another title.

Too easy? Click the link again, choose 'difficult'.

listening

Practising for next week:

Homework

Read The Curious Incident (up till and including 71)

Learn Study box lesson 5 (English-Dutch), 

             expressions (p. 94), conjunctions (p. 95)

Learn irregular verbs 4th part (to see  - to write)