Christmas lesson

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 1

Content for today:

- Newsround

- Grammar

- Christmas Quiz

Goals:

- Explain short parts of a video in English.

- Use the correct term when saying something is not true.

Look at the words below. Which ones are signal words for the Present Simple and which ones are not?

Signal word

Not a signal word

Next Friday

Yesterday

Never

Wednesday

Often

Every week

The Present Simple

Negations

Negations tell you that something is not happening. 

You can see the word not in negations, but almost always as a short form n't, as in don't or doesn't.

An example of a negation is:

                             She doesn't see very well. 

The Present Simple

Negations

So you make a negation by adding don't or doesn't to the sentence. Think about the SHIT Rule!

So not like this:

                                        I like not cookies. 

But like this:

                                       I don't like cookies 

The Present Simple

Negations

Look at what happens to the verb in this sentence when we turn it into a negation:

                                 He plays video games every day.

                        He doesn't play video games every day.

The +s disappears after doesn't. The same happened with the questions!

The Present Simple

Negations

In the next exercise, try to turn the normal present simple into a negation. Pay attention to capital letters, full stops and the SHIT Rule.

                                     Use short forms!

The girls wear the same dresses.

The sun shines very brightly.

The boy always cleans his plate after eating.

Negation

They are at the pool every week.

Negation

I know what the present simple looks like and how to use it.

Yes

No

Almost

Activity: Check the time 

See who can figure out the answers

Form groups of 4

There is one wrong answer! Which one is it.

Christmas Quiz

Jingle Bells was the first song to be ever played on the moon.

1. True
2. False

Explanation

True. 

NASA's crew was in the Christmas spirit in 1965.

In Ukraine, spiders are considered symbols of bad luck at Christmas.

1. True
2. False

Explanation

False. 

They're actually a symbol of good luck

Christmas is celebrated on January 7 in Russia, Serbia.

1. True
2. False

Explanation

True. 

They use the Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian one.

Santa has a post code in Canada to which you can send letters.

1. True
2. False

Explanation

True. 

You can send a letter to 

Northpole, HOH OHO, Canada

Song one

Write down the name of the artist or

Write down the title of the song 

Guess that song

Fill in the answer

Song two

Write down the name of the artist or

Write down the title of the song 

Guess that song

Fill in the answer

Song three

Write down the name of the artist 

Write down the title of the song 

Guess that song

Fill in the answer