January 30, 2023

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

English lesson

Monday, January 30th

Planning

Lesson goals

Start Unit 3

Watch Tower of London

Explanation past simple

Do page 10: 1-14

Finished? Study grammar on Learnbeat or vocab. on Quizlet

Lesson goals

At the end of the lesson you:

know what the past simple is

know more about the Tower of London

What do you know about London?

In what year was the castle established?

1. 1066
2. 1060
3. 1166
4. 1266

The murder holes were used to quickly set up an iron gate.

1. True
2. False

The Tower of London has been a prison.

1. True
2. False

Traitors' gate was used to transport prisoners out of the tower.

1. True
2. False

The Tower of London is actually ____ towers

1. 3
2. 13

King Henry VI was murdered in one of the towers.

1. True
2. False

The Tower of London is home to ____ ravens.

1. 4
2. 5
3. 6
4. 7

Legend has it that the tower will fall when the ravens leave the Tower.

1. True
2. False

I would like to visit the Tower of London

0100

Why would you like to visit the Tower of London? Or why not?

Past simple

Use the past simple: to express a finished action in the past

I lived in Gorredijk from 1998-2000

As a child I played with barbie dolls.

Form: 3 groups

1. regular verbs

2. was/were

3. irregular verbs

Regular verbs (Group 1)

• normal rule is verb + ed:  work -> worked
• verb ends in -e, add +d:    live-> lived
• verbs of one syllable (1 vowel + 1 consonant), double the consonant: stop -> stopped / plan -> planned
• BUT if the final consonant is -y or -w, it is not doubled: play -> played
• most two-syllable verbs the end consonant is doubled if the stress is on the second syllable: prefer -> preferred
• Verbs that end in a consonant +y, ending changes in -ied: carry -> carried / cry -> cried

Was/Were: Group 2

In the past simple am / is / are turn into WAS / WERE

I/she/he/it               was / wasn't                   happy.

You/we/they           were/weren't                 happy.

Was I/she/he/it happy?

Were you/we/they happy?

Do + Homework Tuesday

Do exercise 1: 1-14 page 10

Read page 7 booklet

Finished: www.gamestolearnenglish.com or study grammar on Learnbeat

Lesson goals

At the end of the lesson you:

know what the past simple is

know more about the Tower of London