1HVSA gesprekken week 5 @ School

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Welcome 1HVSA!

   Today

• Comparisons
• Practice vocab
• Practice your sales conversation

Comparatives

cold - colder - coldest

big - bigger - biggest

friendly - friendlier - friendliest

fascinating - more fascinating - most fascinating

Write comparatives of the following adjective:

old

Write comparatives of the following adjective:

cheap

Write comparatives of the following adjective:

expensive

Write comparatives of the following adjective:

easy

Write comparatives of the following adjective:

happy

Write comparatives of the following adjective:

beautiful

Write comparatives of the following adjective:

good

Comparing products (p.144)

Comparative (vergrotende trap)

Short words:

smaller, older, taller

+ER

Ending in -y

easy - easier

Long words:

more interesting, more beautiful

Superlative (overtreffende trap)

Short words:

the smallest, the oldest, the tallest

+EST

Ending in -y

the easiest

Long words:

The most interesting, the most beautiful

Comparing products

Exceptions:

good - better 

bad - worse 

little (weinig) - less 

much/many (veel) - more 

More information, see next slide

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Practice

5 minutes to prepare. Write down:

• The store
• Your product(s)
• 5 words to describe you product
• 3 comparisons

Only the customer may use their form!

Practice: 5 minute conversation

Person A

• Use the questions from the form to play your role as customer

Person B

• You advice a customer on a present and sell the product
• Only the customer may use their form!

• Speak only English, no Dutch

What did you do when you got stuck on a word?

1. Said it in Dutch
2. Describe the word
3. Asked for help
4. Other solution

Trouble shooting

• Let me me rephrase that
  
• I’ll start again…
  
• You know what, I’ll say it differently
  
• I lost my train of thought.
  
• The word has escaped my mind
  
• What’s the word I’m looking for?
  
• I forgot what I wanted to say
  
• What was I saying?
  
• No, that’s not what I wanted to say..
  

Practice: 5 minute conversation

Person A

• You advice a customer on a present and sell the product
• Only the customer may use their form!

• Speak only English, no Dutch

Person B

• Use the questions from the form to play your role as customer

Was any Dutch spoken during your conversation?

1. No, only English
2. Yes, 1 or 2 words
3. Ja, we praatten de helft van de tijd Nederlands

Are you well prepared for the conversations exam?

1. Yes, fully prepared.
2. Almost, I still need some practice.
3. I still have a lot to learn.
4. ....Eeeeh exam???

What do you like about working with LessonUp?

Anything you don't like about working with LessonUp?

1. Very vs Ferry

(Zeer)

(Veerboot)

1. Same
2. Different

2. Bat vs Bad

(Vleermuis)

(Slecht)

1. Same
2. Different

3. Sea vs See

(Zee)

(Zien)

1. Same
2. Different

4. White vs Wide

(Wit)

(Breed)

1. Same
2. Different

5. Pub vs Pup

(Kroeg)

(Pup)

1. Same
2. Different

6. Meet vs Meat

(Ontmoeten)

(Vlees)

1. Same
2. Different

7. Back vs Bag

(Terug)

(Tas)

1. Same
2. Different

10. Hear vs Here

(Horen)

(Hier)

1. Same
2. Different