Cambridge week 11: Reading and Use of English part 7

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 4

Necessities for class

•  chromebook (charged!)
•  student book 
•  notebook 
•  pen!

Today's homework

Past simple, past continuous and used to

• exercise 1, 2 (grammar reference, page 165, 166)

Vocabulary: travel, journey, trip and away

• exercise 1,2,3 (page 32)

Did you do your homework?

yes

no

Check your homework (p.165)

1. Choose the correct option

1. used to worry

2. socialised

3. was scubadiving

4. discarded it

5. detoriated

6. rang

Check your homework (p.166)

1. Complete the sentences

1. were putting / rang

2. was winning / claimed

3. was serving / noticed

4. was strolling / ran

5. entered / were drawing / (were) jumping

6. asked / was heading

How many did you get correct?

1. I didn't do my homework
2. 12-11
3. 10-9
4. less than 9

Check your homework (p.32)

1. Complete the definitions

1. trip

2. Way

3. travel

4. journey

Check your homework (p.32)

2. Choose the correct option

1. trip                            5. travel

2. way                          6. journey

3. trip                           7. trip

4. trip                           8. way

Check your homework (p.32)

3. Complete the sentences with an adjective

1. business / shopping / overnight

2. outward

3. shopping

4. safe / pleasant

5. succesful / pleasant / safe

6. dangerous

How many did you get correct?

1. I didn't do my homework
2. 16-15
3. 14-13
4. less than 13

Today's class focus

Chapter 3: Happy holidays

• Grammar: at, in and on  in time phrases
• Reading and Use of English part 7
• Grammar: past perfect simple and continuous

Grammar: at, in and on in time phrases

We use at with:

• Specific times: In fairy tales the witches always emerge at night, at midnight to be precise
• Mealtimes: Let's discuss it tomorrow at breakfast
• Weekend and holiday periods: Did you say you had plans to go to Italy at Easter?

Grammar: at, in and on in time phrases

We use in with:

• Periods of time (years, months, seasons and centuries: She graduated in 2017.
• Parts of the day: They always hold their meetings in the morning.
• Periods of time before something happens:  The next election will take place in two months' time.
• How long something takes:  She figured it out  in  about two minutes.

Grammar: at, in and on in time phrases

We use on:

• For particular dates, days, parts of days or type of days:       - I'll  confirm my decision on Monday morning.                              - He disappeared on a freezing day in December

My appointment with the eye specialist is at

1. Mondays
2. 25 July
3. five o'clock
4. New Year

The population of that town is predicted to double in the

1. five o'clock
2. New Year
3. next few years
4. Mondays

Exercise 1 page 34

1. Complete these sentences from Listening Part 3 with at, in or on

Check your answers

1. at / on

2. in / at

3. on

4. on

How many did you get correct?

Reading and Use of English Part 7

• In Reading and Use of English Part 7, you read either one long text divided into four to six sections, or four separate short texts. The total length is 500-600 words.
• There are ten questions which you match with the different texts or sections

Exercise 1 page 34

You are going to read about four people who had unexpected experience while they were on holiday. Before you read, suggest some things that might happen to people on holiday which they weren't expecting.

Things that might happen to people on holiday which they weren't expecting.

Exercise 2 page 34

Read questions 1-10 carefully and identify the key words in each question. Mark or underline these words.

Answers

1. not prepared / weather

2. transport difficulties / time of year

3. visited / popular time of year

4. unexpected expense

5. wait a long time / arrive at destination

6. changed travel plans / while holiday

7. received assistance / local

8. received assistance / tourist

9. people waiting

10. unable / leave / day / planned

Exercise 3 page 34

Read the text on page 35. For questions 1-10, choose from the four people (A-D). The people may be chosen more than once.

Check your answers

1. D                          6. C

2. C                         7. D

3. B                         8. B

4. D                         9. A

5. A                        10. C

How many did you get correct?

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Today's topics?

What was the happy news about?

Grammar: past perfect simple and past perfect continuous

past perfect simple

To describe something that happened before a single event in the past

past perfect continuous

Also used to describe something which happened before a single event in the past, but the continuous tense focuses on the length of time

Which sentence focuses on the length of time spent travelling?

1. Paul was tired because he'd been travelling all day
2. Paul went to the information office because he'd never travelled in the region before

Exercise 1 page 36

Look at this sentence and answer the questions.

I travelled to Sicily and had arranged to meet my host family at the airport in Palermo at 8 pm.

I travelled to Sicily and had arranged to meet my host family at the airport in Palermo at 8 pm.

Which of these actions happened first?

1. She had arranged to meet her host family
2. She travelled to Sicily

Compare the sentences. What does the second sentence suggest about when the arrangement to meet was made?

1. I travelled to Sicily and had arranged to meet my host family at the airport in palermo at 8 pm.

2. When I arrived in Sicily, I called my host family and arranged to meet them at hte airport

What does the second sentence suggest about when the arrangement to meet was made?

Next week

Chapter 3: Happy holidays

• Speaking Part 3
• Writing Part 2: A story

Homework

Grammar: at, in and on in time phrases

• exercise 1, 2 (grammar reference, page 166)

Grammar: past perfect and continuous

• exercise 3, 5 page 36
• exercise 1, 2 (grammar reference, page 167)