Unit 2 Vocabulary

• English
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

What could this be? 

It's the lens of a camera.

Quiet Reading

Think about the setting of your book. Is it crucial to the story line? 

Unit 2 Vocabulary P24

Keep organised records of collocations

                   Use a dictionary to select the correct collocation

What is collocation? Collocation is 'a predictable combination of words' for example we can say heavy rain but not strong rain because it does not sound right' likewise, we can say 'do exercise' but not 'make exercise'. Collocations can be made up of any kinds of words such as verbs, nouns, adverbs and adjectives.

Tip

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• Exercise 1: Choose the correct verbs a-h - Individually
• Exercise 2: Find the adverb that best collocates with disappointed. Then choose the most suitable word in the sentences a-c - Discuss in pairs 
• Exercise 3: Complete the questions a-c using the answers from Exercise 2 - Discuss in your group

Rules for the activity

The class will be given a verb, e.g. play. In teams, students choose two nouns that can be used with the verb to make a collocation, such as 'play the trombone' and 'play snooker'. Teams should try to think of nouns that they think other teams won't choose. Teams then write a sentence that illustrates each verb-noun collocation, e.g. 'I play the trombone in the school band'. Teams score one point for each grammatically correct sentence that includes a unique noun that no other team has used. In other words, if two teams use 'play football', those teams don't score a point for that sentence. 

Play several rounds using a different  verb each time. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.

Score

Example: 

Verb: GIVE              Noun 1. (?) Speech            Noun 2. (?)Gift

Sentence 1.

Sentence 2. 

Oliver gave the teacher a gift

Mary gave a speech on the environment

Team 1

Team 2

Team 3

Team 4

Team 5

Team 6

Teams score one point for each grammatically correct sentence that includes a unique noun that no other team has used. In other words, if two teams use 'play football', those teams don't score a point for that sentence. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins

Homework

Finish reading your book before the 18th of November!!!!