Test Wasp Report

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Lesson Test Wasp Report

Lesson goals:

1. Discuss test 

2. Discuss general mistakes

3. Review short stories Roald Dahl

General mistakes

How to write numbers in English?

Numbers 1 - 10: in words

Numbers higher than 10: in numbers. 

General mistakes

1. When can you start a sentence with 'because' or 'so'?

Because I studied hard, I got a good mark for my test. (=correct)

Because I studied hard for the test. (=incorrect, because it is not a complete sentence)

So the students could study from home. (=incorrect)

The books were delivered so the students could study from home. (=correct)

General mistakes

2. When do you use an apostrophe?

It is the boy's jacket. (=correct, there is just one boy)

It is the boys' school (=correct, there are more boys at the school) 

High school library's were closed during covid. (=incorrect)

High school libraries were closed during covid. (=correct, more than one library was closed, so plural)

 

General mistakes

3. Which tense should you use? Mixing tenses.

When he went to the library he picks up one of his favourite books. (=incorrect, both past simple and present simple are used)

When he went to the library he picked up one of his favourite books. (=correct, both verbs are in the same tense here)

General mistakes

When do you use their and there and they're? 

It is their book and the book is over there.

When do you use to and too?

I like to go to school. She likes it too.

They're ready for take off. 

 

General mistakes

When you use an auxilary, use the the infinite to go with it.

He didn't thought about it (=incorrect)

He didn't think about it (=correct)

did = auxilary (hulpwerkwoord)

think = infinite (hele werkwoord)

General mistakes

Antarctica (not Antartica)

Antarctica is the opposite of Arctica. 

Arctica is where the polar bear lives. 'Arctic' comes from the Greek word 'arktos', meaning 'bear'. Therefor there are bears on the Arctic and pinguins on Antarctica. 

General mistakes

When do you use then and when than?

Then = moment in time

Than = comparison

She read the book and then she made a summary of it.

She liked the first article more than the second. 

General mistakes

Spelling of prepare and repair:

He prepared the meals

He repaired his car. 

General mistakes

With, which, witch

I take it with me.

Which language do you like most?

There is a witch up in the attic. 

General mistakes

When do you use lend and borrow?

I lend the book to my friend. She said she would borrow it just for the weekend.

General mistakes

He was gonna go home. (=incorrect)

He was going home. OR He was going to go home.