4H reading and gerund 23-01

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Reading practice and the gerund

For test week

What if you don't know a word?

First, decide: is the word important? Do I need to know it to understand the text?

Strategy 1: decide what the word means by looking at the context. Is it a verb or a noun? Is it positive or negative? Does it contain parts of words you know?

Strategy 2: if you are allowed to have a dictionary, look up the word. Watch out, this takes quite a lot of time!

Was there a strategy mentioned that you already use? Which one?

ADDITION

• and
• as well as
• additionally
• along with
• also
• furthermore
• besides
• on top of that
• in addition
• to add to that
• plus
• moreover
  

COMPARISON

• similarly
• likewise
• in the same way
• as well
• too
• in common
• equally
  

CONTRAST

• but
• although
• though
  
• however
• in contrast
• on the contrary
• on the other hand
• nevertheless
• yet
• despite
  

EXPLANATION

• because
• since
• for
• as
  

TIME

• currently
• now
• initially
  
• next
• later
• at first
• (mean)while
• earlier
• in the past
• once
• after
• until
  

EXAMPLE

• for instance
• for example
• such as
• to show
• to illustrate
  

SUMMARY

• to sum up
• in short
• in brief
• in summary
  

CONCLUSION/

CONSEQUENCE

• so
• consequently
• that's why
• as a result
• therefore
• thus
• hence
• as a consequence
  

Caution

If you want to skip the part of doing a few questions together and work individually, you can either go and continue this Lessonup via your classroom and skip this to do the grammar part of this class OR go to eindexamensite and do the practice test there. 

1. Canadians do not seem to appreciate the way in which French waiters do their job.
2. French hospitality personnel have better legal rights than their Canadian counterparts.
3. It is impossible for foreign employees to adjust to Canadian work standards and ethics.

1. It highlights the fact that the dismissal of the waiter was illegal
2. It makes clear that Canadians know little about France
3. It makes fun of how people think about the French.
4. It provides context for the explanation offered by the waiter.

Which of the following fits the gap?

1. afford
2. ignore
3. organise
4. prevent

“I had to Google that quote.” (last sentence)
How can this comment be characterised?

1. as condescending
2. as indifferent
3. as lighthearted
4. as surprised

What becomes clear about attractive women from paragraph 1?

1. They are distrusted by their co-workers, regardless of the quality of their work
2. They are prone to have conflicts with ambitious men while on their way to the top.
3. They are thought to possess more good qualities than less striking women.
4. They are used to dealing with the stress of being closely watched by others.

4 HAVO gerund 23-1

Grammar the gerund. ex. 12. Video on next slide for the ones wanting to go through some explanation first. 

You have two options

- Option one: do the gerund exercises individually 

- Option two: do the reading in Eindexamensite title:

Practice Test 23-01.