WK 12 Les 1 1HV

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 1

Welcome!

Lesson goals for today

At the end of this lesson:

1. You know what prepositions are and can give a few examples of 

     prepositions of time, place and direction.

2. You can make a comparison between two (or more) people, animals or 

     things. 

Prepositions

4 categories of prepositions

1. Place and location (where something is)

2. Time (when something is)

3. Direction

4. Other

Prepositions of place (where something is)

In front of the box

Most common prepositions of place

Prepositions of location

Prepositions of place
Julie is ____ school.

1. on
2. in
3. at
4. by

Prepositions of place:
The picture is ____ the wall.

1. at
2. in
3. on

Choose the correct
preposition of place.

The cat is (...) the box.

1. opposite
2. between
3. in front of
4. below

Prepositions of place

Pick the right answer!

1. under
2. on
3. in
4. behind

Choose the correct
preposition of place.

The cat is (...) the box.

1. in front of
2. opposite
3. between
4. above

Choose the correct
preposition of place.

The cat is (...) the box.

1. behind
2. opposite
3. between
4. under

Prepositions of place

Pick the right answer!

1. next to
2. among
3. over
4. between

Prepositions of place

Pick the right answer!

1. under
2. in front of
3. between
4. below

Now practice on your own

What?          Practice the prepositions of place

How?           Go to google classroom/unit 6/exc. prepositions of place/location

                       Click on the links and practice with the online exercises

Help?           (softly) ask your neighbour or raise your hand

Time?           8 minutes

Result?        At least 3 online exercises finished

Finished?   Read grammar: comparisons (p. 129)

                        Do online exercises on comparisons on Classroom

Degrees of comparison

                                                                                             3 steps:           

  

                                                       positive             comparative                 superlative 

                                                           (bijv. nw)        (vergelijkende trap)     (overtreffende trap)

                                                                Tall                      taller (than)                   the tallest   

Degrees of comparison (trappen van vergelijking)

words with 1 

syllable

        &

2 syllable words ending at -le/-er/-ow/-y

(simple/clever/narrow/happy

Spelling rules & exceptions

nice               > only r/st                                             nicer - nicest         

hot                 > double consonant (mdkl)         hotter - hottest

happy           > i in place of y                                   happier - happiest

Exception to the rule:           Good - better - best

Words with 2 syllables (not ending in -le/-er/-ow/-y)

or more..... 

Words with 2 syllables (lettergrepen) or more (boring, exciting):

                   

no er/est     but more/most in front of the adjective

boring - more boring - most boring    

exciting - more exciting - most exciting    

finally...

if you want to compare two animals, 

things, people, etc:

as ... as ...        or           not as ... as ...

as tall as / not as tall as

as clever as / not as clever as

Wat is de comparative/superlative van strong?

1. more strong - most strong
2. stronger - strongest
3. strongerder - strongerdest

Wat zijn de comparative/superlative van happy?

1. happier - happiest
2. happyer - happyest
3. happyr - happyst

Wat zijn de comparative/superlative van nice?

1. nicier - niciest
2. niceer - niceest
3. nicer - nicest

Wat zijn de comparative/superlative
van big?

1. biger/bigest
2. more big/most big
3. bigger/biggest

Wat zijn de comparative/superlative van expensive?

1. expensiver/expensivest
2. more expensive/most expensive

Now practice on your own!

What?              Practice with grammar: comparison 

How?               In silence by yourself:

                           1. Read grammar: comparisons

                           2. Do the online exercises on Classroom/Unit 6/Exercises comparisons

Help?               Softly ask your neighbour or raise your hand

Time?              8 minutes

Result?          At least 3 online exercises finished

Finished?       Read grammar could/couldn't (p. 129) and do the exercises on Google Classroom

Homework

For next Wednesday

Learn: grammar prepositions & comparisons (p. 128/129)

              Do: exc. 10 & 11 (U6 L1)

                      exc. 20/21 (U6 L2)

                      If you haven't already done them.