Words on the appearance of things

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Words on the appearance of things

Lesdoel:
Connecting words to a certain context.
Describing the appearance of things.

Look at the images on the slide

Select the correct word for each image

Accelerate

Sport cars quickly ......... to top speed

1. gas
2. weigh
3. accelerate
4. gas up

These are all shapes

Rectangular

Triangular

Circular

Square

Round

A flat ........ shape.

A ........ orange.

A .......... table.

The pyramids have a ......... shape.

Steve has a ......... head.

Facts on...

The Sagrada Familia has been under construction since 1882.
It is an impressive building.

It is made of stone.

It has a total height of 47 m.

It will possibly be finished in 2026.

stenen

bouw

indrukwekkend

hoogte

mogelijk

feiten

Building materials

steel beams

stone path

glass in lead

Iron railing

wooden house

Hoe schrijf je in het engels?
lengte x breedte x hoogte

In space there is no gravity

This means in space you ...... nothing

1. (to) weigh
2. weight
3. (to) hike
4. height

Feature

een kernmerk van iets

A feature of space is that it has no air or gravity.

The house is (pasgebouwd)

1. new gebuilt
2. newly-built
3. bewly-nuilt
4. pas gebuilt

The soup is not thin but
.........

1. fat
2. thick
3. salt
4. width

Some words are hard to put into context than others.

Read the sentence, try to guess the meaning of each wordt in bold:

• I could hardly hear, let alone listen.
• My little sister gets terrified in the dark.
  
• My dad is responsible for the washing-up.
• Before the climb, I was a little fearful.
• That’s not true at all, don’t be ridiculous.

laat staan

angstig

verantwoordelijk voor

belachelijk

doodsbang

let alone

fearful

terrified

ridiculous

responsible for

How could we put the words:
Terrified and Fearful into context?

My dad is responsible for washing the dishes.
Wat betekend responsible?

Metric or imperial?

Probeer woorden dus altijd in de juiste context te gebruiken.

Dit is vaak ook het doel in de opdrachten in je boek.

EN

Het doel van de zinnen die naast de woorden in je boek staan.

Ga nu zelfstandig aan de slag

Ex. 2, Unit 2.2, P. 54

Ex. 11, 12, 13 Unit 2.2, P 57 & 58

Finished? Ex. 9, 10 & 14 online
Bij tijd over kunnen we nog via Gymkit de woorden leren.

End of the lesson

Can you describe a thing in your bag or pencil case using the words we learnt today?

Could you put that word in a sentence?