4H 2020 week 11 Nature Bites Back en adverbs/adjectives

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Nature Bites Back

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Question 1

How does Stephen Moss introduce his review in paragraph 1?

A By blaming television for people’s feelings of horror towards alpha predators.

B By correcting the mistaken view that most people have of alpha predators.

C By focusing on the special fascination that people have for alpha predators.

D By questioning the commercial exploitation of people’s fear of alpha predators.

Question 1

1 TV executives in the US are fond of saying that there are only three certainties in life: death, taxes and Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. The extraordinary popularity of wildlife programmes – especially those featuring sharks, big cats and crocodiles – confirms our obsession with what David Quammen calls “the alpha predators”: animals that not only kill humans, but eat them too. The relationship between human beings and this diverse group of creatures (linked by dietary preference rather than zoology) is the subject of this book.

Question 1

How does Stephen Moss introduce his review in paragraph 1?

A By blaming television for people’s feelings of horror towards alpha predators.

B By correcting the mistaken view that most people have of alpha predators.

C By focusing on the special fascination that people have for alpha predators.

D By questioning the commercial exploitation of people’s fear of alpha predators.

Question 2

Which aspect of the book Monster of God does paragraph 2 deal with?

A The history of human attitudes and behaviour towards alpha predators.

B The human inability to understand the behaviour of alpha predators.

C The reasons why humans are so deeply impressed by alpha predators.

D The view that humans have proved to be superior to alpha predators.

Question 3

“it may now be too late” (paragraph 3)

Too late to do what?

A To prevent overpopulation of the earth.

B To save the alpha predators from extinction.

C To stop mankind from destroying the planet.

Question 4

Why does Quammen bring up the story about Ceausescu, according to paragraph 4?

A To demonstrate the senseless cruelty of the Romanian dictator.

B To point out how people can abuse their power over animals.

C To show his disgust at the brutal killing of alpha predators.

D To stress the urgent need for wildlife protection.

Question 5

Geef voor elk van de onderstaande uitspraken aan of deze op grond van alinea 5 of 6 wel of niet overeenkomt met de mening van Stephen Moss over Monster of God.

1 De inhoud van het boek heeft niets te maken met de ondertitel.

2 Er is te weinig samenhang in het boek.

3 Het boek besteedt te weinig aandacht aan haaien.

4 Het boek is minder geslaagd dan Quammens eerste boek.

Noteer het nummer van elke uitspraak, gevolgd door “wel” of “niet”.

Question 6

How could paragraph 8 be summarised?

A The more educational wildlife programmes are, the more people enjoy them.

B The more wildlife programmes we watch, the less we seem to learn from them.

C Those who have little to fear from alpha predators know a lot about them. D Those who show most interest in alpha predators also kill most of them.

Adjectives & Adverbs.. 

Hoe zat het ook alweer?

Adjectives

-  Bijvoegelijke naamwoorden

- Zeggen iets over een zelfstandig naamwoord: 
   the careful driver, the angry teacher, a beautiful dress

- Soms twee vormen: 
   This job is boring / interesting / tiring / annoying (= over ding)
   I am bored / interested / tired / annoyed (= over persoon)

Adverbs

- Bijwoorden
- Zeggen iets over werkwoorden, bijvoegelijke naamwoorden, 
   en andere woorden (alles behalve zelfstandige naamwoorden)

    she drove carefully, it rained heavily,
    incredibly quickly, surprisingly easy

- Adverbs maak je MEESTAL door -ly achter het bijvoeglijk naamwoord te  zetten  (quick > quickly, careful > carefully)

Uitzonderingen

- Je gebruikt ook adjectives bij zintuigelijke waarnemingen
   be / feel / look / taste / sound / smell / seem
   I am tired, she is hungry, you look tired, you smell nice

- Een aantal adverbs maak je niet met -ly: 
   good > well          the good dog, you did well
   fast > fast             the fast car, he ran fast                 ('hardly' =
   hard > hard          the hard test, he tried hard          nauwelijks)

1. Mike stays in shape by playing tennis ...

1. regular
2. regularly

2. You shouldn't go up that ladder. It doesn't seem ...

1. safe
2. safely

3. Everything was really quiet. There was ... silence.

1. complete
2. completely

4. Jason speaks English very ...

1. good
2. well

5. I tried on the shoes and they fit me ...

1. perfect
2. perfectly

6. I tried really ... to remember his name, but I couldn't.

1. hard
2. hardly

7. Our team lost the game because we played very ...

1. bad
2. badly

8. The bus driver was ... injured.

1. serious
2. seriously

9. Kevin is ... clever.

1. extreme
2. extremely

10. This hamburger tastes ... ! What's in it?

1. awful
2. awfully

11. You shouldn't speak so ... I can't understand you.

1. fast
2. fastly

12. You can ... do this if you put some effort into it.

1. easy
2. easily

13. Jack is ... upset about losing his phone

1. terrible
2. terribly

14. Robin looks so ... What's the matter with him?

1. sad
2. sadly

15. Be ... with this glass of milk. It's really hot.

1. careful
2. carefully

16. Maria opened her present ...

1. slow
2. slowly

17. She worked really ... to pass the test.

1. hard
2. hardly

18. He was expelled because he was extremely ... to one of his teachers.

1. impolite
2. impolitely

19. Can you speak more ..., please?

1. loud
2. loudly

20. It's ... cold today. You should really wear a sweater today.

1. awful
2. awfully

Adverbs

Adjectives

Adverb or Adjective?
      (20 points)

Magnificent

Never

Heroic

Always

Sadly

Bad

Amazingly

Horrible

Terribly

TekstDrag the adverb to the right place: nearly

She 

had

lost

her notebook

nearly

TekstDrag the adverb to the right place: nearly

She 

had

lost

her notebook

nearly

Drag the adverb to the right place:  (slowly) 

Mother

closed

the door

slowly

A word that tells you something about an object or a person. For example what it looks like. 

A word that usually describes an action, it is something you can do.

A word that identifies people, objects, ideas, places etc.

A word that is used to change the meaning of a verb, an adjective or another adverb

ADJECTIVE

VERB

ADVERB

NOUN

A word that tells you something about an object or a person. For example what it looks like. 

A word that usually describes an action, it is something you can do.

A word that identifies people, objects, ideas, places etc.

A word that is used to change the meaning of a verb, an adjective or another adverb

ADJECTIVE

VERB

ADVERB

NOUN

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