V4 - Unit 6

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4

Unit 6: Connections

Lesson 1

Phrasal verbs

Collocations

Speaking 

Objectives

• You know what means of communication is your most favourite and can expres why.
• You know what phrasal verbs and  collocations are and why you should learn them

Write down at least 4 different means of communication.

Remember these?

“Conventional” communication methods which were widely used in the past.

What means of communication do you think most (American) teenagers prefer 'face to face' or texting?

Does this surprise you?

What is your favourite means of communication? Explain why.

Grammar: Phrasal verbs (p. 165-166)

Phrasal verbs are those verbs that come with a particle, which is either a preposition (on, in, at, under, over etc.) or adverb (down, out etc):

- I will go over this grammar again next week

- After an while, his singing was really putting me off.

- Please sit down and grab your books.

- I look forward to seeing you all next week.

 

There are a lot of phrasal verbs in English and they are most commonly used in spoken English and informal writing. Their meanings aren't always that clear, so its best to learn them as they are. Now read through pages 165-166 or watch the following video:

Practice

• https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/phrasal-verbs-exercise-1.html
• http://www.roadtogrammar.com/phrasalverbs/
• https://www.espressoenglish.net/can-you-pass-this-phrasal-verbs-quiz/

Phrasal verbs (p 40)

- Listen to the fragments and do ex. 1 first. 

- Listen again and do ex. 2

- Finish up by doing ex. 3 and
checking your answers.

Ex. 1 Phrasal Verbs

Speaking: do ex. 1 (p.41)

Take turns in playing role A or B. Choose the right response to what A says (when you are B).

Check your answers when done.

Have a look at the next slides to help you with
using the right language for phone
conversations.

Useful language for phone dialogues

Language is about listening to, imitating, and learning from others. Therefore, for the task on slide 13, you are allowed to get inspiration from e.g.

https://7esl.com/phone-conversation/  or the next two slides.

Write a fictional telephone dialogue yourself. Try and use phrases from unit 6.
Your dialogue should consist of 8 to 10 sentences. The subject of it is up to you.

What does it mean when words collocate?

To collocate (collocation)

Collocations in the English language refer to the relationship that is formed between certain words. The connection is so strong that it would sound strange to replace either word for one with the exact same meaning. 

For example, the term fast food is a generally accepted collocation. Quick and fast mean the same thing, but if you swapped the word fast for quick and instead said quick food, people would have no idea that you were referring to a takeaway restaurant. Similarly, if you changed the word food for meal and said “fast meal”, you might receive a strange look from whomever you are talking to.

Word pairings are very important in English, and unfortunately there is no easy rule to learn; you just have to try and remember. The hardest part about collocations is that native speakers won’t necessarily know why the wrong words sound strange: the general rule is just “that’s what sounds right!” 

Collocations can also be sorted into grammatical categories. These include:

Adjective + noun:  heavy traffic, strong coffee, express mail

Adverb + adjective: partly cloudy, happily married, highly generous

Noun + noun: bars of soap, round of applause, a swarm of insects

Noun + verb: prices fall, a lion roars, the wind howls

Verb + noun: make the bed, do the shopping, put on clothes

Verb + expression with a preposition: to comment on, to participate in, to explain to

Verb + adverb: drive safely, choose wisely, respond quickly

Vocabulary ex. 1 (p 41)

Form collocations with the verbs have, do, make or take.

Write them all down and translate them to Dutch so you can study them for the test.

When you are done, do the
Corpus Spot exercise.

Handy overview

See this website for a handy overview of the must frequently used collocations in English: https://www.eslbuzz.com/collocations/

You can find examples of collocations with have, do, make, and take here.

Reading (p 42/43)

Now continue on with the Reading of Unit 6: Do ex. 1-4 (skip 5)

Done? Turn to pages 38 + 39 and do the Units 1-5 Revision exercises.

Don't forget to check all your answers of Unit 6, (and if you've forgotten to do so, check those to Units 1-5 as well)