Stepping Stones revision theme 1

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• Leerjaar 4

Stepping Stones revision theme 1

Exam contents

1. Grammar theme 1: present simple/continuous and pronouns

2. Vocabulary theme 1: EN-NL, NL-EN

3. Irregular verbs

4. Language helps

present simple

You use the present simple for facts and for events that happen regularly. A few adverbs that indicate regularity are: always, usually, often, regularly.

He usually goes to work by bike.

This is a habit, most mornings he takes the bike.

present continuous

You use the present continuous to say something is happening right now or to show you are irritated.

When the verb ends in -e you drop the -e and add -ing, as in leave – leaving.

But today he is driving his car to work.

This is what’s happening right now.

He is always forgetting things.

 Present simple or present continuous?

Present Simple

Present Continuous

Habit

Fact

Something happens regularly

Something is happing NOW

In process

Something annoys you

I (to go) to the gym every day.

My mother (to work/always), she never has time for me! It's disheartening.

The English King (to prefer) tea over coffee.

(to visit) his grandparents at Christmas every year?

You need to shave ... before the meeting.

1. you
2. -
3. yourselve
4. yourself

The Vikings organised ... in clans and invaded many regions.

It's been a long time since Elsa and Jasmine talked to ...

The wild monkey looked at ... in the mirror.

Match the prefixes with the words they go with.

correct

honest

legal

possible

regular

dis-

il-

im-

in-

ir-

Add these suffixes to the correct word to form a noun (zelfstandig naamwoord)

use

respect

person

effect

mystery

-less

-ful

-ent

-ous

-ive

-al

I know what I need to do to prepare for the test

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