Nieuw Amsterdam => New York City

 Complete the timeline (Video)

< 1594: ______ lived in America

(12 Oct 1492 Christopher  Columbus  arrived at  ______ )

1594 the first European arrived at _____ 

1625: Dutch settled at Manna-hata

1638: built the first school

1664: Battle between the English and Dutch => English rule

1700: NY became a trading port

1776: American Revolution

1790: NY became the largest town in the US

Immigration from Europe (14 million)

1886: the Statue of Liberty

1898: Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island

1904: Subway opened

1920: became the biggest town in the world

1930: more than 7 mln people

2023: 8.3 million (20 million including suburbs)

WB p 13: KEY

 

Prepositions of Movement

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Check your words

1) into (the box)

2) out of (the box)

3) around (the box)

4) away from (the box)

5) towards (the box)

6) past (the box)

7) onto (the box)

8) off (the box)

9) over (the box)

10) under (the wall)

11) through (the pipe)

12) up (the stairs)

13) along (the street, road)

14) down (the stairds)

Past Simple / Irregular Verbs

 Task 1: Bow and arrows

Task 2: Irregular verbs 1

Task 3: Irregular verbs 2

Task 4: Past Simple - multiple choice

Task 5: Past Simple - affirmative sentences and questions (I went... / Did you go....?)

Task 6: Past Simple - positive, negative and questions TYPE

Task 7: Irregular verbs - mix

Task 8: Is the sentences in Past Simple or Past Continuous?

Task 9:  Which side of the sentence has "something happened" and which side "was/were doing"?

Task 10: Type: use Past Simple or Past Continuous

Extra tasks

Irregular verbs

Agendaweb

WORKSHEET

Task 3

1) were playing

2) was preparing

3) were playing

4) was practicing

5) were not cycling / weren't cycling

6) was working, were swimming

7) were not listening / weren't listening

8) were you doing

9) were sitting

10) was listening, was watching

11) were playing

12) were studying

Task 4

1) was reading

2) was watching

3) was writing

4) were listening

5) weren't watching

6) were talking

Places in town / nature

 1. Entertainment:             cinema, concert hall, art gallery, museum, theatre

2. Sports:                             (football) stadium, skatepark, leisure centre, gym, pool, skating rink, 

3. Shopping and services:  police station, hospital, post office, flower shop / florist's, pharmacy / chemist's, shopping centre / mall, petrol station, clothes shop, bank, restaurant. bakery, hairdresser's / barber's, butcher's, greengrocer's, market, factory

4. Transport:                     bus station, bus stop, taxi rank, underground, airport, train station, car park, 

5. Education:                     library, school, university, kindergarten, college, church

6. Nature:                         park, cave, cliff, desert, hill, mountain, plain, sand dune, sea, valley, waterfall, river, lake, ocean, field, forest / wood, 

Places

Task 2: Write a description of  a place you have visited

* Add a suitable title to your description

* write 4 paragraphs: introduction, 2 paragprahs with detailed information (decide what's the main topic in each paragraph), sum-up - Have a look at WB p 18 writing guide

* divide your paragraphs

* describe the place form different aspects, mention lots of details  

 * use a variety of adjectives

* pay attention to capital letters, short forms (didn't....) and punctuation ( "I" = mina!!!!) 

* use synonyms and different sentence structures

Use Office.com and a Word document. Share your document with your teacher. Her address is on the blackboard or at Stuudium

Marking scale:

Task: max 5p (you have understood what the description of a place is, it is long enough and information is relevant)

Layout: max 5p (separate 4 paragraphs)

Vocabulary: max 5p (sentences covey the meaning well, a variety of adjectives used, synonyms)

Grammar: max 5p (minor slips but generally correct)

2A Phrases

GROUP 1

 1) unemployment

2) pollution

3) natural disasters

4) famine

5) crime

6) overcrowding

7) poverty

GROUP 2

1) a Chinese fort

2) residents

3) illegal businesses

4) connections with the church

5) plague

6) to fall apart

7) a lively mining town

8) furniture factory

9) make their fortune

10) deserted