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Unit 4
Memento
Focus on … Mouth gymnastics
Memories and time Homophones (vowels)
Birthdays
Did you know?
The basics False memories
Question word questions
There is / there are Shuffle
Ordinal numbers Uncle Sam

On speaking terms Finger exercise

Asking and telling the time and date Memory boost
Talking about birthdays
On the spot

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Brian Elias

Yessss, today is my birthday! Thanks a lot for all the Make it a big party over there, Brian! Show the Australians
congratulations!!! how we Britons party ;-)
I am of course super-exited. But I am also a little bit sad,
because I remember my last birthday, when all you guys
were around to celebrate it with me. It was fun today, it
really was. And it was my first birthday barbecue. But it just
wasn’t the same, you know?
Anyway, guess what I got for my birthday? Anyone???

Diana
Brian
For anyone who wants a memory boost – so less time
spent studying ;-) Check these out!
One to think about …
https://www.helpguide.org/articles/healthy-living/how-to-
improve-your-memory.htm
https://bebrainfit.com/improve-memory/
https://greatist.com/happiness/better-study-tips-test

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Brian

One for my Dad, a true Dilbert(-fan)!

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Jesse

Hey, Brian! Brings back memories?

Enrico

Enjoy your birthday, big boy!!!

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What moment do you remember when time seemed to fly?

Which moment do you remember that seemed to last
forever?
Which memory do you want to forget?

1. Focus on …
Memories and time
1 Watch this excerpt from Memento and answer the questions.

What can you tell about the memory of the guy?

Why does he look for a pen?

Who beat the woman up?

Can we live without a memory / memories?

Can we function without a memory / memories?

2 Fill the gaps with these words.

to remember – a memory – memorable – to forget

1) I will never forget the first of June. It is our wedding day, a … day. memorable
_________________________________________________________________________________________

2) I can’t … where I put my keys. remember

_________________________________________________________________________________________

3) Think about your birthday.

The gifts. The party. The cake. That is a beautiful … memory

_________________________________________________________________________________________

4) I’m sorry I have no present. How can I … your birthday! forget

_________________________________________________________________________________________

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 3 Memories can be all kinds of things. Make correct combinations.

nostalgic #wasitreal
unforgettable #husbandandwife
vague #highschoolreunion
haunting #nosleep

Now, write down your own hashtag for each memory type.

nostalgic #_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

unforgettable #_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

vague #_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

haunting #_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4 Make correct combinations.

morning – evening – midday / noon – afternoon – night

night
_____________________________________________________ midday / noon
_____________________________________________________ evening
_____________________________________________________ morning
_____________________________________________________

afternoon

5 Complete the calendar (months and days of the week) and the legend (seasons). Use the list:

Thursday – January – Saturday – spring – February – Friday – September – May – August – Wednesday –
March – October – summer – winter – Tuesday – April – November – autumn – Saturday – Sunday – December

Legend winter spring summer autumn

Calender
Saturday
Sunday
September

December
November
February

October
January

Monday
August
March

June
April

May

July

Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

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6 Watch the trailer of Memento and answer the questions.

What happened to Leonard?

He injured his head and can’t make new memories.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What happened to his wife?

She was killed.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What is Leonard doing in the movie?

Trying to find the killer of his wife, to take revenge.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

How does Leonard try to cope with his condition? Does it work?

He uses tattoos, notes and polaroids to remember things.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What does “memento” mean?

A memento is an object that functions as a reminder. Leonard’s tattoos are his

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

most important mementoes.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Discuss the poster of the movie. What do you see? Why?

Eigen antwoord leerlingen.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7 Discuss.

• What is your favourite time of the day to watch movies?

• What is your favourite time of the day to remember things?
• What is your favourite time of the day to forget things?

… o’clock
five (minutes) to five (minutes) past

ten (minutes) to ten (minutes) past

TO a quarter to a quarter past PAST

twenty (minutes) to twenty (minutes) past

twenty-five (minutes) to twenty-five (minutes) past

half past …

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 2. On speaking terms
What time is it?

Asking and telling the time and date

What time is it?
What’s the time? It’s one o’clock.
Can you tell me the time, please? It is half past two.
a quarter to six.
a quarter past five.
five past twelve.
ten to ten.
It’s noon.
It is midnight.
a.m.= before noon, in the morning / p.m.= after noon, in the afternoon

Asking and saying dates

What day of the week is it? Today is Thursday.
What day is it? It’s Wednesday.
What day of the month is it? It is the thirteenth of May.
Today is the ninth of October.
You write:
Today is 13th May.
It is 13 May.
May 13. (American English)

! Names of days and months begin with a capital letter in English.

8 Listen and repeat. Write down the times.

1) It’s ten past ten.

It is two o’clock.
2) __________________________________________________________________________________
1 2 3 4
It is six o’clock.
3) __________________________________________________________________________________
It is four o’clock.
4) __________________________________________________________________________________
It is nine o’clock.
5) __________________________________________________________________________________
5 6 7 8
It is thirteen past twelve.
6) __________________________________________________________________________________
It is twenty past twelve.
7) __________________________________________________________________________________
It is twenty-four to eleven.
8) __________________________________________________________________________________
It is twenty past four.
9) __________________________________________________________________________________ 9 10
It is twenty past one.
10) __________________________________________________________________________________

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Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions about the clocks on the previous page.
Use the following structure:

- What time is it, please?

• It is nine o’clock.
- Thank you very much.

Now make sentences using the time, the days of the week and parts of the day.

e.g. On Saturday mornings I get up at 9 o’clock.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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9 Listen to and read Leonard's thoughts on memory and answer the questions.

Memory’s not perfect. It’s not even that good. Ask the police, eyewitness testimony
is unreliable. The cops don’t catch a killer by sitting around remembering stuff.
They collect facts, make notes, draw conclusions. Facts, not memories: that’s how
you investigate. I know; it’s what I used to do. Memory can change the shape of a
room or the colour of a car. It’s an interpretation, not a record. Memories can be
changed or distorted and they’re irrelevant if you have the facts.

an eyewitness = een ooggetuige / a testimony = een getuigenis / unreliable = onbetrouwbaar

to distort = vervormen

What does Leonard say about memories?

What does Leonard say about facts?

Discuss.
• Can facts be useful without memories, without a larger context to check and evaluate your information?
• Should Leonard trust his own notes? Is it possible for him to do anything if he has no trust?
• Leonard’s most recent memory will always be the one of his wife dying. Can you heal without time?
• If you could give Leonard one tattoo that would help solve all of his problems, what would it be?
• Do we manipulate our memories to be happy? Are we right to do so?

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 10 Listen to the song and complete the lyrics.

[1] Is Love - Haddaway

[1] is love? I know we’re one, just me and you

Baby don’t hurt me I can’t go on
Don’t hurt me [1] is love?
No more Baby don’t hurt me
Baby don’t hurt me, don’t hurt me Don’t hurt me
No more No more
[1] is love? [1] is love?
Yeah Baby don’t hurt me
I don’t know why you’re not fair Don’t hurt me
I give you my love, but you don’t care No more
So [1] is right and [1] is wrong? [1] is love?
Gimme a sign [1] is love?
[1] is love? [1] is love?
Baby don’t hurt me Baby don’t hurt me
Don’t hurt me Don’t hurt me
No more No more
[1] is love? Don’t hurt me
Baby don’t hurt me Don’t hurt me
Don’t hurt me I want no other, no other lover
No more This is our life, our time
Oh, I don’t know, [1] can I do? We are together I need you forever
[1] else can I say, it’s up to you Is it …

[1] What
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What is the function of the word you had to fill in?

It is used to start a question.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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3. The basics
What do you like?

Question word questions

Question word questions using to be:
How are you?
What is this?
Where are they?

Question word questions using the present simple:

Who do you like?
What does he eat?
Where do we go?

! NO do / does + infinitive when “who“ is subject of the question:

Who prepares dinner?
What happens if I ring the bell?

BUT: Who does the gardening?

Who does the dishes?

Question word questions using is there / are there:

Who is there in the house?
Why are there zebras?
What is there in your room?

In questions to the prepositional object the preposition comes at the end.

Who do you go swimming with?
What do you talk about?

Question words you can use: what – why – where – how – who – when.

11 Fill in the question words. Then match the questions with the answers.

how – what – when – where – who – why

1) What
________________________________________________ do you like the most? I don’t want to fix it. 6
_____________

2) When
________________________________________________ is the next football match? Lasagna. 1
_____________

3) Who
________________________________________________ do you go out with on Saturday? My brother. 3
_____________

4) Why
________________________________________________ is it raining so hard? In your room. 5
_____________

5) Where
________________________________________________ is my new book? Because it is autumn. 4
_____________

6) How
________________________________________________ do you want to fix it? Next Sunday. 2
_____________

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 12 Write down the complete questions and answers.

e.g. Why / you drink coffee? (like)

Why do you drink coffee? Because I like it.

1) How / you go to school? (bus)

How do you go to school?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I go to school by bus.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2) When / he play the piano? (afternoon)

When does he play the piano?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

He plays piano in the afternoon.

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3) Who / he talk to? (my sister)

Who does he talk to?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

He talks to my sister.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4) Where / they live? (London)

Where do they live?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

They live in London.

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

13 Make questions.

e.g. What / buy? What do you buy?

1) Where / sleep?

Where do you sleep?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2) When / get up?

When do you get up?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3) Why / laugh?

Why do you laugh?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4) How / answer the question?

How do you answer the question?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5) What time / leave?

What time do you leave?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6) Who / love?

Who do you love?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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14 Ask the right question.

Work in groups of three. Answer these questions on a separate piece of paper. Now, your teammates have to
guess which answer matches which question.

• What is your favourite dish?

• What is your favourite place?
• What is your favourite colour?
• Which place did you visit last?
• What colour is your bedroom?
• Who lives in your house?
• When do you get up?
• What can you cook yourself?
• When did you have breakfast?
• Who did you have breakfast with?

4. Did you know?

False memories
15 Read the text and answer the questions.

You think you clearly remember something that never actually happened. Everybody can create false
memories, even people who have amazingly good memories.
Researchers showed volunteers images and asked them to imagine other images at the same time. Later, many
of the volunteers recalled the imagined images as real. If you vividly imagine something, it can leave a trace in
your brain similar to that of an event you actually experienced.
It is an interesting finding. Witnesses to crimes can think they saw something that has actually been suggested
to them later on. False childhood memories can be difficult to separate from actual ones, especially when they
are painful. Advertisers use false memories to make us want to buy.
a volunteer = een vrijwilliger / vividly = levendig / a trace = een spoor

source: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/brain-sense/201307/remembering-something-never-happened and http://bigthink.com/robby-berman/the-

reason-youre-sure-you-remember-something-that-never-happened

Complete the summary:

• clue:

You think you clearly remember something that never actually happened.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• research:

Research showed that volunteers could recall imagined images as real.

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• consequences:

Crime witnesses can think they saw something that has actually been suggested to them later on.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

False childhood memories can be difficult to separate from actual ones.

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Advertisers use false memories to make us want to buy things.

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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 Which picture fits the text best? Why?

“Everybody can create false memories, even people who have amazingly good memories.”
Explain the meaning of memory in this sentence.

“Many of the volunteers recalled the imagined images as real.” Explain “imagined images”.

16 What is the pun of this joke?

A woman goes into an ice cream parlour. She walks up to the man at the counter and says, “I’d like some
chocolate ice cream, please.”
“I’m sorry, madam,” says the man, “but I’m afraid we’re out of chocolate.”
“Oh,” says the woman. “In that case I’ll have some chocolate.”
So the man says, “No, no, madam. You don’t understand. We have run out of chocolate.”
“Oh,” replies the woman. “Then I’ll just have chocolate.”
The man behind the counter looks at the lady and says, “OK, spell “van”, as in “vanilla.”
So, the woman spells “V-A-N.”
“All right,” says the ice cream man, “spell “straw”, as in “strawberry.”
The woman says, “OK. S-T-R-A-W.”
“Good!” says the man. “Now spell “f”, in “chocolate.”
The woman looks at the man and says, “But there’s no “f” in “chocolate.”
The man shouts, “That’s what I’ve been trying to tell you, lady!!!”

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5. The basics
There’s no “f” in chocolate

There is / there are

Affirmative sentences:
There is a tree in my garden.
’s
are trees
’re

Negative sentences:
There is no tree in my garden.
isn’t a tree
are no trees
aren’t

Questions:
Is there a tree in my garden? Yes, there is.
No, there isn’t / is not.
Are trees Yes, there are.
No, there are not / aren’t.

“There is / there are” is used to express “er is / er zijn”.

Or: er liggen, er staan, er zitten, er hangen, er bevinden zich …

17 Use the correct form of “there is / there are” to fill the gaps.

1) Is there
_____________________________________________ a pet shop in this street? 4) There is
_____________________________________________ only one girl waiting for him.

2) There is
_____________________________________________ enough food for everyone! 5) There are
_____________________________________________ some leftovers in the fridge.

3) There are
_____________________________________________ many cats in the world. 6) Is there
_____________________________________________ any hope left?

18 Use “there is / there are” and “there isn’t / there aren’t” in the following sentences.

1) There are / there aren’t

_______________________________________________________________ many people in the house.

2) There is / There isn’t

_______________________________________________________________ a bird in the sky.

3) Are there
_______________________________________________________________ books on the table? – No, I never read books.

4) Are there
_______________________________________________________________ there aren’t
cookies in the kitchen? – No, _______________________________________________________________

there isn’t
5) I am hungry, but _______________________________________________________________ anything to eat.

6) There are
_______________________________________________________________ there aren’t
many animals in the zoo, but _______________________________________________________________ many children.

7) Is there
_______________________________________________________________ there isn’t
a tree in the garden? No, _______________________________________________________________

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 19 Write down five questions and answers about this American shopping center.
Use “there is / there are” or “there isn’t / there aren’t”.

e.g. Are there Christmas decorations? Yes, there are Christmas decorations.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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20 How good is your memory?

Close your eyes and test each other on the contents of the classroom.
Ask questions such as: How many chairs are there? Is there a green poster on the wall?

Now change things in your classroom while some students keep their eyes closed. Can they see the
differences?

e.g. There were four chairs, now there is only one chair.

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6. Mouth gymnastics
Homophones (vowels)
21 Homophones are pairs of words with different spellings and different meanings, but the
same pronunciation (two – too). Match the homophones.

Buy me a coffee. I like the beach and the sea.

Write a letter. I use a cheque to pay.
I can’t see. This week is horrible!
Meet my brother. Bye, see you tomorrow!
Check your money. I knew your mother long ago.
Wear a T-shirt. No way!
Know your grammar. That’s not wrong, it is right!
There is no one here. I don't eat meat.
New kids in the street. Where are you?
He is weak. Do you hear me?

7. Focus on …
Birthdays
22 Work with a partner. You look at picture A, your partner looks at picture B. Make
statements using “there is / there are“. Find out the differences. Use the word list:

a birthday cake – birthday cards – presents – sandwiches – a watch – a mouse / mice – a birthday candle

e.g. There is a red cake in my picture.

There is a green cake in my picture.

A
B

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 23 In these pictures you see details of objects related to birthdays. Try to find out which
object you can see in the pictures. Use this list:

a birthday cake – a birthday candle – an invitation – a present – a balloon – a ribbon – icing – wrapping paper

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

1) a ribbon
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5) a balloon
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________

2) a present
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6) icing
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________

3) a birthday candle
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7) an invitation
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________

4) a birthday cake
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 8) wrapping paper
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________

24 Watch this excerpt of a very specific memory and answer the questions.

Who sings?

Marilyn Monroe
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What does she sing?

“Happy Birthday”
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

To whom does she sing it?

President Kennedy
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Do you think this should be a shared memory? Explain.

What was your best birthday present so far? Why?

What is your dream birthday?

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25 Pick a birthday card.

Which one do you send to your mother / best friend / girlfriend / grandmother / teacher? Why?

1 2 3

4 5 6

Now, write a text to congratulate your best friend on his / her birthday.

Phrases you can use are:

Happy birthday / May this year be your best ever / I hope all your birthday dreams and wishes come true /
I hope that for every candle on your cake you get a wonderful surprise / Best wishes for a very happy birthday /
Enjoy your special day

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 26 Read the text and answer the questions.

How to make a fancy bow

6
In this step, you create the centre loop of your bow. Take the tail end that is on the front and create a
H backward loop with the tail end now going down over the top of the bow to the back.

7
To secure the bow, use a length of wire that is twisted around the back. Wire is ideal because it holds
E securely, but also allows you to move the loops around to spread out the bow when you’re ready to
fluff it.

2
Fold a length of ribbon backward to create a loop and pinch it with it your thumb. This loop will be the
G smallest (inside) loop on the left side of your bow. The tail of your bow will continue to hang down in
front.

4
Continue making loops on the back alternating from the left to the right. Remember that each loop
B should be a bit bigger than the one before it.

1
Hold the ribbon in your hand and leave a tail long enough to work as one end of your bow plus the
C length you’ll need for the centre loop. When in doubt, leave more! The tail should be in the front of
your hand.

8
Now you’re ready to fluff! For this, all you need to do is pull the loops alternating up and down so that
D each one is visible. I tend to like the biggest loops on the back to come down toward the tail of the
bow, as shown below.

5
When you have reached your desired size, you are ready to finish it off! The number of loops
A you create and the size of the loops will depend on the size you want for your finished bow, but
regardless, always use an odd number of loops on each side. Here you can see that I have five loops
per side going from smallest to biggest and one tail of the bow is on the front and the other (still
attached to the spool) is on the back.

3
Fold another loop backward on the other side that matches to the first loop in size. This will be your
F smallest (inside) loop on the right side of your bow, so you want the two sides to be even. Each loop
thereafter will get progressively bigger. You should now have two matching loops, one on the left and
one on the right. The tail is still hanging down in the front.

a wire = een metaaldraad / to fluff = pluizig maken / alternating = afwisselend

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Put the paragraphs in the correct order by numbering them.

A B C D

E F G H

source: http://www.tidbitsandtwine.com/diy-inexpensive-fall-wreath-and-fancy-bow/

Match each step with a picture.

What do you need to make this bow?

ribbon and wire

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Translate these words:

oneven
• odd: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

lus
• loop: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

uiteinde / staart
• tail: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

• spool: klos
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What do you have to remember, regarding the number and size of your loops?

The loops get gradually bigger and you need an odd number.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Now, recapitulate each step. What is the first step? The second? The third? …

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 8. The basics
My first, my last, my everything

Ordinal numbers
first 1st twentieth 20th
second 2nd twenty-first 21st
third 3rd twenty-second 22nd
fourth 4th twenty-third 23rd
fifth 5th twenty-fourth 24th
sixth 6th twenty-fifth 25th
seventh 7th
eighth 8th thirtieth 30th
ninth 9th fortieth 40th
tenth 10th fiftieth 50th
sixtieth 60th
eleventh 11th seventieth 70th
twelfth 12th eightieth 80th
thirteenth 13th ninetieth 90th
fourteenth 14th hundredth 100th
fifteenth 15th thousandth 1000th
sixteenth 16th
seventeenth 17th
eighteenth 18th
nineteenth 19th

27 Write the ordinal numbers in full.

1st first
_________________________________________________________________________________________

2nd second
_________________________________________________________________________________________

3rd third
_________________________________________________________________________________________

5th fifth
_________________________________________________________________________________________

Write these ordinal numbers in full and spell them.

26th twenty-sixth
_________________________________________________________________________________________ 3rd third
_________________________________________________________________________________________

1st first
_________________________________________________________________________________________ 12th twelfth
_________________________________________________________________________________________

67th sixty-seventh
_________________________________________________________________________________________ 31st thirty-first
_________________________________________________________________________________________

85th eighty-fifth
_________________________________________________________________________________________ 100th hundredth
_________________________________________________________________________________________

1000th thousandth
_________________________________________________________________________________________ 99th ninety-ninth
_________________________________________________________________________________________

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28 Are these cardinal numbers or ordinal numbers? Write them down in the correct column in
the short form.

fourth – eleven – thousand – hundredth – third – ninety – eighty-eighth – twenty-first – thirty

Cardinal Ordinal

eleven
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4th
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

thousand
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 100th
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

ninety
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3rd
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

thirty
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 88th
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 21st
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

9. On speaking terms
For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow!

Talking about birthdays

When is your birthday? It is on the twenty-first of June.
My birthday is on the second of May.
You write: It is on (the) 21st June.
My birthday is on May 2.

29 Ask your teacher and classmates when their birthday is.

1) In which month do most pupils have their birthday?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2) In which month are there no birthdays?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3) Who has his / her birthday on the first / last of the month?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4) Who has his / her birthday on a special day, like the 25th December?

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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 30 When are their birthdays? First write it down, then say it out loud. Watch out for the
difference between writing and saying dates!

11-11 15-08

11th November / November 11

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 15th August / August 15
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

22-06 12-08

22nd June / June 22

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 12th August / August 12
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

04-04 18-10

4th April / April 4

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 18th October / October 18
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

31 Listen to the conversation. When is Brian’s birthday? And Kevin’s? And Joanne’s?
And Lilly’s?

Lilly: May 1
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Joanne: May 5
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Brian: December 1
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Kevin: March 7
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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10. Shuffle Uncle Sam

32 Read the text and answer the questions.

6
Uncle Sam is an interesting character. He is a colourful patriot on the one hand and on the other
hand a symbol of a violent and destructive superpower that sticks its nose in business that it has
no right to be in.

2
Most people recognise Uncle Sam from the World War I recruitment poster.
D

3
Uncle Sam has a violent history and is associated with war, so America decided to use him again
C during World War II. He represents millions of men and women who fought in WWII.

5
He got a big update as a mortal black man in New 52.
B

4
In that same period, Uncle Sam became a superhero in comic books. He is the spirit of a fallen
soldier from the American Revolution and pops up whenever his country needs him to fight.

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Uncle Sam is a walking symbol of America. He became “the American people and government”
A during the war of 1812. According to legend, the character of Uncle Sam is based on the real
Samuel Wilson, a meat packer from New York and a fervent American patriot. He stamped the
initials “U.S.” on barrels of meat he sold to the army in the war of 1812, it became a joke to say
these initials stood for Uncle Sam instead of United States.

a patriot = iemand met veel vaderlandsliefde / recruitment = personeelswerving / mortal = sterfelijk

Put the paragraphs in the right chronological order.

Who is Uncle Sam?

✘ a superhero
✘ a symbol of America
✘ a meat packer named Samuel Willson
a robot
no one

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 10. Shuffle Uncle Sam

Link each picture to one of the paragraphs.

A B

C D

Which version of Uncle Sam is the best one? Why?

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11. Finger exercise

Memory boost
33 Give the memories of your classmates a boost! Develop a social media campaign with
study tips that deal with exercising, food, free time and studying itself.

Work in groups of four.

Research (in books, on the internet, interviewing people …):
• What kind of food can improve your memory?
• How can exercise / sport improve your memory?
• How can free time improve your memory?
• How can you study most effectively? How do you know what to remember and what to forget?

Now, summarise your research in study tips.

• Write down four practical, concrete tips about how eating habits (what you eat, when you eat, with whom you
eat …) can help your memory.
• Write down four practical, concrete tips about how to use sport to boost your memory.
• Write down four practical, concrete tips about how free time is important to boost your memory.
• Write down four practical, concrete tips to use while studying. To make sure you don’t spend more time
behind your desk than necessary and to make sure you know your stuff.

Wrap your tips in a social media campaign that lasts a week. (So your classmates get at least one
new tip a day.) After this week, your classmates will give feedback on:
• The effect of the tips.
• The use of social media. Did it work?
• How easy / difficult it was to use the tips.
• Which tip was the best?
• Which tip was the worst?

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 34 Rewrite this episode of the comic Brian vs. Burns using question word questions or
sentences with there is/there are …

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 On the spot

Check Repeat Teacher’s notes

Focus on …
I know and can use the p. 127 - 129
vocabulary about time / ex. 1 - 7
memories.
I know and can use the p. 139 - 143
vocabulary about birthdays. ex. 22 - 26
The basics
I can use question word p. 132 - 135
questions. ex. 10 - 14
I can use “There is / there p. 136 - 138
are”. ex. 16 - 20
I can use the ordinal p. 144 - 145
numbers. ex. 27 - 28
On speaking terms
I can ask what the time is. p. 130 - 131
ex. 8 - 9
I can ask when someone’s p. 145 - 146
birthday is. ex. 29 - 31

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Focus on …
Recap
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1 Complete the crossword.

1 3

C 2 M A R C H 4

E A I

L 5 R I B B O N N

E 6 7 D V

B S R L I

R 8 P R E S E N T

9 E A S T E R M S A

T I E T

10 S E A S O N M I

G B O

E N

11 D E C O R A T E

Across Down
2) … is the third month of the year. 1) Today I … my birthday.
5) l use … and wrapping paper for a present. 3) If you blow all the … on the cake, you can make a
8) I received twenty birthday cards and one … wish.
9) In spring we celebrate … 4) This is an … for my birthday party.
10) Winter is a … 6) … starts on the 23rd of March.
11) We used red balloons to … the room. 7) Will you … to call me?

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 The basics
Recap
2
2 Make correct combinations.

… no stars in the sky. There is

… do we go? Where
… are you crying? first
19th nineteenth
1st Why
… no milk in my coffee! There are
… some milk in the fridge. When
… will you leave? How
… are you talking to? Who
… are you going to fix this? There is

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On speaking terms
Recap
3
3 Ask and tell the time.

4 Ask and tell the date.

5 What can you say about these birthdays?

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Time and date

a date What is the … ? It is the first of July. een datum
time What is the … ? It is half past seven. tijd
a clock What is the time? There is a … over there. een klok
a day A week has seven … een dag
a week A year has 52 … een week
a month A year has 12 … een maand
a year Every … we celebrate our birthday. een jaar
a season Winter is a … een seizoen
a memory What is your first … of your childhood? een herinnering
a morning The … is the first part of the day. een ochtend
an evening The … is the last part of the day. een avond
midday / noon The middle part of the day is … middag
an afternoon The … starts at 2 o’clock. een namiddag
a night During the … we sleep. een nacht
a summer … starts on the 21st of June. zomer
a winter … starts on the 21st of December. winter
a spring … starts on the 23rd of March. lente
an autumn … starts on the 23rd of September. herfst
January … is the first month of the year. januari
February … is the second month of the year. februari
March … is the third month of the year. maart
April … is the fourth month of the year. april
May … is the fifth month of the year. mei
June … is the sixth month of the year. juni
July … is the seventh month of the year. juli
August … is the eighth month of the year. augustus
September … is the ninth month of the year. september
October … is the tenth month of the year. oktober
November … is the eleventh month of the year. november
December … is the last month of the year. december
Easter In spring we celebrate … Pasen
Christmas In winter we celebrate … Kerstmis
memorable Your wedding day is a … event. gedenkwaardig
nostalgic The memory of my youth is a … one. nostalgisch
unforgettable I will never forget that moment, it’s … onvergetelijk
vague I don’t really remember, it’s a … memory. vaag
haunting I don’t want to think about it. It makes me cry. That’s a … angstaanjagend
memory.
to remember Will you … to call me? onthouden
to forget I am so sorry, I tried not to … your birthday. vergeten

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Birthdays
a birthday Happy … ! een verjaardag
a birthday cake I want a chocolate … een verjaardagstaart
a birthday card I received twenty … and ten presents. een verjaardagskaart
a present I received twenty birthday cards and one … een geschenk
an invitation This is an … for my birthday party. een uitnodiging
a birthday party I invited the whole class to my … een verjaardags-
feestje
a candle If you blow out all the … on the cake, you can make a wish. een kaars
a balloon We used red … to decorate the room. een ballon
a sandwich We have birthday cake and … een sandwich
a birthday song Bart Simpson played a … for his sister. een verjaardagslied
a surprise What is my present? That is a … ! een verrassing
a ribbon You use a … and wrapping paper for a present. een lint
a bow That’s a big … on that present! een strik
icing The … on that cake is delicious! glazuur
wrapping paper You use ribbon and … for a present. inpakpapier
to celebrate Today I … my birthday. vieren
to give For his birthday, I … him two presents. geven
to listen Please … to this birthday song. luisteren
to sing Please … a birthday song. zingen
to wish I … you a very happy birthday. wensen
to party Now it is time to … feestvieren
to decorate We used red balloons to … the room. versieren
Happy birthday! I said “…” and gave him his present. Gelukkige
Enjoy your verjaardag!
birthday!

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