ПРЕДЛОГИ ВРЕМЕНИ (PREPOSIONS OF TIME)

 

We use prepositions of time to say when something happens, happened or will happen. The most common ones are at, in, and on.

 

AT	IN	ON
the time:	at 7o’clock	months:	in September	days:	on Monday
holidays:	at Christmas at Easter	seasons: years:	in winter/spring in 1996, in 1998	dates:	on New Year’s Day on May 6th part of
in the expressions:	at the weekend at the moment at present at dawn at noon at night at midnight	centuries: in the expressions	in the 20th century in the morning in an hour in a minute in a week in a few days in a year	day:	a particular on Tuesday evening
adjective+
day:	on a hot day

 

 

It’s half past twelve It’s rainy in autumn It’s snowy in winter

It’s warm in summerIt’s cool in springWe cook traditional Christmas

pudding at Christmas

The Easter Bunny I get a lot of gifts on my birthday

brings eggs at Easter

 

Exercise IX. Say each word or phrase with the correct preposition.

 

Model: in March, at Christmas

April, spring, Friday, the weekend, Sunday evening, noon, June, July 5^th, the morning, 9 o’clock, Saturday, 1982, night, the 19^th century, 6 o’clock, Monday morning, September 16^th, the afternoon, the winter Christmas Day, dawn, Easter, a cold day, New Year’s Day, a minute.

 

 

HOME EXERCISES.

 

Exercise I. Make a story about your family.

 

Exercise II. Fill in a lot of, many, much, a few, a little, few, and little.

 

1. Jane has ….. English and French magazines at home. 2. There are not ….. students in the library. Let’s stay and look through some magazines. 3. Are there …. students in your English class? 4. Do you have… friends at school? No, not many. I have …friends. 5. I have to write … letters today. 6. Do you have … homework? No, not very much. 7. She usually has … milk in her tea. 8. I’m busy now. I’ve ….time. 9. There is not … milk in the fridge. 10. There are … rooms in the house. 11. Are there …. Bedrooms in your house? 12. Nick has … English books but very … Russian books. 13. There is … light in that room because there are … small windows in it. 14. Is there …. or… furniture in your new flat?

 

 

Exercise III. Read the text, ask questions and retell it.

 

The Victoria Hotel

The Victoria is a large and comfortable hotel in the centre of Oxford. It has 66 double rooms and 43 single rooms, all with private bathrooms. There are two restaurants, a coffee shop, a bar, and a beautiful lounge. All the bedrooms have colour television, telephones and central heating. The hotel has a lift and a car park.

 

UNIT VII.

GRAMMAR:Модальные глаголы (Modal verbs) can, must.

 

MODAL VERBS

Модальные глаголы используются только с основными глаголами. Они не выражают действие, а лишь отношение к действию, т.е. возможность, необходимость, просьбу, разрешение.

 

Can- Can’t	Must – Mustn’t
1. Умственная способность Ican speak English (мочь, уметь).	1. Соблюдение правил, предписаний You mustn’t smoke in hospital. It’s against the rules. (не должны)
2. Физическая способность Не сan swim well (мочь, уметь).	2. Выполнение обязанностей Imust do my homework
3. Разрешение You can stay, if you want. Вы можете остаться, если хотите.	3. Выполнение строгих советов You must see a doctor. You mustn’t eat so many sweets.
4. Просьба Can you tell me the time, please? Вы не могли бы сказать мне, который час?	4. Запрещение Youmustn’t be late for work
5. Просьба о разрешении Can I use your pen? Можно мне воспользоваться вашей ручкой?
6. Отказ в разрешении No, you can’t use my pen. I need it.

Exercise I. Fill in: must, can, mustn’t, can’t.

 

1. A: I’m not feeling well again.

B: You see a doctor this time.

2. A: ….I have some salad, please?

B: Sure.

3. A: It’s too hot. ……you open the window, please.

B: Certainly.

4. A: ……I use your phone?

B: Yes, of course.

5. A: Bob, ….you help me with the dishes?

B: I’m afraid I can’t.

6. A: The baby is asleep. You …..shout.

B: OK

7. A: You ……tell anyone. It’s a secret.

B: Don’t worry.

8. A: I….. see well.

B: Why don’t you wear your glasses?

 

Exercise II. Think of the factors that could help us live longer. Rewrite the following sentences as in the example. Use must, or mustn’t.

 

Can we live longer?

1. Don’t eat fatty foods!

You mustn’t eat fatty foods.

2. Don’t drink coffee!

…………………….

3. Don’t sleep late!

………………….

4. Train every day!

………………..

5. Eat lots of fruit and vegetables!

………………

6. Drink plenty of water!

………………..

7. Don’t eat sweets, cakes, biscuits!

………………………..

8. Eat breakfast cereals

………………..

9. Avoid cooking with large amounts of fat

…………………………

10. Control your body weight and weigh yourself weekly!

 

Exercise III. Fill in must or mustn’t.

 

1. I haven’t got any money. I ……go to the bank.
2. It’s raining. You …..go out without your umbrella.
3. The road is busy. You ….look carefully before you cross it.
4. You ….play football in the house, Jack.
5. My tooth hurts. I ….go to the dentist.

 

HOME EXERCISE.

 

Exercise I. Underline the correct word.

 

1. I must/mustn’t go to school every day.

2. Can/can’t I borrow your pen, please?

3. You must/mustn’t go out alone at night.

4. I can/can’t show you where the office is. It’s next to my house.

5. Can/must Susan come and play with me?

6. I can/can’t go out tonight. I’m busy.

 

UNIT VIII.

GRAMMAR:Выражение tobe going to

TO BE GOING TO

 

Affirmative	Negative	Interrogative
I am going to You are going to He She is going to It   We You are going to they	I am not going to You are not going to He She is not going to It   We You are not going to they	Am I going to…? Are you going to …? Is he/she/it going to …?   we Areyou going to…? they

 

Time expressions used with be going to : tomorrow, this weekend, next Monday/Tuesday, next month/year /etc.

 

We use be going to:

 

1. to talk about our future plans and intentions.

He is going to play (собирается, намеревается играть) tennis tomorrow afternoon.

 

2. to make predictions(прогноз, предсказание) based on what we can see.

It’s going to rain. There are dark clouds in the sky. (I can see clouds).

 

Exercise I. This is Robert’s diary. Look at it and say, please, what he is going to do next week.

 

ü play golf, ü fly to Barcelona, ü meet his partners, ü visit the Picasso Museum, ü see the beautiful Sagrada Familia Cathedral, ü do some shopping in Las Ramblas, ü leave for Madrid

Sunday   Monday   Tuesday   Wednesday   Thursday   Friday   Saturday

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise II. Write questions with be going to:

 

1. It’s Bob’s party tonight. (What/wear)?

……………………….

2. He’s planning to have a party (who/invite)?

…………………………….

3. She’s going on holiday (who/go with)?

……………………………

4. The TV doesn’t work (what/do)?

…………………………….

5. I’m going to Canary Islands (how long/ stay)?

……………………………

6. Her friends are coming for dinner (what/cook)?

……………………………………

 

Exercise III. Read the form the travel agency prepared for Tom and Mary. Write sentences with be going to:

 

Model: Tom and Mary are going to Spain.

CORAL TRAVEL Travel by:plane …. train….. ship… .. other … Leave:15/07 Return: 31/07 Stay in:4-star hotel …. HB…. B&B…. AI…… Activities: see the beautiful Sagrada Familia Cathedral do some shopping in Las Ramblas take a trip on a boat to Tossa de Mar If all the details are correct, please sign and send this form back to us. Mark Mathew

 

 

HOME EXERCISES.

 

Exercise I. Read the text and answer the questions

 

CHANGING THE WAY OF LIFE

 

Mr. Wood: I’m going to change my way of life.

Mr. Brown: Change your way of life?

Mr. Wood: Yes, I’m too fat. I’m going to eat less and take long walks.

Mr. Brown: Are you really?

Mr. Wood: I’m going to have only three meals a day, give up potatoes, beer, and take some other radical steps.

Mr. Brown: Radical steps?

Mr. Wood: That’s right. I’m going to work in my garden and help my wife with the housework.

Mr. Brown: That’s wonderful. When are you going to start?

Mr. Wood: I’m going to think about it the day after tomorrow.

 

1. Why is Mr. Wood going to change his life?
2. How is he going to change it?
3. What is he going to eat?
4. What radical steps is he going to take?
5. When is he going to start?
6. Are you going to change your way of life and why?

UNIT IX.

 

GRAMMAR:Adjectives and Adverbs. (Прилагательные и наречия.). Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives. (Степени сравнения прилагательных).

 

ADJECTIVES

 

Для описания предметов, людей, животных мы используем прилагательные. Прилагательные стоят перед существительными и также могут стоять после глагола to be

 

hotwater, a nice house, a pretty girl, a wild animal, a noisy child, beautiful flowers.

It’s a new car. The car is new.

ADVERBS

 

slow +ly = slowly

loud +ly = loudly

simple +ly= simply

angry+ ly =angrily

careful + ly= carefully

Remember!!!

 

Adjective	Adverb
good fast hard early late	well fast hard early late

 

Наречия описывают глаголы и стоят обычно после глагола.

 

He walks slowly. She speaks loudly. They usually get up at seven o’clock.

 

Remember!!! look, smell, sound, feel, taste + adjective

 

They look happy. The flowers smell nice. These cakes taste delicious.

 

Exercise I. Underline the correct word.

 

1. My bedroom is tidy/tidily.
2. It’s snowing heavy/heavily.
3. Cross the road careful/carefully.
4. My teacher is vey angry/angrily today.
5. Get ready for school quick/quickly.
6. The test is very easy/easily.
7. Your perfume smells nice/nicely.
8. Susan is smiling happy/happily.
9. This sweater feels very soft/softly.
10. He sings beautiful/beautifully.
11. It’s very warm/warmly today.
12. She looks beautiful/beautifully tonight.

 

Exercise II. Put the words in the correct order.

 

1. boy/quiet/the/is/not
2. noisy/It/hotel/a/is
3. room/is My/clean
4. café/an/It/old/is
5. dirty/The/is beach
6. clever/a/boy/is/He
7. a/motorbike/It/is/fast
8. This/clean/is/beach/a
9. street/a/It/is/noisy
10. This/old/is/man
11. That/armchair/comfortable/is
12. sad/is/The/film

 

Exercise III. Read the letter and underline the adjectives

 

 

Dear Lucy, How are you? My new house is just great. It’s on a quiet street. It’s got a beautiful garden in front of it with lots of lovely flowers. My house has got three floors. On the ground floor there is a huge living room, a dining room, a modern kitchen and a small bathroom. On the first floor there are three bedrooms and two small bathrooms. My bedroom is at the top of the house in the attic. I love it. There is a light pink carpet, a nice bed, a small desk for my homework, and an old wardrobe next to the window. There are lots of posters on the walls, too. It’s a really nice house. I hope you can come and stay with us in the summer. Love, Brenda

 

COMPARISONS

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
	-er	the -est
big small happy large	bigger smaller happier larger	the biggest thesmallest thehappiest thelargest
	more	the most
difficult beautiful interesting	moredifficult morebeautiful moreinteresting	the mostdifficult the mostbeautiful the mostinteresting

Adverbs:hard – harder – the hardest

early- earlier – the earliest

carefully – more carefully – the most carefully

Remember!!!
good/well bad/badly much/many little far old	better worse more less farther/further older/elder	the best the worst the most the least the farthest/furthest the oldest/eldest

 

Exercise I. Form the comparative and superlative form of the following adjectives.

 

1. small	9. sad
2. big	10. young
3. weak	11. expensive
4. dangerous	12. modern
5. slow	13. old
6. pretty	14. little
7. safe	15. far
8. beautiful	16. fat

 

Exercise II. Form comparative and superlative form of the following adverbs.

 

1. easily
2. fast
3. late
4. clearly
5. carelessly
6. generously
7. hard
8. early
9. carefully
10. well