- •Contents
- •Vocabulary 23
- •Vocabulary 42
- •Internet Activity 47
- •Vocabulary 82
- •Vocabulary 108
- •Internet Activity 119
- •Vocabulary 151
- •Vocabulary 182
- •Internet Activity 193
- •Unit 1 Great Britain: history and modern times
- •Part a Reading and Comprehension
- •TexT Great Britain
- •Structural patterns Articles with geographic names
- •Articles with proper nouns
- •Prepositions
- •There is/ there are
- •There is/ It is compared
- •Syntaxis of a simple sentence in English language
- •Revision
- •Vocabulary
- •Speaking
- •Listening
- •Text The Role of the uk in the Modern World
- •Vocabulary
- •Добро пожаловать в Великобританию
- •Speaking
- •Internet Activity
- •History and Religion
- •Unit 2 The climate in the British Isles. The weather in the uk Part a Reading and Comprehension Text 1 Climate
- •Text 2 The Environment
- •Structural patterns Articles with names of seasons.
- •Articles with names of the day and night.
- •Articles with uncountable nouns.
- •SImple sentences with a compound predicate
- •Verbs and expressions followed by the Gerund
- •Pronoun or determiner ‘other’
- •Paired conjunctions
- •Prepositions (time)
- •Revision
- •Vocabulary
- •Speaking
- •Listening
- •Part b Reading and Comprehension Text 3 Advancements in Forecasting
- •Vocabulary
- •The climate and the weather of the British Isles
- •Structural patterns Articles with geographic names
- •Articles with a special group of nouns
- •Names of nationalities
- •Degrees of comparison of adjectives
- •The Article with adjectives in the superlative degree
- •The Article with numerals
- •Simple impersonal sentences
- •Revision
- •Vocabulary
- •Speaking
- •In order to be well understood, follow the guidelines below:
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- •Listening
- •Part b Reading and Comprehension Text London – The city of Contrasts.
- •Vocabulary
- •Speaking
- •Internet Activity
- •History
Articles with names of the day and night.
a) No article
When they denote light or darkness
Night came.
After the prepositions: at, after, before, by, till, until, towards, past.
All her life she always got up at dawn.
In the function of a predicative
It was dusk.
When these nouns are modified by nouns denoting days of the week or the words "yesterday" & "tomorrow".
In combination of adverbial character all day long etc
When they are modified by the adj NEXT& LAST in Present time context.
They got married last night.
NOTE: In Past time context the definite article may be used in similar cases but its use is not obligatory.
He knew that (the) next morning he got up late.
There is no article in such combinations as : on Monday last, in May last.
b) The definite article
When a specific night or day is meant
The day came when he told her that he loved her.
In generic sense
He spent the morning working and the evening talking.
After the prepositions in during through
When the nouns are preceded by "other" the other day
c) The indefinite article
With descriptive attributes
It was a frosty night.
EXCEPTION early & late
It was early morning.
Exercise 12. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate article where necessary.
It was ______ late evening when the housekeeper called Tom.
His watch said it was three o’clock in _____morning.
It all started on _____ Saturday evening. It was _____ first Saturday of September.
“_____Twilight begins at about six thirty this week,” my brother said.
Ancient advice is to get up before _____ sunrise and to go to bed with _____ sunset.
To earn a living he worked from _____ dawn to ______ dusk.
He spent _____ morning working and _____ evening doing nothing.
_____ silent night was followed by _____ bright dawn.
They say it’s better to start something new on _____ Monday morning.
It was ____ afternoon when he remembered that it was Mary’s birthday.
‘You are as good as an umbrella on _____ rainy day.’
He promised to finish the task ____ day after _____ tomorrow.
We have been waiting for him for all ____ day long.
I promise I will do everything _____ next morning.
_____ Monday is _____ perfect day to start a new life.
She didn’t want to go there during ____ day. However she promised that she would go there at _____ night.
Something bothered her through _____ day.
It was _____ early morning when he realized that he had finished his report.
Exercise 13. Translate the following:
1. Ночь наступила.
2. Я не заметил как село солнце.
3. Мы говорили до утра.
4. Опасно гулять в лесу ночью.
5. На рассвете, она покинула деревню.
6. Я не хочу, чтобы ты мне звонил после полуночи.
7. Мы должны выйти из дома до заката.
8. Ближе к ночи они разбрелись по домам.
9. Был вечер.
10.Был теплый вечер.
11. Встретимся завтра утром.
12.Они говорили по телефону весь день напролет.
13.К позднему вечеру гости начали съезжаться.
14.В течение дня он неустанно повторял эту фразу.
15.Тебе повезет, если ты переживешь ночь.
16. Был ранний вечер.