- •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
Prepositions (time)
IN
expressing a period of time during which an event happens (years, months, seasons, parts of the day)
They met in 1885.
They went away in January
They go on holidays in summer.
He gets up in the morning.
NOTE: if the nouns denoting a part of the day have attributes they are used with the preposition on:
on a fine summer morning
on the morning of the 1st of July
The parts of yesterday, today and tomorrow are used without an article.
Yesterday morning I got up very early
This morning I have English classes
Tomorrow afternoon I will be in Greece
expressing the length of time before a future event is expected to happen
I'll see you in fifteen minutes
ON
indicating the exact day of the month
The news were reported on September 26
indicating the days of the week
We will start off on Sunday
parts of a day during which an event takes place if they are used with attributes
I remember it happened on a very hot evening in July
indicating some special days
What will you give me on my birthday?
with the word ‘holiday’
She is away on holiday
AT
expressing exact time when an event takes place or a particular period of a day
He called me at midnight.
The crime was committed at 4.00 pm.
The sea is cooler at night.
pointing at holiday periods
There are big sales in London at Christmas
with nouns meaning meals
He read a newspaper at breakfast
with the word ‘weekend’
We went to the seaside at weekend
NOTE: In informal speech we do not use any preposition with such words as last, next, this, that, each, every, one, some, all
I got up early that morning.
We worked all night.
Exercise 33. Fill in the gaps with the correct prepositions where necessary.
_____ Saturday we decided to take a walk.
My brother came to us _____Christmas day.
I' m writing my homework _____the moment.
This story happened ____ December and February.
I'm going to graduate from the University ____ 2015.
____ the 1-st of May we arrived at our country house.
I heard something strange ____ midnight.
Dear, my mum will come to see us ____the weekend.
You should give me your work to check ___the first of August.
My best friend moved to Paris ____ 1990.
We are to leave ____ weekend.
I fell asleep____ 8.00 p.m.
Exercise 34. Answer the following questions indicating the time or period of time.
When did the World War II start?
When do you usually go to the cinema?
When do you usually do your homework?
When do you go travelling?
When do you go out with your friends?
When do your classes in the University begin?
When did you start to study?
When were you born?
When do you wake up?
When does your father read morning newspapers?
Exercise 35. Translate the following sentences.
Однажды прекрасным, ясным утром Красная Шапочка отправилась к своей бабушке.
Они познакомились в 1984 году. Это было в январе. Я точно помню. Было холодно и противно, но Джейн позвонила мне такая радостная, чтобы поделиться новостью. Она сообщила, что на уикенде познакомилась со своим будущим мужем.
Дочь спросила меня, что я ей подарю на Рождество.
На Новый Год мы наряжаем елку и собираемся большой и дружной семьей.
Ты должен вести себя хорошо за обедом.
А вот профессор Преображенский советовал не читать за обедом советских газет.
Ты давно уезжал в отпуск? Подумать только уже завтра я буду в Египте, греться на солнце. Это замечательно, правда?
Кто звонил тебе в полночь? Что-то случилось?
В ноябре в Москве плохая погода, на улице все время идет дождь, иногда снег.