2. Вставьте предлоги on, in или at.

1. Rio de Janeiro is ______ the south-east coast of Brazil.

2. There’s no one ____ the garden.

3. Tessa is ____ a conference.

4. Would you like sugar ____ your coffee?

5. Who’s moved my briefcase? I left it ______ the table.

6. Go along this road, and then turn left ____ the shop.

7. Nicola was wearing a silver ring ____ her little finger.

8. We stopped at a small village ____ the way to London.

9. He spends most of the day sitting ____ the window and looking out.

10. There’s been another big forest fire _____ California.

11. What have you got ____ your hand?

12. Paris is ____ the river Seine.

13. I know that people like to dress up ____ parties, but that is ridiculous.

14. There is no tea ____ my cup.

15. She owns a house ____ the Swan River.

16. When we were ____ Italy, we spent a few days in Venice.

17. I didn’t see you ____ the party on Saturday. Where were you?

Lexical theme: "Canada: geographical position"

1. Прочитайте, переведите текст.

Canada has an area of ten million square kilometers. Its western coast is washed by the Pacific Ocean and its eastern coast by the Atlantic Ocean. There are many islands in the north of Canada.

Canada has mountains, high plains and low plains. The Rocky Mountains run parallel to the Pacific coast.

Canada is a country of lakes. There are the Great Lakes — Lakes Superior, Huron, Erie and Ontario, Great Bear Lake, Great Slave Lake and Lake Winnipeg.

Canada also has large rivers: the Mackenzie flows from the Rocky Mountains into the Arctic Ocean, the Yukon rises in Canada and flows into the Pacific, the St. Lawrence River flows into the Atlantic Ocean. The Niagara Falls is one of the most splendid sights in the world.

Canada has several climatic regions. Winter in Canada lasts from four to five months with heavy snowfalls. There is much rain in the east and west, but less in the centre. The north of the country near the Arctic is tundra.

The map of Canada

2. Выучите новые слова (Vocabulary):

coast – побережье

island – остров

high plain – высокая равнина (плато)

low plain - равнина

run parallel to – пролегать параллельно

to flow – течь, бежать (о реке)

fall – водопад

splendid – великолепный

sight – достопримечательность

heavy snowfall – обильный снегопад

3. Ответьте на вопросы (Questions):

1. What is the total area of Canada?

2. What ocean is its western coast washed by?

3. What ocean is its eastern coast washed by?

4. What about mountains?

5. What are the main rivers in Canada?

6. What are the lakes in Canada?

7. What climate does Canada have?

Lesson 15

Grammar theme: Предлоги времени.

on => ставится с днями недели: on Sunday / on Monday;

с полными датами (когда есть число и месяц): on the first of May;

in => с веками: in the first century;

=> с годами: in 1992;

=> с названиями сезонов: in winter / in spring;

=> с названиями месяцев: in May / in December; => с названиями частей суток, обязательно с определенным артиклем:

in the morning => утром; in the afternoon => днем; in the evening => вечером;

но:

at night => ночью

in => через какой-либо (любой) промежуток времени; в этом значении используется со сказуемым в Future

I'll be back in five minutes. => Я вернусь через пять минут. Не will finish school in two years. =” Он закончит школу через два года.

at => в; обозначает точное время:

at that moment => в тот момент;

at five minutes past ten => в пять минут одиннадцатого;

at a quarter to nine => без четверти девять

Exercises: