- •Geographical Names
- •Scotland [
- •Great Britain
- •Vocabulary
- •London
- •Vocabulary
- •The Political system of Great Britain
- •A few minutes later …
- •Vocabulary
- •Queen Elizabeth II
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •In the Shoe Department
- •Scotland
- •Vocabulary
- •Wales
- •Vocabulary
- •Ireland: reformation and plantation
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •Radio and Television
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary
- •British Favourite Holidays
- •Vocabulary
- •Traditions and Customs
- •Learn the pronunciation:
- •Gardening
- •Wedding Superstitions
- •Fireplaces
- •Dancing
- •Vocabulary
- •Ex.3 Insert prepositions where necessary:
- •Ex.4 Complete the sentences:
- •Education after school
- •I. Colleges
- •II. Higher-level studies
- •III. Universities
- •IV. Education Authorities
- •VI. Adult education
- •Vocabulary
- •Word famous universities
- •Ex.1 Learn the proper names:
- •Vocabulary
- •OXFORD
- •Vocabulary
- •Cambridge
- •Vocabulary
- •The English character
- •Vocabulary
- •Grammar Reference and Practice
- •Learn the reading and speaking of:
- •Numbers
- •Dates
- •Number of Days in the Month
- •Numbers: Additional Information
- •Distance
- •Word-building
- •The Passive Voice
- •Adjectives and Adverbs
- •Too and Enough
- •Contents
- •Great Britain’s economy………………………….…………………………...26
- •Ireland: reformation and plantation……………………………………………..40
- •Education after School………..………………….….……….………………..62
- •Grammar Reference and Practice………………..…….…………..………..87
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6.What are the foreigners usually puzzled by when thinking about English life?
7.What are the three main contrasts of the English nation?
Ex.6 Make up the plan of the text in the written form and retell the text according to it.
Grammar Reference and Practice
Learn the reading and speaking of:
Numbers
Note: “A” [ ] hundred is a less formal USAGE than “one [ ] hundred” e.g. 101 one hundred and one [
152 one hundred and fifty-two [
2 325 two thousand, three hundred and twenty-five [
Dates
3(rd) January 1995: “the third of January nineteen ninety-five” is often abbreviated to 3 Jan’ 95 (Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, July, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov,
Dec) or to numbers only: 3/I/85 |
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Vulgar fractions |
Decimal fractions |
¼ a/one quarter |
0,25 (nought) point two five |
½ a/one half |
0,5 (nought) point five |
1/3 a/one third |
0,33 (nought) point, three three |
Number of Days in the Month
30 days have September, April, June and November; all the rest have 31, excepting February alone, which has but 28 days clear and 29 in each Leap year.
GB/US usage can have a comma in place of a full point e.g. 6,770,400 (six million, seven hundred seventy thousand and four hundred; 470,085 (four hundred seventy thousand and oh eighty-five. This comma way can also be replaced by a full point and will be written as 470.085 or 6.770.400.
Read the numbers: 281.500; 296.900; 244.100; 8,548,075; 25,571,463.
Numbers: Additional Information
1. a) Note “A” [ ] hundred is a less formal USAGE than “one [ ] hundred”