Добавил:
Upload Опубликованный материал нарушает ваши авторские права? Сообщите нам.
Вуз: Предмет: Файл:
Уч. пособие для уровня Pre-Int. часть 1.doc
Скачиваний:
106
Добавлен:
01.03.2016
Размер:
648.7 Кб
Скачать

I. Decorating a room

It might be easy to fall in love with someone, but falling in love with their taste? That’s another thing. A British newspaper asked a couple, Charlie (a radio producer) and Lucy (an English teacher) each to completely redesign their living room with a limited budget, keeping only three pieces of furniture which they already had. Then they asked a design specialist to comment on their tastes.

a. Listen to part 1. Lucy and Charles talk about each other rooms.

What do they like? Dislike? (English File 4.11)

b. Can you remember who said these things? What exactly were they

talking about? Listen again if necessary.

  1. It doesn’t go with the rest of the room.

  2. It’s completely impractical.

  3. They remind me of a dentist’s.

  4. I wouldn’t have put them on the coffee table.

  5. I would never have long ones.

c. Now listen to part 2, the designer’s comments. Which room does he prefer? (English File 4.12)

d. Listen again for more detail.

Charles should have …

  1. _____________________________________

  2. _____________________________________

  3. _____________________________________

Lucy should have

  1. _____________________________________

  2. _____________________________________

II. Talk to a partner.

  1. Do you think that women have better taste than men?

  2. Who takes decisions in your house about decorating?

  3. What piece (s) of furniture are you especially fond of in your house?

  4. Is there anything you don’t like about … ?

  • your own house

  • furniture and decoration in general in this country

GRAMMAR 2

Countability and plural nouns

Uncountable nouns

  1. The following common nouns are always uncountable.

traffic weather accommodation health scenery rubbish work politics (and other words ending in –ics)

  • They always need a singular verb.

  • You can’t add an –s.

  • They can’t be used with a/an.

  1. The following nouns are also uncountable.

furniture information news luck advice bread toast luggage equipment

  • They also need a singular verb.

  • They can be used with a piece of when you want to talk about an individual item.

Example. We bought some furniture. (more than one thing)

That’s a lovely piece of furniture. (one item)

  1. Some nouns can be countable or uncountable, but the meaning changes.

Iron=the metal/an iron=the thing used to press clothes

Business=buying and selling things/a business=a company

Plural nouns

These nouns only exist in the plural.

clothes people trousers/jeans arms (=guns, etc.) police

  • They always need a plural verb.

  • They can’t be used with a/an.

Example. The jeans you are wearing are filthy. Why don’t you get

changed?

I. Write the words from the list in the correct column in the chart.

advice business chocolate clothes furniture glass hair

iron jeans luck news paper people police politics toast

weather wood work trousers footwear

Always plural

Uncountable

Countable or uncountable