1. Family name (surname, last name) | My surname is ______. |
2. First (Christian) name | My first name is ____. My name is... |
3. Present nationality | I am British / American / Russian... |
4. Date of birth (day, month, year) | I was born on the 18th of January, 1950 |
5. Place and country of birth | I was born in London, Great Britain. |
6. Place of residence (home address) | I live at 73 Park Lane, Guilford, Great Britain |
7. Telephone | |
8. Present employment (occupation) | I am a judge. I work for a law firm. |
9. Marital status | I am single (married, widowed, divorced). |
10. Spouse, any dependents and close relatives (relationship, name, occupation, etc.) | My wife's name is... She is 35. She is a teacher. I have a lot of relatives. My brother, who is 22, is a law student. I have two sons. One is 7, the other is 10. Both are schoolchildren. |
11. Information on residence or prolonged travel abroad (state countries and purpose) | I have been to... as a tourist (on business, on the invitation of my relatives, etc.). I have visited (travelled to)... |
12. Main leisure activity (hobby, pastime, favourite occupation, etc.) | My hobby (favourite occupation, pastime) is hunting. I'm fond of classical music, etc. I'm a football fan. I do sports. I like to read. |
FOCUS ON GRAMMAR AND PRACTICE
PLURAL NOUNS |
-S / -ES.
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1. -s [s] : student students;
[z] : town towns, lawyer lawyers.
2. - es [iz] - s, - ss, - sh, ch, - tch, - x, - ge, - dge: class classes;
- e, - s: judge judges.
3. c - , , - es: hero heroes, , - s: radio radios, photo photos.
4. - y - es, -y - i: city cities.
- y , -s - y : day days.
5. ,
-f: half () halves; thief thieves
-fe: wife wives; knife knives; life lives
roof () roofs; proof proofs
6. :
man men woman women child children foot feet tooth teeth sheep sheep deer deer ox oxen goose geese | agendum agenda datum data criterion criteria phenomenon phenomena thesis theses hypothesis hypotheses basis bases minutia minutiae crisis crises | counsel counsel series series headquarters headquarters means means index indices (indexes) appendix appendices (appendixes) analysis analyses apparatus apparatus (apparatuses) medium media |
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m 1. .
a) Agency, address, place, college, name, officer, village, child, detective, student, activity, lawyer, half, sportsman, country, boy, constable, judge, agendum, means, thief, thesis, phenomenon, criterion, basis;
b) this country, that young man, this new flat, that lawyer, that town, this problem, that green car, that yellow bus, this big problem.
PERSONAL AND POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS |
I | me , | my mine , | |
you | you , | your yours , | |
.. | he | him , | his his , |
she | her , | her hers , | |
it | it , , , | its its , , | |
we | us , | our ours , | |
.. | you | you , | your yours , |
they | them , | their theirs , |
My old friend an old friend of mine.
That book of yours.
DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS | |||
this , , | these | ||
that , , | those | ||
this experienced judge
these experienced judges
that experienced judge
those experienced judges
m 1. I, he, she, it, we, you, they.
Example: Roger is with the Denver Police Department. He is a police officer.
1. Mr. Bell is not married. ____ is single. 2. Jane studies at the university. ____ is a student. 3. Peter and his wife come from the USA. ____ live in New York. 4. My name is John. ____ am a lawyer. 5. I don't see that report. ____ was here on the table. 6. My friends and I like to spend our free time together. ____ have much in common ( ).
m 2. me, you, him, her, it, us, them.
1. I have a dog. I like ____. 2. I was very glad to see my sister. I haven't seen ____ for a long time. 3. This is my pen. Give it to ____, please. 4. Jim asked my friend and me to visit ____. 5. I have many good pictures at home. I like ____. 6. Look at this building. Look at ____. 7. I haven't seen my friends for a week. I am missing ____ badly ( ). 8. I was near the man when he asked ____ to help ____. 9. Is Mary at home? Can I speak to ____, please? 10. I called them and they invited ____ to take part in the seminar.
TO BE TO HAVE , |
/ | Present | Past | Future | |||
I | am('m) | have | was | had | shall/will('ll) be | shall/will have |
you | are('re) | have | were | had | will('ll) be | will have |
he | is ('s) | has | was | had | will('ll) be | will have |
she | is ('s) | has | was | had | will('ll) be | will have |
it | is ('s) | has | was | had | will('ll) be | will have |
we | are('re) | have | were | had | shall/will('ll) be | shall/will have |
you | are('re) | have | were | had | will('ll) be | will have |
they | are('re) | have | were | had | will('ll) be | will have |
+ I am a lawyer. He is a detective.
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+ I was a lawyer. He was a detective.
+ I'll be a lawyer. He'll be a detective.
? Am I a lawyer? Is he a detective?
? Was I a lawyer? Was he a detective?
? Will I be a lawyer? Will he be a detective?
? What are you? Where is he?
I am not a lawyer. He is not a detective.
I was not a lawyer. He was not a detective.
I won't be a lawyer. He will not be a detective.
m a) to be .
b) .
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1. They... from France. 2. He... a well-known specialist in criminal law. 3. Mr Crystal... from Bristol. 4. We... from Spain. 5. You... tired. 6. She... a law student. 7. John and Mary... good students. 8. We... also good students. 9. They... friends. 10. Baltimore... in the United States of America. 11. It... a very difficult task.
12. Mr. West... a teacher. 13. He... very experienced. 14. We... good friends.
15. Mr. More... rather young.
THE POSSESSIVE CASE |
- - -.
Mr. Brown's lawyer -
The Browns' lawyer
(S )
..: +S the students textbook
..: + the passengers luggage
.., 's': +S the childrens bikes
: +S my brother-in-laws house
John and Janes car ( )
Johns and Janes cars ( )
(OF)
OF +
the windows of a house, the price of success
OF + /
Look at that car of Johns!
A friend of his phoned me yesterday.
: 1) +S at the dentists; 2) +S/ last years reports, two days work; 3) , S OF Londons monuments / the monuments of London; 4) OF the sister of one of my friends.
m 1. a) ,
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It is | this judge | office |
I like | my friends | house |
The parents like | their daughter | friends |
We know about | these man | offer |
It is | our teacher | husband |
I see | that woman | car |
Are these | his children | books? |
Is it | today | newspaper? |
THE ARTICLE |