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Illustrative examples
They are going to listen to music.
Are they going to listen to music?
Yes, they are. No, they are not.
What are they going to do?
They are going to listen to music.
VI. Grammar
The structure to be going to do smth.
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Exercise 1. Translate the following sentences.
1. The lecture is going to take place on Monday. 2. They are not going to miss classes. 3. I am going to work hard this term. 4. What are you going to do after classes? 5. Though John is ill, he is going to help us to do the work. 6. Who is going to work in the laboratory? 7. How long is the lecture going to last?
Exercise 2. Translate the following sentences into English:
1. . 2. . 3. . 4. . 5. ? 6. .
VII. Grammar
Numerals
Cardinal (how many?)
1 one | 11 eleven | 21 twenty one |
2 two | 12 twelve | 30 thirty |
3 three | 13 thirteen | 40 forty |
4 four | 14 fourteen | 50 fifty |
5 five | 15 fifteen | 60 sixty |
6 six | 16 sixteen | 70 seventy |
7 seven | 17 seventeen | 80 eighty |
8 eight | 18 eighteen | 90 ninety |
9 nine | 19 nineteen | 100 one hundred |
10 ten | 20 twenty | 200 two hundred |
1 000 one thousand (a thousand)
2 000 two thousand
1 000 000 one million (a million)
2 372 538 two million three hundred and seventy-two thousand five hundred and thirty-six
Ordinal (which?)
1 first | 11 eleventh |
2 second | 12 twelfth |
3 third | 13 thirteenth |
4 fourth | 14 fourteenth |
5 fifth | 21 twenty-first |
6 sixth | 1 000 one thousandth |
7 seventh | 1 000 000 one millionth |
8 eighth | |
9 ninth | |
10 tenth |
½ a (one) half | 0.2 1) o (ou) point two |
1/3 one third | 2) nought point two |
2/3 two thirds | 3) zero point two |
¼ one fourth | 4) point two |
1/25 one twenty-fifth | 12.305 twelve point three o (ou) five |
25/38 twenty-five thirty-eighth |
Dates
1990 - in nineteen hundred
1909 - in nineteen nine
in nineteen o (ou) nine
1970 - in nineteen seventy
year : in the year nineteen seventy
17 on the seventeenth of September
Exercise 1. Read the following numbers:
41, 62, 89, 97, 17, 125, 796, 450, 1820, 25 129, 49 357, 151 583, 1 352 765, 2/3, ¼, 5/6.
Exercise 2. Translate into English:
a) 9 1945 , 7 1977 , 5 1986 , 31 1971 , 1999 .
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b) 25 ., 175 000 , 3 500 , 8790 , 3 75 285 , 17 , 30 , 19 , 90 , 0,5 .
Exercise 3. Make up dialogues about the date, day, year.
Model: - What s the day today?
- It is the 6th of October, 1997.
- And what day is it today?
- Its Monday.
- No, it is not.
- Why?
- Because it was Saturday yesterday.
- Yes, you are right. Im sorry. It is Sunday today.
Prepositions of time
at | 5 oclock, half past two, a quarter past six, ten minutes to seven, about eight oclock |
at | sunrise, sunset, dawn, daybreak |
in | the morning, the afternoon, the evening, the daytime, January, February, March, etc. Winter, spring, summer, autumn, the year 1987, in 1993. |
in | June, October, December, 1978, 2002 |
in - | in an hour, in two weeks, in a month |
on | Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, etc. on the seventh of November on what day do you have English classes? |
By - | By 6 oclock, by Monday |
But: | This year, next week, last month How many times a week do you visit your parents? |
Exercise 1. Read the poem
Solomon Thundy | Got worse on Friday |
Was born on Monday | Died on Saturday |
Christened on Tuesday | Was buried on Sunday |
Fell ill on Thursday | That was the end of Solomon Thundy |
Exercise 2. Fill in the prepositions:
1. Dont come late. Come nine oclock. 2. What time is it? It is half six. 3. We are going to leave a quarter ten. 4. It is twelve oclock now. Come here in ten minutes, ten minutes twelve. 5. Is it a quarter three? 6. We must work eight five oclock. 7. The train arrives ten.
VIII. Reading an Comprehension
Read and translate the text:
Time
There are twenty four hours in a day. Each day begins with sunrise and ends with sunset. The time of the sunrise is morning and the time of the sunset is evening. Morning is the time between sunrise and the noon. Noon is twelve oclock in the daytime. Sometimes we call it midday. Afternoon is the time between twelve and five or six oclock in the evening. Then comes evening and night. Twelve oclock at night is midnight. People have a clock or a watch to tell the time. There are 60 minutes in an hour and there are 60 seconds in a minute. Half an hour equals 30 minutes. A quarter of an hour equals 15 minutes.
What is the time? ?
It is nine oclock
It is half past nine. ϳ
It is a quarter past nine. -
It is five past nine. ϒ
It is ten (minutes) to nine.
It is a quarter to nine.
My watch is fast. ̳
My watch is (five minutes) slow. ̳
My watch is correct. ̳
It is ten sharp. г .
IX. Practice
Exercise 1. Tell what time is it now:
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6.47; 12.01; 11.30; 20.05; 18.16; 5.35; 21.10; 7.15.
Exercise 2. Read the following dialogue:
- What time is it now?
- Its half past 10 by my watch.
- And by mine its only a quarter past ten.
- Your watch is 15 minutes slow, I am afraid.
- Then its time to leave. Its late.
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Exercise 3. Complete the dialogues:
- Whats the exact time?
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- Are you sure your watch is right?
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- Then its time for me to leave.
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- Its 2 sharp.
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- No, I am not going to the University today. Its my day off. And whats about you? Are you having classes today?
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- What time are they starting?
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- Its only 12 now. Lets go and have coffee.
X. Language
Sentence Patterns