Ex. 11 Make questions to the underlined words

1. My work begins at 9. 2. I want to ask him this question. 3. This is my father’s bag. 4. I read a hundred pages a day. 5. Our children go to bed at 9. 6. He wants to say something. 7. She is a home today because she is ill. 8. She learns two foreign languages. 9. He likes the red tie. 10. He usually spends his summer vacation in the country. 11. He visits us on Sunday. 12. This box weighs ten kilos. 13. It takes him a week to do this sort of work. 14. He is often late because his car often breaks down. 15. He always asks me question. 16. Strange things often happen to him. 17. She knows Pete very well. 18. She often gets to work by bus. 19. I make five or even more telephone calls every day. 20. This shop is not far from my house. 21. She knows two foreign languages. 22. It takes her half an hour to get to school. 23. They are in the country. 24. I want to show this letter to Mike. 25. He has fifty $. 26. She isn’t at work today because it’s her day-off. 27. I want to read the book by Mark Twain. 28. Mr. Black usually presides at our meetings. 29. His letter makes me think he is in trouble. 30. He speaks French very well. 31. The child usually eats three sweets a day. 32. This is Pete’s hat. 33. I want to meet Mr. Smith at the party. 34. I like the blue dress. 35. He is in Berlin. 36. He speaks German well because he often goes to Germany. 37. The books are in the bookcase. 38. These are my shoes. 39. The train leaves at 11. 40. He plays the piano badly.

 

ENGLISH WORD ORDER. IMPERATIVE AND IMPERSONAL STATEMENTS

 

Imperative sentences

 

Ex.1 Find the rhyming words

direction * grammar * neatly * enterprising * miles * laughter * coffee * butter * money * behind you * porter * able * candle * shoulder * button * canaries *stable * mangers

honey * dejection * mind you * mutton * fairies * stammer * sweetly * rising * able * strangers * after * toffy* stutter * water * table * older * smiles * handle

A short direction		Soft flowing after,
Learn well your grammar,		And never stutter.
Write well and neatly,		Believe in fairies.
Be enterprising,		And never stammer,
Go walk of six miles,		(Don’t slam them, mind you.)
With lightsome laughter,		Never eat toffy.
Drink tea, not coffee;		Shut the door by the handle.
Eat bread with butter,		Have ready quick smiles,
Don’t waste your money,		Until you are older.
Shut door behind you,		Don’t enter the water
Drink beer, not porter.		To avoid dejection.
Till to swim you are able.		Refuse cold mutton.
Take care of a candle.		Sit close to the table.
Don’t push with your shoulder		Don’t have a stable
Lose not a button.		Love early rising,
Starve your Canaries.		Be rude to strangers.
If you are able		And sing most sweetly,
With any mangers.		Abstain from honey.

 

The formula for Imperative sentences ……………………………………………

The functions of Imperative sentences: commands or requests, including the giving of prohibition or permission, or any other kind of advice.

Impersonal sentences

It is …
night.	summer.	snowing.	6 o’clock.	away.

 

Distance	How far is it from London to Bristol? It is 20 miles from here to there. We can walk home. It isn’t far.
Days	What day is it today? It is 16th of March. It is Thursday today. It is my birthday today. It is night. It is summer.
Time	What time is it? It is half past ten. It is late. It is time to go home.
Weather	It is raining. It rains. It rained. It is warm/ hot/ cold/ fine / cloudy / windy / sunny/ foggy. It is a nice day today.

 

Ex.2 Choose it is or is it.

1. What time …? 2. … very late. We must go home. 3. … cold out? Yes, put on your coat. 4. … true that Bill can fly a helicopter? 5. I don’t believe! It is impossible. 6. Dorothy asks if … cloudy today. 7. … Jack’s birthday today. He is 27. 8. What day … today? … Thursday?

 

Ex. 3 Correct the mistakes in Alice’s story

It one sunny day. Was a strong wind. Alice was on her way home. She heard a strange noise. It difficult understand what was it. then she saw something. It was the blue balloon Winnie-the-Pooh launched one rainy morning. And there was Piglet under it. he asked her “What time is now?” “Oh! It late. It perhaps half past seven” – answered Alice. “Right! It high time to go home! How far it from here to London?” “Not far away. You can go on foot. It take you half an hour.” “Thanks a lot. And what date it today?” “It the 16^th of March.” “Oh! It my birthday.” “How lucky you are! Hurry up! Was nice to see you.”

 

Ex. 4 Read and compare

there is … there is someone there was someone there will be someone there must be someone there might be someone someone seems to be there

It is … It is love. It was love. It will be love. It must be love. It might be love. It seems to be love.