WELCOME TO OUR LESSON
UNIT 8: Life in the future
LANGUAGE FOCUS
Wednesday, November 18th ,2009
PRONUNCIATION
Read the following phrases. Pay attention to how the full and contracted forms of the auxiliaries are pronounced:
Practice reading these sentences:
I’ve got something for you.
You’ve got something for me?
We’ve failed and they’ve passed
Haven’t you? You’ve not been here long, of course.
I haven’t. but I’ve grown to love it already
He’s left, and she’s gone to work, too.
Hasn’t the doctor come yet?
No. The doctor hasn’t been called.
Choosing the appropriate prepositions.
EXERCISE 1
Luckily, you are /ON time for the meeting.
Many people are dying /BY various types of cancer.
I will not be here next week. I am going to be /IN business in Mexico.
/IN the end of the book, they get married and live happily ever after
Thank you for everything you’ve done. You are a true friend OF/ me.
I can’t believe /TO you. You always let me down
I have warned you ON/ the difficulties you have to face when applying for the job.
Britney Spears is famous BY/ her beautiful face and sweet voice.
The bookshop is AMONG/ the chemist’s and the butcher’s and ACROSS/ the library.
Next year, I’m going to get married /WITH John and we are going to move to Bristol.
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On time: go to class on time
go to work on time
In time: come home in time to have dinner/to watch a TV program
2. To die of a disease/hunger/thirst
To die for the country/ the children
To die in: die in a car crash, die in an accident
3. To be on business/ to go on business
4. To believe in sth/sb
5. To warn sb about/against sth
To warn sb of sth
6. To be famous for sth
7. To get married to sb:
8. In the end = finally
At the end of sth: At the end of the lesson/ the meeting
The Article
1. The indefinite article:
USAGE:
A: used before words that begin with a consonant.
An: used before words begin with a vowel.
used with professions;
eg: I’m a teacher
He’s an architect
with some expressions of quantity:
Eg: a pair of (shoes)
a hundred, a thousand, a little, a few
in exclamations with What + a countable noun
Eg: What a lovely day!
What a pity!

The Article
2. The Definite Article:
before the title of seas, rivers, hotels, pubs, theatres, museums, newspapers and musical instrument.
Eg: The Atlantic The British Museum
If there is only one
Eg: The sun The earth The Queen
With superlative adjectives
Eg: He’s the richest man in the world
Jane’s is the oldest in the class

The Article
3. No article:
There is no article:
Before plural and uncountable nouns when talking about things in general
Eg: Milk is good for you.
Before countries, towns, streets, languages, magazines, meals, airports, stations and mountains
Eg: I had lunch with John yesterday.
Before some places, with some forms of transport and some time expressions:
Eg: at home, at school, at work, by bus, by plane, by car, yesterday, last year,…
EXERCISE 2:
Put a/an, the, Ø in each space to complete the following sentences.
1. We went by ……train to the west of England.
2. …….people who live in…… Scotland are called……… Scots.
3. ………Columbus was one of ……first people to cross….. …Atlantic.
4. Davis learned to play…….violin when he was at …..university.
5. Did you read ……book I lent you …….last week?
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EXERCISE 2:
6. Is that …..present Bill gave you for …….Christmas?
7. …...computer has already changed………..our life drammatically.
8. There was ….. accident yesterday at …….corner of ……street.
9. I need …….time to think about…….offer you gave me.
10. ……….little knowledge is ……dangerous thing.
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