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:[r]
(1)(2)(3)UNIT 8: Life in the future
UNIT 8: Life in the future
LANGUAGE FOCUS
(4)Full forms Contracted
forms Full forms Contracted forms
I have You have She has He has It has I’ve You’ve She’s He’s It’s
I have not
You have not She has not He has not It has not
I haven’t
You haven’t She hasn’t He hasn’t It hasn’t
Read the following phrases Pay attention to how the full and contracted forms of the auxiliaries are
(5)• 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?
(6)Choosing the appropriate prepositions.
1 Luckily, you are /ON time for the meeting
2 Many people are dying /BY various types of cancer
3 I will not be here next week I am going to be /IN business in Mexico
4 /IN the end of the book, they get married and live happily ever after
5 Thank you for everything you’ve done You are a true friend OF/ me
6 I can’t believe /TO you You always let me down
7 I have warned you ON/ the difficulties you have to face when applying for the job
8 Britney Spears is famous BY/ her beautiful face and sweet voice
9 The bookshop is AMONG/ the chemist’s and the butcher’s and ACROSS/ the library
10.Next year, I’m going to get married /WITH John and we are going to move to Bristol
(7)PREPOSITIONS
1 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
(8)The Article 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!
(9)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
(10)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:
(11)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.
the
the
(12)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