Unit 8 Life in the future

• 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,…... + An is used before nou[r]

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LIFE IN THE FUTUREUNIT 8

E LANGUAGE FOCUS

I Grammar

I Grammar Prepositions and articles

1 Prepositions

a Prepositions of time: at, on, in

Look at the following sentences and tell me the usages of the prepositions

1 I have a meeting at 9am.

2 The shop closes at midnight.

3 Jane went home at lunchtime.

4 In England, it often snows in December.

5 Do you think we will go to Jupiter in the future?

6 There should be a lot of progress in the next

century

7 Do you work on Mondays?

8 Her birthday is on 20 November.

9 Where will you be on New Year's Day?

- at for a PRECISE TIME

- in for MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS

- on for DAYS and DATES

We use:

at in on

PRECISE TIME MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and

LONG PERIODS DAYS and DATES

at 3 o'clock in May on Sunday

at 10.30am in summer on Tuesdays

at noon in the summer on 6 March

at dinnertime in 1990 on 25 Dec 2010

at bedtime in the 1990s on Christmas Day

at sunrise in the next century on Independence

Day

at sunset in the Ice Age on my birthday

at the moment in the past/future on New Year's Eve

Notice the use of the preposition of time at in the

following standard expressions:

Expression Example

at night The stars shine at night.

at the weekend* I don't usually work at the

Notice the use of the prepositions of

time in and on in these common expressions:

in the morning on Tuesday morning

in the mornings on Saturday mornings

in the afternoon(s) on Sunday afternoons

in the evening(s) on Monday evening

I Grammar Prepositions and articles

1 Prepositions

a Prepositions of time: at, on, in

Look at the following sentences and tell me the usages of the prepositions

b Prepositions of place: at, on, in

Look at these examples:

•Jane is waiting for you at the bus stop.

•The shop is at the end of the street.

•My plane stopped at Dubai and Hanoi and

arrived in Bangkok two hours late.

•When will you arrive at the office?

•Do you work in an office?

•I have a meeting in New York.

•Do you live in Japan?

•Jupiter is in the Solar System.

•The author's name is on the cover of the book.

•There are no prices on this menu.

•You are standing on my foot.

•There was a "no smoking" sign on the wall.

•I live on the 7th floor at 21 Oxford Street in London.

•at for a POINT

•in for an ENCLOSED SPACE

•on for a SURFACE

at the top of the page in a box on the cover

at the end of the road in my pocket on the floor

at the crossroads in a building on the menu

In general, we use:

at in on

at school in a helicopter on a plane

at university in a boat on a ship

at college in a lift (elevator) on a bicycle, on a motorbike

at the top in the newspaper on a horse, on an elephant

at the bottom in the sky on the radio, on television

at the side in a row on the left, on the right

at reception in Oxford Street on the way

Notice the use of the prepositions of place at, in and on in

these standard expressions:

I Grammar Prepositions and articles

1 Prepositions

a Prepositions of time: at, on, in

b Prepositions of place: at, on, in

c Prepositions used in some expressions

1 On time: go to class on time

go to work on time

In time for sth/to do sth: 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

8 In the end = finally

At the end of sth: At the end of the lesson/ the meeting

Exersice1: Choosing the appropriate

4 ….the end of the book, they get married and

live happily ever after

B In C On

5 Thank you for everything you’ve done You are

a true friend ….me

A of C in

6 I can’t believe… you You always let me down

B to C at

7 I have warned you … the difficulties you have

to face when applying for the job

8 Britney Spears is famous… her beautiful face and sweet voice.

A by C of

9 The bookshop is… The chemist’s and the

butcher’s and ……the library

2 The articles.

Indefinite articles and definite articles

Look at the following sentence and compare the

use of a, an and the:

An old man and a young girl are sitting

opposite me The old man is French and the young girl is English.

Yesterday I bought an English book and a

literature book The English book is

interesting but the literature one is boring

• 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!

A computer

a bird

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

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,…

+ An is used before nouns bigining with a vowel

An apple

An orange

An old manExample:

An umbrella

A university

@ Put a/an, the, Ø bin each space to complete the

following sentences

1 We went by ……train to the west of England

2 …….people who live in…….are called….scots

3 Collumbus was one of ……first people to

6 Is that … present Bill gave you for

1 We went by ……train to the west of England.

2 …….people who live in…… Scotland are

the

6 Is that … present Bill gave you for

the

LIFE IN THE FUTUREUNIT 8

Contracted forms of auxiliaries

I have not You have not She has not

I haven’t You haven’t She hasn’t

Full forms Contracted forms Full forms Contracted

forms

He has

It has

He’s It’s

I have

You have

She has

I’ve You’ve She’s

I have not You have not She has not

I haven’t You haven’t She hasn’t

forms

He has

It has

He’s It’s

Practise reading these sentencesI’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