PLURAL NOUNS

desk table house diary box

man match bus business thief
roof potato volcano woman person
key foot child advice wife
ox passer-by species means goods
deadline news fruit furniture people
son-in-law studio headquarters information salt
 Make the sentences plural

 Don’t touch this knife.

 There is a box on the shelf.
 I am not satisfied with the information.
 The furniture in this shop is expensive.
 Foreign Plural

 crisis – crises analysis – analyses hypothesis - hypotheses

 datum - data medium - media

 phenomenon – phenomena criterion - criteria

 syllabus – syllabi

 index – indices (indexes) appendix – appendices (appendixes)

 formula – formulae (formulas)

 Complete the sentences using the words in plural

 In books ____ (index) are alphabetical lists of names, subjects, etc. with reference to
the pages on which they are mentioned.
 Separate parts at the end of books that give extra information are called ____
(appendix).
 Since 2000 the world has seen a number of ____ (crisis).
 Bankruptcies are common _____ (phenomenon) in economic recession.
 I can’t learn all these _____ (formula). They are so complicated and confusing.
 They are responsible for gathering _____ (datum) in the field.
 I can’t believe this! The ____ (medium) have completely distorted his original
statement. He said something else.
 Who conducts _____ (analysis)? – John Brown.
 Complete the sentences with: a/an/the/Ө/ some/any

1. A Can you send me ___ information about the hotel, please?

B I’m afraid we don’t have ___ leaflets here. If you go to their website, you can find
__details there.

2. A Are there ___ messages for me?

B There’s ___ message for you on your desk.

3. A Do you get ____ useful information from your web report?

B Yes the report gives us ___ interesting data. For example, we know that ____
people in then US visit our website. But we don’t have ____ hints from people in
Australia.
 Correct or not?

1.There’s a lot of informations on our current customers.

2. How many free time do you have?
3. Do you have a statistics on web users?
4. I don’t have much advices for you.
5. I’m sorry, but we don’t have any messages for you.
6. There’s some call for you on line 3.
 THE S-GENITIVE OR THE OF-GENITIVE:

 My friend’s company The company of my friend

 My friends’ company The company of my friends

 My friend’s companies The companies of my friend

 My friends’ companies The companies of my friends

 Make expressions using either the s- or the of-genitive:

 The meeting/tomorrow
 The result/the football match
 The books/the boys
 The citizens/London
 The employer/my son-in-law
 The hat/somebody else
 The mountain/the foot
 Circle the correct option:

 They live in their own / theirs / theirs own house.

 The cafe has its / it’s / its’ name written on the wall.
 The woman’s / women’s / womans’ / womens’ names are Sue, Ellen and Mary.
 My brothers’ / brother’s / brothers / brother glasses are in the drawer.
 He lives by him / himself / him own / hims.
 One of my / mine / me friends lives in the centre of the city.
 The children’ / children’s / childrens’ / childrens names are Mark and Tom.
 PREPOSITIONS

1. of TIME He starts work at 9.

John was born in 2000.

2. of PLACE/POSITION He is in Bon.
There was a sign in front of the restaurant.
He leaned the ladder against the wall.
 Complete with the correct prepositions:

Conrad Asher is an entrepreneur.

When he was a boy he decided he didn’t want a job ____ 9am ____ 5 pm but
something more exciting. When he finished college ____ 1999, he worked as an events
organizer ____ two years. Then, ____ 26 August 2001, he launched his own company to
help organisations choose which sporting events to sponsor. The company made a loss
____ the first few years, but last year it made a good profit.

Conrad likes to start work early. He is usually ____ his desk ____ 7am. He often
goes to sporting events ____ the evenings. ____ weekends, he plays rugby and hockey and
goes to watch football matches. ‘I enjoy my free time but I always enjoy getting back
_____ work ____ Monday morning.
 PREPOSITIONS

3. of MOVEMENT (DIRECTION)

He usually goes to work by car. (NOTE: by bus, train, plane… BUT: .on foot)
I moved to Germany in 1998.
He came into / out of the room.
The train goes into / out of the tunnel.
She runs across / along / up / down the street.
The picture can fall off the wall.

Children run around the school. vs The athlete ran round the track.

They usually WALK PAST my house on their way to work (= PASS)

I WALK ACROSS the street every morning on my way to college. (= CROSS)

 Translate:

 Istrčala je na ulicu.
 Istrčala je iz sobe.
 Ušla je u kancelariju.
 Bio je u školi.
 Otišao je na autobusku stanicu.
 Popeli smo se u voz.
 Prošao je pored nas.
 Pretrčao je ulicu.
 Prešao je preko mosta.
 ADVERBS

He always parks his car carefully in New York in August.

HOW HOW? WHERE? WHEN?
OFTEN?
(Frequency) (Manner) (Place) (Time)

Frequency: always, usually, sometimes, (n)ever, occasionally, often, rarely, seldom

Time: In August he always parks his car carefully in New York

Place: In New York he always parks his car carefully in August.
 Adverbs of manner:

He is a careful driver. →
He drives carefully.
He drives the car carefully.

easy - easily
reasonable – reasonably
automatic - automatically
public – publicly

good – well
fast - fast
 Adjective or adverb?

 Tom is _________ and he also works __________. (slow)

 Sue is a _________ girl. She climbed up the ladder __________ . (careful)
 The dog is _________ . It barks __________ (angry)
 He acted __________ . He's an ___________ actor. (excellent)
 They learn English __________ . They think English is an __________language. (easy)
 Max is a __________ singer. He sings ______________ . (good)
 It's __________ cold today. The cold wind is ___________ . (awful)
 Word order – rearrange:

 He went at ten o’clock to school.

 I saw my friend off at 7 at the station this morning.
 He played in the concert beautifully last night at town hall.
 I meet him every afternoon at two outside his office.
 We go almost every summer by car to Switzerland.
 Present Simple

I work.
You solve problems every day.
He usually visits the HQ. DO/DOES
Mary manages her staff effectively.
They never pay in advance.

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Tim is responsible for delivering products. TO BE
We are in the office.
I am from China.
 have vs have got
to talk about possession, relationships, characteristics and illnesses

I’ve got a terrible pain in my back.

I have a terrible pain in my back. (more formal)

They haven’t got a car.

They don’t have a car. (more formal)

She has got a dog.

She has a dog. (more formal)

Do you have ? = Have you got ?

Does he have ? = Has he got ?

You don’t have = You haven’t got (you’ve not got = you haven’t got)
He doesn’t have = He has not got (he’s not got = he hasn’t got)
 What does ’s stand for?

 Tim’s a lawyer.
 He’s got a job in a law firm.
 Tim’s sister works in a bank.
 She’s 25.
 She’s a manager.
 Make questions for the given answers using LIKE:

 What ________ ? - She likes gardening.

 What ________ ? - Tom is tall and has very short black hair.
 What ________ ? - Her sister is quite a shy person.
 What ________ ? - It is very cold.

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LIKE (verb)
TO BE LIKE (preposition)
LOOK LIKE (phrasal verb)