unit 4.2
VOCABULARY
Rooms and furniture
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GRAMMAR
Articles: a/ an, the, no article
a/an + singular countable nouns
· the 1st time you mention a thing/person: I saw an old man with a dog.
· when you say what something is: It's a big house.
· when you say what somebody does: She's a teacher.
· in exclamations with What ...! : What a horrible day!
· in expressions like ... three times a week / once a month
the
· when we talk about something we've already mentioned: I saw an old
man with a dog,and the dog was barking.
· when there's only one of something: The moon goes around the sun.
· when it's clear what you're referring to: He opened the door.
· with places in a town, e.g. cinema, theatre. I'm going to the cinema.
· with superlatives: It's the best restaurant in town.
no article
· when you are speaking in general (+ plural and uncountable nouns):
Women talk more than men. / Love is more important than money.
· with some nouns (e.g. home, work, school, church, bed) after at / to / from:
She's not at home today. / I get back from work at 5.30
· before meals, days, and months: I never have breakfast on Sunday.
· before next / last + days, week, etc. See you next Friday. / I saw you last night.
EXCEPTION: When next /last are followed by a person or thing you need to include 'the': Eg. Who's the next (person)?/ What was the last book you read?
Typical mistakes:
I saw old man with dog (WRONG)
The men usually love the football (WRONG)
If you want to know which nouns are uncountable in English click here UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
Articles: a/ an, the, no article
a/an + singular countable nouns
· the 1st time you mention a thing/person: I saw an old man with a dog.
· when you say what something is: It's a big house.
· when you say what somebody does: She's a teacher.
· in exclamations with What ...! : What a horrible day!
· in expressions like ... three times a week / once a month
the
· when we talk about something we've already mentioned: I saw an old
man with a dog,and the dog was barking.
· when there's only one of something: The moon goes around the sun.
· when it's clear what you're referring to: He opened the door.
· with places in a town, e.g. cinema, theatre. I'm going to the cinema.
· with superlatives: It's the best restaurant in town.
no article
· when you are speaking in general (+ plural and uncountable nouns):
Women talk more than men. / Love is more important than money.
· with some nouns (e.g. home, work, school, church, bed) after at / to / from:
She's not at home today. / I get back from work at 5.30
· before meals, days, and months: I never have breakfast on Sunday.
· before next / last + days, week, etc. See you next Friday. / I saw you last night.
EXCEPTION: When next /last are followed by a person or thing you need to include 'the': Eg. Who's the next (person)?/ What was the last book you read?
Typical mistakes:
I saw old man with dog (WRONG)
The men usually love the football (WRONG)
If you want to know which nouns are uncountable in English click here UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
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GAMES
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CLICK HERE IF YOU WANT TO PLAY SOME GAMES RELATED TO THE ARTICLES
Fun grammar game a/ the/ an
Basketball game to practice the articles
Fun grammar game a/ the/ an
Basketball game to practice the articles
3. PRONUNCIATION
- /ə/ is the most common sound in English.
- /ə/ can be spelled by any vowel. It always occurs in unstressed syllables or unstressed words, e.g. articles and prepositions.
- er at the end of a word is always pronounced /ə/. Eg. teacher, better, etc
- tion is always pronounced /ʃən/
- /ə/ can be spelled by any vowel. It always occurs in unstressed syllables or unstressed words, e.g. articles and prepositions.
- er at the end of a word is always pronounced /ə/. Eg. teacher, better, etc
- tion is always pronounced /ʃən/
6. SPEAKING
Vocabulary
Generally speaking,
They tend to,
Women are also usually better at...
I think that in general...
They tend to,
Women are also usually better at...
I think that in general...
7. VOCABULARY
Dependent prepositions
After verbs
- apologize to... for (something)
- arrive in (city/country) at (place)
- belong to
- argue with (someone) about (something)
- ask for (something)
- believe in
- choose between
- depends on
- dream about (when you're sleeping)
- dream of (when you are day-dreaming)
- laugh at
- look forward to (+ing)
- pay for
- reminds (someone) of
- spend on
After adjectives
- afraid of
- angry with (someone) about (something)
- good/bad at
- good for
- close to
- different from
- excited about
- fed up with
- famous for
- interested in
- fond of
- keen on
- kind to
- married to
- pleasant with
- proud of
- rude to
- worried about
- tired of
REMEMBER! After preposition write a gerund.
If you want to practice more, click here: Dependent prepositions exercises 1
Dependent prepositions exercises 2-English File- Oxford
Dependent prepositions exercises 2-English File- Oxford
- If you wan to download a copy of the most common dependent prepositions, click on the following link.
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Ángela M.