понедельник, 30 ноября 2015 г.

Practical Grammar

The Second Year of Studies

ІІI semester

1. Morphological, syntactic and semantic characteristics of the Noun.

2. Semantic classification of nouns.

3. Morphological classification of nouns.

4. Grammatical categories of the Noun.

5. The category of number of nouns.

6. The category of case of nouns.

7. The Adjective: morphological, syntactic and semantic features.

8. Comparative and Superlative forms of adjectives. Comparative patterns.

9. Personal, reflexive, possessive Pronouns: common features.

10. Interrogative, relative, conjunctive pronouns.

11. Demonstrative, indefinite, quantifying pronouns.

12. The Adverb: semantic groups. Degrees of comparison.

13. The Numeral: cardinal and ordinal. Fractions and decimals. Dates spelling.

14. Attitudinal stance adverbials as markers of speaker’s or writer’s attitude to a clause. Epistemic, attitude proper and style adverbials.

15. The Preposition. The Particle.

16. The Conjunction: coordinators and subordinators.

17. The Gerund: nominal and verbal characteristics.

18. The gerund: functions in the sentence.

19. Non-finite constructions with the gerund.

20. The gerund and participle I compared.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByvKdvNJuAPxUFNYODRfUUVzd0k/view?usp=sharing

Practical Grammar

The First Year of Studies

I semester

The Parts of Speech Inventory.
Classification of simple sentences according to the purpose of communication. (Types of clauses).
Basic patterns of an English sentence. (Five canonical clause structures).
Principle elements of the sentence. (Noun phrase and Verb phrase. The structure of phrases).
The notions of complement and object. (Complements and objects as noun and verb dependents).
General characteristics of Nouns. (Distinctive properties of prototypical nouns).
Classification of nouns. Major subclasses of nouns.
Count and non-count nouns. Distinctive features.
Number in nouns. Regular and irregular plurals.
Nouns with fixed number: Singular only and plural only nouns.
Genitive Case: formation and meaning. (Genitive case vs possessive).
Pronouns. Major subclasses of pronouns. (The prototypical members of pronoun subclasses).
Person, Case and Gender differences of personal pronouns.
The forms of personal pronouns and their use. (The nominative-accusative and dependent-independent contrasts of personal pronouns).
Pronouns as means of noun determination and modification (some, any, much, many, few, little, etc.)
Definite and indefinite determinatives. Articles as major means of noun determination.
Definiteness. Definite article functions and use.
Indefinite article functions and use.
Zero article functions and use.
Use of articles in set expressions.
Use of articles with proper names.
General characteristics of Adjectives. (Distinctive properties of prototypical adjectives).
Gradable and non-gradable adjectives.
Ways of adjective grade formation. Comparative and Superlative adjective phrases.
Order of adjectives.
Formation and use of Present Simple.
Formation and use of Present Progressive.
Contrasts between progressive and non-progressive.
Formation and use of Present Perfect.
Formation and use of Present Perfect Progressive.
The Simple Preterite formation and use.
Time reference in the Present Perfect and the Simple Preterite.
The Preterite Progressive construction and use.
The Preterite Perfect construction and use.
The continuative perfect. The continuative use of perfect as opposed to non-continuative use. (Present Perfect Progressive and Present Perfect).
The Preterite Perfect Progressive as compared to Preterite Perfect.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByvKdvNJuAPxTVNGcXBIaUY1ZmM/view?usp=sharing

понедельник, 9 ноября 2015 г.

http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/articlestext.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zJQoQLCeNo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4U0uLBATZI
http://www.engvid.com/grammar-articles-a-an-or-no-article/
http://www.engvid.com/when-to-use-the-with-bodies-of-water/

ARTICLES_online tutorial

http://englishpage.com/articles/index.htm

The Form of the Possessive/Genitive Case

's / ' / of

a man's job
men's work
a woman's intuition
the butcher's (shop)
the baker's
the chemist's
the florist's
a child's voice
the children's room
the people's choice
the crew's quaters
the horse's mouth
the bull's horns
the girl's name
the horse's tail
Mr Evans's daughter
the manager's office
Sarah's eyes
women's clothes
the students' hostel
teh Smiths' car
Mr Jones's house (Mr Jones' house)
Yeats's poems (Yeats' poems)
my brother-in-law's guitar
the PM's secretary
the MP's briefcase
teh VIP's ticket
a week's holiday
today's paper
tomorrow's weather
in two years' time
ten minutes' break / a ten-minute break
two hours' delay / a two-hour delay
$1's worth of stamps
ten dollars' worth of ice-cream
for heaven's sake
for goodness' sake
a stone's throw
journey's end
the water's edge
the government's decision (the decision of the government)
the company's success (the success of the company)
yesterday's newspaper
next week's meeting
Jack and Jill's wedding
Mr and Mrs Carter's house
the walls of the town
the roof of the church
the keys of the car
the roofs of the churches
the door of the garage
the name of the book
the owner of the restaurant
the back of the car
the beginning of the month

PRACTICE!!!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByvKdvNJuAPxUzRqTUJPUkFaclU/view?usp=sharing

четверг, 5 ноября 2015 г.

NOUNS

The Category of Number: Singular and Plural Nouns

SELF-STUDY for the 1st Year-Students !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Task. Write the plural of the following words.

a day -
a dog -
a house -
a tomato -
a church -
a brush -
a photo -
a box -
a kimono -
a piano -
a soprano -
a kiss -
a baby -
a country-
a fly -
a lady -
a donkey -
a guy -
a calf -
a half -
a knife -
a leaf -
a life -
a loaf -
a self -
a sheaf -
a shelf -
a thief -
a wife -
a wolf -
a hoof -
a scarf -
a wharf -
a cliff -
a safe -
a roof -
a handkerchief -
a foot -
a louse -
a mouse -
a woman -
a goose -
a man -
a tooth -
a child -
an ox -
a fish -
a carp -
a pike -
a salmon -
a trout -
a cod -
a plaice -
a squid -
a mackerel -
a deer -
a sheep -
an aircraft -
a crisis -
a phenomenon -
a radius -
a terminus -
a dogma -
a formula -
a boyfriend -
a girlfriend -
a travel agent -
a a sister-in-law -
a MP -
a VIP -
an OAP -
a UFO -
a nose
a bridge
a bee -
a cap -
a match -
a monkey -
a cargo -
a potato -
a portfolio -
a cuckoo -
a mosquito -
a bath -
a month -
a path -
an oath -
a myth -
a swine -
a datum -
an index -
an editor-in-chief -
a looker-on -
a passer-by -
a forget-me-not -
a merry-go-round -
a frying pan -
a steering wheel -
a corkscrew -
a tomato -

Agreement between Subject and Verb

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0ByvKdvNJuAPxa0plNUhlSURwSnc&usp=sharing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMdpWaIH96o

Self-Study for the 1st Year-Students!!!!!!!!!!!!

Task 1. Complete the sentences with a singular or plural form of the verbs in brackets.

To keep these young people in prison _____ (to be) inhuman.
The committee usually _____ (to raise) their hands to vote ‘Yes’.
The Machine Gunners ______ (to be) one of Robert Westall’s most successful books.
I don’t think any of them _____ (to know) where the money is hidden.
Neither of the French athletes ____ (have) won this year.
A number of refugees _____ (to have) been turned back at the border.
The number of books in the library ____ (to have) risen to over five million.
All the furniture _____ (to be) destroyed in the fire.
None of the equipment ______ (to appear) to be damaged.
Every boy and girl _____ (to take) part in the activity.
Practically everyone _____ (to think) that Phil should be given the job.
Jean and David ____ (to be) moving back to Australia.
Meat pie and peas ____ (to be) Tom’s favourite at the moment.
The lorry, its cargo and passengers ____ (to weigh) around 35 tonnes.
The company’s earnings _____ (have) increased for the last five years.
Police _____ (to believe) that Thomas is in Brazil, although his exact whereabouts are unknown.
Staff ____ (to say) that the new computer system has led to greater levels of stress in their work.
The news from the Middle East ____ (to seem) very encouraging.
Politics ____ (to be) popular at this university.
Statistics _____ (to be) always my worst subject.
The economics behind their policies ____ (to be) unreasonable.
Three hours ____ (to seem) a long time to take on the homework.
An inflation rate of only 2 per cent ____ (to make) a big difference to exports.
Chequers ____ (to be) the country house of the British Prime Minister.
Congratulations _____ (to go) to Richard Branch for his excellent exam results.
Measles ____ (to have) killed a large number of children in the Nagola region.
About 60 per cent of the people questioned _____ (to want) cars to be banned from the town center.
He feels that the media _____ (to have) criticized him unfairly.
Phenomena such as sun spots _____ (to have) puzzled scientists for centuries.
Bill Clinton’s politics _____ (to be) inspired by John Kenney.
20 years ________ (to be) a long time to spend in prison for theft.
Happiness ______ (to be) the key to success.
I think olive oil _____ (to add) a lot of flavour to cooking.
The committee ______ (to meet) every Wednesday in the boardroom.
My favourite pyjamas _____ (to be) the ones with red and white stripes.
There _____ (to be) too much sugar in my tea.
Physics ____ (to involve) a lot of theoretical study.
Good looks _____ (to be) all you need to be a model.
Decorating a house _____ (to be) a lot of trouble.
Your trousers ______ (to go) nicely with this blue top.
Your hair ____ (to be) so shiny.
Japanese _____ (to be) difficult to learn.
$300 _____ (to be) too much to spend on that dress.
Your scales _____ (to be) not very accurate.
That jewellery really ____ (to suit) you.
Tennis ____ (to be) a game played by 2 or 4 people.
Butter ____ (to contain) a lot of fat.
Two years ____ (to be) a long time to be away from home.
Her clothes _____ (to be) very smart.
The class _____ (to be) all on a school outing.