Profession
a scientist [‘saiə ntist]– science [‘saiə ns]
a comedian [kə ’midiə n]
a political leader
a writer [‘raitə ]
artist [‘ɑ: tist] = a paintor, an actor, a sculptor, etc.
a composer [cə m’pə ʋ zə ]
origin [‘oridʒ in] original [ə ’ridʒ inə l]
originally [ə ’ridʒ inə li]
e.g. The Beatles were originally from Liverpool.
Past Simple
to be
+−
I/he/she/it was I/he/she/it was not (= wasn’t)
We/they were We/they were not (= weren’t)
? Short answers
Was I/he/she/it …? Yes, I/he/she/it was.
Were we/they …? No, we/they were.
Ordinal numbers, years, decades and centuries
1 – the first
2 – the second
3 – the third
4 – the fourth
etc.
years
1904 – nineteen oh four
1756 – seventeen fifty-six etc.
decades
1960s – the nineteen-sixties
70s – the seventies
centuries
18th century – the eighteenth century
in the eighteen-twenties
in the fifteenth century
ordinary ≠ extraordinary [iks’trɔ: d(ə)nə ri]
surprise – surprising
to be interested in
to be linked by
to graduate
a network
to take smb for a walk
to share smth with smb
a share
| Past Simple
Regular verbs
Verb
| Rule
|
| заканчивается на -e(live, love)
| + d
| lived, loved, etc.
| заканч. на согл. + крат. глас. + согл. (s t o p, s k i p)
| последняя согл. удваивается
| sto pp ed, ski pp ed
| заканч. на –yпосле согл.
(study)
| yied
| studied
| остальные глаголы
| + -ed
| started, worked
| |