Numerals and prepositions in DAYS, MONTHS, YEARS, SEASONS

С днями недели употребляется предлог ON: I saw her on Sunday. AT — со словом weekend: I will go there at the next weekend.

Months: January, February, March, April, October, November, December (названия месяцев начинаются с большой буквы).

Seasons: spring, summer, autumn, winter

In the past people didn’t have computers.

People may travel to Mars in the future.

We’ll be with you in a moment. (a very short time)

Ann is in London at the moment. (now)

See you soon! (=in a short time)

We met recently. (= not long ago)

Годы обозначаются количественными числительными:

1800 — eighteen hundred

1907 — nineteen o seven

1966 — nineteen sixty-six

2000 — twenty hundred / two thousand

2005 — two thousand five

Слово year не употребляется после обозначения года, но может употребляться перед ним: in the year nineteen twelve.

Даты обозначаются порядковыми числительными на письме и в чтении: the eleventh of March.

Practice:

1. В тексте 6 ошибок. Найдите и исправьте их:

I’m going to a party on Saturday for Tom’s birthday. His birthday is on Thursday but he wanted to have the party on the Weekend. He’s having a barbecue. I think June is a good month to have a birthday because of the weather. I love going to barbeques on the summer. My birthday is in Winter and it’s too cold to eat outside!

2. Работайте с партнером. Ответьте на вопросы:

1. What is the date of your birth?

2. What is your favorite season?

3. What is the third/the first/the last day of the week?

4. What is the last month/the first of the year?

5. Which season is the hottest?

6. Which season is the coldest?

1. Neil Armstrong became the first man of the Moon ….

2. The Berlin Wall, divining East and West Berlin, was destroyed ….

3. The Russian Revolution occurred and the communists took over ….

4. The Declaration of Independence was written by 13 British Colonies in America ….

5. The Bastille prison in Paris was destroyed ….

6. The Battle of Waterloo resulted in Napoleon’s final defeat ….

4. Работайте с партнером. Прочитайте текст:

The weather is a subject we can always talk about. It often changes and brings cold and heat, sunshine and rain, frost and snow. One day is often unlike the next. In summer the sun shines, often there is no wind and there are no clouds in the sky which is blue and beautiful. We can see stars and the moon at night and people like walks, outdoors games and sports in the fresh air.

When autumn comes, the days become shorter and colder. It gets dark earlier and often heavy clouds cover the sky bringing rain with them. Sometimes there is a heavy rain, so that an umbrella or a raincoat is necessary if we don’t want to get wet through. At last frost and snow come.

Fields, forests and houses are covered with snow and rivers and lakes with ice. But spring again brings sunshine and warm winds. Sometimes it snows but snow will not remain long, it will melt in the warm sun. Spring will bring bright sunshine, green grass and flowers.

We usually say: «A nice day», «Not a bad day» if the weather is fine. We can say: «It looks like rain», «It looks like snow» or «It’s bad weather» when the weather is cold.

Расспросите партнера о его любимом времени года, используя идиомы, опорные слова и выражения из текста и следующей таблицы:

Сделайте заметки:

Работайте с группой. Пользуясь заметками, расскажите группе о любимом времени года вашего партнера. Ответьте на вопросы группы.

Прочитайте и запомните следующие идиомы: