- •Unit 6. Graphical user interface
- •Vocabulary Bank Unit 6
- •Introductory Reading Text a. The graphical user interface
- •The History of guIs
- •Post-reading Exercises:
- •Text b. Interface with menus
- •Grammar review nouns
- •Plural of countable nouns
- •Plural forms
- •Irregular plurals
- •The possessive case
- •Nouns determiners
- •Much, many, little, few, a lot, plenty
- •Grammar exercises Nouns
- •Some, any, much, many, a lot, few, a few, little, a little
- •Articles. Revision of the Use of the Articles (in tables) Classification of Nouns
- •Functions of the Indefinite Article
- •Functions of the Definite Article
- •Don’t confuse the articles in the generic function
- •The use of articles with names of people
- •The use of articles with geographical names
- •The use of articles with other proper names
- •Numerals
- •The four operations
- •Fractional numerals Common Fractions
- •Decimal Fractions
- •Exercises
- •Writing
Grammar review nouns
Proper Nouns |
Common Nouns |
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Tim Baker Europe Great Britain London the Grand (Hotel) Oxford Street Penny Lane the Thames the British Museum the Daily News |
Countable Nouns |
Uncountable Nouns |
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a boy (two boys) a man (three men) a table (four tables) a city (ten cities) people scissors |
bread water love equality clothing furniture permission length |
cotton tea peace ignorance leisure equipment activity news |
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Countable Nouns |
Uncountable Nouns |
a brick – цегла (одна) a chocolate – шоколадна цукерка a fire – ватра a grammar – граматика (підручник) a hair – волосина an iron – праска a justice – суддя a light – вогник, лампа a paper – газета, документ a play – п’єса a time – раз a wood – ліс a work of art – витвір мистецтва a glass, glasses – склянка, окуляри a grass – травинка |
brick – цегла (будівничий матеріал матеріал) chocolate – шоколад fire – вогонь grammar – граматика (наука) hair – волосся iron – залізо justice – справедливість light – світло paper – папір play –гра time – час wood – дерево (деревина) work – робота glass – скло grass – трава |
They ordered three beers. – Вони замовили три пива. (три склянки)
This is a very good coffee. – Це дуже хороша кава. (сорт кави)
Plural of countable nouns
Singular number |
Plural number
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Основа + закінчення -s
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a boy, a table, a trick, a whiff, a smith, a railway
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boys, tables, tricks, whiffs, smiths, railways
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Основа + закінчення –es після –s, -ch, -tch, -sh, -ss, -x, -o
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a bench, a bus, a glass, a bush, a brush, a match, a box, a potato |
benches, buses, glasses, bushes, brushes, matches, boxes, potatoes
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Кінцева –у (після приголосного) змінюєтся на -ies
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an army, a country, a fly, a lady
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armies, countries, flies, ladies
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Кінцева –f(-fe) змінюється на –ves
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a calf, a half, a knife, a leaf, a shelf, a wife, a wolf
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calves, halves, knives, leaves, shelves, wives, wolves
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Compound Nouns |
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a manservant, a schoolgirl, a woman-teacher, a mother-in-law, a passer-by, a man-of-war, a forget-me-not |
menservants, schoolgirls, women-teachers, mothers-in-law, passers-by, men-of-war, forget-me-nots |