English 27/04

English 27/04

Lomonosov School

Come back vs go back

Come back When you come back, you leave and return to here - the place where you are when you speak. 

• I need to leave, but I'll come back in 15 minutes.

• Get out of my house and don't come back!

• I'm sorry, she isn't here. But she's coming back tomorrow.

Go back When you go back, you return there - to the place you were before.

• I've had a lovely time, but I should go back home now.

• There are only three more days before our holiday ends and we have to go back.

• Stop stealing or you'll go back to prison.

Multiple Choice

I like it here, but I'm out of time and need to leave. Maybe we can ______ tomorrow?

• come back

• go back

Multiple Choice

I've left the children with my sister, but I can't be long. I need to ______ as soon as possible.

• come back

• go back

Steal vs rob

Both steal and rob mean 'take something without permission'. Steal focuses on the object or the thing which is taken.

• Hey! Somebody just stole my phone.

• You once stole chocolate from a shop!

• She has completely stolen my heart.

Rob focuses on the victim of the crime.

• The men robbed a bank last night.

• Three guys robbed me while I was travelling home.

• She has been robbed three times this year.

Multiple Choice

True or false: Both steal and rob mean take something without permission.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

She was ______ as she left the station.

• stolen

• robbed

Multiple Choice

The thieves ______ £10,000!

• stole

• robbed

Five ways to use 'in' with time expressions

Months

• I'm going on holiday in May.

• I'll next see you at Christmas in December.

• I think we arrived some time in June.

Seasons

• In winter, it's cold.

• I think this year I'll have my holiday in summer.

• Mummy, do the leaves fall off the tree in spring or in autumn?

Years

• I finished school in 2000.

• The Titanic sank in 1912.

• I grew up in the 1930s.

Times of day

• I leave home in the morning.

• I get home in the evening.

• I'll see you in the afternoon.

Be careful!

• I can't sleep at night.

The past, present and future

• In the past, people died much younger.

• You need to learn to live in the present.

• In the future, you'll learn everything from videos.

Multiple Choice

Which of these sentences is incorrect?

• I last saw him in the morning.

• I'll be home in the afternoon.

• She'll see you in the evening.

• The plane lands late so I'll see you in night.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following do we NOT use 'in' with?

• days

• months

• years

Multiple Choice

Which season do we not use 'in' with?

• winter

• spring

• summer

• autumn

• This is a trick question. We use in with all seasons.

Raise vs rise

Both raise and rise refer to something going up, but there is a difference.

Raise

Raise needs a direct object - if you raise something you move it up. It has both literal and non-literal meanings and it is a regular verb, so it's past and past participle forms are raised.

• I raise my eyebrows when I'm surprised.

• The government plan to raise taxes.

• He raised his voice at me in anger, but I forgave him.​

Rise

Rise does not take a direct object - things rise or go up by themselves. Rise is an irregular verb so the past form is rose and the past participle is risen.

• The sun rises at 6a.m.

• The water level rises twice a day because of the tide.

• The bird rose into the air and flew away.

Multiple Choice

Which of these sentences is correct?

• Both raise and rise are regular verbs

• Both raise and rise take objects

• Both raise and rise refer to something going up.

Multiple Choice

Which of these sentences is correct?

• I raised my hand to ask a question

• I rose my hand to ask a question

Multiple Choice

Which form of rise is incorrect?

• rised

• rose

• risen

A secret about collective nouns

Collective nouns, or group nouns, represent a number of things or people together. Some of them can be both singular or plural - both are correct and the choice is up to the speaker. 

• Government

• Family

• Team

Be careful Not all collective nouns act in this way. Some are always plural.

• The police are coming.

• The staff are tired.

A secret about collective nouns

A group of individuals These nouns can be considered a group of individuals - a football team has 11 individual players. In this case, the pronoun is they and the verb form is plural.

• My football team are the best. They are unbeatable.

• The government plan to raise taxes. They are always doing that.

• My family are happy. They never have any problems.

A unit These nouns can also be considered a unit - even though they have individual parts, they function together in unison. In this case, the pronoun is it and the verb form is singular.

• My football team is the best. It is unbeatable.

• The government plans to raise taxes. It is always doing that.

• My family is happy. It never has any problems.

Multiple Choice

Which of these collective nouns is always plural?

• government

• staff

• family

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct pronoun to complete the sentence: This team is the best ever. ______ is going to win for sure!

• They

• It

Multiple Choice

Which verb CANNOT complete this sentence: My family ______ going on holiday next week.

• am

• are

• is

Фразовый глагол bring

Bring about – вызывать что-то, производить что-то

The internet has brought about big changes in the way we work. – Интернет вызвал большие перемены в нашем рабочем процессе.

​Bring back – приносить, приводить назад

Can you bring me back the book I gave you yesterday? – Можешь принести мне книгу, которую я тебе вчера дал?

​​Bring down – срубить (дерево), свалить, сбить (самолет), подстрелить (птицу), снижать, навлекать, спустить кого-то (вниз)

The pilot brought the plane down gently. – Пилот осторожно посадил самолет.

​Bring forth – производить, порождать, делать ясным (очевидным)

His speech brought forth protests. – Его речь вызвала протесты.

​Bring forward – выдвигать (стул), выдвинуть (предположение), переносить (дату и время события на более ранний срок)

I’ve brought forward the meeting to this week. – Я перенес собрание на эту неделю.

​Bring in – вносить, вводить, выносить (вердикт), внедрять, приглашать

Every year they bring in a new fashion. – Каждый год они внедряют новую моду (новый стиль).

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Bring off – успешно завершить (операцию), преуспеть в чем-либо, добиться успеха

How did he manage to bring that off? – Как ему удалось добиться успеха в этом?

​Bring out – выносить, выводить, выявлять, выпускать

The sun brings out the flowers. – Цветы распускаются под солнечными лучами.

​Bring over – переубеждать

You will never manage to bring me over by such arguments. – Тебе никогда не удастся меня переубедить такими доводами.

​Bring together – собирать, сводить вместе, примирять

The accident brought our family together. – Несчастный случай примирил нашу семью.

​Bring up – приносить наверх, воспитывать, стошнить, заводить разговор о чем-либо, поднимать вопрос

She was brought up in a children’s home. – Она воспитывалась в детском доме.​