English lesson #1

​English lesson #1
Lomonosov school
Maria Tyutyunnik

​ЕГЭ 32-38
Synonyms & Prepositions & Phrasal verbs

Multiple Choice

Jake was walking home from school. It was a sunny autumn day. He’d usually stamp on the PILES / BUNDLES / SACKS / FLOCKS of leaves on the footpath to hear them crunch under his shoes.

• Piles

• Bundles

• Sacks

• Flocks

Multiple Choice

But today he ignored them. He was busy planning his project.

He was used to being home alone. That was because, three years ago, his dad had decided to go back to university, which meant his mum had had to go back to working LONG-TIME / HALF-TIME / FULL-TIME / PEAK-TIME.

• Long-time

• Half-time

• Full-time

• Peak-time

Multiple Choice

She did a lot of evening shifts because the money was better.

Jake walked up the stairs onto the veranda and stuck his hand in his pocket for the key but it wasn’t there! Frantically, he tried the front door, knowing it would be locked, then turned around and hurried back up the footpath to see if he could find his key. He walked up the road for two blocks, STARING / SKIMMING / SCANNING / LOOKING the pavement.

• Staring

• Skimming

• Scanning

• Looking

Multiple Choice

It was no POINT / USE / REASON / AIM looking for it; he could have dropped it anywhere. He turned around and went home. He checked his watch. It was four o’clock and his dad would be back by seven.

• Point

• Use

• Reason

• Aim

Multiple Choice

Jake supposed he could read the book he’d borrowed OF / AT / FROM / IN the school library for his project. The book was really good with wonderful photos of soldiers.

• Of

• At

• From

• In

Multiple Choice

An hour later he finished the book and felt like having a NAP / DREAM / RELAX / SNACK but it didn’t feel right to sleep with nothing over you. So he covered his chest with the foot mat and the book was his pillow.

• Nap

• Dream

• Relax

• Snack

Multiple Choice

When he woke up, the Miller sisters were standing over him, staring.
‘Why are you lying on the veranda with a foot mat over you?’ said Adele.
‘It’s NOTHING / NOT / NEITHER / NONE of your business’, Jake thought.

• Nothing

• Not

• Neither

• None

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.

Raise vs rise

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

Prepositions

Time

There are three basic prepositins of time: 'at', 'on' and 'in'.

• At - 'At' is used to talk times such as: at three o'clock, at lunchtime or at Christmas.

• On - 'On' is often used to talk about days, such as: on Monday, on the third of June or on Christmas Day.

• In - 'In' usually refers to longer periods of time, such as: in the morning, in July or in the winter. 

Be careful! In the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening but at night!

Prepositions

Place

Prepositions of place are words like ‘in’, ‘on’, ‘at’ , ‘over’ and ‘between’, among others. They tell us where things are or where they are moving to. 
- The clock is on the wall.
- Please take the plates from the cupboard and put them in the oven.
- He ran around the building and between the houses.

Prepositions

Dependent prepositions

Dependent prepositions are the connectors between a word and what may follow before or after it. Many nouns, verbs and adjectives have dependent prepositions. They are the connectors that help us form sentences. Examples are: 'good at', 'pride in', 'rely on'.
- I'm not interested in anything you have to say.
- The criminal confessed to comitting the crime.
- I don't believe in ghosts.

Phrasal verbs: Come

• Come up

to be mentioned or discussed; to arrive; to be ready soon; to approach someone; to stand next to someone

 He came up to me and kissed me on the cheek.

• Come up with

to find a new idea; to produce something

 Finally, we came up with the solution that each of us will pay half of the monthly bills.

• Come across (to come upon)

to find someone/something by chance

 I came across a book that I was looking for.

Phrasal verbs: Come

• Come round/around

to happen again; to become conscious again

 Time flies. Christmas will soon come round.

• Come about

to happen

 How did the coincidence come about?

• Come along

to go somewhere with someone; to make progress

Although he joined the class quite late, he came along very well.

• Come out

to appear; to reveal the truth

 The sun comes out after a dark night.

Phrasal verbs: Come

• Come back

to go back to a place; to happen again

 All of my old memories came back after I watched this short video.

• Come over

to visit someone’s house for a short time, (emotions) to affect someone strongly

 Would you like to come over for lunch?

• Come through

to overcome a difficult or dangerous situation and become better; to arrive by telephone or radio or after some official procedure

 The city has come through after the terrible earthquake.

Phrasal verbs: Come

• Come apart

  to be separated into pieces

   Jack’s car came apart in the car crash.

• Come before

  to take higher priority than others; to be brought to a discussion or for consideration

   Wendy is such a selfish girl. Her needs always come before anything else.

Multiple Choice

A few friends came ...... last night, which was a pleasant surprise

• in

• round

• into

Multiple Choice

Although I shampooed the carpet, the wine stain just wouldn't come .......

• off

• out

• over

Multiple Choice

She came ....... a lot of money when her aunt died

• into

• in

• up with

Multiple Choice

Come .......- hurry up! You should have finished ages ago!

• in

• into

• on

Multiple Choice

She wasn't given enough anaesthetic and came ...... during the operation, which was very frightening

• to

• in

• on

Multiple Choice

Come ..... it; that's not true

• to

• off

• on

Multiple Choice

Some friends came ...... last night, which was nice

• in

• over

• into

Multiple Choice

I came ......... some old photos when I was tidying my bedroom

• across

• into

• for

Multiple Choice

It didn't come ..... at the meeting; nobody talked about it

• off

• into

• up