Unit 8. Life in the future

Contracted forms of auxiliariesI have notYou have notShe has not I haven’tYou haven’tShe hasn’t Full forms Contracted forms Full forms Contracted forms He has It has He’sIt’s He has not

service housework health music transportation Construction/ housing

Our lives in the future

Contracted forms of auxiliaries

I have notYou have notShe has not

I haven’tYou haven’tShe hasn’t

Full forms Contracted

forms Full forms

Contracted forms

He has

It has

He’sIt’s

He has not

It has not

He hasn’t

It hasn’t

I’ve got something for you.

You’ve got something for me?

We’ve failed and they’ve passed

I haven’t always lived in this cottage you

know

Haven’t you? You’ve not been here long, of course

I haven’t but I’ve grown to love it already

He’s left, and she’s gone to work, too

Hasn’t the doctor come yet?

No The doctor hasn’t been called

II Grammar Prepositions and articles

at the moment, at that time

at the same time

at the end of……

Ex: in January, in February, in March….

in1999, in 2008…

in 21st century……

We use “in” before months, years, century…

Ex: in the day, in the morning, in time,

in summer,

in the past…

“in” is also used with:

The cat is on the case

The cat is behind the case

The cat is next to the case

The cat is under the case

b Prepositions of places:

The cat is in the case

The dog is running behind the cat

The birds are on the tree

The birds are under the tree

b Prepositions of places:

The elephant is standing between the treesThe elephant is standing near the treeThe bird flies over the tree

b Prepositions of places:

Prepositions are used with some verbs

Believe in insist on

warn about consist of

prevent from congratulate on

look after die of

apologize for look forward to

think of/about make of/from…

Exercise1:Choosing the appropriate

4 ….the end of the book, they get married and

live happily ever after

A At B In C On

5 Thank you for everything you’ve done You are

a true friend ….me

A of B to C in

6 I can’t believe… you You always let me down

7 I have warned you … the difficulties you have

to face when applying for the job

A on B about C to

8 Britney Spears is famous…… her beautiful face and sweet voice.

2 The articles.

Indefinite articles and definite articles

Look at the following sentence and compare the use of a, an and the:

An old man and a young girl are sitting

opposite me The old man is French and the

young girl is English.

Yesterday I bought an English book and a

literature book The English book is interesting but the literature one is boring

=> An indefinite article (English a, an) is

used before singular nouns that refer to any member of a group

+ A is used before nouns beginning a consonant

Example:

a computer

a bird

+ An is used before nouns beginning with a vowel sound.

An apple

An orange

An old manExample:

An umbrella

A university

An honest man

=> A definite article (English the) is used

before singular and plural nouns that refer to a particular member of a group

Yesterday, I bought a book The book is very interesting

“The” is used in double comparative:

The more you learn, the more you know

“The” is used with an adjective:

The rich = the rich people

Exercise2: Put a/an, the or Ø in each space to

complete the following sentences

1 We went by ……train to the west of England

2 …….people who live in…….Scotland are

6 Is that … present Bill gave you for ……

ØØ

ØØ

• Prepare Test yourself C