Prepositions of Time

Preposition	Uses	Examples
in	- for years - months - seasons - parts of day - in expressions	in 1990, in the 90s, in February, in the winter, in the morning, in the daytime/in the afternoon/ in the evening in the future, in the past ! In expressions: in a moment, in a minute, in a fortnight (in 2 weeks), in an hour, “in” means in the course of, within the space of (через)
on	- for days (including the word day) - for dates	on Monday, on Christmas day, on Saturday morning on a winter day, on my birthday on 31 July (on the 31^st of July) on 9 September 1987 (on the 9^th of September 1987)
at	- for times of day - for occasions with more than one day - with words: night, time, moment, present	at nine o’clock, at 10.15 at the weekend, at Christmas at midnight, night at that time, moment at present

2. Write the correct preposition in the space.

…. Monday, …. the weekend, …. half past two, …. September, …. 1895, …. the morning, …. Sunday afternoon, …. night,..... 2 July,.... Ann’s birthday,.... Sunday 24 August 1991,.... Monday night,.... two o’clock, … the morning, … twenty past nine, … Thursday, …. the afternoon, …. my birthday, …. June, …. 1993, … ten o’clock, … Christmas, …. 15^th November, …. 2.30, ….Wednesday evening, …. night.

3. When do you do these things? Write down your answers.

Do your homework / Watch TV / Play sports / Have your birthday / Get up / Go to bed / Go on holidays

NUMERALS (ЧИСЛІВНИКИ)

Numerals are divided into cardinal (кількісні: one, two, ten) i ordinal (порядкові: the first, the second).

Cardinals (кількісні числівники)

1-12	13-19	20-99	100 i далі
1 one 2 two 3 three 4 four 5 five 6 six 7 seven 8 eight 9 nine 10 ten 11 eleven 12 twelve	13 thirteen 14 fourteen 15 fifteen 16 sixteen 17 seventeen 18 eighteen 19 nineteen	20 twenty 22 twenty-two 30 thirty 33 thirty-three 40 forty 44 forty-four 55 fifty-five 61 sixty-one 76 seventy-six 88 eighty-eight 90 ninety 99 ninety-nine	100 a (one) hundred 101a (one) hundred and one 200 two hundred 225 two hundred and twenty-five 307 three hundred and seven 1,000 a (one) thousand 1,004 a (one) thousand and four 3,333 three thousand three hundred and thirty-three 25,702 twenty five thousand seven hundred and two 100,000 a (one) hundred thousand 1,000,000 a (one) million

- Числівники hundred, thousand, million вживаються з числівником one або з артик­лем а: e.g. one hundred (a hundred)

- У сполученні з іншими числівниками слова hundred, thousand, million не мають форми множини: e.g. three hundred, two million, five thousand,

- Розряди тисяч i мільйонів відокремлюються комою: e.g. 6,541; 202,035; 4,678,000.

Ordinals (порядкові числівники)

Порядкові числівники утворюються від відповідних кількісних числівників додаванням суфікса –th та означеного артикля the перед числівником:

Exceptions	4-12	13-19	20-99	100 i <
one – first two – second three – third	4th - fourth 5th - fifth 8th - eighth 9th- ninth 12th – twelfth	13th - thirteenth 14th - fourteenth 16th - fifteenth 18th - eighteenth 19th - nineteenth	20th - twentieth 24th - twenty-fourth 40th - fortieth 90th - ninetieth 99th - ninety-ninth	100th - hundredth 200th - two hundredth 376th - three hundred and seventy-fifth 5,000th - five thousandth

NOTE:

- деякі числівники, перетворюючись у порядкові, змінюють свою форму: e.g. Five – fifth, eight— eighth, nine — ninth, twelve — twelfth;

- порядкові числівники, що означають десятки, змінюють кінцевий -у на -іе:e.g. twenty — twentieth, sixty — sixtieth;

- у складених порядкових числівниках лише останнй розряд виражаеться порядковим числівником:

- e.g. 6,541 — six thousand five hundred and forty-first

- дати виражаються порядковими числівниками: e.g. She was barn on the tenth of May.

- роки читаються таким чином: e.g. 1900 - nineteen hundred; 1908 - nineteen eight (nineteen hundred and eight); 1925- nineteen twenty-five (nineteen hundred and twenty-five);

- слово year після числівника не вживається, але іноді може ставитись перед ним: e.g. In the year nineteen ninety-eight.

3. Supply the missing words from the box.

stand conveniences gas ground floor kitchen

running water sitting room overlook home central

move to back sky-scrapers cottage heating

housewarming electricity staircase first floor mat

A building may be one-, two-, and three-storied or even higher. There are many multi-storeyed houses in Kyiv. American multi-storeyed buildings are called _______. Our first floor is usually called the________in England, and our second floor corresponds to the English________. The Americans call the floors the same as we do: first, second, etc.

The house we live in is our________, or, in more official speech, our residence or dwelling. The place that we stay in when we go to the country in summer is called a _______. The windows of the house you live in may face the sea, a river, a square or street; it may________south, north, west or east. When people________a new flat or house they usually have a ________ party. Most of the flats nowadays have all_______ such as telephone,______, ______, ________and_______. There is always another entrance, too, leading into the house from the yard – the________door. The _________ leads to the upper floors.

We enter a flat. We wipe our feet on the door ________ at the door-step and find ourselves in the hall. Its furniture consists of a hall-stand, a small table and a mirror. We take our coats off and hang them on the ________ when we go to the _______,which is the room for general use during the day. Besides this room the flat has bedrooms, a bathroom and a lavatory and a __________.

4. Read the text and answer the questions which follow.

Our House

Many families in Kyiv live in flats, but some people live in their own houses in suburbs. My friend has a house in a Kyiv suburb. Like most of Kyiv suburban houses, it consists оf only two floors: the ground floor and the first floor.

On the ground floor there's the dining-room, the lounge or sitting-room, the kitchen and the hall. In the hall we see a stand for hats and coats. A staircase leads from the hall to the land on the first floor. On this floor there are three bedroom bathroom, and the lavatory.

On the top of the roof there is a chimney. In front of the house he has a small garden where he grows flowers: roses, tulips and so on. At the back of the house there is a much larger garden with a lawn and some fruit-trees. There's also vegetable garden, where he grows all kinds of vegetables, such as potatoes, cabbages, cauliflowers, onions and tomatoes.

At the side of the house there is a garage where he keep, his car. The garden is enclosed by a fence with a gate in it.

Questions:

1. Where do the Ukrainians prefer to live: in the centre of the town or in suburbs? Why?

2. How many floors does the common Ukrainian house consist of?

3. What are the main parts of the house?

4. What is usually there on the ground floor?

5. What is usually there on the first floor?

6. What is usually there in front of the house?

7. What is usually there at the back of the house?

8. What is usually there at the side of the house?

9. Are the Ukrainian houses well-planned? Give your reasons.

5. Discuss with your group mates your own apartment or your present day place of living.

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