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Preppy. English Grammar: Phrases

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Preppy. English Grammar: Phrases
Alexander Ptashkin

This book deals with the review of the widely used phrases in English. The exercises aim at the formation of the necessary skills in terms of prepositions in English. It is designed for people, who are keen on studying English and Russian at an intermediate level.

Preppy. English Grammar: Phrases

Alexander Ptashkin

© Alexander Ptashkin, 2020

ISBN 978-5-0051-6620-3

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Preppy. English Grammar: Phrases

Preface

This book deals with the review of the widely used phrases with prepositions in English. It is designed for people, who are keen on studying English at an intermediate level.

This textbook consists of seven paragraphs and the section of sample tests. This book also implies the keys. They are located at the end of the book.

The paragraphs include several blocks with prepositions in set phrases. Every paragraph consists of the exercises of translating from Russian into English, filling in the blanks within the sentences or forming right word order from the elements given. The system of exercises is given in accordance with the didactic principles.

The key goal of this paper is to build the skills of using phraseological units among the students. The book includes the information about the peculiarities of phrases and the complex of exercises that can be useful for Russian students, specialists in the sphere of translation or other people, who are interested in studying Russian and English. The exercises aim at the formation of the necessary skills in terms of prepositions in English.

§1. Outline of the prepositions

TIME

# ON

ON + DAYS: – I will see you on Friday.

ON + DAY + PART OF THE DAY: – She is planning to have a party on Saturday evening.

ON + WEATHER CONDITION OR INDICATION OF THE SEASON + DAY (MORNING, NIGHT, AFTERNOON, EVENING): – We noticed this letter on a rainy (windy, summer) day (morning, night, evening, etc.).

On + dates: – Her birthday is on May 26th.

ON + THE + DATE + OF + MONTH: – They are going to get married on the sixth of August.

ON + SPECIFIC DAYS: – See you here on the 5th, on the appointed day.

ON + SPECIAL HOLIDAYS: – Let’s meet on Easter Sunday, on smb’s birthday, on Christmas day, on New Year’s Day; we visited this town on Christmas Day.

A SPECIAL PART OF THE DAY: – He will prepare the report on the afternoon of October the 23rd.

OTHER SET PHRASES: on the night (morning, day, etc.) of smb’s arrival, on the same day.

# AT

AT + HOLIDAY PERIOD: – Come and see me at Christmas (or at Easter, BUT at the weekend (the article is used).

AT + SPECIFIC TIME: – This concert starts at 9.20.

AT + part of the day: – This fellow saw her at night (at midnight, late at night, at sunrise, at sunset, at dawn).

OTHER SET PHRASES: at the beginning (end) of the week (term, the vacation), at the same time, at the appointed time, at that moment, at the present moment, at that time.

Also the word weekend is used with preposition at: at the weekend BUT in American English it is on the weekend.

# IN

IN + SEASON: – She goes to the mountains in spring.

In + time period: – They will be here in thirty minutes.

IN + THE + CENTURY: – This house was built in the 7

century (ALSO: in the machine age, in the Middle Ages).

In + the + decade: – He was popular in the 1980s (in the early, late «90s).

IN + MONTHS: – This conference will take place in September (in early, late December).

In + years: – This university was founded in 1986.

IN + PARTS OF THE DAY: – I go to the zoo in the morning (afternoon, evening, BUT at night). ALSO: in the daytime.

!In the beginning (the end) (not at) in the meaning of «at the start» and «finally», «after a long time»: – He was sad in the beginning.

!LAST/NEXT – NO ON/AT/IN

Call me next Sunday. We saw him last weekend.

Exercises

1. Fill in the blanks:

1. … the appointed day, I showed up and found an audience of more than 300 recruits.

2. It turns out that it’s quite difficult to define what people ate… prehistoric times.

3. The sun would be purple red at sunset and crimson red… sunrise.

4. The current year file is updated… the beginning of every week.

5. … a rainy Saturday morning in October, another mile was added to that impressive list – the SKOLKOVO mile.
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