english is spoken practically all over the world. it is spoken as the mother tongue in great britain, the united states of america, canada, australia and new zealand. a lot of people speak english in china, japan, india, africa and other countries- it is one of 6 official languages of the united nations. it is studied as a foreign language in many schools.
england's history helps to understand the present condition of english. many english words were borrowed from the language of angles and saxons» hundreds of french words came into english. these french words didn't crowd out corresponding anglo-saxon words. there exist «act» and «deed», «beautiful» and «pretty», «form» and «shape».
many new words were brought by traders and travellers. these words came from all parts of the worlds «umbrella» — from italian, «skates» —from dutch» «tea» —from chinese» «cigar» — from spanish.
some words came into english directly from latin, which was the language of the church and the universities in the middle ages.
some of the english words of today are derivatives. one way of creating new words is to put together two or more older english words. for example» the words «railway», «football», «newspaper» are made in this way.
many of the new english words — especially new scientific ones — have been made from latin and greek words instead of english ones. «telephone» for instance, was made from greek words «far» and «talk».
1)"where is the yellow tie? " "its on the bed."
2) i'm an engineer.
3)"where is the white exercise-book? " "its on the table."
4)"where is your friend? " "he's in the room"
5) jane is a factory worker, and ben is an engineer. jack is an engineer, too. ben and jack are __ engineers. they are __ good engineers.
6. peter is a pioneer. he's a good pupil.
7. mary is a doctor. her friend kate is a doctor, too.
8. moscow is a city.
9. “bobby is a baby. whose son is he? " “he’s their son.”
10. open your books at __ page ten and read __ text nine, please.
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Сделайте анг , . 135. вставьте предлоги in или to. 1. we did not want to stay town on such a hot day, so we went the country. 2. it is very late: go bed at once. 3. where is your little sister? - - she is bed. mother always puts her bed at eight o'clock. 4. in summer my mother does not go work and i don't go school. we live the country. my father goes work every day, so he stays town. but sometimes he comes the country after work and goes back town early in the morning, when i am still bed. 5. in winter i usually go bed at ten o'clock because i learn school and have to get up early. but in 1 обратите внимание на отсутствие артикля в этих словосочетаниях summer, when i don't go school and live the country, i like to go bed late. 6. do you like to read bed? запомните следующие застывшие словосочетания где? на севере — in the north на юге — in the south на востоке — in the east на западе - in the west куда? на север — to the north на юг - to the south на восток - to the east на запад - to the west