English is a Global Language.Do you speak English ?

English today• Nowadays about 400 million people speak English.• Nowadays English is second only to Chinese in the

number of people who speak it.• About 300 million people living in more than 60

countries speak English as a second language.• There were only 30,000 words in Old English.

Some people say there are about 600,000 words in Modern English.

• English is the language of technology and science, business and sport , official language of the Olympics , the official voice of the air and of the sea.

PEOPLE USE ENGLISH• As the first language in

Britain, in the USA, in Canada, in Australia, in New Zealand

• As the second language in India, in Nigeria and Singapore

Some countries , languages and nations

Country Language People Nations

America(the USA) English an American/Americans

(the )Americans

Canada English a Canadian/Canadians

(the)Canadians

Germany German a German/Germans (the) Germans

Japan Japanese a Japanese /Japanese (people)

the Japanese

Mexico Spanish a Mexican(Mexicans) (the) Mexicans

Holland Dutch a Dutchman/a Dutchwoman

the Dutch

Ireland Irish an Irishman/an Irishwoman

the Irish

Different Kinds of English

American EnglishBritish EnglishCanadian EnglishAustralian EnglishIndian English

Russian word

American word

British word

Лифт elevator Lift

Конфета Candy sweet

Бензин gas Petrol

Свитер sweater jumper

Аптека drugstore Chemist’s

Автостоянка Parking lot Car park

Плита cooker Stove

Кран(водопроводный)

Faucet tap

Жареный картофель

chips Fries

грузовик truck Lorry

кинофильм Movies Cinema

тротуар sidewalk pavement

печенье cookies biscuits

Learn some new wordsBelong-

Land-

Speech-

Sound

Slowly-

Also-

Way-

Develop-

Grow-

By and by-

Voice-

Kind(of)-

Popular-

Culture-

True-

Truly-

Probable

Probably-

Vocabulary-

Scientific-

Technology-

Air-

Learn some new wordsFast- Such-

Prefer- Perfect-

Follow- Need-

Following- Wait-

Regular- Pronunciation-

Regularly- Maybe-

Rich- Fresh-

• Social English• Oh! Dear me!• Really?• Is that so?• You don’t say so!• Fancy that!• Well I never…• I am surprised.• I am shocked.• It’s incredible!

FocusVocabulary(pl vocabularies) Dictionary(pl dictionaries)

• All the words in a language(словарный состав)

English has one of the largest vocabularies.

• A list of words in a lesson or a book(список слов)

How many words are there in your textbook vocabulary?

• All the words that a person knows(запас слов)

A young child has a small vocabulary

• A book that gives words from A to Z with their meanings.

I have bought two English-Russian dictionaries.

FocusIrregular Verbs После such может идти:

a) Имя существительное в ед.ч. с неопределенным артиклем

It is a such interesting book!b) имя существ. во

множественном числе без артикля

I like such pupils.c) Имя существительное

неисчисляемое без артикля

Such juice is very tasty.

1 2 3

burn burnt burnt

hear heard heard

learn learnt learnt

mean meant meant

say said said

understand

understood

understood

strike struck struck

Focus on Word-building• -less указывает на

отсутствие чего-либо, какого-либо качества и служит для образования прилагательных

• Child+less=childless• End+less=endless• Use+less=useless• Cloud+less=cloudless

• -ly служит для образования наречий, реже прилагательных

• Deep+ly=deeply• Slow+ly=slowly• Warm+ly=warmly• Easy+ly=easily• Busy+ly= busily• Dry+ly=dryly/drily

«Тоже»Too – в конце предложения Also – в середине и в начале

предложения

• Great Britain is an island. Ireland is an island too.

• She speaks Spanish. She also knows English .

• He has written two letters. Also he has written three postcards.

Focus on GrammarPast Simple Present Perfect

• I wrote a letter yesterday(известно когда)Alice bought a new dress

last Sunday.(известно когда)

• I have written a letter(важен результат-письмо

написано)I’m not hungry . I have had

already lunch.(важен результат –я

покушал)Before, lately , several

times, many times, the first time, ever, never, just, already, yet.

Focus on GrammarPast Simple Present Perfect

• I saw him this morning(Разговор происходит после 12.00, утро уже закончилось)

• I met Ann this morning(19.00)

• I have seen him this morning

( Разговор происходит до 12.00, утро еще не закончилось)

• We have watched an interesting film this morning(11.00)