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Murder At The Station by Lorraine Small. Episode 5. Trouble on the 6.15.

The story so far: Jane Platt, (1) whois travelling to London because of a mysterious letter, is the only person (2)........witnesses a murder at Victoria Station. The detective to (3)........she gives her statement then disappears. Jane goes to an office in Soho to answer the letter (4)........she had received. There she discovers that her uncle Gordon, (5)........lives in South America, has sent her a small box (6)........she is only to open if in trouble. Jane, (7)........parents have never mentioned an Uncle Gordon, is suspicious of the box, (8)........she gives to her friend Tony. They go to Scotland Yard and see Inspector Groves, (9)........has not heard of the Victoria Station murder, (10)........was not reported to the police. Jane gives Inspector Groves the murdered man's ticket (11)........she found beside his body. Then Jane and Tony decide to go to Redhill, (12)........was the town (13)........the murdered man had come from. On the train they meet a man, (14)........face is somehow familiar to Jane, (15)........says he knows her Uncle Gordon. Now read on.

Конструкция нижеследующих предложений грамматически возможна, но не совсем приемлема в устной речи. Перепишите каждое предложение так, чтобы оно оканчивалось на подчеркнутый предлог.

a) Margaret is the girl with whom I went on holiday.

.......Margaret is the girl I went on holiday with..........................................

b) The golf club is the only club of which I am a member.

…………………………………………………………………………

c) That's the girl about whom we were talking.

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d) It was a wonderful present, for which I was extremely grateful.

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e) This is the school to which I used to go.

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f) Is this the case in which we should put the wineglasses?

………………………………………………………………………

g) Can you move the chair on which you are sitting?

…………………………………………………………………………

h) That's the shop from which I got my shoes.

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i) Is that the person next to whom you usually sit ?

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j) This is Bill, about whom you have heard so much.

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Составьте одно предложение из каждой группы предложений, как показано в образце.

a) I got on a train. I wanted to go to a station. The train didn't stop there.

The train I got on didn’t stop at the station I wanted to go to.

b) I read a book. You recommended a book to me. This was the book.

The book I...................................................................................................

c) The ship hit an iceberg and sank. Warning messages had been sent to it. The ship ignored these.

The ship, ......................................................................................................

d) The postman realised I was on holiday. You had sent me a parcel. The postman left it next door.

The postman, ...............................................................................................

e) I used to own a dog. People came to the door. The dog never barked at them.

The dog I......................................................................................................

f) I bought my car from a woman. She lives in a house. You can see the house over there.

The woman I................................................................................................

g) We went to a beach on the first day of our holiday. It was covered in seaweed. This smelled a lot.

The beach we...............................................................................................

h) My neighbours have three small children. The children make a lot of noise. My neighbours never apologise.

My neighbours, ...........................................................................................

i) I bought a new typewriter. It cost me a lot of money.

The new........................................................................................................

j) I lost my wallet last week. It was found by a workman. He was digging a hole in the street outside our house.

The wallet.....................................................................................................

ИТАК

1. Длинные и сложные предложения с относительными придаточными редко употребляются в речи. Более употребительно соединение простых придаточных при помощи союзов.

2. В речи относительные местоимения обычно ставятся в дополнительных придаточных предложениях.

This is the book I told you about.

Это книга, о которой я тебе говорил.

3. В устной речи принято заканчивать относительные придаточные предложения предлогом.

That's the girl I live next door to.	Это девушка, рядом с которой я живу.
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UNIT 13.ПРЕДЛОГИ

УПОТРЕБЛЕНИЕ

1. Падежные предлоги(соответствующие родительному, дательному, творительному, предложному падежам в русском языке)

Р.п. – of a cup of tea, a friend of mine

Д.п. – to, for Give it to me! It is interesting forme to know…

Т.п. – by, with a poem written by Shakespeare, cut with a knife

П.п. – about about my family

Предлоги времени

at on in in since till/until by from…to… for during before after

в в в через с до к с…до… в течение во время перед после

с показаниями часов, в определенных выражениях с днями и датами со временами года, месяцами, отрезками дня, годами с периодом времени нет окончания периода нет начала периода «не позднее чем» указаны начало и конец + период времени + существительное

at 7 o'clock at night, at Christmas, at sunset, at the same time on Monday, on 12 March, on Christmas day in autumn, in April, in the morning, in 2007 in 2 hours, in 5 months since one's childhood till/until Saturday by Sunday, by 11.30 from March to July for two years, for ages during the film before the lecture after dinner

Движение

Предлоги, используемые с глаголами движения (come, go, run и т.д.), показывают направление движения.

Jack ran out of the room. Sue moved towards the door.

Джек выбежал из комнаты. Сью двинулась к двери.

Другие примеры: to, into, across, around, along, up, down, past.

Положение и место

Предлоги могут показывать положение объектов.

Ted was sitting next to Janet. The bank is opposite the cinema.

Тед сидел рядом с Джэнет. Банк находится напротив кинотеатра.

Другие примеры: before, below, beside, in front of, near, on top of, under.

Предлоги также показывают место.

I live in France. Sue lives on an island. John is at school.