История о том, как пятеро детей подружились с необычным существом. Оно пытается выполнить желания, загаданные детьми, но никто из них не получает именно то, что он хотел.
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Лексика |
Примеры |
Количество лексических единиц |
Past simple tense |
Life at the White House was very different to life in London. |
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Past perfect tense |
When she has read it she said, ‘I must go and look after your grandmother.’ |
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must / mustn’t |
for obligation or prohibition ‘You must all be very good.’ ‘We mustn’t be late for breakfast.’ |
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first conditional |
‘If we do get to Australia, the Australian children will get sand in their eyes.’ ‘What if it hits someone on the head?’ wish ‘We wish you would come out.’ ‘I wish – we were all beautiful!’ |
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Comparative adverbs |
His body grew much fatter. |
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have to for obligation |
‘We’ll have to wait until sunset.’ ‘I had to pay for the lemonade with my own money.’ |
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Past continuous tense |
She was carrying a big plate of cold beef. |
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Future tense with will |
‘I think I’ll buy a new hat.’ ‘We’ll take them to the police station.’ |
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should |
‘You children should be ashamed.’ |
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Present perfect tense |
‘They’ve played a trick on me.’ ‘These children haven’t stolen anything!’ |
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should have done |
‘You shouldn’t have gone into Rochester by yourselves!’ |
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would |
‘Money would be more useful than gold.’ |
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Future tense with going to |
‘I’m going to pick some flowers.’ |
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need |
‘I need your help.’ |
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could for ability in the past |
‘I could see lots of food on a shelf inside the room.’ |
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Vocabulary |
emotions e.g. cross, scared, action verbs e.g. climbed, wishes and dreams |
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