GRAMMAR REVIEW AND DEVELOPMENT
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 450.
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Look through the text again and write down ways to describe the situation concerning the expulsion of some of the Lombards from Britain.
| The expulsion of Lombards |
Use the information in the text to answer the questions (in written form).
1. When did the City become the financial centre of London?
2. When was it legally permitted to charge interest on a loan of money?
3. Why did the Lords Ordainers expel some of the well-known Lombards!
4. In the 11th century, William the Conqueror granted a special Charter to the City of London, didn't he? What are the consequences of that grant?
5. What was the image of the City until very recently?
From the text, select those, facts and ideas concerning the role of the City of London in Britain and all over the world (in written form).
Say what the text is about. Comment on the content of the text (orally).
Present the general idea of the text in five-six sentences in written form.
Review the Grammar material«The Modal Verbs and their equivalents»
TheModal Verbs and their equivalents are used to express: order, necessity, obligation, an urgent command, prohibition, advisability; mental or physical ability; permission, necessity; an arrangement, agreement, part of a plan (see the first chart).
When theModal Verbs and their equivalents express these notions, the main patterns of them are those presented in the sentences below. Study the patterns. Make sure you are familiar with all of them and you know how to translate the sentences from English into Russian.
| must | order, necessity, obligation, an urgent command, prohibition |
| to have to | necessity / obligation (arising out of circumstances) |
| to be to | an arrangement, agreement, part of a plan, something thought of as unavoidable |
| can/could to be able to | ability (mental / physical), capability, possibility |
| may/might to be allowed to | permission |
| should ought to | order, necessity, obligation, an urgent command, prohibition, advisability |
| needn't | absence of necessity |
To succeed in life, even in purely material terms, peoplemust work together.
Each year the new car modelshave to be sufficiently different from the ones
You haven't finished the report yet. So youwill have to do it tomorrow.
After that Adam Smith took up another subject which hewas laterto proclaim to the world.
The City can be called the financial heart of the world.
In those old times, moneylenderscould not charge interest.
An early as 1913, Ford's companywas able to produce an astonishing 1,000 Model Ts per day.
May I join your company?
He said she might use his dictionary.
The firmwill be allowed to take part in the competition.
Youshould (ought to) be more careful at work.
He needn't be in such a hurry. It is 5 o'clock and the meeting will only start at 6.
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