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<p>Новая старонка: « 🍂 Autumn, Poetry &amp; Advanced English == John Keats, Grammar Revision &amp; Degrees of Comparison == ---- = 🍁 Exercise 1. The Story Behind To Autumn = === 🕰️ Grammar &amp; Literature Quiz === Task: Complete the story of John Keats’s To Autumn. Choose the verb form that best fits each sentence. Pay attention to the relationship between different moments in time. === 📚 Useful Vocabulary === * 🍂 to be inspired by — быць натхнёным...»</p> <p><b>Новая старонка</b></p><div><br /> 🍂 Autumn, Poetry &amp; Advanced English<br /> <br /> == John Keats, Grammar Revision &amp; Degrees of Comparison ==<br /> ----<br /> <br /> = 🍁 Exercise 1. The Story Behind To Autumn =<br /> <br /> === 🕰️ Grammar &amp; Literature Quiz ===<br /> Task: Complete the story of John Keats’s To Autumn. Choose the verb form that best fits each sentence. Pay attention to the relationship between different moments in time.<br /> <br /> === 📚 Useful Vocabulary ===<br /> <br /> * 🍂 to be inspired by — быць натхнёным чымсьці<br /> * 🌾 a stubble field — поле пасля жніва<br /> * 🚶 to go for a walk — пайсці на шпацыр<br /> * 🌤️ a crisp autumn day — свежы восеньскі дзень<br /> * ✍️ to compose a poem — напісаць верш<br /> * 🌳 the English countryside — англійская сельская мясцовасць<br /> * ⏳ the passing of time — плынь часу<br /> * 🌱 the cycle of nature — цыкл прыроды<br /> * 🍎 ripening fruit — садавіна, што спее<br /> * 🌅 the end of a season — канец пары года<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> === 🍎 The Quiz ===<br /> 🍂 John Keats ___ To Autumn on 19 September 1819 while he was staying in Winchester.<br /> <br /> had written<br /> <br /> wrote<br /> <br /> has written<br /> <br /> was writing<br /> ----🚶 Before Keats ___ down to write the poem, he had gone for a walk through the countryside near Winchester.<br /> <br /> had sat<br /> <br /> sat<br /> <br /> has sat<br /> <br /> was sitting<br /> ----🌾 During that walk, he ___ the stubble fields and the particular warmth of the autumn landscape.<br /> <br /> had been noticing<br /> <br /> noticed<br /> <br /> has noticed<br /> <br /> would notice<br /> ----✉️ Later, Keats wrote to his friend John Hamilton Reynolds that he ___ stubble fields so much before.<br /> <br /> had never liked<br /> <br /> never liked<br /> <br /> has never liked<br /> <br /> would never like<br /> ----🌤️ By the time he composed the ode, Keats ___ one of the most creative periods of his short literary career.<br /> <br /> was already entering<br /> <br /> had already entered<br /> <br /> has already entered<br /> <br /> would already enter<br /> ----📖 During 1819, he ___ several of the poems that would later become his most celebrated works.<br /> <br /> had been producing<br /> <br /> produced<br /> <br /> has produced<br /> <br /> would have produced<br /> ----🍎 In To Autumn, Keats describes a season in which fruit ___, crops are being harvested, and nature is slowly preparing for change.<br /> <br /> ripened<br /> <br /> ripens<br /> <br /> has ripened<br /> <br /> had ripened<br /> ----⏳ Instead of simply mourning the fact that summer ___, the poem finds beauty in autumn itself.<br /> <br /> had ended<br /> <br /> has been ending<br /> <br /> would end<br /> <br /> was ending<br /> ----🌅 Nearly two centuries later, readers ___ To Autumn as one of Keats’s best-known poems, partly because it transforms an ordinary seasonal landscape into a meditation on time and change.<br /> <br /> still read<br /> <br /> had still read<br /> <br /> were still reading<br /> <br /> will have still read<br /> ----<br /> <br /> = 📖 Exercise 2. Before We Read =<br /> <br /> == 🍎 Vocabulary from To Autumn ==<br /> Read the expressions aloud. They will help you understand both the poem and its imagery.<br /> <br /> * 🌫️ mellow fruitfulness — спелая, багатая ўрадлівасць<br /> * ☀️ the maturing sun — сонца, пад якім усё спее<br /> * 🍇 to load with fruit — напаўняць пладамі<br /> * 🍎 ripeness to the core — спеласць да самай сярэдзіны<br /> * 🌰 a sweet kernel — салодкае ядро арэха<br /> * 🐝 warm days will never cease — цёплыя дні ніколі не скончацца<br /> * 🌾 a granary floor — падлога ў збожжасховішчы<br /> * 🌬️ the winnowing wind — вецер, што развейвае мякіну<br /> * 🌾 a half-reaped furrow — напалову зжатая баразна<br /> * 😴 sound asleep — моцна спаць<br /> * 🍎 a cider press — прэс для сідру<br /> * 🌅 a soft-dying day — дзень, што павольна згасае<br /> * 🌸 the songs of spring — песні вясны<br /> * 🐑 full-grown lambs — падрослыя ягняты<br /> * 🐦 gathering swallows — ластаўкі, якія збіраюцца ў чароды<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> = 🍂 John Keats — To Autumn =<br /> <br /> === I ===<br /> Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,<br /> <br /> Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;<br /> <br /> Conspiring with him how to load and bless<br /> <br /> With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;<br /> <br /> To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees,<br /> <br /> And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;<br /> <br /> To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells<br /> <br /> With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,<br /> <br /> And still more, later flowers for the bees,<br /> <br /> Until they think warm days will never cease,<br /> <br /> For Summer has o’er-brimm’d their clammy cells.<br /> <br /> === II ===<br /> Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?<br /> <br /> Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find<br /> <br /> Thee sitting careless on a granary floor,<br /> <br /> Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;<br /> <br /> Or on a half-reap’d furrow sound asleep,<br /> <br /> Drows’d with the fume of poppies, while thy hook<br /> <br /> Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers:<br /> <br /> And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep<br /> <br /> Steady thy laden head across a brook;<br /> <br /> Or by a cider-press, with patient look,<br /> <br /> Thou watchest the last oozings hours by hours.<br /> <br /> === III ===<br /> Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they?<br /> <br /> Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—<br /> <br /> While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day,<br /> <br /> And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue;<br /> <br /> Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn<br /> <br /> Among the river sallows, borne aloft<br /> <br /> Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;<br /> <br /> And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn;<br /> <br /> Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft<br /> <br /> The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft;<br /> <br /> And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.<br /> ----<br /> <br /> == 🍁 After Reading ==<br /> 💭 Which image from the poem feels the most autumnal to you? Why?<br /> <br /> # 🌅 Does Keats present autumn as something sad, peaceful, abundant, or all three at once?<br /> # ⏳ Why do you think the poem moves from ripe fruit at the beginning to a “soft-dying day” at the end?<br /> # 🎵 What might Keats mean when he says that autumn has its own “music”?<br /> # 🌱 Do you think people sometimes fail to appreciate the present because they are waiting for another “season” of their lives?<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> = 🧠 Exercise 3. The Ultimate Grammar Revision =<br /> <br /> === 🎯 Choose the only correct answer ===<br /> Some questions revise familiar rules. Others contain small traps.<br /> <br /> == 📰 Singular or Plural? ==<br /> 📰 The news about the sudden change ___ surprisingly encouraging.<br /> <br /> are<br /> <br /> were<br /> <br /> is<br /> <br /> have been<br /> ----👮 The police ___ already questioned several people about the incident.<br /> <br /> has<br /> <br /> have<br /> <br /> is<br /> <br /> was<br /> ----💡 The advice she gave me ___ far more useful than I had expected.<br /> <br /> were<br /> <br /> was<br /> <br /> have been<br /> <br /> are<br /> ----✂️ These scissors ___ much sharper than the pair I used yesterday.<br /> <br /> is<br /> <br /> are<br /> <br /> has been<br /> <br /> was<br /> ----🔬 This species ___ becoming increasingly rare in this part of Europe.<br /> <br /> are<br /> <br /> have<br /> <br /> is<br /> <br /> were<br /> ----<br /> <br /> == ⏳ Tenses ==<br /> 🌧️ When we finally reached the park, it ___ for nearly two hours.<br /> <br /> rained<br /> <br /> had been raining<br /> <br /> has rained<br /> <br /> was rained<br /> ----🍂 This time next month, most of the leaves ___ from the trees.<br /> <br /> will fall<br /> <br /> will be falling<br /> <br /> will have fallen<br /> <br /> have fallen<br /> ----📚 By next June, he ___ English seriously for three years.<br /> <br /> will study<br /> <br /> will have been studying<br /> <br /> will be studying<br /> <br /> has studied<br /> ----🚪 I ___ the house when I suddenly realised that I had left my keys upstairs.<br /> <br /> was about to leave<br /> <br /> have left<br /> <br /> had been leaving<br /> <br /> would have left<br /> ----<br /> <br /> == 🌙 Conditionals ==<br /> 🌧️ If the weather were warmer today, we ___ for a long walk.<br /> <br /> would go<br /> <br /> would have gone<br /> <br /> will go<br /> <br /> had gone<br /> ----🚉 If we had left five minutes earlier, we ___ the train.<br /> <br /> would catch<br /> <br /> would have caught<br /> <br /> caught<br /> <br /> had caught<br /> ----😴 If I had gone to bed earlier last night, I ___ so exhausted now.<br /> <br /> wouldn’t have been<br /> <br /> wouldn’t be<br /> <br /> won’t be<br /> <br /> hadn’t been<br /> ----📖 If he were generally more organised, he ___ that deadline last week.<br /> <br /> wouldn’t miss<br /> <br /> wouldn’t have missed<br /> <br /> hadn’t missed<br /> <br /> won’t have missed<br /> ----<br /> <br /> == 🧠 Modal Verbs + Perfect Infinitive ==<br /> 📱 His phone is switched off. He ___ the battery before leaving home.<br /> <br /> must forget to charge<br /> <br /> might have forgotten to charge<br /> <br /> should forget charging<br /> <br /> can have forgotten charging<br /> ----🎟️ We bought tickets in advance, but admission turned out to be free. We ___ them.<br /> <br /> mustn’t have bought<br /> <br /> needn’t have bought<br /> <br /> couldn’t buy<br /> <br /> shouldn’t buy<br /> ----🗝️ The door was locked from the inside. He ___ through that entrance.<br /> <br /> can’t have entered<br /> <br /> must enter<br /> <br /> should have entered<br /> <br /> needn’t enter<br /> ----<br /> <br /> == 🔄 Used to / Would / Be Used to / Get Used to ==<br /> 🏫 When I was at school, I ___ spend hours reading after classes.<br /> <br /> was used to<br /> <br /> would<br /> <br /> got used to<br /> <br /> am used to<br /> ----🌅 At first, waking up at six was horrible, but eventually I ___ it.<br /> <br /> used to<br /> <br /> would<br /> <br /> got used to<br /> <br /> was used<br /> ----💻 I ___ working with several windows open, so it doesn’t distract me anymore.<br /> <br /> used to<br /> <br /> am used to<br /> <br /> would<br /> <br /> get use to<br /> ----<br /> <br /> == ⏰ Time Expressions ==<br /> 🚉 We reached the station just ___ to catch the last train.<br /> <br /> on time<br /> <br /> in time<br /> <br /> at the time<br /> <br /> at times<br /> ----🎓 The lecture began exactly at 10:00, so at least the professor was ___.<br /> <br /> in time<br /> <br /> on time<br /> <br /> at times<br /> <br /> by the time<br /> ----🍂 ___ we reached the forest, the rain had already stopped.<br /> <br /> At the time<br /> <br /> On time<br /> <br /> By the time<br /> <br /> At a time<br /> ----<br /> <br /> == 🧩 Gerund or Infinitive? ==<br /> 📚 I strongly recommend ___ the chapter again before the exam.<br /> <br /> to read<br /> <br /> reading<br /> <br /> read<br /> <br /> to reading<br /> ----📱 Try ___ your phone in another room if notifications keep distracting you.<br /> <br /> to leave<br /> <br /> leaving<br /> <br /> leave<br /> <br /> to leaving<br /> ----☕ We stopped ___ some coffee because we still had another three hours to drive.<br /> <br /> getting<br /> <br /> get<br /> <br /> to get<br /> <br /> to getting<br /> ----🧠 I still remember ___ that question correctly for the first time.<br /> <br /> to answer<br /> <br /> answer<br /> <br /> answering<br /> <br /> to answering<br /> ----<br /> <br /> == 🎯 One Last Trap ==<br /> 🍁 Everyone in the group ___ their own opinion about the poem.<br /> <br /> have<br /> <br /> has<br /> <br /> are having<br /> <br /> have had<br /> ----<br /> <br /> = 🌍 Exercise 4. Translate into Natural English =<br /> <br /> === 📝 Task ===<br /> Translate the sentences into English. Try to use the expressions you have already learnt instead of translating word for word.<br /> <br /> # 🍂 Як вынік, мы вырашылі не адмяняць шпацыр, нягледзячы на халоднае надвор’е.<br /> # 🌧️ Наадварот, дождж зрабіў восеньскі горад яшчэ больш атмасферным.<br /> # 🧠 Я думаю, што мы часам занадта хутка робім высновы, не ведаючы ўсёй сітуацыі.<br /> # 📚 Як вынік, мне давялося даганяць тое, што я прапусціў на мінулым тыдні.<br /> # 💬 Наадварот, ён не спрабаваў пазбегнуць размовы і адкрыта сказаў, што яго турбуе.<br /> # 🎯 Я думаю, што мне нарэшце ўдалося знайсці баланс паміж вучобай і адпачынкам.<br /> # 📱 Як вынік, я стаў лягчэй адцягвацца і вырашыў адключыць апавяшчэнні.<br /> # 🌿 Наадварот, пасля некалькіх тыдняў я прызвычаіўся да новага раскладу і стаў адчуваць сябе больш спакойна.<br /> # ⏳ Я думаю, што нам не варта чакаць ідэальнага моманту, каб пачаць нешта новае.<br /> # 🎓 Як вынік, нагрузка аказалася значна большай, чым я першапачаткова чакаў.<br /> # 🗣️ Наадварот, чым больш ён тлумачыў сваю думку, тым менш пераканаўча яна гучала.<br /> # 🍁 Я думаю, што час ад часу карысна спыніцца і заўважыць, як шмат ужо змянілася.<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> = 📈 Exercise 5. Adjectives &amp; Adverbs =<br /> <br /> == Comparative &amp; Superlative Forms ==<br /> <br /> === 📚 The Essential Theory ===<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> |Type<br /> |Comparative<br /> |Superlative<br /> |-<br /> |🍏 short adjective<br /> |&lt;nowiki&gt;-er&lt;/nowiki&gt;<br /> |the -est<br /> |-<br /> |🌿 small<br /> |smaller<br /> |the smallest<br /> |-<br /> |🍂 quiet<br /> |quieter<br /> |the quietest<br /> |-<br /> |📖 long adjective<br /> |more + adjective<br /> |the most + adjective<br /> |-<br /> |🎨 beautiful<br /> |more beautiful<br /> |the most beautiful<br /> |-<br /> |🧠 complicated<br /> |more complicated<br /> |the most complicated<br /> |-<br /> |⚡ short adverb<br /> |&lt;nowiki&gt;-er&lt;/nowiki&gt;<br /> |the -est<br /> |-<br /> |🚗 fast<br /> |faster<br /> |the fastest<br /> |-<br /> |🗣️ hard<br /> |harder<br /> |the hardest<br /> |-<br /> |🌙 -ly adverb<br /> |more + adverb<br /> |the most + adverb<br /> |-<br /> |🎯 carefully<br /> |more carefully<br /> |the most carefully<br /> |-<br /> |💬 clearly<br /> |more clearly<br /> |the most clearly<br /> |}<br /> <br /> === ⚠️ Important Irregular Forms ===<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> |Base form<br /> |Comparative<br /> |Superlative<br /> |-<br /> |good / well<br /> |better<br /> |the best<br /> |-<br /> |bad / badly<br /> |worse<br /> |the worst<br /> |-<br /> |far<br /> |farther / further<br /> |the farthest / furthest<br /> |-<br /> |little<br /> |less<br /> |the least<br /> |-<br /> |much / many<br /> |more<br /> |the most<br /> |}<br /> <br /> === 🧩 Remember ===<br /> Adjective describes a noun:<br /> <br /> 🍁 It was a beautiful evening.<br /> <br /> Adverb usually describes a verb:<br /> <br /> 🎨 She painted the landscape beautifully.<br /> <br /> === 🔥 Useful Structures ===<br /> much / far / a lot + comparative<br /> <br /> 🍂 Autumn is much colder than summer.<br /> <br /> slightly / a little + comparative<br /> <br /> 🌤️ Today is slightly warmer than yesterday.<br /> <br /> the + comparative..., the + comparative...<br /> <br /> 📚 The more carefully you read, the more easily you notice the details.<br /> <br /> one of the + superlative + plural noun<br /> <br /> 📖 It is one of the most famous poems Keats ever wrote.<br /> ----<br /> <br /> = 🍎 Comparative or Superlative? =<br /> <br /> === 📝 Task ===<br /> Put the adjective or adverb in brackets into the correct comparative or superlative form.<br /> <br /> # 🍂 This September has been __________ than the previous one. (warm)<br /> # 📖 To Autumn is one of the __________ poems Keats ever wrote. (famous)<br /> # 🌫️ The fog became __________ as we moved farther away from the city centre. (thick)<br /> # 🗣️ Could you speak a little __________? I didn’t catch the last sentence. (slowly)<br /> # 🌳 Of all the parks we visited, this one was by far the __________. (peaceful)<br /> # 🧠 The __________ I thought about the question, the __________ it became. (carefully / complicated)<br /> # 📱 He responds to messages much __________ now than he did last year. (quickly)<br /> # 🎓 This semester is considerably __________ than the previous one. (demanding)<br /> # 🌧️ It rained __________ yesterday than it had all week. (heavily)<br /> # 🎨 She explained her idea __________ than anyone else in the group. (clearly)<br /> # 🚆 Which route will get us there __________? (fast)<br /> # 🍎 These apples are slightly __________ than the ones we bought last week. (sweet)<br /> # 📚 That was probably the __________ question in the entire test. (difficult)<br /> # 🧩 The new system works __________ than the old one, although it is still not perfect. (well)<br /> # 🌙 Of everyone at the meeting, he reacted the __________ to the unexpected news. (calmly)<br /> # 💻 The __________ the programme becomes, the __________ it is to use without instructions. (complex / difficult)<br /> # 🍁 This is easily one of the __________ autumn evenings we have had this year. (beautiful)<br /> <br /> [[Катэгорыя:English lessons]]</div>

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