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Helen Catches A Train
Helen Catches A Train
- priutiti
- zabrinuto
- prepirati se
- barem
- vrijediti
- dati znak za polazak, pozvoniti
- autobus
- autobusna stanica, (stajalite)
- stii na ...
naii putem
pribliavati se (ulicom)
pojaviti se
UNIT 2
- out of
conductor
crash
shortcut
driver
taxi driver
extra
expense
fare
front seat
to get, got, got (ten); getting
- in
- off
- on
- out
- sbd. to a place
- sth. out of
to go, went, gone; going
- well
in good time
to hit, hit, hit; hitting
- ones head on sth.
to let, let, let; letting
main road
to make, made, made; making
- up ones mind
to miss
to nod (-dd-)
to take notice
to pack
passenger
to quarrel
to reach the station
to run, ran, run; running
- into
- towards sth.
side-street
to start
to spare time
to take
to throw, threw, thrown; throwing
to be thrown forward
to wonder
izai
- kondukter (autobusa)
- sudar, tresak
- preac
- voza
- voza taksija
- poseban
- poseban izdatak (troak)
- vozarina
- prednje sjedalo
-
ui
stii
ui
izai
dovesti
izvaditi
- dobro se odvijati
- pravovremeno, na vrijeme
- udariti glavom o (to)
- dozvolit, pustiti
- glavna cesta (ulica)
- odluiti se
- propustiti, ne stii
- kimnuti
- primijetiti, obazirati se (na)
- spakirati
- putnik
- svaati se
- stii na stanicu
- zaletiti se u
- trati prema
- pokrajnja ulica
- krenuti
- dangubiti, nemati vremena
- trajati
- biti (od)baen prema naprijed
- pitati se
4.zadaa engleski I
QUESTIONS:
1. What did Helen do that day?
2. Why did she hurry out of the house?
UNIT 2
ADJECTIVE
VERB
ADVERB
UNIT 2
anxiety
anxious
(to) be anxious
about sth.
anxiously
sure
violently
(to) approach
(to) hurry
(to) catch
direction
loud
Choose a noun, an adjective, a verb or an adverb from the text and see if you can
provide the other three forms; consult your dictionary for any difference in meaning.
II.
UNIT 2
PRACTICE:
III.
INSERT THE APPROPRIATE PREPOSITIONS:
Helen said goodbye ... her mother and hurried ... the house to catch the bus ... the
station. There was no one waiting ... the bus stop. Helen looked ... her watch
anxiously. Her train left ... two-thirty. Just then a taxi came slowly ... the road. It
would be well worth the extra expense in order to be sure ... catching her train. All
went well until, just as they were coming ... a side-street ... the main road that led ...
the station, the taxi run ... a car. Helen was thrown ... so violently that she hit her head
... the front seat. Later a bus came ... sight, going ... the direction ... the station. Helen
got ... the taxi and ran ... the bus. Helen reached the station just ... time and managed
to catch her train ... all.
IV.
She never ... (pack) her suitcase the last moment. She usually ... (pack) her suitcase
one day before her trip. Right now she ... (pack) her suitcase. Last Friday she ... (pack)
her suitcase the last moment. I went out to buy some cigarettes and when I came back
she ... still ... (pack) her suitcase. She seldom ... (take) a short cut to get to the station.
Right now she ... (take) a short cut to the station because she is late. Yesterday she ...
(take) a short cut to the station because she did not have much time to spare. Last
evening while she ... (take) a short cut to the station she saw a terrible traffic accident.
(2) CHANGE THE SENTENCES TO THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS, MAKE ALL
OTHER NECESSARY CHANGES.
Helen packed a small suitcase that afternoon. She said goodbye to her mother and
hurried out of the house. There was no one else waiting at the bus stop. Helen looked
at her watch anxiously. Her train left at two-thirty. A taxi came slowly down the road.
Helen knew that the fare to the station was at least five shillings.
(3) PROVIDE THE CORRECT TENSE OF THE VERBS IN BRACKET. EXPLAIN
YOUR CHOICE:
Policemen (to direct) the traffic. The bus only (to stop) here to pick up passengers.
She usually (to fall) asleep on long journeys. She (not to go) out much. He (not to
agree) with the belief that there is life on other planets. He (to play) guitar. (Visit)
your frequently Dubrovnik in the summer? No, I never do. (Own) a lot of people
video recorders? She (not to find) it easy to express herself in English. The car (to
need) a complete overhaul (check-up). At weekends she (to go) out with her friends. I
(to do) physical training in order to keep fit. Robert (to have) a lot of confidence in
himself.
V. HOME STUDY: VERBS (CLASSIFICATION, PROPERTIES: NUMBERS,
UNIT 2