Формування граматичних навичок за допомогою англійських прислів'їв

Англійські прислів'я - мовний матеріал, який робить мову живою та барвистою, а вивчення англійської граматики цікавим та захопливим, мотивує учнів до використання їх у найважливішому виді мовної діяльності - говорінні.

Лаконічність та виразність прислів'я сприяють більш швидкому оволодінню практичною граматикою англійської мови. Прислів'я можуть використовуватись як при введенні нового граматичного явища, так і для його закріплення чи повторення.

Крім того, використання прислів'їв при вивченні англійської мови представляє собою і додаткове джерело формування соціокультурної компетентності учнів.

The Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives

1. Actions speak louder than words.
2. Better late than never.
3. Better lose the saddle than the horse.
4. Better one small fish than an empty dish.
5. Better one word in time than two afterwards.
6. Better to do well than to say well.
7. Four eyes see more than two.
8. A good name is better than riches.
9. A good name is sooner lost than won.
10. Half a loaf is better than no bread.
11. He laughs best who laughs last.
12. Honesty is the best policy.
13. Little is better than none.
14. Two heads are better than one.
15. Years teach more than books.
16. Good health is better than wealth.

17. Second thoughts arc the best.

18. Easier sail! than done.
19. The busiest man finds the most leisure.

Indefinite Pronouns

1. Anything for a quiet life.
2. Everybody’s business is nobody’s business.
3. Everything is good in its season.
4. Good words cost nothing and are worth much.
5. To know everything is to know nothing.
6. Much ado about nothing.
7. Wealth is nothing without health.

Structures  as... as...

1. As many heads as many wits.
2. As the tree, so the fruit.
3. As you have made your bed, so you must lie on it.
4. As clear as a day.
5. As easy as ABC.
6. As welcome as flowers in May.

1st Conditional

1. If you run after two hares you will catch neither.
2. If there are no clouds we shall not enjoy the sun.
3. If you cannot see the bottom do not cross the river.
4. If you sell the cow you sell her milk too.
5. If you swear you will catch no fish.

Passive Voice

1. He that does not respect, is not respected.
2. A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.
3. A man is known by the company he keeps.
4. Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain.
5. Much is expected where much is given.
6. One link broken, the whole chain is broken.
7. The pot goes so often to the river that it is broken at last.
8. Rome was not built in a day.
9. A tree is known by its fruit.
10. Weil begun is half done.

1l. What is done by night appears by day.

12. What’s done cannot be undone.

Infinitive

1. To know everything is to know nothing.
2. It's never too late to learn.
3. When guns speak, it's too late to argue.
4. It's never too late to love.
5. Live not to eat but eat to live.

Gerund

1. Talking mends no holes.
2. Speaking without thinking is shooting without aiming.
3. Doing is better than saying.
4. A clean hand wants no washing.