Вчимо англійську з українськими піснями

Prepositions and Pronouns    

IN OUR VILLAGE UPON THE HILL                                                                                                                В нашім селі на горбочку                                                               (Українська народна пісня)

Vocabulary:

Match the words from the song (on the left) to the word combinations that have the similar meaning (on the right):

1. On the vista a) a bird of prey with long  pointed    2. Upon a hill wings and notched beak;

3. A falcon  b) high renown or honor;

4. A maiden  c) a large vault for burying the dead;

5. To resurrect d) to restore to life;

6. A tomb  e) a girl or a young woman,           7. Glory   especially an unmarried one;

8. To grieve  f) a pleasing view;

  g) upon a mound;

  h) to upset, distress;

Grammar:

Group the given words according to the grammatical classes they belong to:

our upon   on her those   you  from    he among    us   that   with     we      in

Listen to the song and choose the right variant to complete the song and underline it (number one is done as an example):

In Our Village Upon The Hill

In our village (1)___ (2)____ a hill  

Hey, there’s stands a church (3)___  the vista  

Beside her are there (4)___ flowers

(5)___ walk the boys and the girls  

Hey, (6)___ O ___ Ukrainian falcons   

Let’s sing O (7)___ maidens   

Hey, a joyous Hayivochka    

May the mother give (8)___ comfort   

Hey, Jesus (9)___ the tomb’s resurrecting   

May He rise and here be present   

Hey, (10)___ the Ukrainian people   

Let (11)___ sing a dina-dina    

Hey, Ukraine has not yet perished   

Your glory has not yet died   

Hey, that for 500 years slept (12)___ the steppe

And you boys hear (13)___ singing

Hey, (14)___ in the graves don’t you grieve

We all know where (15)___ graves are

Hey, with the flowers we’ll adorn them.

1. there/ they/their; 2. on/upon/ at; 3. on/upon/at; 4.there/ this/those; 5. there/this/those; 6. we..we/you..you/ they..they; 7. she/they/you; 8. him/her/you; 9.on/from/ out; 10. among/from/between; 11. them/us/him;           12. at/on/in; 13 this/the/that; 14. there/this/those;         15. your/our/my.

And now read the text of the song and check yourselves:

In Our Village Upon The Hill

In our village there  upon a hill   

Hey, there’s stands a church on the vista 

Beside her are there those flowers   

Hey, walk the seniors, walk the children  

There walk the boys and the girls   

Hey, you O you Ukrainian falcons   

Let’s sing O you  maidens    

Hey, a joyous Hayivochka    

May the mother give you comfort   

Hey, Jesus from the tomb’s resurrecting  

May He rise and here be present   

Hey, among the Ukrainian people   

Let us sing a dina-dina    

Hey, Ukraine has not yet perished   

Your glory has not yet died    

Hey, that for 500 years slept in the steppe

And you boys hear that singing

Hey, those in the graves don’t you grieve

We all know where your graves are

Hey, with the flowers we’ll adorn them.

Speaking

Describe the village that you can imagine after listening the song