Proverbs

ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN PROVERBS AND SAYINGS
      THERE  IS.  THERE  ARE.
1 .There is no rose without a thorn.
2. There are many slips between the cup and the lips.
3. There are two sides to every question.
4. There is no smoke without fire.
5. There is no rule without exception.
6. There is no bad weather, there are bad clothes.
7. There is no place like home.
8. There are spots even on the sun.
9. When a friend asks, there is no tomorrow.
10. Where there is a will there is a way.
11. There is a black sheep in every flock.
12. There is no use crying over spilt milk.
13. There is more than one way to kill a cat.
14. There is a place for everything, and everything in its place.
               


  NUMERALS
1. One man, no man.
2. One swallow does not make a summer.
3. One today is worth two tomorrow.
4. One lie makes many.
5. One fire drives out another.
6. Score twice before you cut once.
7. Rain at seven, fine at eleven.
8. Six of one and half a Dozen of the other.
9. To cry with one eye and laugh with the other.
10. Two heads are better than one.
11. Four eyes see more than two.
12. Two is a company, but three is none.
13. As plain as two and two make four.
14. First think , then speak.
15. If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
  


THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE
1. Bad news travels fast.
2. Manners make the man.
3. One swallow doesn`t make a summer.
4. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
5. After rain comes fair weather.
6. First think, then speak.
7. A good beginning makes a good ending.
8. Every bird likes its nest.
9. All is well that ends well.
10. Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
11. Four eyes see more than two.
12. Walls have ears.
13. Barking dogs do not bite.
14. Make hay while the sun shines.
15. Time works wonders.
    

THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE
1. Care killed the cat.
2. Faint heart never won fair lady.
3. He that never climbed never fell.
4. What we give, we had, what we left, we lost.
5. The kettle called the pot black.
6. He who pleased everybody died before he was born.
7. Curiosity killed a cat.
8. Almost never killed a fly.
9. Since Adam was a boy.
10. A little bird told me.
  


 THE FUTURE SIMPLE TENSE
1. Accident will happen.
2. We shall see how the cat jumps.
3 . If you run after two hares, you will catch none.
4. Deep will call to deep.
5. A drowning man will catch at straw.
6. Who keeps company with wolves will learn to howl.
7. As you sow, you shall mow.
8. When the cat is away, the mice will play.
9. If the sky falls , we shall catch larks.
10. A sunshiny shower won’t last an hour.
11. Many words will not fill a bushel.
12. Much will have more.
13. Nature will have its course.
14. An old dog will learn no tricks.
15. In the end things will mend.
16. Roll my log and I will roll yours.
17. He will never set the Thames on fire.
18. He that will steal a pin, will steal a pound.
  

  THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE

1. Fiddle while Rome is burning.
2. Fools will be meddling.
3. The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping.
4. Don’t cut the bough you are standing on.
5. Know where one is going.
6. He that has a long nose thinks everybody is speaking of it.
7. One’s left hand does not know what one’s right  hand is doing.
      

QUIZ
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING PROVERBS AND SAYINGS:
1. The dogs bark, but…
2. Handsome is as…
3. Many a little…
4. The exception proves…
5. The customer is…
6. He travels the fastest…
7. He dances well…
8.  Score twice before…
9. We soon believe what we…
10. He laughs best…
(makes a mickle; always; the caravan goes on; who travels alone; handsome does; you cut once; who laughs last; the rule; desire; to whom fortune pipes.)






MATCH PARTS OF THE ENGLISH PROVERBS:

1. A bad Workman…                            a) as it is painted.
2. If a job is worth doing…                   b) spoil the broth.
3. Early to bed, early to rise…              c) three is none.
4. Never put off till tomorrow…           d) while the sun shines.
5. The early bird..                                  e) makes Jack a dull boy.
6. The devil is not so black…               f) what you can  do today.
7. Make hay…                                       g) blames his tools.
8. Two is company…                            h) makes a man healthy,  
                                                               wealthy and wise…              
9.  many cooks …                                 i) by the company he keeps.
10. All is well…                                    j) it is worth doing well.
11. All work and no play…                  k) is never found again.
12. A man is known…                          l) that ends well.


FIND    EQUIVALENTS:
1. My home is my castle.
2. Better late than never.
3. A man is known by the company he keeps.
4. Practice makes perfect.
5. Who knows most ,says least.
6. He that never climbed never fell.
7. Time works wonders.
8. There is no use crying over spilt milk.
9. So many men , so many minds.
10. Don`t look a gift horse  in the mouth.
11. Never say die.
12. A sound mind in a sound body.
13. What is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

A) Поки живу_ сподіваюсь.
Б) Що впало_ те пропало.
В)Скільки людей , стільки думок.
Г) У здоровому тілі_ здоровий дух.
Д) Повторення_мати навчання.
Е) Поспішиш _ людей насмішиш.
Є) Краще пізно, ніж ніколи.
Ж) Не помиляється той, хто нічого не робить.
З) Мій дім _ моя фортеця.
И) Слово_ срібло, мовчання_ золото.
І) Скажи мені, хто твій друг, і я скажу хто ти.
Й) Час творить дива.
К) Дарованому коневі в зуби не заглядають.

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