Дипломная работа: The problem of polysemy in the English language

2. To avoid back problems, always bend your knees when you lift heavy objects.

3. Their best player was flat on his back in hospital.

4. He kissed her on the back of her head.

5. Her window faced the backs of the houses.

6. He rested his arm on the back of the sofa.

7. Paul scribbled his address on the back of an envelope.

8. The sports pages are usually at the back.

9. Two men were sitting in the back of the car.

10. Anna stood with her back to the window.

2.3 Lesson plan

Form 9-B

Topic “The verb to get and the range of its meanings”

T.: You know that a lot of words in English language are polysemantic. It means that one and the same word may have a lot of meanings. So, we should be attentive as to translating the text, writing, speaking. It is obvious that we should take into account the significance of the context. Now I shall present you a variety of meanings of the verb to get.

I. Phonetic warm up.

T.: Now we shall practice tongue twister with sounds [g] and [k]: cap-gap; cow-go; come-gum; crown-groan; class-glass; coat-goat; curl-girl. Then we shall pronounce each word separately and after that you will read this tongue twister one after another:

Gertie's great-grandma grew aghast at Gertie's grammar.

II. Lexical warm up.

T.: What is the primary meaning of the word to get? What other meanings of the word to get do you know? Make up several sentences with this word.

III. Warming up activity.

T.: Let’s guess the answer to the riddles which include the word to get:

1) What gets wetter as it dries? (A towel)

2) What's black when you get it, red when you use it, and white when you're all through with it? (Charcoal— вугільний олівець)

3) I give you a group of three. One is sitting down, and will never get up. The second eats as much as is given to him, yet is always hungry. The third goes away and never returns.(Stove — піч, fire, smoke)

4) I live in a busy place in the city,

I'll let you stay with me for awhile,

If you don't feed me, I can get you into trouble.

What am I? (A parking meter)

IV. Speaking activity.

T.: And now, let’s discuss proverbs and sayings with the verb to get which are worth learning or at least mentioning: