Поставьте данные существительные во множественное число

A regular nouns

story, play, glass, flag, photo, name, match, knife, bush, chief, page, radio, roof, prize, set, key, factory, wolf, piano, class, cup, city

В irregular nouns

child, goose, man, foot, mouse, woman, sheep, person, deer, tooth, ox

C compound nouns

fellow-worker, merry-go-round, man-of-war, passer-by, sister-in-law, forget-me-not, room-mate, lily-of-the-valley, ticket-holder, commander-in-chief, governor-general

Упражнение 1.5

Разделите следующие существительные на 2 группы: исчисляемые и неисчисляемые (около 25 неисчиляемых существительных)

Furniture, coffee, leaf, food, computer, list, blood, job, work, language, country, advice, information, money, progress, permit, permission, baggage, luggage, beach, traffic, weather, window, knowledge, air, water, holiday, damage, accommodation, scenery, scene, pigeon, bread, mountain, kick, news, accident, laugh, flour, laughter

Упражнение 1.6

Вставьте глагол to be в форме единственного или множественного числа is/are

1) The information I have heard... sad.

2) Where... the money?

3) His trou­sers... too large for him.

4) Mathemat­ics... my poorest subject.

5) Our furni­ture... getting old.

6) This pair of scis­sors... not sharp.

7) Fish... not cheap today.

8) The sheep... in the field.

9) The stairs... very clean.

10) Physics... a compulsory subject at school.

Упражнение 1.7

Подберите начало предложения из колонки А к окончанию предложения в колонке В. Запишите соответствующую цифру и букву

A B

1) Your advice a) are located outside London.

2) Our headquarters b) she lent us was not enough.

3) The money c) are fit.

4) The premises d) is an important part of the Olympic Games.

5) The information e) are often deceptive.

6) Best news f) is installed in our new shop.

7) New equipment g) against applying for that job was good.

8) Athletics h) was not reliable. It was published in tabloids.

9) The scales i) is always printed in morning newspapers.

10) Appearances j) where he worked were in the suburbs.

Упражнение 1.8

Переведите на английский язык

1. Телевизионные новости - в 10 часов.

2. Эта одежда – старомодная.

3. Математика – самый любимый предмет Эммы.

4. Содержимое портфеля кажется знакомым.

5. Игра дартс популярна в английских пабах.

6. Атлетика, которую мы смотрели, была очень увлекательным зрелищем (to be exiting).

Тест-минимум 1

1. Найдите лишнее слово в цепочке имен существительных во множественном числе и запишите его:

Например: tea — butter — onions — meat. Остальные существительные – неисчисляемые, употребляются в форме единственного числа (без суффикса –s)

1) trousers — spectacles — scales — news

2) advice — knowledge — contents — progress

3) mice — men — goats — geese

4) police — work — weather — furniture

5) water — potato — milk — bread

6) time — business — stone — bird

7) means — species — crossroads — wolves

8) thanks — barracks — congratulations — authorities

2. Поставьте предложения во множественное число:

1) Is it a flower?

2) This is not a watch.

3) It’s a great party.

4) Is the leaf yellow?

5) The fish is not good.

6) She is a good-looking woman.

Тест 1

1. Вставьте глагол to be в форме единственного или множественного числа is/are

1) Her clothes ___very fashionable.

2) Your advice___always welcome.

3) The information he gave us___very useful.

4) A little money___better than nothing.

5) That species of spiders ___commonly seen in deserts of North Africa.

6) I think her hair___dyed.

7) No news___good news.

8) I don't want to work here. The equipment___too complicated.

9) I think this ___detailed research.

10) Where___my spectacles?

11) The phenomena___unusual.

12) Mathematics___ difficult, but physics___more difficult to my mind.

2. Переведите предложения на английский язык:

1) Мне нужен Ваш совет.

2) Все сведения - очень важные.

3) Эти деньги – не мои.

4) Какие у Вас интересные новости.

5) Когда мы спим, наша одежда лежит около кровати.

6) Рыбаки поймали много рыбы.

7) Какие из этих овец Ваши?

8) В нашем саду много фруктов.

9) Твои часы идут неправильно.

10) Какого цвета её волосы?

Упражнение 1.9

Перефразируйте словосочетания, используя притяжательный падеж:

Например: The son of our manager — our manager's son

1) the house of Mr. Smith;

2) a doll of the girls;

3) the works of Rembrandt;

4) a toy of the baby;

5) a meeting of the employees;

6) the bags of those women;

7) the orders of our boss;

8) the books of the children;

9) the cottage of my parents;

10) a garage of her cousin.

Упражнение 1.10

Переведите на английский язык

а) 1. Комната моего друга. 2. Комнаты моего друга. 3. Комната моих друзей. 4. Комнаты моих друзей. 5. Сын этого инженера. 6. Инженеры нашего завода. 7. Дочь нашего преподавателя. 8. Диктант того студента. 9. Письма ваших экономистов. 10. Слова седьмого урока. 11. Дети этих людей. 12. Друг Марии. 13. Письмо Петра.

Упражнение 1.11

Перефразируйте предложения, используя притяжательный падеж

Например: I must sleep 9 hours a day to feel well. — I must have nine-hours’ sleep to feel well.

1) Every day at noon we have a break, which lasts fifteen minutes.

2) The distance he covered is a mile only.

3) The walk to the station was short. It took us ten minutes.

4) Last year we spent two weeks in Greece.

5) If you want to get there, a trip will take you only five hours.

6) Don't take a training course that lasts a week. It won't do you good.

Упражнение 1.12

Перефразируйте словосочетания, используя притяжательный падеж:

Например: The son of our manager — our manager's son

A

1) the mother of Kate and Mary;

2) the children of my aunt Ann;

3) the paintings by Picasso and Dali;

4) the gun of the commander-in-chief;

5) the times of Ivan the Terrible;

6) the speech of the Minister of Foreign Trade;

7) the correspondent of the Herald Tribune;

8) a flat of my father-in-law;

9) the wives of Henry the Eighth;

10) oil wells of Saudi Arabia.

B

1) a cruise which lasts three weeks;

2) work which takes two hours;

3) a distance of five kilometres;

4) the operation which lasted four hours;

5) the flight which took three hours;

6) a semester of eight weeks;

7) the rest which lasted an hour;

8) a play of three acts;

9) a football match which lasts ninety minutes;

10) a telephone conversation which lasts three minutes.

Упражнение 1.13

Переведите на английский язык:

1) Президент прибыл в страну с трехдневным ви­зитом.

2) Где здесь обувной отдел (department)?

3) На столе лежали остатки (remains) вчерашнего ужина.

4) Эта дорога закрыта. Ведутся дорожные рабо­ты.

5) Приезд Поля и Кет был неожидан­ностью (surprise) для тети Эня.

6) После двухчасовой прогул­ки все захотели есть.

7) Портрет жены Рембрандта — одна из самых известных картин ху­дожника.

8) Этому замку триста лет.

 

Упражнение 1.14

Перефразируйте предложения по модели:

The program yesterday was good. Yesterd ay’s program was good.

1) The storm last week was very se­vere.

2) Have you got newspaper last Saturday?

3) Ineed sleep eight hours a night.

4) This is the only cinema in the town.

5) Exports from Russia to Britain have fallen.

Упражнение 1.15

Вставьте s, ‘s или s’ вместо точек, где необходимо:

1) This is a new book of Pushkin... poem....

2) This man was Paul... and Kate... teacher... of music.

3) These peo­ple are Sam... and Frank... parent....

4) They spent a week... holiday at the Barton....

5) My relatives spent a two week... holiday with the Barton....

6) This writer... life was short but bright.

7) There was a moment... silence between them.

8) We couldn’t explain the young girl... behaviour at yesterday... dinner.

9) The boy... got their first week... sal­ary and were very happy.

10) Bob... friend... live in his parent... house.

11) What was the car... number?

12) The ship... crew consisted of foreign sailors.

Упражнение 1.16

Cоставьте словосочетания в притяжательном падеже с апострофом или предлогом of:

1) the page/the book

2) the mother/Nick

3) the tail/the cat

4) the bottom/the flower

5) the name/this town

6) the face/his wife

7) the article/today

8) the children/Pete and Mary

9) the meeting/tomorrow

10) the policy/the government

11) the car/Jim’s father

12) the new cinema/the city

13) the results/the examinations

14) the population/the world

Тест – минимум 2

1. Соедини существительные при помощи 's, (') или … of …

1) the camera/Tom

2) the eyes/the cat

3) the top/the page

4) the daughter/Charles

5) the newspaper/today

6) the toys/the children

7) the name/your wife

8) the name/this street

9) the name/the man I saw yesterday

10) the new manager/the company

 

1. Переведите на английский язык:

1) Мать моего друга – преподаватель.

2) Чья это сумка? – Это сумка Миши.

3) Он часто читает книги своего брата.

4) Принесите игрушки детей.

5) Катина юбка – красная.

6) Это семья моего друга.

Тест 2

1. A) Перефразируйте предложение, используя притяжательный падеж с подчеркнутыми словами:

1.The meeting tomorrow has been cancelled.

2. The storm last week caused a lot of damage.

3.Tourism is the main industryin the region.

B) Завершите предложения, используя притяжательный падеж для обозначения периода:

1.I'm going on holiday on the 12th. I have to be back at work on the 26th. So I've got __________________ holiday.

2.I went to sleep at 3 o'clock this morning and woke up an hour later at 4 o'clock. So I only had ________________ sleep.

3.If I leave my house at 8.50 and walk to work, I get to work at 9 o'clock. So it's only __________ walk from my house to work.

2.Переведите на английский язык:

1) Вы знаете телефон Петра?

2) У Вас есть карта Европы?

3) Я сейчас не дома. Я у Ольги.

4) Сестра моего мужа работает в школе.

5) У меня была пятиминутная беседа с преподавателем.

6) В сегодняшней газете есть интересная новость.

7) Его офис был в десяти минутах ходьбы от дома.

8) Хозяин дома не живет в нем.

1.1.4 Артикль

Упражнение 1

Вставьте артикль, где необходимо:

1) This is ___ tree. ___ tree is green.

2) I can see ___ boy. ___ boy is playing.

3) I have ___ bicycle. ___ bicycle is black.

4) We wrote ___ dictation yesterday. ___ dictation was long.

5) She has ___ ball. ___ ball is ___ big/

6) I got ___ letter. ___ letter was from my ___ friend.

Упражнение 2

Вставьте артикль, где необходимо:

1) This is ___ pen. ___ pen is red.

2) I have ____ sister. My sister is ___ student.

3) He is not ___ pilot.

4) Her children are at ___ school.

5) I see ___ book in your ___ hand. Is ___ book interesting?

6) She bought ___ cake. ___ was very tasty/

Упражнение 3

Вставьте артикль, где необходимо:

1) It gets very hot here in ___ afternoon.

2) ___ Archaeological Museum is closed on Monday.

3) Her children are at ___ school.

4) Is your brother at ___ home?

5) Are you ___ worker? – No, I am ___ student.

6) There is ___ big sofa in ___ room and little lamp over ___ sofa.

7) We are usually at ___ school from 9 o'clock in ___ morning till two o'clock in ___ afternoon.

8) For ____ breakfast I have ___ cup of coffee and ___ bread with ___ ham.

Упражнение 4

Определите, какой артикль следует поставить перед выделенным существительным при переводе на английский язык:

1) Это дом. Дом большой.

2) Мой брат – инженер.

3) Это театр. Театр так красиво освещен, что мы невольно залюбовались.

4) На нашей улице находится очень интересный музей. Музей открыт с 10 часов утра до 6 часов вечера.

5) Она живет в большой квартире. Квартира находится на 2-ом этаже.

6) В этом микрорайоне есть банк. Банк производит обмен валюты.

Упражнение 5

Вставьте артикль, где необходимо:

1) Bill Robins was ___ very rich man. He was ___ richest man in village.

2) My mother is ___ doctor. My father is ___ pilot.

3) ___ Baltic Sea is stormy in winter.

4) This is ___ map of ___ world.

5) I have ___ friend. ___ friend's name is Ann. She lives in ___ small village near ___ Odessa.

Упражнение 6

Вставьте артикль, где необходимо:

1) Pete is ___ tallest boy in our class.

2) Nick is ___ shortest boy, but he is very ___ strong. I think, Nick is ___ strongest boy in ___ class.

3) There is ___ small island in ___ Pacific Ocean.

4) He has ___ wife. His wife is ___ typist. They have ___ son and ___ daughter.

5) There are six continents in ___ world.

Упражнение 7

Вставьте артикль, где необходимо:

1) Do you know ___ longest river in our country?

2) ___ Moscow is situated on ___ Moscow River.

3) ___ Pacific Ocean is very deep.

4) Which are ___ highest mountains in ___ Russia?

5) ___ Thames is ___ short river.

6) This is ___ pen. It is ___ good pen.

7) We live in ___ St. Petersburg. It is ___ one of ___ largest cities in ___ Russia.

Упражнение 8

Вставьте артикль, где необходимо:

1) It is ___ map of ___ world. There are many seas and lakes on ___ on map. This is ___ Black Sea and that is ___ Red Sea.

2) Which are ___ highest mountains in ___ world?

3) My brother is ___ doctor.

4) There is ___ picture in the kitchen. ___ picture is ___ big.

5) Nick is young man. He wants to become ___ engineer. Very often in ___ evening he reads ___ books.

Тест-минимум

Поставьте a, the или ничего(-) в каждый пробел:

1) I have two children, ___ girl and ___ boy. ___ girl is six and ___ boy is for.

2) She goes to ___ school by ___ bus.

3) This is ___ pen. ___ pen's black.

4) My brother's ___ pilot.

5) This is ___ book. It's my ___ book.

6) Is this your ___ pencil? – No, it isn't my ___ pencil, it's my sister's ___ pencil.

7) My sister's ___ husband is ___ doctor.

8) Give me ___ chair standing at the window.

9) Which is ___ longest river in Russia?

10) He usually has ___ cup of coffee with ___ milk for ___ breakfast.

Тест

1. Поставьте a, the или ничего(-) в каждый пробел:

1) Grammy often tells us ___ long stories. Today her story was still ___ longer. It was ___ longest story. She began telling it after ___ dinner and finishes only before supper. But ___ story was very interesting.

2) ___ Paris is ___ capital of ___ France.

3) ___ Ganges is a river which runs through ___ India.

4) She went to ___ France by ___ plane.

5) I always get to ___ college on ___ foot.

6) She stayed out in ___ sun too long.

7) We always eat ___ dinner at seven o'clock.

8) Is there ___ post office near here?

9) What ___ interesting book!

10) Who is ___ tallest boy in your class?

11) He never eats ___ meat, but likes ___ fish.

2. Поставьте правильно артикль с именами собственными:

1)... Russia occupies... eastern half of... Europe and... northern third of... Asia.

2)... climate of... northern part of... Russia is severed

3) It is warm in...Crimea and... Caucasus.

4) 5:..: Washington is... capital of... United States of America.

5) I want to go to... New York some day.

6) Is... Australia... island or... continent?

7)... Red Sea is between... Africa and... Asia.

8)... France is to... north of... Italy.