Имя существительное. Указательные местоимения

1. Напишите множественное число существительных:

Kettle, birth, bath, telephone, deed, built-in-wardrobe, tree, butterfly, match, shoe, bus, glove, pie, fox, ski, taxi, bush, toe, life, photo, piano, handkerchief, roof, chief, woman, potato, goose, knife, study, tomato, thief, leaf, foot, child, mouse, deer, fish, sheep, man, calf, hero, shelf, brush, baby, fireplace, hoof, radio, mother-in-law, storey, passer-by, box, handful, belief, watch, scarf, lee, pause, cloth, loaf, crash, beach, cow, motto, aircraft, businessman, move, glass, copy, mango, valley, mummy, atlas, rally, pity, omnibus, manifest, ray, ditch, agenda, fly, feature, lorry, buzz

2. Прочитайте следующие слова а) выпишите в разные колонки существительные в единственном числе и множественном числе; б) выпишите исчисляемые неисчисляемые существительные:

Positions, news, box, seas, problems, clothes, level, bus, countries, women, phenomenon, theses, money, crises, people, glass, class, feet, children, analyses, data, means, series, glasses, leaves, knives, sheep, ship, shorts, plays, books.

3. Образуйте форму множественного или единственного числа существительных:

This envelope; this factory; that hotel; this man; that deer; these games; those volcanoes; this report; these mice; these children; those rules; those buses; this baby; that city; this leaf; that candle; these clubs; this tooth; that lady; this hobby.

4. Образуйте форму множественного числа:

1. This is a baby. 2. This is a student. 3. This is a port. 4. This is a disco. 5. This is a pilot. 6. That is a roof. 7. This is a factory. 8. This is an apple. 9. This is a camera. 10. This is a wolf. 11. This is a car. 12. This is an ox. 13. This is a sandwich. 14. This is a woman. 15. This is a piano. 16. This is an orange. 17. This is a half. 18. That is a patch.

5. Преобразуйте следующие предложения в форму множественного числа:

1. This is a child. 2. Is that a teacher? 3. That is a doctor. 4. That isn't a lamb. 5. That isn't an atlas. 6. This is a fish. 7. That isn't a path. 8. This is a sheep. 9. This is a stranger. 10. That is a leaf. 11. This isn't a mouse. 12. This isn't a camera. 13.Is this a man? 14. This is a half. 15. This isn't a baby.

6. Напишите следующие предложения во множественном числе:

1. The sheep is in the field. 2. The potato is on the plate. 3. The roof of this house is bad. 4. This is a lovely city. 5. This family is at home. 6. My sister has a new bag. 7. That house is old. 8. This woman is a teacher. 9. Who is that man? 10. This piano is оf the latest model. 11. That is his photo. 12. This person is a good sportsman. 13. I have a bad tooth. 14. Here is your toy. 15. He is our chief. 16. The deer is a beautiful animal. 17. His son-in-law is here. 18. The key is on this shelf. 19. She has a new flat.

7. Преобразуйте следующие предложения в форму единственного числа:

1. These boys have a ball. 2. These animals are wild. 3. My brothers have maps. 4. These pictures are on the walls. 5. Those geese are fat. 6. The chairs are in my room. 7. Are those villages very large? 8. His boots are large. 9. These pencils are in the box. 10. Are these good games? 11. Those ladies are our teachers. 13. These boys aren't my sons.

8. Выберите правильный вариант:

MODEL: The news is /are important. – The news is important.

1. The police believe the man is/are a thief. 2. The people is/are here. 3. This advice is/are ridiculous. 4. The news isn't/aren't very good. 5. Has/have the police got enough evidence? 6. Has/have the men got good jobs? 7. Her hair is/are long. 8. He has/have much knowledge in physics. 9. Is/are his trousers new? 10. His wages isn't/aren't very high. 11. The cattle is/are on the farm. 12. The articles was/were short. 13. The cups is/are full. 14. Is/are the woman on a diet?

9. Переведите следующие сочетания на русский язык:

A bus stop. Home work. A rest home. A picture gallery. A river port. Friendship University. Soviet science. Our Institute building. Oil export. Export oil. Mass production. Production achievements. City traffic. Research methods. A ten per cent wage increase. The twentieth century music. The North Pole expedition. Russian delegates' speeches. Peace policy. A three room apartment. Office telephone number. The Moon Exploration Committee. Space research laboratories. A two centimeter thick rope. Oil industry workers. Iron ore deposits. Cosmic ray studies. Wide scale electrification. Current and voltage measurements. Velocity automatic governor. Atomic power generation. Speed change.

10. Переведите сочетания слов, обращая внимание на перевод существительных в функции определения:

difference — atmospheric pressure difference

length — the wave-length, the light wave-length

phenomenon — nature phenomenon

laboratory — physics laboratory, institute physics laboratory

measurements — pressure measurements, gas pressure measurements

11. Замените согласно образцам:

MODEL: The construction of analogue computers – Analogue computers construction

Public schools which are supported by the state – The state supported public schools

1. The transport of Moscow. 2. The speed of operation. 3. The construction of this machine. 4. The apartment which has two rooms. 5. The world's largest deposits of iron ore. 6. Calculating machines of the 17th century. 7. The level of the Moskva River. 8. The temperature of the body. 9. Recent developments in electronics. 10. Investigations in science and technology. 11. The oil demand which is continually increasing. 12. The Lenin library which has two million volumes.

12. Перепишите предложения, используя притяжательный падеж:

MODEL: The poems of Lermontov. (Lermontov's poems).

MODEL: One can see the village from (the top/the mountain) – One can see the village from the top of the mountain.

(The plan/these engineers) is quite original. – These engineers' plan is original.

1. I like (the bag/this woman). But it's very expensive. 2. There is something wrong with (the hands/the clock). 3. This is (the business/my father). He doesn't want me to interfere. 4. (The mayor/the town) meets reporters once a month. 5. (The house/our friends; is in the suburbs. 6. (The idea/the article) seems interesting to me. Do you want to discuss it? 7. (The aim/those men) is to get promotion. And they do their best to achieve it. 8. These are (the problems/Steve and James). Let them decide their problems themselves. 9. (The country house/the Blacks) is not very large. 10. He says (the cause/the fire) is carelessness. 11. The Bank of England is in (the centre/London) 12. That is (the book/Bess). She needs it herself. 13. (the computer/Fred Clark) is of the latest model. 14. Why do you want to put the table in (the middle/the room). 15. (The bicycle/those children) is very old. Still they enjoy riding it. 16. I am tired of (the initiatives/these people). Why don't they just do their work? 17. (The teacher/those students) has deep knowledge of the subject. 18. I don’t think (the answer/this student) is above average. 19. This is (The tape/the cousin/Tom). I've got to return it. 20. Whose toys are these? – These are (the toys/the daughters/Mrs. Black).

14. Переведите предложения на английский язык, используйте притяжательный падеж существительных:

1. Это семья моего друга. Отец моего друга – инженер. Мать моего друга – учитель. 2. Чьи словари? — Это словари студентов. 3. Это тетради учеников. 4. Где книга нашего учителя? 5. Дети моего брата были в кино в воскресенье. 6. На столе лежало письмо его сестры. 7. Чья это сумка? — Это сумка Петра. 8. У нее книга брата. 9. Это кабинет декана. 10. Улицы города широкие. 11. Лунный свет красивый. 12. Квартира ее друзей новая и большая. 13. Статья профессора Иванова интересная. 14. Машина моих родителей старая. 15. Шляпка той женщины очень красивая.

Глаголы «to be», «to have»

15. Вставьте глагол to be в форме Present Simple: