15. Прочитайте и перескажите шутки, обращая внимание на существительные во множественном числе. Воспроизведите диалоги.

“What is the plural of man, Tom?” asked the teacher.

“Men.” answered Tom.

“And the plural of child?”

“Twins.”

Teacher: What kind is “trousers”?

Pupil: An uncommon noun because it is singular on the top and plural at the bottom.

No Teeth

Parents bought their son a bicycle and were watching proudly as he rode around and around the block. On his first round he shouted: “Look, Dad, no hands!”

The second time around: “Look, Dad, no feet!”

And the third time: “Look, Dad, no teeth!”

The Way Out

John Brown was never sure of his grammar. One day he remembered that the New Year was coming and he decided to give his wife a present of two geese. So he took a sheet of paper and began to write an order to a shopkeeper. And here the difficulty began: Mr. Brown could not recollect the plural of the noun goose. He knew very well the plural of foot is feet and the plural of tooth is teeth but he didn’t know the plural of goose. He only remembered from his school days that he had to be careful with the word goose. At first he wrote, “Please, send me two geeses.” Again the sentence did not sound right. He could not recollect the correct plural of the noun goose and he did not want to go and ask his wife. Suddenly he got a bright idea. He took a new sheet of paper and wrote, “Please, send me a goose.” And at the bottom of the sheet he added a postscript, “P.S. Send another one with it.”

1.3. Числительные.

1. Прочтите следующие числительные.

а) one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve;

b) thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen;

c) twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety, a hundred, a thousand;

d) forty-six, twenty-three, ninety-eight, one hundred and forty-five, two hundred, five hundred and two, a thousand two hundred and fifty, three thousand two hundred and thirty-five, a million.

2. Прочтите порядковые числительные, обращая внимание на произношение суффикса –th.

the first, the second, the third, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth, the seventh, the eighth, the ninth, the tenth, the twelfth, the sixteenth, the twentieth, the eightieth, the hundredth

3. Сколько объектов?

  

     

    

        

        



    

    

    

  

  

  

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4. Посчитайте, что получается в ответе.

- minus , + plus, = is

31+28 = 18 - 9 =

45+23 = 52+38 =

56 284 – 10 214 = 930 112 – 230 012 =

79-17 = 87-13 =

35 485 + 12 000 = 518 000 + 300 947 =

81+34 = 10+12 =

24 670 – 13 170 = 736 800 + 100 200 =

100-60 = 41+59 =

5. Прочитайте даты.

1. 1890, 1967, 1600, 1982, 2001, 1734, 1805

2. 1.09.1984; 7.11.1990; 5.07.1945; 22.04.1907; 10.02.1834; 30.03.1657; 16.12.1790

6. Прочитайте числительные в следующих предложениях.

1. William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died in 1616 in Stratford-on-Avon.

2. He wrote 37 plays.

3. Jack London was born on the 12^th of January 1876 and died in 1916.

4. On April 12, 1961 the whole world learned about Gagarin's flight into space.

5. Ancient Egypt existed more than 5000 years ago.

6. Now more than 6 020 000 people live in the world.

7. Germany consists of 16 federal regions. Germany occupies the square of 350 910 sq. kilometers. In Germany there are 79 980 000 people.

8. England occupies 244820 square kilometers. The population of England is 57 861 000 people.