- •Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное
- •Предисловие
- •Section 1. Topics & vocabulary Unit 1. English language
- •English Today
- •Vocabulary:
- •It’s interesting to know: The Future of English
- •Vocabulary:
- •Unit 2. Countries and cities
- •2.1. The United Kingdom of Great Britain
- •Great Britain
- •Vocabulary:
- •Vocabulary:
- •London Traffic
- •Vocabulary:
- •It’s interesting to know: National Emblems and Holidays of the United Kingdom
- •Vocabulary:
- •Places of Interest in Great Britain
- •Vocabulary:
- •2.2. The United States of America
- •1. Scan the text "The usa" to get the full idea of it. Find the paragraphs about:
- •The usa
- •Vocabulary:
- •Washington, dc
- •Vocabulary:
- •New York
- •Vocabulary:
- •It’s interesting to know: American Symbols
- •Vocabulary:
- •The other English-speaking countries (1) Canada
- •Vocabulary:
- •(2) Australia
- •Vocabulary:
- •Unit 3. Science and education
- •3.1. British Educational System
- •The British Educational System (1) State Education
- •(2) Private Education
- •Vocabulary:
- •3.2. The us Educational System
- •Education in the usa
- •Vocabulary:
- •It’s interesting to know: Oxford – the University Town
- •Cambridge
- •Vocabulary:
- •1. Practise the dialogue. Mind the proper intonation:
- •2. Make up your own dialogues, discussing the read texts in pairs. Use the following notes:
- •Unit 4. Sport and health
- •4.1. Sport in Great Britain
- •Sport in Great Britain
- •Vocabulary:
- •4.2. Sport in the usa
- •Sport in the usa
- •Vocabulary:
- •The Olympic Games
- •Vocabulary:
- •Unit 5. The mass media
- •5.1. The British Press
- •The British Press
- •Vocabulary:
- •5.2. The American Press
- •The American Press
- •Vocabulary:
- •The Mass Media
- •Vocabulary:
- •It’s interesting to know: From the history of printed books
- •Vocabuliary:
- •Unit 6. Customs and traditions
- •6.1. Holidays in Great Britain
- •Holidays in Great Britain
- •Vocabulary:
- •6.2. Holidays in the usa
- •Holidays in the usa
- •Vocabulary:
- •British Traditions
- •Vocabulary:
- •Supplementary reading: Great Personalities
- •William Shakespeare
- •Vocabulary:
- •Fedor Dostoevsky
- •Vocabulary:
- •Michelangelo Buonarroti
- •Vocabulary:
- •Isaac Levitan
- •Vocabulary:
- •Vocabulary:
- •Sergey Rachmaninov
- •Vocabulary:
- •Albert Einstein
- •Vocabulary:
- •Andrei Sakharov
- •Vocabulary:
- •Section 2. Grammar Practice
- •1. The Article
- •2. The Noun
- •2.1. Plurals of Countable and Uncountable Nouns
- •2.2. The Possessive Case
- •2.2.1. Put the phrases in the possessive case as in the example.
- •2.2.2. Choose the correct item.
- •2.2.3. Translate into English.
- •2.2.4. Fill in the blanks with a correct item.
- •2.2.5. Replace the nouns in the possessive case by the prepositional groups where it is possible.
- •2.2.6. Rewrite the sentences using the possessive case.
- •3. The Adjective / Adverb
- •4. The Pronoun
- •5. The Numeral
- •6. The Verb
- •6.1. Simple Tenses
- •6.2. Continuous Tenses
- •6.3. Perfect Tenses
- •6.4. Passive Voice
- •The Tower of London
- •6.5. Modal Verbs
- •7. Sequence of Tenses
- •8. Direct/Reported speech
- •Section 3. Grammar Reference
- •Present simple
- •Present continuous
- •Present perfect
- •Past simple
- •Past continuous
- •Future Going to
- •Will (shall)
- •The Passive
- •Personal and Impersonal Passive
- •Reported speech
- •Список литературы
- •Содержание
2. The Noun
2.1. Plurals of Countable and Uncountable Nouns
Exercise 2.1.1. Divide the following nouns into countable and uncountable.
Furniture, coffee, leaf, food, computer, list, blood, job, work, language, country, advice, information, money, progress, permission, provision, baggage, luggage, promotion, traffic, weather, window, knowledge, air, water, holiday, accommodation, scenery, mountain, kick, crew, accident, wing.
Exercise 2.1.2. Put the nouns in the correct list in the plural.
Сlass, beach, boy, cup, cat, cup, desk, roof, girl, potato, fork, shirt, pen, leaf, nose, bus, lemon, peach, box.
[s] [iz] [z]
Exercise 2.1.3. Write the words in the plural and in the correct column.
radio, tomato, lady, boy, bench, teacher, watch, day, fox, loaf, handkerchief, kiss, fly, housewife, leaf, body, shelf, school, address, life, country, strawberry, baby, toy, half.
- s - es - ies - ves
Exercise 2.1.4. Write the following words in the plural:
a) story, play, glass, flag, photo, name, match, knife, bush, chief, page, radio, roof, prize, set, key, factory, wolf, piano, class, cup, city;
b) child, goose, man, foot, mouse, woman, sheep, person, deer, tooth, ox;
c) criterion, datum, formula, crisis, stimulus, index, phenomenon, medium, oasis, nucleus, memorandum, basis, radius, analysis, symposium, hypothesis;
d) fellow-worker, merry-go-round, man-of-war, passer-by, sister-in-law, forget-me-not, room-mate, lily-of-the-valley, ticket-holder.
Exercise 2.1.5. Choose the correct item.
1. a baby |
7. a foot |
13. a boy-friend | |
a) babys |
a) foots |
a) boys-friends | |
b) babies |
b) footes |
b) boy-friends | |
c) babis |
c) feet |
c) boys-friend | |
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2. advice |
8. jeans |
14. money | |
a) advices |
a) jeans |
a) moneys | |
b) advises |
b) jeanses |
b) – | |
c) – |
c) jeanss |
c) moneies | |
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3. a man |
9. a potato |
15. a watch | |
a) man |
a) potatoes |
a) watches | |
b) men |
b) potatos |
b) watchs | |
c) mans |
c) potates |
c) watch | |
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4. an umbrella |
10. a postman |
16. an address | |
a) umbrellas |
a) postmans |
a) – | |
b) umbrellaes |
b) postman |
b) addresses | |
c) umbrells |
c) postmen |
c) address | |
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5. a boy |
11. a photo |
17. a child | |
a) boys |
a) photoes |
a) childs | |
b) boies |
b) photos |
b) childes | |
c) boyes |
c) photes |
c) children | |
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6. a city |
12. news |
18. a mother-in-law | |
a) citys |
a) newses |
a) mother-in-laws | |
b) cities |
b) news |
b) mothers-in-law | |
c) cityes |
c) – |
c) mothers-in-laws | |
19. a toothbrush |
20. a fish | ||
a) teethbrush |
a) fish | ||
b) toothbrushes |
b) fishes | ||
c) teethbrushes |
c) fishs |
Exercise 2.1.6. Choose the correct item.
1. My hair ___ clean.
a) is b) are
2. Can I borrow your scissors? Mine ___ not sharp enough.
a) is b) are
3. Bad news ___ people happy.
a) don’t make b) doesn’t make
4. I don’t want ___ or help.
a) advices b) advice
5. I’ve seen some ___ this month. Each was funnier than the last.
a) comedy b) comedies
6. We’d like three ___ eggs.
a) dozen of b) dozen c) dozens
7. Knowledge ___ power.
a) is b) are
8. In summer we eat a lot of ___.
a) fruit b) fruits
9. The police ___ to interview Fred about the accident.
a) wants b) want
10. Last Saturday we went fishing, but we didn’t catch many ___.
a) fish b) fishes
Exercise 2.1.7. Write sentences in the plural as in the example.
Example: This man is an engineer. – These men are engineers.
1. This man is my brother. 2. That woman is my sister. 3. This child is my son. 4. That classroom is big. 5. This building is white. 6. This man is an engineer. 7. That woman is a doctor. 8. That girl is my sister. She is a pupil. 9. This is a first-year student. 10. This engineer is a good specialist in his field. 11. My uncle has an expensive car. 12. This is a mess-room. 13. I have a handy pen. My pen is in my pocket. 14. There is a TV set in our room. 15. The teacher gave us an assignment. 16. He wants to be an engineer.