- •The noun
- •Nouns of material and abstract nouns
- •The Category of Number The singular and the plural
- •Compound nouns
- •Identical form of the plural and singular
- •Uncountable nouns used only in the singular
- •Uncountable nouns used only in the plural
- •Exercises
- •The Category of Case
- •Exercises
- •The article
- •The indefinite article is used:
- •The definite article is used:
- •No articles:
- •The use of articles with nouns of material and abstract nouns
- •The use of articles with proper nouns
- •1) Geographical names
- •2) Names of persons
- •3) The use of articles in the names of places, some buildings, public organizations
- •Special difficulties in the use of articles
- •1) The use of articles with the names of months and days, seasons, meals, languages
- •2) The use of articles with the nouns school/college, prison/jail, bed, town, church
- •Set phrases With the definite article
- •With the indefinite article
- •Without articles
- •Exercises
- •The adjective
- •Degrees of Comparison.
- •Irregular adjectives.
- •Comparative constructions.
- •Position of Adjectives.
- •Exercises
- •The adverb
- •Kinds of Adverb
- •Any more / any longer / no longer.
- •So, such.
- •Too, enough.
- •Also, too, as well, neither, either.
- •Exercises
- •The pronoun
- •Reflexive pronouns
- •Exercises
- •Indefinite pronouns
- •Exercises
- •Other, another, the other, others
- •Exercises
- •Much, many, few, little
- •Exercises
- •All, whole, either, neither, both, none
- •Exercises
- •The numeral Cardinal numbers
- •Ordinal numbers and dates
- •Exercises
- •Contents
The numeral Cardinal numbers
379 = three hundred and seventy nine; 2,860 = two thousand eight hundred and sixty; 5,084 = five thousand and eighty-four; 470,000 = four hundred and seventy thousand; 2,550,000 = two million, five hundred and fifty thousand; 3,000,000,000 three billion.
NOTE: There is no plural ‘s’ after hundred, thousand, million and billion when they are part of a number. On their own, they can be plural, thousands of people, millions of insects.
Ordinal numbers and dates
One of the problems with the dates is that we write them and say them in a different way:
We write 4 January (or 4th January), but say the fourth of January or January the fourth. 1997 = nineteen ninety seven; 1905 = nineteen hundred and five or nineteen oh five.
Exercises
Ex. 1. How do you say these numbers in English?
a) cardinal numerals: 3; 13; 30; 4; 14; 40; 5; 15; 50; 8; 18; 80; 12; 100; 226; 705; 1,000; 4,568; 6,008; 75,137; 425,712; 1,306,527; 2,032,678.
b) ordinal numerals: 1; 11; 21; 2; 12; 20; 3; 13; 30; 9; 100; 425; 705; 1,000; 1,015; 17; 149; 83; 209; 150.
c) dates: 1975; 1982; 1990; 2000; 2001; 2500; 1903.
d) phone numbers: 6028477; 88378; 2948992; 874406.
Ex. 2. Read and translate the following sentences.
1. William Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died in 1616 in Stratford-on-Avon. 2. Shakespeare wrote 37 plays. 3. Jack London was born on the 12th of January 1876 and died in 1916. 4. On April 12, 1961 the whole world learned about Gagarin’s flight into space.
Ex. 3. Translate into English.
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1 сентября 1984 года 7 ноября 1990 года 9 октября 1947 года 11 марта 1951 года |
5 июля 1945 года 8 мая 1861 года 21 января 1824 года 23 апреля 1907 года |
27 июля 1862 года 10 февраля 1973 года 22 декабря 1946 года 25 мая 1900 года |
Ex. 4. Give the right forms of the numerals in brackets.
1. There are (10) students in his group. 2. It’s (5) o’clock already. 3. It is (7) of December today. 4. Read text (2). 5. Find (3) sentence. 6. She is (21) today. 7. It is their (15) wedding anniversary. 8. (2) years passed quickly. 9. Will you have (2) cup of tea? – No more, thank you. 10. You are like (2) family for me. 11. (2) is a company, and (3) is a crowd. 12. (3) years later (4) child was born. 13. Find file (4) and take it to (14) room. 14. They got flat (6) on (3) floor in house (40). 15. My birthday is on (20) of July.
Ex. 5. Write answers to these problems.
1. 23 and 36 is … . 2. 2.24 times 8 is … . 3. 3.80 minus 20 is … . 4. 4.65 divided by 13 is … . 5. Add 10 and 6, multiply by 8, then subtract 40 and divide by 11. What have you got left? 6. Divide 33 by 11, multiply by 7, add 10, and subtract 16. What number is left?
Ex. 6. Translate into English.
1. Мой дом – третий справа. 2. Упражнение десять – на тринадцатой странице. 3. Предложение шесть неверно, а седьмое правильно. 4. Мне не понравилась первая серия фильма, а вот вторая – гораздо лучше. 5. Прошел месяц, затем второй, потом третий, а вестей все не было. 6. День рождения моего папы – 7 марта. А ваш? 7. Комната тридцать находится на третьем этаже. 8. Встреча состоится в два часа на втором этаже в комнате номер три. 9. Его офис находится на Пятой авеню на сороковом этаже.