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2. Make up a dialogue with your partner about the place he/she lives in.
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2. Make up a dialogue with your partner about the place he/she lives in.
WRITING PRACTICE
1. Write a letter to your friend abroad telling him/her of your home (your grandparents’ house, the place where you stayed in summer).
2. Write an essay on the topic “Home, Sweet Home”.
LESSON 3
LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES
| Grammar practice: | 1. Noun. Word-building: the suffixes of nouns. Plurals of nouns 2. Possessive case 3. Demonstrative pronouns this/that, these/ those 4. Prepositions of time |
| Reading and translation practice: | 1. My Day Off 2. Dialogue: Leisure Time |
| Conversation practice: Writing practice: | 1. Hobbies and Leisure Time Activities 1. A letter to a friend abroad 2. Essay |
GRAMMAR PRACTICE
1. Form nouns with the given suffixes. Translate them into Russian.
| -er -or -ment -ance (-ence) -tion | to buy, to sell, to work, to write, to travel, to found, to make to direct, to invent, to translate, to visit to agree, to develop, to pay, to govern, to achieve, to punish, to equip, to move to depend, to correspond, to guide, to attend, to differ to emigrate, to liberate, to radiate, to examine, to prepare, to combine, to illustrate, to separate |
2. Translate the sentences. Pay attention to the underlined words.
1. She finds great enjoyment in music. 2. After a long discussion the delegations came to an agreement. 3. I haven’t enough money today to make the payments. 4. A writer of plays is called a dramatist. 5. A journalist’s profession is called journalism. 6. The laser measurement of distances has become a new method in the exploration of the Earth-Moon system. 7. Lomonosov was not only a talented scientist, but a materialist philosopher as well. 8. K. Tsiolkovsky was a practical inventor who made his own laboratory equipment.
Plurals of nouns
| Образование (в общем случае) | ед. число+окончание -S= мн. число chair-chairs, skyscraper-skyscrapers, ship-ships |
| Существительное оканчивается на -ch, -sh, -x, -ss, -s, -o | ед. число+окончание -eS = мн. число bus-buses, match-matches, dish-dishes, box-boxes, hero-heroes |
| Существительные, оканчивающиеся на -y с предшествующей согласной | ед. число+-y меняется на –i+окончание -eS = мн. число lady-ladies, baby-babies |
| Существительные, оканчивающиеся на -fe, -f | wife-wives, knife-knives, leaf-leaves но: roof-roofs |
| Существительные, множественное число которых образуется не по общему правилу | man-men, woman-women, child-children, mouse-mice, foot-feet, tooth-teeth, goose-geese, ox-oxen |
3. Write the words in:
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a) plural form:
a house, a mouse, a potato, a piano, a dish, this baby, this valley, that knife, a roof, that woman, a tooth, that child, this box, my brother-in-law, this boy, a toothbrush, a workman, a classroom, an armchair, a matchbox, this bookshop, that woman-teacher, his secretary, a nurse, a stepmother, his wife, a grown-up, a formula;
b) singular form:
feet, sheep, teeth, these boxes, these libraries, those babies, needs, our theses, those data, these heroes, kisses, families, sisters-in-law, his watches, actresses, those saleswomen, my boyfriends.
4. Write the sentences in the plural form.
1. This device is very expensive. 2. This shop is not open today.
3. That house in our street is very old. 4. Our examination is not difficult. 5. This flower is very beautiful. 6. I am not interested in football. 7. This is a very old photograph. 8. She is an Italian.
Possessive case
| of | -‘s, -s’ |
| the walls of the town – стены города the legs ofthe table – ножки стола the rooms of the academy – комнаты академии | the pupil's bag – сумка студента the students’ books – книги студентов the children’s room–комната детей my mother-in-law's house – дом моей свекрови Peter-the-First's reign – царствование Петра Первого |
5. Agree or disagree with the following statements. Use the nouns in the possessive case.
Example: Mike has a bad room. Yes, Mike’s room is bad.
1. Mr Smith has a nice wife. 2. My father has a good library. 3. Ann has a very noisy landlady (хозяйка). 4. Mr and Mrs Smith have new furniture. 5. Ted has a little sister. 6. Her children have fair hair. 7. My daughter has difficult homework. 8. My wife has blue eyes.
6. Translate the following word combinations into English using the possessive case:
книги моей сестры; вопросы преподавателя; сумка Тома; собака господина Брауна; пиджак ее мужа; тарелки и чашки моей квартирной хозяйки; вопросы его жены; имя их сына; свитера этих мужчин; книги этих детей; советы врача.
7. Choose the correct word.
1. This/These trousers are black. 2. That/Those shirt is very nice.
3. That/Those shoes are comfortable. 4. This/These skirt is old.
5. This/Those T-shirt is my brother's. 6. That/Those T-shirt is very small.
8. Insert the correct word.
1. This … is easy. a) questions; b) homework.
2. These … are my neighbors. a) women; b) man.
3. What are you doing … afternoon? a) that; b) this.
4. Who's … speaking? a) this; b) it.
5. These are my glasses and … are hers. a) those; b) that.
6. We are going to the seaside … summer. a) this; b) that.
7. … man over there is a famous politician. a) These; b) That.
9. Translate into English paying attention to the use of demonstrative pronouns.
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1. Это были самые красивые розы, какие я когда-либо видел.
2. Посмотрите, кто это? – Это один из наших студентов. 3. Я где-то видел этого человека. – Это один из наших спортсменов. – Да, теперь я узнаю, это он 4. Кто там? – Откройте, это я. 5. Какие это были чудесные цветы!
10. Write answers to the questions.
1. Whose books are these? (the pupils)
2. Whose house is this? (John)
3. Whose offices are these? (the bankers)
4. Whose flowers are these? (my mother)
5. Whose translation is this? (my friend)
6. Whose shoes are these? (my sister)
7. Whose stamps are these? (Ted)
8. Whose fields are these? (the farmers)
9. Whose discovery is this? (Newton)
10. Whose words are those? (our teacher)
11. Complete the questions. Add in, on or at.
1. Do you sometimes watch TV … the mornings?
2. Are you usually at home … 7 o'clock … the evenings?
3. Do you sometimes work … night?
4. What do you usually do … weekends?
5. Do you usually go shopping … Saturdays?
6. Do you go skiing … the winter?
7. Do you have a holiday … December?
8. Is there a holiday in your country … 6, January?
12. Look at these time expressions.
2 o'clock, Friday, the morning, last Friday, night, Tuesday, March, 1st March, the afternoon, next Tuesday, 1980, Monday morning, this morning, the summer, every summer, my birthday, the weekend, 8. 15, tomorrow evening, July, Friday night, 1804, 4th July, the spring, weekends, Christmas, New Year's Day, yesterday afternoon
Do we use these time expressions with in, on, at or without a preposition? Make four lists:
At: at 2 oclock, …
On: on Friday, …
In: in the morning, …
Without a preposition: last Friday.
13. Insert prepositions of time.
1. Was Easter … May last year? 2. Is your birthday … summer?
3. I'm going to have a party … the weekend. 4. I usually come home … three o’clock. 5. I usually take a shower … the evening. 6. I usually tidy my room … Sunday. 7. I usually wash the dishes … the afternoon. 8. I usually go to bed … 10. 30. 9. I play basketball … Tuesday and … Friday. 10. Who was born … March? 11. My friend was born … October. 12. My school starts … 8. 00. 13. He was born … the fifth of June. 14. We have Art … Monday and … Friday. 15. The first lesson … Wednesday is Music. 16. I get up … 7 o’clock. 17. We have New Year … the first of January. 18. … end of the year we’ll have no exams.
19. I have studied English … four years. 20. We are going to meet … half past three. 21. The telephone rang … midnight.
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