After having studied grammar (The Noun. The Number)

The noun is a part of speech which names an object or a living being. It has got categories of gender (masculine, feminine & neuter), number (singular & plural), case (common & genitive). The nouns can be countable or uncountable. – put down into your work-books

5. Make up the following nouns plural:

church, gentleman, goose, student, box, country, dress, party, half, week, wife, mouse, disco, potato, leaf, camera, deer, hobby, lady, sportsman, dictionary, sheep, helicopter, chief, ship, piano, solo, photo, child, ox, fish, trout, swine, fruit, cuckoo, portfolio, hero, echo (in the work-books)

Remember:

A.

1. editor-in-chief	editors-in-chief	4.lady-bird	lady-birds
2.mother-in-law	mothers-in-law	5.forget-me-not	forget-me-nots
3.looker-on	lookers-on	6.meryy-go-round	merry-go-rounds

B. Words borrowed from Greek or Latin:

phenomenon – phenomena; datum – data; crisis – crises; formula – formulae; index – indices

C. trousers, spectacles, scissors, breeches, tongs, fetters – are (бриджі, щипці о, кайдани)

billiards, barracks, works, news, phonetics, physics, mathematics (maths), optics, politics – is;

6. Make up the sentences plural:

Remember: this is – these are; that is – those are; there is – there are

This is a baby. That is a woman. This is an orange. This animal is wild. His foot is large.

There is a pen in the box. That lady is our teacher. It is a pointer. That goose is very fat.

There is a knife on the table. Where is my book? The child is in the yard.

Home assignment: 1.Control reading of the text (read it as many times as you need to do it perfectly);

2. Describe your mother/siblings/uncle/granny/grandpa on your choice (in written).

Model: My Aunt

I’d like to tell you a few words about my aunt Emily. (I’ll try to describe my aunt Emily in a few words.) She’s my mother’s eldest sister. She has never been married, & she lives alone in a small village. She’s in her late fifties, but she’s still quite young in spirit. She has a fair complexion, thick brown hair which she wears in a bun, & dark brown eyes. She has a kind face, & when you meet her, the first thing you notice is her lovely warm smile. Her face is a little wrinkled now, but I think she is still rather attractive. She is the sort of person you can always go to if you have a problem. She likes reading, & gardening, & she goes for long walks over to the hills with her dog, Buster. She’s a very active person. She’s extremely generous, but not very tolerant with people who don’t agree with her.

3. Learn the synonyms; 4. Write out from the text “My Family & Me” all the countable nouns & make them plural.

1. How many (person) study English as a second language?

2. Five (woman) opened a computer service company.

3. Even (child) enjoy learning on the Internet.

4. Most basketball players are 6 (foot) tall or more.

5. Which breed of (sheep) produces the finest wool?

6. My (tooth) are sensitive to the cold.

7. At daylight saving time, we have to change our (watch).

8. The boys went fishing & caught ten (fish).

9. There are twelve (man) in the Maintenance Department.

10. The (wife) keep their (knife) on the (shelf).

11. (Goose) are water (bird).

12. (Piano) are difficult to move.

13. There are some (policeman) in the street.

14. I’ve lost my (luggage).

Write down the correct form of the plural:

city - house - boy - family - life - photo phone - sandwich - nurse - elf – elves phenomenon - criterion - village - toy –

She stared longingly at the selection of chocolate bars displayed in front of her [...] Then she rushed from the queue to the end of the shop to retrieve a pint of milk from the fridge. [...] She grabbed a few packets of crisps from below the counter. [...] the teenager quietly asked for a packet of cigarettes...

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