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EXERCISE 6. Choose the correct form.

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  2. A. Circle the correct answer.
  3. Circle the correct answer or answers.
  4. EXERCISE 1. Open the brackets using the verbs in the Present Continuous or the Past Continuous.
  5. EXERCISE 1. Rewrite these sentences in Past.
  6. EXERCISE 1. Translate the following sentences into Russian.
  7. EXERCISE 10. Complete the sentences using the words in bold.

1. Some children hate school/ the school.

2. After living school/the school, Nora worked as a cleaner in hospital/at the hospital.

3. When Ann was ill, we all went to hospital/to the hospital to visit her.

4. After work/the work Kate usually goes home/ to home.

5. Tom left university/the university without doing his examinations.

6. I like to read in bed/in the bed before going to sleep.

THE NOUN: Level B

Plurals of compound nouns In general we make the plural of a compound noun by adding -s to the "base word" (the most "significant" word):
singular plural
a tennis shoe three tennis shoes
one assistant headmaster five assistant headmasters
the sergeant major some sergeants major
a mother-in-law two mothers-in-law
an assistant secretary of state three assistant secretaries of state
my toothbrush our toothbrushes
a woman-doctor four women-doctors
a doctor of philosophy two doctors of philosophy
a passerby, a passer-by two passersby, two passers-by

Some compound nouns have no obvious "base word" and you may need to consult a dictionary to find the plural:

  • higher-ups
  • also-rans
  • go-betweens
  • has-beens
  • good-for-nothings
  • grown-ups
  • forget-me-nots

EXERCISE 1. Give the plural of the following nouns.

А. А pin, а hat, а fox, а baby, а day, potato, а volcano, а piano, а photo, а knife, а roof, а half, а leaf, а cliff, а chief, а life, а family, а queue, а bath, а berry, а valley, а century, а salmon, а taxi, а person, а penny, а watch, а virtuoso, а lily, а woodworm.

В. А man, а woman, а German, а foot, а tooth, а sheep, а ship, а fish, an ох, а fox, а child, а fireman, а mouse, а swine, а house, а louse, а goose, а mongoose, а deer, а means, а series, а species, аn aircraft, an offspring, а Swiss, а Japanese, а Maltese, а Portuguese, а Chinese, а Milanese.

С. А passer-by, а mother-in-law, а room-mate, а forget­-me-not, а merry-go-round, а fellow-worker, a man-of-war, а school-inspector, а commander-in-chief, а boy-messenger, а personnel-manager, а woman-driver, а man-servant, а hanger-on, а face-lift, а spoonful, а cupful, а boyfriend, а grown-up, an office-block, а workmate.

 

EXERCISE 2. Consult the table and give the pluгal of the following foreign words.

  Ending Regular plural LatinjGreek plural
а -us -uses -i
b -as -ае
с -um -ums
d -ех -exes -ices
е -ix -ixes -ices
f -is - ises -es
g -оn -ons

a) cactus, fungus, radius, stimulus, genius;

b) alga, formula (in science), vertebra, antenna;

с) bacterium, curriculum, datum, medium, memorandum, stratum, millennium;

d) index (in mathematics, in books);

е) appendix (in books, in medicine);

f) analysis, axis, basis, crisis, diagnosis, hypothesis, oasis, parenthesis, thesis;

g) criterion, phеnоmеnоn.

 


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