Compare British and traditional house of your country.

What’s this? Is it a typical British house? Do Ukrainians live in such houses nowadays?

It will be very interesting to know where you live : in a house or in a flat and where you would like to live.

READING

Read and translate the text.

My dream house is located about few kilometers from the big city, in a very picturesque place near the endless river. I dream about place like this because I prefer clean fresh air and unpolluted water. It is a very cozy, comfortable, well planned detached house with lots of big windows.

If you asked me about the rooms, I must say that I don’t need many of them, but all the rooms are large and light. The modern front door opens into a wide hall, where you can see many exotic flowers and mirrors. The bedrooms are very large, comfortable and elegant as well. There are soft, huge beds and many antique things there. It makes me feel comfortable. By the way, every bedroom has a bathroom and a toilet, which are spacious and modern. There is no question that the accent of the house is a living room, because it is the place where I can relax, watch TV, listen to music or just sit and look at the fire. And I also have a big kitchen in my dream house. The kitchen must be light and have all modern equipment such as huge fridge, microwave, modern oven, and dishwasher. Oh, and some words about the furniture. It is so comfortable and elegant!

Outside the house I would like to have a beautiful shady garden to spend free time listening birds’ songs and leaves rustling, a front garden with rose bushes and large lawn. And there is a swimming pool next to my house. It’s so nice to swim in it in a hot summer day. And as the modern life is impossible without cars, I need the garage.

That’s all about my dream house. I hope that one day my dreams will come true. It would be great to live in the house like this.

After reading the text given above, make a plan.

TASKS FOR SELF-STUDY

Make the nouns plural.

Phenomenon, crisis, stimulus, index, antenna, formula, datum, nucleus, criterion, analysis, apparatus, basis, appendix, tableau, radius, miasma, hypothesis, axis, genus, vertebra.

2. Fill in some/any/no.

1. There is ______ milk in the cup, but it is very cold.

2. There is ______ bread on the table. I can’t make sandwiches.

3. Are there ______ oranges in the bag?

4. There isn’t ______ cheese in the fridge.

5. There are______ flowers in the vase. They are red.

6. There are ______ carrots in the fridge. I can’t make soup.

7. There is ______ coffee in the cup, but it is very hot.

8. Is there ______ cheese in the fridge?

9. There isn’t ______ juice in the glass.

10. There are ______ grapes on the plate. They are green.

11. They've got ______ buns in this shop.

12. I'd like ________ potatoes, please.

13. Have you got ______ ice-cream?

14. There aren't ___________ boys in the team!

15. There are ___________ video shops in the town!

16. This is a terrible party. There isn't ________ good music!

17. I've got ___________ posters of Ricky Martin.

18. Have you got ___________ posters of Britney Spears?

19. 'Sit down, please.' 'But there aren't ___________ chairs!'

20. There is ______ milk in the fridge. Go to the shop and buy ______.

21. I can see______ tomatoes in the bag. Let's make______ salad.

22. There aren’t ______cucumbers in the fridge.

23. Would you like ______tea?

24. Is there ______cheese on the shelf?

3. Choose the correct answer. Write the story in your notebook.

 

Liz is shopping. She wants to buy (1 — anything / some / any) new clothes. She is going to a New Year party tonight, but she has got (2 — anything / nobody / nothing) to wear. She wants to buy (3 — some / any / something) nice and (4 — no / some / any) new shoes but she can’t find (5 — something / anything / anybody) that she likes. She is also looking for a present. She wants to buy (6 — nothing / anybody / something) special for her friend.

 

WRITING

Write an essay about your dream house using the plan given below

1. Introduction (The type of the house, the place)

2. The main part:

· Inside the house

· Outside the house

3. Conclusion.Конец формы

 

 


Module I Unit 4

FOOD AND MEALS. GROCERY AND BAKERY. FAMILY RECIPE.

Grammar

Nouns: singular and plural.

A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea.
For the plural form of most nouns, add s.

  • bottle – bottles
  • cup – cups
  • pencil – pencils
  • desk – desks
  • sticker – stickers
  • window – windows

For nouns that end in ch, x, s, or s sounds, add es.

  • box – boxes
  • watch – watches
  • moss – mosses
  • bus – buses

For nouns ending in f or fe, change f to v and add es.

  • wolf – wolves
  • wife – wives
  • leaf – leaves
  • life – lives

Some nouns have different plural forms.

  • child – children
  • woman – women
  • man – men
  • mouse – mice
  • goose – geese

Nouns ending in vowels like y or o do not have definite rules.

  • baby – babies
  • toy – toys
  • kidney – kidneys
  • potato – potatoes
  • memo – memos
  • stereo – stereos

A few nouns have the same singular and plural forms.

  • sheep – sheep
  • deer – deer
  • series – series
  • species – species

Exercises

a) Choose the correct form of the noun in each sentence.

1)I have three (child, children).
2)There are five (man, men) and one (woman, women).
3)(Baby, Babies) play with bottles as toys.
4)I put two big (potato, potatoes) in the lunch box.
5)A few men wear (watch, watches).
6)I put a (memo, memos) on the desk.
7)I saw a (mouse, mice) running by.
8)There are few (bus, buses) on the road today.