Members of the Family and Other Relatives
It is — they are.
Exercise 3. Read these sentences. Rewrite them from singular to plural.
a) That watch is in his pocket. _________________________________________________________
b) This radio is on the desk. ___________________________________________________________
c) You are my teacher. _______________________________________________________________
d) That isn´t a table, it is a chair. _______________________________________________________
e) That man is your uncle. ____________________________________________________________
f) The child is ten. __________________________________________________________________
g) The bus isn´t late. _________________________________________________________________
h) That peach is delicious. _____________________________________________________________
Exercise 4. Make the plural forms of the following word combination.
This tea-cup, this egg, that wall, that picture, this foot, that mountain, this lady, that window, this man, that match, this knife.
Exercise 5. Make the plural forms of the following sentences.
1. This is a star. 2. This is a boy. 3. This is a baby. 4. That is a plate. 5. That is a flower, j 6. That is a bookshelf. 7. Is this a sofa? 8. Is this a bookcase? 9. Is this a man? 10. Is that a ball? 11. Is that a train? 12. Is that a plane? 13. Is the window open? 14. Is the door closed? 15. Is the boy near the window? 16. That is not a king, 17. That is not a queen. 18. That is not a bus. 19. This isn't a mountain. 20. That isn't a goose. 21. This isn't a mouse. 22. It is a sheep. 23. It is a cigarette. 24. It is a cat. 25. It is not a girl. 26. It isn't a bag.
27. It isn't a tree. 28. It is not a bad egg. 29. It is a good egg. 30. Is that a flower?
UNCOUNTABLENOUNS
В английском языке ряд существительных не образует формы множественного числа.
И так как количество этих предметов невозможно определить посредством конкретного
числа, такие существительные называются неисчисляемыми. Сюда входят:
| a) отвлеченные понятия: | beauty, love, happiness luck patience и т.д. |
| b)жидкости и то, что мы употребляем в пищу: | - milk, water, tea, coffee, wine, lemonade, oil, petrol, chocolate, butter, cheese, meat, salt, pepper, bacon, bread, honey, jam и т.д. |
| c) названия языков: | English, German, Spanish и т.д. |
| d) материалы: | gold, iron, silver, wood, paper и т.д. |
| e) прочее: | hair, money, news, snow, furniture, weather, advice, leisure, music, anger courage, damage, fun, homework, ignorance, information, knowledge т.д. |
My family
Hi! My name is Anthony. I’m six years old. I’m from Canada, I live in a nice house not far from Montreal.
In the picture you can see my family. I have a sister, parents and grandparents.
My mother Nicole is a stewardess. She flies to different countries. She likes her job. I like her job, too. She always brings us some presents and souvenirs.
My father Edward is a programmer. He is 40. He is a very kind man. We go to the park every day. He always plays with us and helps me with everything.
My sister Jessica is only 5, but she is a nice girl. We seldom fight. We go to the kindergarten, but we are in different groups. She likes riding her bike and skating in winter. I like playing basketball with my friends or my father.
My grandparents are very old. My granny is 60 and my grandfather is 63. However, they are quite active. We live together. We often play table tennis with my granddad. In summer we like going to the park for a picnic. We fly a kite and play with our dog. We are a friendly family.
Write down about your own family ( you can use the words and phrases below)
1. Our family is… (large, small, not very large).
2. We are the family of …. (two, three, four, five, six): …….. and I.
3. My mother's name is … She is … years old. She is a teacher (a doctor, a worker, an engineer). She is ….(a very nice, kind and clever) woman.
4. My father's name is ... He is ... years old. He is a worker (a teacher, an engineer, a doctor, a businessman). He is ….. He is a man of strong character - and all of us love him very much.
5. My grandmother's name is ... She is ... years old. She does not work now, she is a pensioner, but she has a lot of work to do about the house. All of us try to help her.
6. My grandfather' s name is... He is... years old. He is a pensioner too.
7. We are a very good family….
Members of the Family and Other Relatives
(Члены семьи и другие родственники)
| parents – родители mother – мать father – отец wife – жена husband – муж son – сын daughter – дочь brother – брат sister – сестра | grandmother – бабушка grandfather – дедушка grandson – внук granddaughter – внучка aunt – тетя uncle – дядя nephew – племянник niece – племянница cousin – двоюродный брат или сестра |
Names of Professions
| actor (actress) – актер (актриса) architect – архитектор artist (= painter) – художник businessman – бизнесмен clerk – служащий cleaner – уборщик, уборщица driver – водитель economist – экономист engineer – инженер librarian – библиотекарь manager – управляющий | mechanic – механик policeman – полицейский reporter – корреспондент, репортер scientist – ученый shop assistant – продавец teacher – преподаватель typist – машинистка waiter – официант worker – рабочий writer – писатель |