| В притяжательном падеже употребляются: 1) имена собственные и одушевленные существительные; 2) составные существительные и мена, состоящие из нескольких слов; 3) два лица или более, обладатели одного предмета; 4) группа слов, представляющих одно смысловое целое; 5) слова house, office, shopчасто опускаются после существительного в притяжательном падеже; 6) существительные, обозначающие: а) время и расстояние; б) страны, города, суда, а также слова world, country, city, ship; в) названия времен года и месяцев г) некоторые наречия д) с названиями магазинов, отелей, ресторанов, в которых есть имена их основателей; е) в некоторых устойчивых словосочетаниях. | Jane’s friend, Mr. Smith’s car, the student’s test, the girls’ names, the students’ papers, women’s clothes, Dickens’s [iz]/ Dickens’ [iz]books, Shakespeare’s plays = the plays of Shakespeare; sister-in-law’s marriage the Prince of Wales’s family Henry the Eighth’s wives Jack and Susan’s wedding Bill and Tom’s bicycle My younger sister Ada’s daughter at my friend’s, at my aunt’s = at my friend’s/aunt’s house at the baker’s = at the baker’s shop a month’s holiday, a mile’s distance, in two years’ time, ten days’ rest America’s students, London’s theatres, the ship’s crew, the country’s policy, the world’s championship, the city’s parks winter’s/summer’s holidays (but: spring flowers, autumn weather). April’s days yesterday’s newspaper, today’s talks, tomorrow’s meeting Selfridge’s, Claridge’s, Sotheby’s also: Harrods, Foyles at a stone’s throw – в двух шагах for order’s sake – порядка ради |
Ex. 1. Write the plural form of the following.
a) regular nouns
story, play, glass, flag, photo, name, match, knife, push, chief, page, radio, roof, prize, set, key, factory, wolf, piano, class, cup, city
b) irregular nouns
child, goose, man, foot, mouse, woman, sheep, person, deer, tooth, OX
c) nouns of Greek or Latin origin
datum, formula, crisis, stimulus, phenomenon, medium, memorandum, basis, radius
d) compound nouns
fellow-worker, merry-go-round, man-of-war, passer-by, lily-of-the-valley.
Ex. 2. Divide the following words into two columns: countable and uncountable nouns (you must get 25 uncountable nouns).
furniture, coffee, leaf, food, completer, list, blood, job, work, language, country, advice, information, money, progress, permit, permission, baggage, language, beach, traffic, weather, window, knowledge, air, water, holiday, damage, accommodation, scenery, scene, pigeon, bread, mountain, luck, news, accident, laugh, flour, laughter.
Ex. 3. Put the verbs into singular or plural.
1. The water in this lake … (look) very clean.
2. Maths … (not interest) me very much.
3. All of our furniture … (be) brand new.
4. Sugar … (damage) your teeth.
5. The news they brought us … (be) good.
6. Your trousers … (not match) your shirt.
7. The team … (be) his favorite game.
8. Knowledge of other languages … (help) people in business.
9. The scissors … (cut) very well.
Ex. 4. Choose the right variant.
1. … flat is large
a) Peter and Helen’s c) Peter’s and Helen
b) Peter’s and Helen’s d) Peter and Helen
2. She went to the ….
a) baker c) bakers’
b) baker’s d) bakers
3. … meeting has bin cancelled.
a) tomorrow c) tomorrow’s
b) tomorrows’ d) tomorrows
4. Tom’s flat is much larger than ….
a) Ann c) Anns’
b) Anns d) Ann’s
5. I dined at my ….
a) friend’s c) friend
b) friends’ d) friends
6. I have got … holiday.
a) a week’s c) a weeks’
b) a weeks d) a week
7. Moscow is … greatest scientific and cultural center.
a) Russia c) Russias’
b) Russias d) Russia’s
8. A … book is very interesting.
a) сhildren c) children’s
b) childrens’ d) childrens
9. … fathers are doctors.
a) Kate and Ben’s c) Kates and Bens
b) Kate’s and Ben’s d) Kate and Ben
10. He lives at a... distance from here.
a) kilometre’s c) kilometres’
b) kilometres d) kilometre.
