Pattern: She is a housewife. They are housewives.
1. He is a hotel-keeper. 2. He is a man-servant. 3. She is a woman-doctor. 4. He is a schoolboy. 5. He is a postman. 6. She is a mother- in- law. 7. She is a judge. 8. He is a child. 9. He is a businessman. 10. She is a landlady.
Ex. 11. Translate into English.
1. . 2. . 3. . . 4. . 5. . 6. ? 7. . 8. . 9. ? 10. . 11. . 12. . 13. ?
Ex. 12. Remember the nouns that may be both countable and uncountable, but with different meanings.
wine ( ) a wine ( )
coffee ( ) - a coffee ( )
speech () a speech ()
work () a work ()
light () a light ()
nature () a nature ()
decision () a decision ()
beauty () a beauty ()
experience () an experience (, )
Choose the correct variant:
1. There was (hard / a hard work) to be done on the farm. 2. He spoke of the picture as (work / a work) of art. 3. We must live in peace with (nature / a nature). 5. Mr. Brown was a man of (decision / a decision). 6. We couldn't come to (decision / a decision). 7. (Beauty / a beauty) is only skin deep. 8. She was (beauty / a beauty) twenty years ago. 9. We all learn by (experience / an experience). 10. It was (unusual experience / an unusual experience).
Ex. 13. Insert much or many.
1.... people want to see this film. 2. He does not drink...wine. 3. How... sheets of paper do you want? 4. Unfortunately we haven't got... time. 5. How... does it cost? 6. Did you pay... money for your watch? 7. We haven't had... rain this summer. 8. How... time does it take to go there? 9. How... times have you been there? 10. How... butter did you buy? 11. How... apples did you buy? 12. lie doesn't eat... fruit.
Ex. 14. Use the correct variant: much, many, a lot of, lots of. plenty of, a great deal of. a great many.
I. He has not... friends in Moscow. 2. He has... friends. 3. He has as... friends as I have. 4. He has got... work to do. 5. He hasn't got... work to do today. 6. Have you invited... people to the party? 7. We have invited... people to the party. 8. You have invited too... people to the party. 9.1 haven't bought... apples. 10. I have bought... apples. 11. He didn't know... about it.
Ex. 15. Insert little, a little, few, a few.
I. It's no use asking him about it. He has... knowledge of the subject. 2. He had very... friends (hardly any friends). 3. He had... friends (some friends). 4. He drank... water and felt much better. 5. There was very... water in the glass; so he poured in some more. 6.... people understood what he said (hardly any people). 7. The chairman said... words (some words). 8. May I have... wine, please? 9. Hurry up! We have very... time.
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Ex. 16. Choose the correct determiners.
I Andrew doesn't have (many/much) money. 2.1 would like (a few / a little) salt on my vegetables. 3. We bought (that / those) books last week. 4. There (less / fewer) students in this room than in the next room. 5. There is (too much / too ) bad news on TV tonight. 6. She doesn't want (these/ this). 7. These is (too many/too much) information to learn. 8. (A few/ a little) people left early. 9. Would you like (less/fewer) coffee than this? 10. This skirt costs (too much/too many).
Ex. 17. Spot the errors (one sentence - one mistake).
1. Is there many ink left in my pen? 2. Did the storm do many damage to crops? 3. Is there a great many coal left in the shed? 4. Were much passengers sea-sick? 5. We have not a few time to get to the station. 6. I haven't got a good deal of books in my library. 7. This train stops a little stations. 8. We didn't expect a good deal of people to visit us. 9. We haven't got many work to do today. 10. May I have a few wine, please?
The Category Of Case.
Case is the inflected form of the noun indication the grammatical relation in which the noun stands to other parts of the sentence.
English nouns have a two case system: the common case /the basic form/ and the genitive case /the possessive case./
The genitive case of all singular nouns /which are used in it, of course of those plurals which dont have the number morpheme s / is built up by means of the morpheme s which is added to the base form.For example:
Singular: boy-boys
Student-students
Plural: man-mens
Woman-womans
In the genitive of personal names ending in sibilants the morpheme s is optional, but the apostrophe and the pronunciation /-iz/ are obligatory. For example:
