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Ex. 28. Insert no, none or their compounds.
1.... answered her as she addressed... in particular. 2. There are... pears on the tree. 3. Every body liked him.... was afraid of him. 4. It was cold outside the house and he looked up and down for a taxi but there was... in sight. 5. I had turned to him for support and we had to say to each other. 6. I have... time to go to the cinema with you. 7. of those attitude, were stated at this meeting. 8. That afternoon he was answerable to 9. There is bread and... forks on the table. 10. Julia said
Ex. 29. Translate into English.
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Ex. 30. Comment on the proverb: Two is a company, three is none.
Ex. 31. Retell the joke.
a) A little boy: I'm drawing a picture of God.
His mother: But you cannot do that. No one has seen God. No one knows how God looks.
The boy: Well, when I get through, they will.
b) - Am I not a man of many abilities? - You are indeed but none of them is working.
1.5. / Numeral
The chief classes of numerals are cardinals and ordinals.
1. Cardinal Numerals (one, two, three, four, etc) are used in counting, answering the question How many?
I had to pay twenty rubles. There were thirty-two students in the classroom.
Mind the spelling of the following cardinal numerals: thirteen, fifteen, eighteen, forty, fifty, and eighty.
Read the following numerals correctly: 101-one hundred and one, 200- two hundred, 1,001-one thousand and one, 10,001-ten thousand and one, 100,000-one hundred thousand. Writing numbers of more than four figures, we separate every three ciphers by commas counting from the end.
All cardinal numerals may become nouns and take a plural ending.
The nine played an excellent game. They formed by fours. Thousands went to the meeting.
Million is the only numeral that can take the plural form when multiplied and not followed by another numeral, but then it is used as a noun and followed by the preposition of: Five million inhabitants orfive millions of inhabitants. Eight million workers or eight millions of workers.
Certain things, e.g. eggs, bread rolls, oranges, are often bought in dozens.
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The plural form of dozen, hundred and thousand is used when no numeral precedes: in these cases the numerals dozen, hundred and thousand are s ubstantivized: Dozens of eggs, two dozen eggs; hundreds of students, a few hundred students; thousands of books, several thousand books. Hundred, thousand and million must be preceded by a or one; one is generally used when smaller numbers follow: a hundred, one hundred and forty-five.
Mind the following: a) To count by dozens, hundreds, thousands; also by the hundred, by the thousand; b) A dozen -12, a score -20, three score -60; c) Half-an-hour; three miles and a half or three and a half miles; a quarter of an hour.
The word odd may be used with round numbers over twenty to give an approximate figure: Its hundred odd pounds (about) She is sixty odd. (About 60 years old)
The suffix -ish, the words or so and or thereabouts can also be used when giving approximate numbers: He is sixtyish. Ill meet you nineish. It cost a hundred pounds or so. Hes arriving on the seventh or thereabouts.
Mind the pronunciation of the figure 0 (nought/zero) in different spheres.
In tennis and similar games, the word love is used (originally from French meaning the egg) the figure 0 is egg-shaped. a) Eight minus eight leaves nought. b) If you add a cipher to 50, you will have 500. c) The temperature has fallen below zero. d) They beat them 2:0 (two nil, two to nil). e) Becker leads by two sets to love (2-0) (in tennis) f) 66503=double six-five o (ou)-three (telephone number) (In American English zero is used nearly everywhere.)
Even numbers are: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 .
Odd numbers are: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 .
Remember the following patterns: She is a girl in her teens. In the thirties of the last century British industry expanded rapidly. They walked in threes and fours. The child was walking on all fours.
2. Ordinal Numerals (first, second, third, fourth, etc.) denote the position or order of persons or things in a series; they answer the question which?
Most of the ordinal numerals are formed from cardinals by means of the suffix th (seventh, fourteenth, twentieth) except first, second and third.
Mind the spelling of fifth, eighth, ninth, twelfth. Mary sits in the first row. He plays the second violin. It is our fourth lesson.
Ordinal numerals are usually preceded by the definite article: The first lesson is much more difficult than the second.
The indefinite article may also be used with ordinal numerals in the meaning of an additional one: The second voyage he made was the most adventurous one. Two years later he made a second voyage.
In ordinal groups only the last member of the group takes the ordinal forms: thirty-fifth, two hundred and second.
Mind the following: Page 3, the third page, page three; the third act, Act Three.Mozarts thirty-ninth symphony Symphony No.39, by Mozart, the third day of the course Timetable for Day Three.
Floors. The ground floor of a British house is the first floor of an American house; The British first floor is the American second floor, etc.
Ex.1. A)Write in letters: 3, 13, 30, 4, 14, 40, 5, 15, 50, 8, 18, 80, 12, 100, 226, 705, 1000, 4568, 6008, 75137, 425712, 1306527, 2032678.
B) Find 17 numerals.
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Ex. 2. Translate into English: 1. . 2. . 3. . 4. . 5. . 6. . 7. . 8. . Ex.4 Write the ordinal numerals from the following cardinal: 1, 11, 21, 2, 12, 20, 3, 13, 30, 4, 14, 40, 5, 15, 50, 6, 16, 60, 8, 18, 80, 9, 19, 90, 100, 103, 300, 425, 705, 1000, 1015.
3. Fractions. In fractional numbers the numerator is a cardinal and the denominator is an ordinal (used as a noun): two-thirds, three sixths; ¼=a (one) quarter, 2 ¼ =two and a quarter, ½=a half, 2 ½=two and a half, ¾=three quarters (of an hour), 3 ¾=three and three quarters, 7/10 mil - seven tenths of a mile.
More complex fractions can be expressed by using the word over. 317/509 three hundred and seventeen over five hundred and nine.
Decimal fractions: 1.62=one, point (decimal) six, two; 45.987=forty five point nine eight seven.
