In... fifteenth century... people knew only three continents:... Europe,... Asia and... Africa. They knew nothing about such... big continent as... America.... man who discovered... America was born in 1451 in... Italy. His name was Christopher Columbus. He became... sailor at... early age. Knowing that... earth was round, he decided to reach... India sailing to... west. He tried to arrange... expedition, but did not have... money, and nobody wanted to help him. At last... king of... Spain gave him... money for... expedition. He set... sail in 1492.... voyage was very dangerous and difficult. On... 12th of... October his ship reached... land. When they landed, they saw... strange trees and... flowers.... men and... women with... olive-coloured skins gathered around... sailors and looked at them with... great surprise Columbus was sure that he had discovered... new way to... India. Some time later... other sailor reached... America.... name of... sailor was Amerigo Vespucci. He understood that it was... new continent.
Exercise 7. Вставьте артикль, где необходимо, и передайте содержание текста по-английски.
'William Shakespeare,... greatest English playwright, was born in 1564 in... Stratford-upon-Avon in... England.... Stratford is... small country town in... farming district near... centre of... England.... Avon, which is... pretty river with... grass and... trees all along its banks, runs through... Stratford, Not much is known of... Shakespeare's father. He was... farmer who, at... different times of his life, sold... meat and bought and sold... wool. He was poor and was often in... money difficulties. Very little is known about... life of his only son William also.... little house in which... great writer was born still stands. It is now... museum. William went to... school in... Stratford. In 1586 he went to... London. Probably... first work he did there was at one of the two theatres that there were in... London at that time. Then he became... actor and soon began to write... plays for... company of actors to which he belonged. Shakespeare bought... largest house in his home town in 1597, but he did not spend much time there till 1610. He spent... last years of his life mostly in... Stratford, but he often visited... London. He died in 1616.
Множественное число существительных (Plural Number of Nouns).
Exercise 1. Поставьте следующие существительные в множественное число (обратите внимание на артикли: неопределенный артикль во множественном числе опускается, определенный артикль сохраняется).
A star, a mountain, a tree, a shilling, a penny, a king, the waiter, the queen, a man, the man-servant, a woman, the woman-doctor, an eye, a shelf, a box, the city, a he-cat, a boy, a goose, the watch, a mouse, a dress, a toy, the sheep, a tooth, a child, the ox, a deer, the life, a tomato, the Chinese, a she-wolf, a waiter, the grandchild, the chief, an armchair, a baby, a deer, the police, the policy.
Exercise 2. Поставьте следующие словосочетания во множественное число.
This tea-cup, this egg, that wall, that picture, this foot, that mountain, this lady, that window, this man, that match, this knife.
Exercise 3. Поставьте следующие предложения во множественное число и переведите.
1. What is that child's name? 2. The cat has caught a mouse. 3. There was a lady, a gentleman, a boy and a girl in the room. 4. In the farm-yard we could see an ox, a sheep, a cow and a goose. 5. Is this worker an Englishman or a German? -He is a Frenchman. 6. Why don't you eat this potato? 7. This strawberry is still green. 8. The withered leaf has fallen to the ground. 9. Can you see a bird in that tree? 10. Does your tooth still ache? 11.I held up my foot to the fire to warm it. 12. His child studies very well. 13. This man works at our office. 14. There is a new house in our street.
Exercise 4. Образуйте множественное число от следующих существительных и разделите их на 3 группы по произношению суффиксов [s],[z], [iz]:
Text, fish, reader, song, division, assistant, time, wife, discovery, servant, decision, ship, knife, tree, glass, watch, city, cup, boy, game, class, land, cow, specialist, plate, road.
