Владимир Аракин - Практический курс английского языка 3 курс [calibre 2.43.0]

12. study — a study

4. iron — an iron

13. light —alight

5. string — a string

14. air — an air

6. coffee — a coffee

15. duck — a duck

7. cloth — a cloth

16. gold — a gold

8. rubber — a rubber

17. play — a play

9. lamb — a lamb

18. thought — a thought

II. Make up exclamatory sentences according to the model:

Good advice. — What good advice! Good idea. — What a good idea!

1. terrible weather

7.

clever people

terrible climate

clever person

2. beautiful language

8.

difficult job

beautiful suitcase

difficult work

3. elegant clothes

9.

fresh bread

elegant dress

fresh loaf

4. heavy rainfall

10. delicious food

heavy shower

delicious meal

5. healthy cow

11. horrrible song

healthy cattle

horrible music

6. awful rubbish

12. tough beef

awful mess

tough steak

8.Give the plural of the following nouns if possible.

1. a lottery

11.

petrol

21.

a species

2. a fisherman

12.

a chef

22.

a carp

3. a fish

13.

information

23.

a tooth

4. a series

14.

a foot

24.

a cuckoo

5. a Japanese

15.

weather

25.

a taxi

6. progress

16.

a tomato

26.

a menu

7. a person

17.

a means

27.

toast

8. a woman

18.

a photo

28.

a mongoose

9. advice

19.

a leaf

29.

a disco

10. a mouse

20.

an ox

30.

a Swiss

a class-mate

a forget-me-not

a grown-up

a man-of-war

a hanger-on

a man-servant

a boy-friend

a merry-go-round

an office-block

a mother-in-law

a cupful

a passer-by

a court-martial

a woman-driver

a school-inspector

9. Complete the table. Note that some of these words of foreign origin have regular plurals.

Singular

Plural

Singular

Plural

1.

cacti

13.

memoranda

2. analysis

14. stadium

3.

stimuli

15. museum

4.

strata

16.

addenda

5. datum

17.

radii

6. curriculum

18. drama

7. basis

19. genius

8. fungus

20.

appendices

9.

genera

21. axis

10. index

22.

media

11.

crises

23. album

12.

criteria

24.

phenomena

10. Comment on the use of uncountable nouns in bold type.

1. Informationrules the world.

2. Newspapers and television don't always provide accurate and reliable information.

3. We hope the informationwill remain secret.

4. If adviceis needed, ask one of our staff.

5. Did you follow the adviceI gave you ?

6. Jackie needsa piece of practical advice.

7. Good advicecan be given, good namecannot be given.

8. We are all hoping for good news.

9. The good newsis that he did get an Oscar.

10. They wore boots and galoshes in wet weather.

11. He hopes there's big moneyin this new business.

12. This machine doesn't give change. Please have the right moneyready.

13. Bad moneyalways comes back.

14. The weatherproved to be as good as the weatherman had predicted.

15. We all look forward to warmer weather.

16. To recover completely, he must come back to work,but it shouldn't be hard work.

17. Loveis an ideal thing; marriageis a real thing, but it is a lottery.

18. Never marry formoney, but marry wheremoney is.

11. Choose the first or the second word in the following sentences.

2. Play/a play and no work will make you lazy.

3. History/a history repeats itself.

4. Grammar/a grammar is taught deeply in this school.

5. My father has French grammar/an old French grammar.

6. Faith/a faith helps people to live.

7. Nature/a nature should be protected against pollution.

8. He was a man who lived for pleasure/a pleasure.

9. He has nature/a nature like his grandfather's.

10. It was pleasure/a pleasure to talk to you.

11. Can you do me favour/a favour?

12. Get down to business/a business, all of you!

13. Charity/a charity begins at home.

14. You should study law/a law at university.

15. Language/a language is unique to humans.

16. To succeed in life you need will/a will.

17. In her youth she was beauty/a beauty.

18. We are looking for people with experience/an experience.

19. I need study/a study where I can work quietly.

20. They are looking fdr work/a work at the moment.

21. Speech/a speech is a manifestation of language.

12. Translate into English.

1. Что такое новости и как их собирают?

2. — Какие последние новости? — Они очень интересные.

3. Есть одна новость, которую хотелось бы обсудить.

4. Осторожнее! Такая фатальная новость может убить старика.

5. Репортер просматривает новости, которые сумел получить.

6. Плохие новости быстро распространяются.

7. Большая часть сведений поступает через прессу.

8. Разведчик принес важные сведения.

9. Сведения верны? Им можно доверять?

10. «Мама, мы пришли к тебе за советом.»

11. Хороший совет — вот что тебе нужно.

12. Ты хочешь совета? Хорошо, один я могу дать тебе.

13. Это бесценный совет! Он — от всего сердца.

14. Люди любят говорить о погоде, так как это безопасная тема.

15. — Какая сегодня погода? — Погода холодная. Похоже, будет снег.

16. Люблю бродить по лесу в грибную погоду.

17. Работа в банке была трудна для него.

18. Это интересная работа? Она тебе нравится?

19. У него обширные знания в области физики.

20. Рок-концерт прошел с большим успехом.

21. Мои студенты делают большие успехи в языке.

22. В ящике есть деньги. Возьми их. Деньги — твои.

23. Он тщательно пересчитал деньги и положил их в бумажник.

24. Образование — это лучшее капиталовложение.

25. Он дал своему сыну первоклассное образование.

13. Comment on the use of material nouns in bold type.

1. Of course I never touch foreign cheeses.Our English cheesesare the best in the world.