Exercise 3. Wrate the plural form of the following

A. regular nouns

story, play, glass, flag, photo, name, match, knife, bush, chief, page, radio, roof, prize, set, key, factory, wolf, piano, class, cup, city

B. ir regular nouns

child, goose, man, foot, mouse, woman, sheep, person, deer, tooth,ox

C. nouns of Greek or Latin origin

Criterion, datum, formula, crisis, stimulus, index, phenomenon, medium, oasis, nucleus, memorandum, basis, radius, analysis, symposium, hypothesis

D. compound nouns

fellow-worker, merry-go-round, man-of-war, passer-by,sister-in-law,forget-me-not,room-mate,lily-of-the-valley,ticket-holder,commander-in-chief,governor-general

Exercise 4. Translate the following sentences into Russian paying attention to the words in bold type.

1.The windows in his car are made of unbreakable glass. 2.He gave me a glass of water.3.These are the works of Shakespeare.4.He is not at home, he is at the works. He is installing new equipment.5.His work is rather dull, he thinks.

Exercise 5. Match the word on the left with its partner on the right.

E x a m p l e: a piece music- a piece of music

1)a lump a)lightening

2)a bit b)thunder

3)a flash c)clothing

4)a stroke d)air

5)a slice e)salt

6)a clap f)bread

7)a sum g)rain

8)an article h)milk

9)a loaf i)soap

10)a bar j)toothpaste

11)a spot k)cloth

12)a carton l)furniture

13)a tube m)paper

14)a puff n)cheese

15)an item o)money

16)a sheet p)luck

17)a strip q)ice

18)a grain r)sugar

19)a block s)information

20)a breath t)smoke

Exercise 6. Find the odd word in the chain of the nouns.

E x a m p l e: tea – butter – onions – meat

1)trousers-spectacles-scales-news

2)advice-knowledge-contents-progress

3)phonetics-vacation-goods-information

4)criteria-datum-oases-radii

5)mice-men-goats-geese

6)police-work-weather-furniture

7)congress-team-government-equipment

8)water-potato-milk-bread

9)time-business-stone-bird

10)means-species-crossroads-wolves

11)thanks-barracks-congratulation-authorities

12)diagnoses-roofs-cattle-accommodation

13)premises-mechanics-darts-laughter

14)success-research-applause-path

15)journey-voyage-travel-walk

Unit2

Exercise 1. Read and translate the text