Revision exercises

Exercise 13 p. 12. Put the nouns in brackets in the correct number.

a) more than one (day); twenty-one (day); one and a half (mile); one (mile) and a half; one or two (metre); 0.5 (metre); three (foot); five (foot) six; a (pair) of shoes; two (pair) of shoes; to walk in (pair); (dozen) of socks; a (dozen) of socks; by the (dozen); four (dozen) buttons

b) 1. The man took five (fish) out of the bag and gave each dog a (fish). 2. I wondered at the variety of (fish) in his aquarium. 3. Our (family) are all good chess-players. 4. Our (family) are next door neighbours. 5. The fruit trees were all in (blossom). 6. The bush was all covered with starlike (blossom). 7. The (people) of all the five continents were represented at the Moscow World Youth Festival. 8. The Russian (people) are very hospitable. 9. At the many pavilions of the Exhibition one could see the various (fruit) grown on the vast territory of our country. 10. You must eat more (fruit).

Exercise 14 p. 13. Translate the following word combinations into English using the possessive case. (Dictation-translation.)

дочь моей младшей сестры, младшая дочь моей сестры; Пятая симфония Чайковского; прежний секретарь директора; еще один охотничий рассказ, рассказ другого охотника; эта старая дамская шляпа, шляпа этой старой дамы, старая шляпа этой дамы; традиции студентов Оксфорда, старые студенческие традиции; первая жена Ивана Грозного; заявление нового правительства, новое заявление правительства; прибытие в Лондон советского посла в Англии

Exercise 15 p. 13. Insert s, 's, or s' instead of the hyphens where necessary.

1. This is a new edition of Esenin- poem-. 2. That man was Vera- and Nelly- old teacher- of music. 3. Those were Nick- and Kate- parent-. 4. We spent a week- holiday at the Barton-. 5. We spent a two week- holiday with the Barton-. 6. The book is nei­ther John- nor Mary-. 7. It was neither John- nor Mary-. 8. I haven't seen anything of John- of late. 9. I haven't touched a single book of John-. 10. Father took some money from his pocket and put it into my younger brother-. 11. Father took some money from his pocket and gave it to my younger brother-. 12. His eyes narrowed like a cat-. 13. He moved around softly like a cat-. 14. Vakhtangov- life was short but bright. 15. The Vakhtangov- theatre is one of the leading Moscow- theatre-. 16. The Queen- of Belgium- visit to Moscow was timed to the Tchaikovsky- World Competition of Violinists and Pianists. 17. Tchaikovsky- house in Klin is now a museum. 18. The wall- in the hunter- club were decorated with mountain goat- and wild deer- horn-. 19. A great many scientist- took partin the First International Geophysical Year. 20. Many a time did he rewrite some of his novel- chapter- before submitting it to the reader- judgement-.