THE NOUN. Exercise 1.Write the countable and uncountable nouns into two different columns:

Exercise 1. Write the countable and uncountable nouns into two different columns:

Wall, pen, air, chalk, picture, water, tea, time, hour, bread, river, friend, copper, cigarette, tobacco, cheese, teacher, glass (стакан), glass (стекло), music, coffee, armchair, gold, ship, shop, idea, furniture, wood, tree, word, money, coin, assistance, assistant, instrument.

Exercise 2. Find nouns in the plural form.

Positions, news, box, seas, problems, clothes, level, bus, coun­tries, women, phenomenon, theses, money, crises, people, glass, class.

Exercise 3. Give the singular form.

Women, feet, children, analyses, data, news, theses, means, se­ries, glasses, leaves, knives, sheep, shorts, plays, books.

Exercise 3. Translate into Russian.

1. Britain's trade. 2. A day's work. 3. My friend's hat. 4. The sister's letter. 5. The world's first spaceman. 6. The children's hands. 7. An hour's walk. 8. The women's magazines. 9. The Par­liament's session. 10. A week's rest.

Exercise 4. Use the possessive case.

1. The book by this writer is interesting. 2. The foot of my son is big. 3. The prospects of the company are good. 4. These are the notebooks of his students. 5. The newspaper of the party was a daily one. 6. The uncle of Tom is a scientist. 7. The favourite sport of my brother is tennis. 8. The programme of two months was fulfilled. 9. The dream of the mankind to fly into space came true.

Exercise 5. Answer the questions. Example: Whose dog is this? (Ann) - This is Ann's dog.

1. Whose teacher is this? (My son) 2. Whose car is this? (The Browns) 3. Whose cat is this? (Children) 4. Whose pens are these? (My friends) 5. Whose coat is this? (Miss White) 6. Whose article is this? (My teacher)

Exercise 6. Translate into English.

1. Это новая программа правительства. 2. Лунный свет кра­сивый. 3. Сын моего брата - историк. 4. Мать моего друга -пожилая женщина. 5. Это кабинет декана. 6. Улицы города широкие. 7. Переводы этих студентов - очень хорошие. 8. До­ход фирмы растет. 9. Мне нравится машина Джона. 10. Студен­ческие каникулы закончились. 11. Друзья моих родителей -пенсионеры.