Grammar

1. Read the words in the plural.

Brushes, birds, houses, months, knives, women, roses, toys, loaves, halves, blouses, heroes, armies, faces, curtains, airports, comedies, cherries, advantages, leaves.

2. Read the words, say which of them are countable and form their plural.

Man, ice, sheep, peace, money, watch, news, city, tooth, friend, friendship, child, business, idea, life, silk, rose, love, duty, bill.

3. Make the following nouns plural. Read and translate them.

Boy, girl, ship, bus, eye, place, country, thief, week, shelf, fox, language, party, dress, day, glass, wall, night, bush, kite, ray, key, roof, train;

Child, foot, mouse, woman, goose, means, deer, fish.

4. a) Write down the following nouns in plural.

A star, a mountain, a tree, a waiter, a man, the queen, a woman, an eye, a shelf, a box, a city, a goose, a watch, a mouse, a toy, a sheep, a tooth, a child, an ox, a life, a dress, a tomato, a company, the news, a glass, a library, a play.

b) Write down the singular form of the following words.

Photos, knives, flowers, sheep, boxes, geese, men-servants, oxen, children, hats, shelves, mice, hairs, postmen, tomatoes, trays, families, zoos, teeth, roofs, forget-me-nots, benches, passers-by.

5. Put the sentences in plural and write them down. Pay attention to the changes of the verb.

1. Put this knife on that table. 2. A new house is in our street. 3. This story is very interesting. 4. Why don’t you eat this potato? 5. A yellow leaf has fallen to the ground. 6. Can you see a bird in that tree? 7. What is that child’s name? 8. The cat has caught a mouse. 9. This man works at our office. 10. He has a new suit.

Topic 5. My House (Flat)

Read the text and fill in the gaps in it with a suitable word the first and the last letters of which are given.

I live in a new nine-storeyed block of f_____ s in Shevchenko Street. In front of the h_____e there is a children’s p_______d and a small garden. We like to spend our time there. Our f_____t is on the fourth floor. It is very comfortable. We have all modern conveniences, such as central h_____g, electricity, gas, clod and hot running w_____r and a telephone.

There are three r _____s in our flat: a living room and two bedrooms. Our living room is the largest in the flat. It is nicely furnished. Against the wall you can see a nice cupboard. There is a colour T___t in the corner. In the opposite corner there is a s_____a and two armchairs. The piano is on the r_____t. There are two pictures above the piano. And there is a bookcase near it. We are fond of books and have plenty of them at h_____e. On the floor we have a nice thick carpet. The curtains on the w_____w match the wallpaper. All these makes the r_____m cosy.

Our bedrooms are also very n_____e and cosy. The parent’s bedroom is larger than the children’s. There are two beds, a bedside table, some c_____s and a wardrobe in it. There is a lovely carpet on the floor between the beds. The children’s bedroom is just across the c_____r on the right. Here you can see two sofa-beds where my sister and I sleep at n_____t and have a rest in the day-time. There is also a writing-table, two chairs and some bookshelves here. We use our bedroom as a study where we do our homework. In the corner of the r_____m there is a small t______e with a computer on it. We all enjoy listening to music and playing games.

Our kitchen is rather large. There is a gas-stove, a refrigerator and a c_____d in which we keep cups, plates and all our dishes. The kitchen serves us as a dining-room. But when we receive guests or have our family celebrations we have the meals in the l_____g-room.

We are h_____y to have such a nice flat and try to keep it clean.