Explain the difference between the following pairs of words.

1. glass — a glass

2. paper — a paper

3. wood — a wood

4. iron — an iron

5. string — a string

6. coffee — a coffee

7. cloth — a cloth

8. rubber — a rubber

9. lamb — a lamb

10. language — a language

11. tin — a tin

12. study — a study

13. light —alight

14. air — an air

15. duck — a duck

16. gold — a gold

17. play — a play

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

 

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 man-of-war

a man-servant

a merry-go-round

a mother-in-law

a passer-by

a woman-driver

a grown-up

a hanger-on

a boy-friend

an office-block

a cupful

a court-martial

a school-inspector

 

 

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

 

Comment on the use of uncountable nouns in bold type.

1. Information rules the world.

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

3. We hope the information will remain secret.

4. If advice is needed, ask one of our staff.

5. Did you follow the advice I gave you?

6. Jackie needs a piece of practical advice.

7. Good advice can be given, good name cannot be given.

8. We are all hoping for good news.

9. The good news is that he did get an Oscar.

10. They wore boots and galoshes in wet weather.

11. He hopes there's big money in this new business.

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

13. Bad money always comes back.

14. The weather proved 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. Love is an ideal thing; marriage is a real thing, but it is a lottery.

18. Never marry for money, but marry where money is.

 

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

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

History/a history repeats itself.

Grammar/a grammar is taught deeply in this school.

My father has French grammar/an old French grammar.

Faith/a faith helps people to live.

Nature/a nature should be protected against pollution.

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

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

It was pleasure/a pleasure to talk to you.

Can you do me favour/a favour?

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

Charity/a charity begins at home.

You should study law/a law at university.

Language/a language is unique to humans.

To succeed in life you need will/a will.

In her youth she was beauty/a beauty.

We are looking for people with experience/an experience.

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

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

Speech/a speech is a manifestation of language.

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.