Mark the sentences True (+), False (-) or Don’t know (?)
1. Emilio has lived in the same place al his life. _____ 2. He has become very rich. _____ 3. He is 74 years old. _____ 4. He met Pilar when he was twenty years old. _____ 5. He has been married three times. _____ 6. Emilio and Pilar have been married for 52 years. _____ 7. They went to Paris for their honeymoon. _____ 8. Maximilian is a farmer. ____9. He is younger than Emilio. _____ 10. He has been on television. _____ 11. He was at the golden wedding. _____
Noun
NB!
Nouns are:
countable nouns – a boy, a pen
uncountable nouns – bread, snow
material nouns – iron, wood
abstract nouns – love, hate
personal nouns – Anne, Mr. Brown, London, “Times”
1. Write the plurals:
e.g.:. address-addresses, mountain- mountains
lorry, waitress, secretary, sandwich, child, match, flower, vegetable, family, dictionary, eye, bag, box, school, lunch, city, hotel, watch, animal, fly, bus, man, orange, person, church, egg, apple, day, boy, glass, dish, beach, dress, foot.
1. Write “C” for countable, “U” for uncountable
e.g.: apple-C, water-U
boy, milk, table, pen, bread, cup, computer, money, cheese, tooth, car, grass, person, road, chair, bicycle, hand, flour, information, butter, sugar, tree, garden, book, news, bus, wine, house.
3. Everyday uncountable words. Read and translate these sentences:
1. This furniture is modern. 2. The traffic is bad today. 3. I’ll give you some advice about your future. 4. He can give you some useful information about Bangkok.5.There is some bad news today. 6. It’s terrible weather today. 7. Accommodation here is expensive. 8. I need some fresh air. 9. Studying is hard work. 10. Air travel is faster than rail travel.
Note: a lot of uncountable nouns are kinds of food and drink
4. Write your sentences with these uncountable nouns
5. Complete these sentences with an uncountable opposite:
1. I’d like to buy a car but I haven’t got enough … . 2. Cows give us … and … 3. If you don’t know what to do, ask your parents for some … . 4. The … at the seaside is very good for you. 5. Rob left school last month and is now looking for … 6.There is always a lot of …in central London.
6. Match the word on the right with the word on the left
| heavy useful bad modern brown cold space | information travel water luggage news furniture bread |
7. Find an adjective to go with the uncountable nouns in the box
e.g: Cold weather, British money
Sweet sugar, traffic jam, useful advice, expensive accommodation, fresh air, heavy work, white rice, taste spaghetti, chocolate butter, cold milk, hot tea, black coffee)
8. Correct the mistakes in these sentences
1. The news are not very good today. 2. Where can I get some information about your country? 3. Let me give you an advice. 4. Cook these spaghetti for ten minutes. 5. Can I have a bread, please? 6. Mary is looking for a new work. 7. I must find a new accommodation soon. 8. I can give you a milk. 9. We must to read this article. 10. They may take a hot tea.
9. Spelling the plural form of nouns
Car, class, city, woman, city, woman, family, address, person, boy, sandwich, university, tooth, goose, foot, child, man, flower, knife, scarf, shelf, sheep, fish, boy, tree, star, river.
10. Correct the sentences
e.g.: Brazil is in Europe. Brazil isn’t in Europe. It’s in South America.
1. The US president is English. 2. Snow is hot. 3. You are English. 4. We are people from the USA. 5. Rolls-Royce cars are cheap. 6. The sun is nearer than the moon. 7. Elephant is very small animal. 8. Karim Masimov is an English Prime Minister.9. Our university is very young.10. You are workers.
Read the text
My name is Carly and I come from Australia. But I live near London now with my husband Dave and our three children. I came to Britain fifteen years ago when I got married.
I’m a student with the Open University. This means I watch special programmes on the television and work at home. I send my work to my course teacher every week. I’m studying art and the course is really interesting. At the moment, I’m reading about Italian painters in Italian, which is difficult because I only speak a little Italian!
My course started a year ago and its three years long. After I graduate, I’m going to look for a job in an art gallery or museum.
Answer the questions:
1. What is her name?
2. Where does she come from?
3. Where does she live now?
4. Is she a student?
5. What does it mean –the Open University?
Retell the text.
Noun – forming suffixes
– ing, - ness,- tion/ sion,- ist.
a) n + ist= n; dramatist, violonist.
b) adj.. + ness = n; happiness, kindness.
c) v. + (a) tion/ sion = n; organization, discussion.
v. + ing = n; driving, building.
1. Find the suffix in these words and translate them:
invitation, delegation, declaration, cooperation, dictation, station, presentation, transformation.
2. Form nouns from these verbs using suffix – ing and translate them:
to swim, to teach, to write, to read, to shop, to act, to greet, to begin, to live, to hear, to listen, to sing, to dance, to ran, to drive, to start, to make, to test, to meet.