Unit 14. Изменения в правописании

hope - hoping - hoped date - dating - dated injure - injuring - injured	die - dying - died tie - tying - tied try - trying - tried
stop - stopping - stopped rob - robbing - robbed beg - begging - begged	begin - began - beginning prefer - preferred - preferring control - controlled - controlling
lady-ladies baby- babies penny - pennies factory-factories But: babyhood, babyish, ladyship, countryside, Kelly-the Kellys, monkeys, donkeys	wife-wives scarf-scarves wolf-wolves half-halves life-lives But: handkerchiefs, roofs, reefs, chiefs, cuffs, muffs, cliffs, safes The double forms are possible: hoof – hooves, scarf – scarves, wharf – wharves
cargo-cargoes potato-potatoes mango-mangoes hero-heroes tomato-tomatoes Negro - Negroes But: kilos, photos, pianos, radios, solos, ghettos

Иногда замена звука [ s ] звуком [ z ] служит средством словообразования:

[ s ]	[ z ]
close - закрытый	to close - закрывать
use - польза	to use - использовать
advice - совет	to advise - советовать
device - прибор	to devise - изобретать
house - дом	to house - помещать

Существительные с нестандартным множественным числом

Ед. число	Мн. число
aircraft cod corps counsel deer dice fish fruit moose reindeer sheep snipe swine trout	aircraft cod corps counsel deer dice fish fruit moose reindeer sheep snipe swine trout	самолет треска корпус адвокат, юрисконсульт олень игральная кость рыба фрукты лось северный олень овца бекас, кулик свинья форель

f – ves
half shelf wolf knife leaf life loaf thief wife	halves shelves wolves knives leaves lives loaves thieves wives	половина полка волк нож лист жизнь буханка вор жена

1. Поставьте существительные во множественное

число:

dog, song, pad, girl, bird, frog, word, pal, pencil

desk, task, student, cup, cap, book, month, boat, apricot

tie, bee, doctor, sister, brother, uncle, pie, worker

ski, taxi

skate, apple, mine, cake, tale, lake, game, kite, table

class, mass, fox, box, bench, brush, bush, bus, boss, stress,

glass, actress

page, face, axe, house, dance, sentence

life, wolf, wife, thief, half, loaf, scarf, shelf, calf, leaf,

yourself

cliff, gulf, proof, grief, chef

lady, baby, story, library, factory, army, berry, city, kiddy,

family

day, bay, way, boy, storey, guy, play, toy, ray

Mary, Nelly, Mc Kelly, Priestley, Lily

potato, Negro, echo, banjo, mango, hero, tomato

radio, kangaroo, photo, piano, kilo, pro

man, woman, child, tooth, goose, mouse, louse, foot, ox

2. ~ Прочитайте и переведите без словаря

интернациональные слова:

globe, continent, pole, equator, meridian, hemisphere, volcano, crater, lava, flora, fauna, area, region, ocean, territory, basin, comet, cosmos, satellite, climate, season, temperature, pressure, zone, tropics, steppe, taiga, tundra, prairie, atmosphere, breeze, storm, arctic, iceberg, metre, kilometre, foot, yard, compass, nation, population

3. ~ Выучите стихотворение наизусть:

The telephone is ringing.

My sister is singing.

The engine is working.

Some people are talking.

Some children are making a terrible noise.

Their mother is shouting at the boys.

Somebody is knocking at the door.

I can’t stand it any more.

4. ~² Выучите диалоги наизусть:

A. Give me a book, please.

B. Which book? This one?

А. No, not that one, the blue one.

В. This one?

А. Yes, please.

В. Here you are.

А. Thank you.

D. Kate, have you got a boyfriend?

K. Yes, Dad. My boyfriend is Tom Matthews.

D. Matthews? How do you spell it?

K. M-A-T-T-H-E-W-S.

D. What’s his telephone number?

K. 87654321

D. What’s his address?

K. 10, Green Lane, London.

D. I see.