1. Eg. The fashionable colour this year is blue. - This year's fashionable colour is blue.

2. I read the article in the Sunday’s paper. – Sunday.

3. They weren't at the last year’s celebration .last year.

4. I'm to be bridesmaid at Harry-Renata’s wedding.

5. You should follow your parents’ advice.

6. The Porsche drew up at the entrance of the restaurant.

7. The mile’s walk to the village.

8. A security guard checked the passengers’ bags.

9. My neighbours’ dogs are barking all the nights.

10. Students’ life is full of fun.

11. The secretaries’ working hours at this office are too long.

III. Translate into English.

1. Эта девушка – одна из студенток моей мамы. This girl is one of my Mum’s students.

2. Мне очень не нравится этот новый друг Бэсс! Idon’t like this new Bess’s friend!

3. Романы Ильфа и Петрова популярны у многих поколений читателей.Ilf and Petrov’s novels are popular during a lot of generations of readers.

4. Во вчерашней газете было много интересных статей. There were a lot of interesting articles in yesterday’s newspaper.

5. Муж моей подруги – инженер.My girlfriend’s husband is an engineer.

6. Я устала, давайте сделаем пятиминутный перерыв. I’m tired,let’s do a five minutes’ break.

7. Это мужской клуб, а не женский.This is a men’s club, but women’s

8. Работа стюардессы достаточно сложная. . The work of the stewardess is rather difficult

9. Эта машина Джеймса, машина Алекса – белая.This is James’s car, Alex’s car is white.

10. Дети восхищались зонтиком Мэри Поппинс. The children were exciting about Mary Poppins’s umbrella.

11. Я собираюсь в Париж на следующей неделе. Я остановлюсь у своего друга. I’m going to Paris next week. I am staying at my friend’s.

Комната моих дочерей самая большая My daughters’ room is the biggest.

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Существительные могут быть исчисляемыми и неисчисляемыми.

• Неисчисляемые существительные имеют только одну форму (единственное число) и не требуют неопределённый артикль (a/an).

• Неисчисляемые существительные включают:

- субстанции, материалы: gas, gold, plastic, water, air, sand …

- абстрактные идеи: profitability, progress, travel, weather, luck

- отглагольные существительные: brainstorming, engineering, timing, advertising

(+ см. Laboratory work No.3)

Разница между исчисляемыми и неисчисляемыми существительными

	countable example	uncountable example
use of a, an, the plural noun some + noun any + noun enough + noun many + noun few/a few + noun less + noun little/a little + noun much + noun that/this + noun those/these + noun	a book, the book books, the books some books any book, any books enough books many books (a) few books (not possible) (not possible) (not possible) that/this book those/these books	cheese, the cheese (no plural form) some cheese any cheese enough cheese (not possible) (not possible) less cheese (a) little cheese much cheese that/this cheese (not possible)

• Неисчисляемые существительные всегда требуют после себя глагол в единственном числе.

The money is insufficient.

• Многие существительные могут быть как неисчисляемыми, так и исчисляемыми:

There is a fine cheese. (= a fine variety or type)

These cheeses are produced only in Italy. (= these types of cheese)

• fish – fishes (all the fishes in the sea = the different varieties of fish)

He studies the fishes in the Atlantic. (= types of fish)

• fruit – fruits (Fruit is sweet.)

noun	countable example	uncountable example
chicken coffee experience fruit hair juice noise	He sat there and ate a whole chicken. I’d love a coffee now. (= cup of coffee) Failing an exam was a new experience for me. A kumquat is an exotic fruit. The cat has left white hairs all over the sofa. I’d like an orange juice, please. (= a glass of) I heard a noise outside the window.	I’ll have some chicken and chips, please. Is there any coffee left? Have you had any previous experience? You should eat fruit every day. Get your hair cut – it’s getting too long. I’ll just squeeze some juice from these oranges. Stop making so much noise.

• Некоторые исчисляемые и неисчисляемые формы имеют абсолютно разные значения:

iron (железо) - an iron (утюг)

paper (бумага) - a paper (газета)

wood (дерево) - a wood (лес)

work (работа) - a work (произведение)

• Если вы говорите об определённом количестве, используя неисчисляемые существительные, то вы можете использовать: a piece of cheese

a blob of point

a bunch of flowers

a cup of coffee

a drop of water

a glass of juice

a loaf of bread

a lump of sugar

a pile of rubbish

a slice of bread

a pair of scissors

a sheet of paper