8. Examine thoroughly the table below and make the plural form of the following words. Can you see where the trick is?

cat, day, tooth, service, schoolboy, hero, ship, man, earning, county, roof, sheep, tornado, louse, still life, warning, salary, opportunity, mother-in-law, ox, lady,

business, country, town, Frenchman, deer, woman, leaf, donkey, man – writer.

8.1. Mind different ways of English words plurality formation

brush – brushes box – boxes church – churches business – businesses but ox – oxen	cargo – cargoes hero – heroes mosquito – mosquitoes potato – potatoes tomato – tomatoes but photo – photos piano – pianos
leaf – leaves half – halves wolf – wolves knife – knives thief – thieves but roof – roofs chief – chiefs relief – reliefs still life – still lifes hoof – hoofs	baby – babies lady – ladies fly – flies army – armies city – cities body – bodies but donkey – donkeys boy – boys day – days guy – guys
man – men woman – women foot – feet tooth – teeth goose – geese	child – children mouse – mice louse – lice sheep – sheep deer – deer
fellow-student – fellow-students school-girl – school-girls Englishman – Englishmen man-servant – men-servants	passer-by – passers-by man of war – men of war sister-in-law – sisters-in-law woman-writer – women-writers

Word order / questions

9. Special questions. Put questions to the underlined parts of the sentences.

1. This student translates very well. (who? how?)

2. His friend traveled to Europe last year. (whose? where?)

3. She will go to London tomorrow. (where? when?)

4. He is the best student of our group because he works hard. (why?)

5. They will buy these books tomorrow. (what? when?)

6. I like to read newspapers. (what?)

7. We saw this film a week ago. (what? when?)

8. The professor gave her two interesting scientific magazines. (whom? how many? what?)

10. Answer to the following alternative questions.

1. Do you want to travel by bus or by train?

2. Is it possible or impossible to bathe in the sea in winter?

3. Does the ad work well or badly?

4. Do they play tennis or volley-ball?

5. Will he go to see his friend or will he just ring him up?

6. Shall we dance or sing songs?

7. Has she a brother or a sister?

8. Did she go to the river or to the forest tomorrow?

11. Tag questions

11.1. Read and translate the sentences

1. She had to leave, hadn’t she?

2. I ought not to complain, should I?

3. Let’s talk about it, shall we?

4. She’s not taken the test already, has she?

5. They’d go with us, wouldn’t they?

6. He’s not writing his course paper now, is he?

7. We’d decided to open a joint account, hadn’t we?

8. We have worked hard in the semester, haven’t we (han’t we)?

11.2. Finish the sentences

1. We have to sign this, _______?

2. Let’s go home, _______?

3. You can’t speak French, _______?

4. He will not meet us at the airport, _______?

5. Students have to register before the end of the first week of term ______?

6. The clocks will all be set back an hour on the last Sunday in October at

3.00 a.m. to take advantage of Daylight Savings Time, _______?

12. Speaking practice

Tell the group about yourself using the following words if necessary

to introduce oneself, to be born in, my family consists of, to have a lot of relatives (friends), to finish (leave) the school, to become an applicant, to enter the university, a first-year student (a fresher), a second-year student (a sophomore), to go to the library, an abyss of ignorance, to attend lectures, a seminar, a period, to be going to do smth., to graduate from, a hobby, to be fond of, to socialize, to spend free time, to take an active part in, to go to the disco, to be in for, to play tennis / the piano, to listen to the music / radio, to watch TV, to read a lot, to know so many things, to walk around the city, to drive a car, to stay alone, institute mates, to appreciate, appearance, character, etc.