4. Возвратные местоимения

myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves

I can do it myself.

The cat is washing itself.

Step 2. Number (Число)

NOUN+S/ES

множественное число = существительное + s/es

В английском языке существительные имеют два числа: единственное (singular) и множественное (plural).

Например:

Форма единственного числа (Singular form).

Ex.: a dog, a cat, a car

Форма множественного числа (Plural form).

Ex.: dogs, cats, cars

1. после большинства согласных (кроме шипящих) -e и -y (после гласной) мн. число = существительное+ s dog+dog= dogs car+car= cars plate+plate= plates

2. после - o, -y (после согласной); -x, -sh, -ss, ch, мн. число = существительное +es box+box=boxes match+match=matches dress+dress=dresses potato+potato= potatoes tomato+tomato= tomatoes toe+toe= toes При этом “y” меняется на “i” lily+lily=lilies city+city+ cities pony+ pony=ponies Исключения: radio-radios, piano-pianos, photo-photos, video-videos, hippo – hippos, kangaroo – kangaroos

3. fe>ves wife – wives knife – knives wolf – wolves thief – thieves hoof – hooves Исключения: roof-roofs

4. Особые формы:

child – children man- men woman – women sheep – sheep foot – feet tooth – teeth fish – fish deer-deer ox-oxen goose – geese mouse – mice

NOTE:

Окончание множественного числа читается:

1. как [s] после глухих согласных.

2. как [z] после звонких согласных и гласных.

3. как [iz] после s, ss, sh, ch, tch, x.

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

Step 1. Personal pronouns (Личные местоимения)

Заполни пропуски подходящими по смыслу местоимениями.

b) I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they

____am a teacher, _____ is a toy

____ is a girl, ____ is a boy!

____ are my pupils

and ____ are true friends

And ____ are your parents, grandparents and aunts!

c) I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they

me, you, him, her, it, us, them

Children, stop talking!

Please listen to ______!

This is his book and I’ll give it to _____.

That is her pen and I’ll give it to ______.

These are my pencils and _____ need some more.

Those are your books and I’ll give them to _____.

We will need some notebooks and some pencils too.

Please take these pencils, don’t lose time.

Now these pencils are yours and those are mine.

Step 2. The Number (Число)

Выучи наизусть: A boy – boys. A toy – toys. A girl – girls. A ball – balls. A cat – cats. A rat – rats. A box – boxes. A fox – foxes. But a man – men. A gentleman – gentlemen. A woman – women. A child – children. A tooth – teeth. A foot – feet. A wife – wives. A knife – knives. An eye – eyes. But a mouse – mice! A pony – ponies. A lily – lilies. An army - armies! Learn it by heart, please!

с) Напиши форму множественного числа: A boy – A toy – A girl – A ball – A cat – A rat – A box – A fox – But a man – A gentleman – A woman – A child – A tooth – A foot - A wife – A knife – An eye – A mouse - A pony – A lily – An army – Learn it by heart, please!

b) Выпиши существительные во множественном числе из стишка в табличку.

+s (После согласной и ‘e’ ,а также при ‘y’ после гласной)	+es (после шипящих, ‘s’ и ‘o’ после согласной)	y > ies (после согласной)	fe > ves	Exceptions (исключения)
boy – boys	box - boxes	pony - ponies	wife - wives	man - men

Step 4. Number (Число)

Напиши следующие существительные во множественном числе в табличку.

Boy, box, tank, child, cow, book, plate, goose, cat, dog, bag, man, son, sheep, potato, teacher, match, cheese, apple, table, flower, computer, car, army, boss, tooth, hand, finger, lamp, tomato, foot, day, wife, mouse, eye, knife, hero, bush, woman, pony, dress, pen, pencil, book.

+s	+es	y > ies	fe > ves	exceptions

d) Найди и исправь ошибки:

1. There are many womans in the shop.

2. The teacher is glad to see the childrens.

3. There aren’t many pianoes in our classroom.

4. Our cat likes catching mouses in the grass.

5. Moscow and St. Petersburg are big citys.

6. I don’t like tomatos!

7. The old man has many sheeps.

8. The Blue Beard had many wifes.

9. This shop sells radioes and pianoes.

10. There are three hippoes in our zoo.

11. My father always catches a lot of fishes in the river.

12. You can see many kangarooes in Australia.

13. Don’t play with the knifes!

14. There are a lot of peoples in the street.