Grammar

Ex.15. Find in the text sentences with the Possessive case.

Ex.16. Compose your own examples using the Possessive Case.

Grammar: THE POSSESSIVE CASE

ANALYTICAL POSSESSIVE CASE	SYHTHETICAL POSSESSIVE CASE
of	‘s;’
1. The face of my granny is wrinkled.	My granny’s face is wrinkled
2. The forehead of my dad is high.	My dad’s forehead is high.
3. The eyes of the girl dance and twinkle.	The girl’s eyes dance and twinkle.

Ex.17. Change the SPC into APC:

1. How do you like my mother’s appearance?

2. His cousin’s eyes are of a deeper blue.

3. Princess’s face was of a rare beauty.

4. Everybody likes Moldova’s nature.

5. My sister’s fair hair shone in the sun.

6. The girl’s figure was slim and graceful.

7. Tom and Mary’s twins are clumsy and pretty.

Ex.18. Compose a dialogue on the topic Appearance using the Possessive Case.

Ex.19. Describe any of your group mates using the Possessive case and let others guess who the person is.

Ex.20. Write the missing letters:

. gl ., a . . . l . . e, w . . k, . n . . . e, s . . . . g . t, s . . . , с . . . . y, g . . с . . . l, b. . a . . у

Ex.21. Choose and write the rhyming twin to each of the words:

Breathe, nose, keep, fat, blink, I, flat, sneeze, cut, wink, eye, deep, but, close.

Ex.22. Describe in writing the appearance of a famous singer you like best.

Believe it or not

• The Paraya Indians of the Amazon Valley can speak without moving their lips. Sounds are formed with the help of the tongue and go through the nose instead of the mouth.

• The men and women of this tribe speak two different dialects and understand each other with a great difficulty.

Section V

Vocabulary and Pre-reading Work

Ex.1. Read, guess the meaning and learn the following words:

Nouns: arm, forearm, armpit, elbow, wrist, palm, thumb, index/fore-finger, middle-finger, ring-finger, little finger, nail, knuckles, fist

Verbs: to wave, to bend (bent – bent) , to push, to pull, to touch, to pile, to pat, to pet, to mould, to embrace, to caress, to hit (hit – hit); to strike (struck – struck).

Adjectives: rough, showy, handsome, haughty, previous, joyous, slight

Ex.2. Read and transcribe the words:

Preserved, naïve, haughty, fierce, quite, mild, guest, joyous, noise, afterwards, rather, personage, shone, straight, equal, intolerable, stature.

Ex.3. Guess the meanings of the following words. Consult the Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

Naïve, to conduct, arrogant, evidently, delicate, to arrange, figure, gentle, to complete

Ex.4. Match the words with their definitions:

1) to pile	a) to put one’s arms around somebody
2) haughty	b) to touch somebody gently or lovingly
3) to mould	c) to touch somebody lightly with a hand held flat, not smooth
4) to pat/pet/stroke	d) to make something into a particular shape
5) rough	e) to put together books
6) to caress	f) arrogant
7) to embrace	g) not smooth; absence of good manners or arrogant

Ex.5. Translate the sentences paying attention to the underlined words:

1. She touched the keyboard with her long delicate fingers.

2. He had a back-ache and it was difficult for him to bend.

3. Angelina Jolie has got a slight figure.

4. The joyous crowd waved good-bye to us.

5. When fighting, boys usually hit/strike each other.

6. A handsome person can be either a man or a woman.

7. He said the guests had arrived the previous night.

8. When entering the room we pull the door, and we push it when getting out.

Ex.6. Enumerate the parts of an arm and hand.