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Unit 3. Past Simple and Present Perfect.
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Unit 4. Noun Combinations.
1. We use 's to express a relationship between a person or organisation and another person or thing.
Mr Blake's secretary her husband's car BA's employees Volvo's reputation
The 's very often means that the relationship can be expressed using have. Mr Blake has a secretary.
Volvo has a reputation.
2 When two nouns are used together, the first noun functions as an adjective and describes the second noun.
a business card a job description an office complex a travel agency
Sometimes three or more nouns occur together.
a company credit card (a credit card issued by a company)
a management training programme (a training programme designed for management)
3 Two nouns are joined by o f 'when the ideas are more abstract. the cost of living
independence of mind
the joy of working and lifelong learning
4 Some compound nouns are written as one word. database
answerphone letterhead headquarters
5 When compound nouns are used with a number in expressions of measurement, the first noun is singular.
a six-lane motorway a four-day week
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GRAMMAR. Практический раздел
Unit 1. Present Simple and Present continuous.
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Unit 2. Talking about future.
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Unit 3. Past Simple and Present Perfect.
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Unit 4. Noun Combinations.
Look at the definitions and write the words.
a station from which trains leave a train station..
a bottle once containing medicine and made of glass a glass medicine bottle 1. a wall made of stone
2. a centre where information is given to tourists
3. a towel you use after having a bath
4. clothes for working in
5. a block of offices in the centre of a city 6. a graph showing sales
7. a card that gives you credit
8. a race for horses
9. the Director of Marketing
10 a tour by bicycle at the end of the week
Exercise 1
Make two compound nouns from the nouns in each group.
1.profits course training company
2.staff forecast meeting sales
3.card store credit department
4.Internet sale summer access
5.figures price inflation range
6.survey market hour rush
7.technology keys car information
8.assistant shop failure power
9.shopfloor working worker lunch
10.insurance loan contract bank
11.features costs production product
12.market marketing budget leader
Exercise 2
Cross out the one word in each group that does not make a common compound noun with the first word in bold.
1.sales forecast/figures/trade/target 6 product manager/range/features/share
2.market forces/sector/check/share 7 advertising slogan/campaign/line/agency
3.price offer/list/range/rise 8 production market/line/capacity/target
4.brand image/leader/loyalty/process 9 working conditions/trend/hours/lunch 5 tax relief/benefits/output/allowance 10 stock option/decision/market/exchange
Exercise 3
Underline the most suitable noun combination in each group. Translate them into Russian.
1.a) the meeting of today b) today’s meeting c) today meeting
2.a) a letter of credit b) a credit’s letter c) a letter’s credit
3.a) a business card b) a card of business c) a businesses’ card
4.a) a data’s base b) a base of data………c) a database
Exercise 4
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