Class work

1. Study grammar: plural of nouns, possessive case, and conjugation of the verb “to be”.

Training exercises

2. Give the plural form of the following nouns:

Plant, ox, child, sheep, water, knowledge, animal, difference, university, student, organism

3. Form the possessive case of the following expressions:

Faculty-laboratory

Bee-line

Teachers-room

Cat-paw

Flower-pollen

Dog-tail

4. Fill in the verb “to be” in the necessary tense form:

a) Amoeba …tiny pond – living animal.

b) Cells … the building blocks of which living things are made.

c) Only yesterday I …in New York.

d) She … a student of biological faculty, she … not a teacher yet.

e) He … … an excellent specialist in some years.

5. Define, whether the form “s” is the sign of the possessive case or the short form of the verb “to be”:

It’s a University.

John’s work’s good.

It’s cold today.

Jack’s a student.

Professor’s assistant’s thirty five.

My father’s in Ireland at the moment.

Plant’s cells are different from those of animals.

Scientific laboratory’s in the city centre.

6. Guess the meaning of the international words, given below, try to define their part of speech:

Organism, basic, group, energy, complex, organic, inorganic, absorb, process, pigment, chlorophyll, carbon, synthesis, structure, special, protoplasm, protoplasmic, membrane, cellulose, vacuoles, chloroplasts, spherical, sensory, nervous.

Homework

7. Study the vocabulary to the text “Animal plant differences”:

animal kingdom	['ænıməl 'kıηdəm]	царство животных
basic	['beısık]	основной
be capable of	['keıpəbl]	быть способным к
be bounded by	[baund]	быть ограниченным чем -либо
be dependent on	[dı'pendənt]	быть зависимым от чего -либо
breathe	[brı:ð]	дышать
build up	[bıld p]	строить, сооружать
carbon dioxide	[ka:b(ə)n daı'ksaıd]	углекислый газ
carry out	['kærı aut]	выполнять, осуществлять
cell	[sel]	клетка
cellulose	['seljeləus]	целлюлоза
chloroplast	[klrplast]	хлоропласт
cognitive	['kgnətıv]	познавательный
complex organic compounds	['kmpleks :'gænık km'paund]	комплексные органические соединения
differ in	['dıfə ın]	различаться
give off	[gıv f]	выпускать, издавать
it takes …..	[ıt teıks]	требуется….., это занимает…
nervous system	['nə:vəs 'sıstım]	нервная система
nucleus( pl. nuclei)	['nju:klıəs]	ядро ( мн. ч. ядра)
nutritional	[nju:'trı(ə)n(ə)l]	питательный
oxygen	['ksıdən]	кислород
plant	[pla:nt]	растение
protoplasm	['prəutəplæzm]	протоплазма
ready – made	['redı]	готовый
require	[rı'kwaıə]	приказывать, требовать
responsible	[rıs'pnsəbl]	ответственный
sap	[sæp]	клеточный сок
sensory	['sensərı]	сенсорный
space	[speıs]	пространство
starch	[sta:t]	крахмал
supply	[sə'plaı]	снабжать
take in	[teık ın]	собирать