II.Read and translate the text. About Myself

I am Max Kovalyov. I am seventeen years old. I want to tell you a few words about my family and myself. My family is large. I have a mother, a father, a sister, a brother and a grandmother. There are six of us in the family.

First of all, some words about my parents. My mother is a teacher of history. She works in a college. She likes her profession. She is a good- looking woman with brown hair. She is forty- five but she looks much younger. She is tall and slim.

My father is a lawyer. He is very experienced. He is a broad- shouldered, tall man with fair hair and grey eyes. He is forty- seven.

My parents have been married for twenty- six years. They have much in common, but they have different views on music, films and sports. For example, my father likes horror films and my mother likes “soap operas”. My father is fond of tennis. My mother does not go in for sport. But my parents have the same opinion about my education and upbringing.

My grandmother is a pensioner. She lives with us and helps to run the house. She is fond of knitting.

My sister Helen is twenty- four. She is married and has a family of her own. She works as an accountant for a joint venture company. Her husband is a scientist. They have got twins: a daughter and a son. They go to a nursery school.

My brother Sergey is eleven. He is a schoolboy. He wants to become a doctor but he is not sure yet. Three months ago he dreamed of being a cosmonaut.

I want to become a student. I would like to study law. I think I take after my father. I am tall, fair- haired and ever- tempered. I always try to be in a good mood.

We have got a lot of relatives. We are deeply attached to one another and we get on very well.

Lexica- grammatical exercises

III. Answer the questions to the text.

1. What is your first name? What is your surname?

2. How old are you?

3. When is your birthday?

4. Is your family large?

5. Have you got any brothers or sisters?

6. What are your parents? Where do they work?

7. Do they have much in common?

8. Do you spend a lot of time with your family?

9. Who runs the house in your family?

10. What is your father`s hobby?

IV. Form plural form of the nouns.

Army, diplomat, pie, day, leaf, gold, cherry, body, hero, ice, policeman, note- book, watch, tomato, toy, shilling, bush, sister- in- law, pocket- knife, a box, frenchwoman, literature, knowledge,news, photo, tooth, piano, ferry, key, cheese, roof, giraffe,wolf, mouse, sheep, police.

V. Write sentences in plural form.

1. This is an old city.

2. That is a new text- book.

3. This is a naughty child.

4. That is a beautiful woman.

5. This is a nice guy.

6. This key is made of steel.

7. That's an easy text.

8. This lady is that gentleman's wife

VI. Change the number of the italicized nouns and make all other necessary changes.

1. The child is playing in the yard. 2. The story was very interesting. 3. We came up to the woman who was working in the garden. 4. The match will be held in Kyiv. 5. The goose is in the yard. 6. The lorry passed by. 7. The tomato is ripe. 8. The book is on the shelf. 9.This watch was made in Minsk. 10. The cat caught a mouse.

VII. Choose the right form of the noun from the brackets.

1. Two ... were playing on the doorstep (child/children). 2. A ... looked round the corner of the house (woman/women). 3. The ... was large, and had a faded Morris wallpaper (room/rooms). 4. A ... drove up, the large ... leaped from the chair and raised its voice in a crescendo of barking (car/cars, dog/dogs). 5. A tall ... of about fifty- seven came into sight (man/men). 6. But ... who read my books know what he's like (people/peoples). 7. The ... ran twinkling across the road (water/waters). 8. Why do ... represent in pictures the faces of their fellow men? (painter/painters). 9. The ... was supposed to assemble at seven- thirty in the Common Room (company/companies).10. The ... opened to admit Sir Leopold (door/doors). 11. The... of the feast had been removed (remnant/remnants). 12. "You have read the morning papers, I presume? “Yes, M.Poirot. The... from Geneva is not very good" (new/news).