Answer the questions:

1. What was Einstein?

2. When and where was he born?

3. What discoveries did Einstein make in 1905?

4. In what equation did he express his theory of relativity?

5. Did many scientists of that time understand the importance of his discovery?

6. What theory was the result of his 35year work?

7. What prize did Einstein get in 1922?

8. How did his ideas influence scince?

Exercises:

1.Form nouns using the given suffixes and translate them:

-ity: equal, human, activ(e), relativ(e), productiv(e)

-ness: thick, black, great, rough

-ance:import(ant),assist(ant),dist(ant)

-ence: differ(ent), depend(ent), pres(ent)

-ency:effici(ent),depend(ent)

-age: us(e),pass,break,leak.

2. Underline the suffixes of nouns and translate the given word-combinations:

the usage of a word; the simplicity of the equation; the expression of relativity; the roughness of the surface; temperature readings; atom structure; the solution of the problem; the productivity of a worker; the efficiency of the method; the leakage of gas; the equality of position.

3.Study the following table and translate the sentences given below:

Quantifiers and their equivalents
With countable nouns	With uncountable nouns

many A great many A great number of A lot of changes,properties Plenty of

much A great deal of A great amount of A lot of water, knowledge Plenty of

few not many changes, properties		little not much water, knowledge
A few some changes, properties	A little some water, knowledge

1. The motor produces a great amount of energy.

2. The scientist presented a few methods of solution of this important problem.

3. A lot of changes took place in this field of knowledge.

4. If you work much, you will get good results.

5. There is some but not much mercury in the tube, put a little more.

6. How much water do rivers give off to the sea a year?

7. Einstein studied plenty of subjects to increase his knowledge but physics became his life interest.

8. Not many scientists understood Einstein’s discovery at that time.

4.Translate the following word-combinations paying attention to the use of nouns as attributes.

a) the theory of field - the field theory

the speed of light – the light speed

the forces of gravitation – the gravitation forces

the study at the University – the University study

the clerk at an office – an office clerk

b) the thoughts of a boy – the boy’s thoughts

the knowledge of the scientist – the scientist’s knowledge.

The advice of the scientist – the scientist’s advice.

c) Magnetism of the Earth – the Earth’s magnetism

the energy of the Sun – the Sun’s energy

the economy of the country – the country’s economy

a newspaper of yesterday – yesterday’s newspaper.