2. Прочтите слова, обращая внимание на чтение букв X и буквосочетаний sure, ture:

[gz] – e`xam, e`xist, e`xample, e`xact, e`xert, e`xalt

[ks] – box, fix, mix, next, extra, complex, oxygen, ex`pect, ex`plain, ex`ceed

[ʧə] – lecture, picture, nature, fracture, temperature, mixture, feature

[ʃ] – pressure, fissure, as`sure, en`sure

[ʒ] – measure, pleasure, treasure, leisure, measurement,

3. Прочтите и сгруппируйте слова в зависимости от чтения окончаний.

attaches, remains, converts, subtracts, advances, appears, arranges, compares, completes, connects, contains, installs, possesses, prepares, replaces, researches, respects, suggests.

Control Exercises

lecture, measure, we, metric, weight, length, metre, red, each, temperatures, pressure, con`veyor, mercury, depth, means, then, be`tween, well, feet, fix, freeze, readings, de’grees, ceases, complex, her, these, se`vere, people, lecture, engi`neer, example, desks, breadth, e`xist, screw, certain, con`vert.

Grammar Study

4. Поставьте следующие существительные во мно­жественное число (не забудьте, что перед множе­ственным числом неопределенный артикль нужно опустить).

A pen, a class, a story, a road, a day, a cat, a bush, a desk, a table, a plate, a fox, a room, a lady, a knife, a chair, a bus, a hero, a match, a way, a house, a family, a flag, a town, a wolf, a country, a lion, a park, a play, a dictionary, a thief, a key.

5. Образуйте множественное число от следующих существительных, затем прочтите их вслух, обращая особое внимание на чтение окончаний.

a teacher – teachers this family – these families

the box – the boxes that shelf – those shelves

a clock

an assistant

the subject

this book

that college

1. a man

a woman

the child

a tooth

a foot

3. a figure

an angle

the circle

this half

that country

4. a nucleus

a crisis

the basis

this phenomenon

5. a piece

an inch

this compass

that class

6. Напишите в притяжательном падеже, используя знак апостроф:

1. my (nephew) dog; 2. (Julie) new boyfriend; 3. the (men) room; 4. my (sister-in-law) husband; 5. the (women) leader; 6. the (officers) residence; 7. for (goodness) sake; 8. (Jesus) resurrection; 9. the (prince) palace; 10. my (brother-in-law) new automobile; 11. (Clinton) saxophone; 12. the (children) toys; 13. a (three-hour) drive; 14. the (labourers) union; 15. (Burns) employees; 16. (Beethoven) 9th symphony; 17. (Aristoles) yacht; 18. (Aristo­tle) work; 19. (Bush) daughter; 20. (Andy) girlfriend.

7. Напишите в притяжательном падеже, используя знак апостроф:

1. the supporters of Mr Collins; 2. the passports of the drivers; 3. the father of Roy; 4. the parents of everyone else; 5. the shop of the Jones Brothers; 6. the songs of the Pointer Sisters; 7. the child of Mary and Henry; 8. the army of Cyrus; 9. the hats of the la­dies; 10. the shop of the florist; 11. the Park of Saint James; 12. boyfriends of Susan; 13. the law of Archimedes.

Тестовое задание