Add he, she, it, we or they.

1. Judy is very nice. ...'s my best friend.

2. Judy and I aren't English. …'re from Sydney.

3. Sydney is a beautiful city. …'s in the south-east of Australia.

4. Paul is my brother. …'s 25 years old.

5. Paul and Emma are married. …'ve got two children.

3. What is Mary Adams saying? Add my, your, his, her, our or their.

...(1) first name is Mary. …(2) family name is Adams. What about you? What's ...(3) first name? And what's ...(4) family name? I'm married. You can see ...(5) husband in the picture. ...(6) name is Arthur. We've got one son and one daughter ...(7) son is 20 ...(8) name is Nick. ...(9) daughter is 25. ...(10) name is Emily. Emily is married, ...(11) husband's name is Bruce. Emily and Bruce have got two chil­dren, ...(12) names are Ken and Eva.

Complete the table and then check your answers in the key.

Put in the right possessives.

1. Is this Alice's book or (your / yours), do you know? – It's (her / hers).

2. (Who / Whose)car is that in the drive? – I don't know – not (our / yours).

3. Take (your / yours)feet off the table. (It / Its)legs aren't very strong.

4. John's bringing (his / his) guitar and Catherine's bringing (her / hers) drums.

5. Chris and Pat never cut the grass in (their / theirs) garden.

6. The Whartons are spending August in (our / ours)flat, and we're borrowing (their / theirs).

7. That's (my / mine)coat, and the scarf is ... too.

6. Complete the pen letter. Add me, you, him, her, it, us or them.

Dear Tammy,

I'm 16 yeas old. That's ...(1). I'm a student at Manchester College. I live at home with my family. I've got one brother and one sister. My sister's name is Tina. She's very nice. Everyone likes ...(2). My brother's name is Dennis. He's sometimes horrible, but I like ...(3). My grandmother also lives at home with ...(4). I'm interested in music. I play the guitar, but I can't play ...(5) very well. My favourite group at the moment are U2. I like ...(6) very much. What about ...(7)? What kind of music do you like? Please write to ...(8) again soon.

With best wishes, Mike.

7. Put in this/that/these/those.

1. Why am I living in ... country?

2. Get me ... box from the table.

3. … potatoes taste burnt!

4. What was ... noise?

5. Who are ... people over there?

6. Come ... way, please.

7. Isn't ... weather great?

8. Did you hear ... rain in the night?

9. Tell her to stop ... shouting.

10. ... was a nice meal – thanks.

11.  Who said ...?

12.  Why did she marry ... idiot?

13.  Do it ... way, not like ... .

8. What has this man got in his suitcase? Put in some or any.

1. He's got ... clothes.

2. Has he got … cameras?

3. He hasn't got … cameras, but he's got ... watches.

4. He hasn't got … videos.

5. He's got … money.

6. Has he got … perfume or cigarettes?

7. He's got … perfume, but he hasn't got ... cigarettes.

9. Affirmative/negative: choose the right word.

1. I can't find (some / any)butter, but we've got (some / any)margarine.

2. Emma has got (some / any)old pictures of the house to show us.

3. I haven't got (something / anything)to wear to the party.

4. There aren't (some / any)buses on Sunday.

5. Helen brought me (some / any)beautiful roses from her garden.

10. Questions: Choose some/any/somebody/anybody/something/anything.

1. Did you meet ... interesting at the party?

2. Can I offer you ... wine?

3. Shall we listen to ... music?

4. Have you got ... children?

5. Is there ... I can do?

6. Would you like ... to help you?

7. Do you know ... German?

Choose the right word.

1. Have you got (some / any)time free on Wednesday afternoon?

2. There's (something / anything)strange about the way Pete's acting today.

3. Nobody can find out (something / anything)about when the exams will be.

4. Is there (something / anything)we should bring to the meeting?

5. (Some / Any)of Laura's friends were at the party last night.

6. Shall I bring you (something / anything)to read while you wait?

7. I had three sets of house keys, and I can't find (some / any)of them now.

8. Hardly (some / any)of the smaller cars have enough leg room for Jill.

9. Do you know if (some / any)of the Morrises are coming on Sunday?

10. Can I get you (some / any) coffee? I've just made (some / any).

11. She refuses to have (something / anything)to do with her family now.

12. I haven't done (some / any)revision for the exam, I know I'll fail.

13. If there's (some / any)soup left, could you put it in the fridge, please?

14. I doubt that there's (something / anything)we can do now.

15. Never trust (someone / anyone)who has a perfectly tidy desk.

16. Helen can ride a bike without (some / any)help now.

17. Has Eve got (some / any)brothers or sisters, do you know?

18. Harriet has got (some / any)beautiful jewellery, but she never wears it.

Keys

1.1.Her; 2. It; 3. him; 4. his; 5. her; 6. Hers; 7. He; 8. us; 9. yours; 10. its;
11. me; 12. She; 13. ours; 14. mine; 15. his.

2.1. She; 2. We; 3. It; 4. He; 5. They.

3.1. My; 2. My; 3. your; 4. your; 5. my; 6. His; 7. Our; 8. His; 9. Our; 10. her; 11. her; 12. Their.

5.1. yours, hers; 2. Whose, ours; 3. your, Its; 4. his, her; 5. their; 6. our, theirs; 7. my, mine.

6. 1. me; 2. her; 3. him; 4. us; 5. it; 6. them; 7. you; 8. me.

7.1. this; 2. that; 3. these; 4. that; 5. those; 6. this; 7. this; 8. that; 9. that;
10. That; 11. that; 12. that; 13. this, that.

8.1. some; 2. any; 3. any, some; 4. any; 5. some; 6. any; 7. some; any.

9.1. any, some; 2. some; 3. anything; 4. any; 5. some; 6. somebody.

10.1. any; 2. something; 3. anything; 4. something / anything; 5. Some;
6. something; 7. any; 8. any; 9. any; 10. some, some; 11. anything; 12. any;
13. some / any; 14. anything; 15. anyone / someone; 16. any; 17. any; 18. some.

11. 1. anybody; 2. some; 3. some; 4. any; 5. anything; 6. somebody; 7. any.

Существительное

Именем существительным называется часть речи, которая обозначает предмет и отвечает на вопросы: кто? что?

Образование множественного числа существительных

а) Множественное число образуется путем добавления окончания -s:

cat–cats(кот – коты)

film–films(фильм – фильмы)

б) Если имя существительное оканчивается на буквы -ch, -s, -ss, -sh,
-x, -z, то множественное число образуется при помощи окончания -es:

box–boxes(коробка – коробки)

в) Если существительное оканчивается на согласную -у, то оно заменяется на i+ es:

city–cities(город – города)

party–parties(вечеринка – вечеринки)

г) При образовании множественного числа, слова, которые оканчиваются на букву -f, изменят ее на -v:

leaf–leaves(лист – листья),wife–wives(жена – жены).

Исключения

a man – men (мужчина – мужчины)

a woman – women (женщина – женщины)

a child – children (ребенок – дети)

a foot – feet (стопа – стопы)

a tooth – teeth (зуб – зубы)

a mouse – mice (мышь – мыши)

д) Следующие существительные в английском языке употребляются только в единственном числе:

news(новость – новости),advice(совет – советы),knowledge(знание – знания).

е) Следующие существительные имеют одинаковую форму в единственном и множественном числе:

a sheep–sheep(овца – овцы), a deer – deer (олень – олени).

Притяжательный и родительный падежи

В словосочетании my friend's pen– ручка моего друга (моего друга ручка) используется притяжательный падеж, то же самое можно выразить в родительном падеже, который отвечает на вопросы: кого? чего? – the penof my friend– ручка моего друга (ручка кого? друга).

При использовании родительного падежа перед первым существительным всегда употребляется определенный артикль.

Сравните два предложения и обратите внимание на местонахождение апострофа в данных предложениях.

The boy's rooms are big. – Комнаты мальчика большие.

The boys' rooms are big. – Комнаты мальчиков большие.

Притяжательный падеж чаще употребляется с одушевленными, а родительный падеж – с неодушевленными существительными.

Exercises