Exercise 5. Explain the use of the possessive case.

1. For four months, since in the canteen she saw Jon'stired smile, he had been one long thought in her mind. 2.Agnes was at her wit'send. 3. Since his illness, how­ever, he had reluctantly abandoned this attempt to get twenty-four hours'work out of each day. 4. The Radicals' real supporters were the urban classes. 5. To Eliz­abeth it seemed that the lines with which fear had falsely aged his face were smoothed away, and it was a boy'sface which watched her with a boy'senthusiasm. 6. For his honour’s sake Tom has got to commit suicide. 7.They were to leave the house without an instant's delay and go at once to the river's edge and go aboard a steamer that would be waiting there for them. 8. And he lifted his strange lowering eyes to Derek's. 9. I was encouraged when, after Roger had proposed the guest of honour’shealth, Lufkin got up to reply. 10. "Where are the children?" "I sent them to mother's." 11. Philip heard a man's voice talking quickly, but soothingly, over the phone. 12. Presently Rex was on his two miles' walk to Offendene. 13. That early morning he had already done a good two hours' work. 14. Bowen sat on the veranda of Buckmaster's house. 15. Crime is the product of a country's social order. 16. I spotted the bride's father's uncle's silk hat on the seat of a straight chair across the room. 17. I spent Christmas at my aunt Emily's. 18. We took some bread and cheese with us and got some goat'smilk up there on the pasture.19. He was still thinking of next morn­ing'spapers. 20. Why, for God'ssake, why must we go through all this hell? 21. A man stepped out from a tobacconist'sand waved to them, and the car slid to the kerb and stopped. 22. A woman's love is not worth anything until it has been cleaned of all romanticism. 23. Her skin was as dry as a child's with fever.

Exercise 6. Join the 2 or 3 nouns using the Genitive (or Possessive) Case form.

1. the mother / Ann; 2. the daughter / Charles; 3. the birthday / my father; 4. the newspaper / yesterday;       5. the new manager / the company; 6. the garden / our neighbours; 7. the economic policy / the government; 8. the ground floor / the building; 9. the husband / the woman talking to Mary; 10. that man / the wife / the fur coat; 11. the owner / that car; 12. the result / the football match; 13. the jacket / that man; 14. the children / Don and Mary; 15. the top / the page; 16. the husband / Catherine; 17. the cause / the problem; 18. the wedding / the friend / Helen; 19. the toys / the children; 20. the car / the parents / Mike.

Exercise 7. Translate into English, using a noun in the genitive case where possible.

1. Давид провел две недели в Лондоне у дедушки, 2. Уезжая в Лондон, мальчик ничего не знал о предполагаемом (intended) браке своей матери. 3. В этом озере много разной рыбы. 4. После путешествия, которое дли­лось несколько часов, Джейн с Давидом прибыли в Лондон. 5. « Я дам вам один совет», - сказал он. Эти слова прозвучали странно: он никогда раньше не давал мне советов. 6. Я предпочитаю мебель, сделанную из дерева, а не из пластмассы. 7. При­ближаясь к дому мистера Смита, Давид увидел детскую фи­гурку, стоявшую на пороге. 8. Вся корабельная команда отправляется сегодня на берег. 9. Мы должны зайти в булочную и купить хлеба. 10.Дядя Джона и Эмили усыновил (to adopt) их, когда они были детьми. 11. Я провела праздники у своей тети. 12. Джейн с гордостью говорила о доб­роте своего брата. 13. Двухнедельное пребывание в Лондоне доста­вило Давиду большое удовольствие. 14. Ему очень пригодились знания, полученные в университете. 15. В присутствии мужа миссис Смит боялась приласкать своего сына. 16. После минутной нерешительности Давид подошел к миссис Смит и поцеловал ее. 17. Все сотрудники его отдела помогают ему в этой работе. 18. Он живет на расстоянии двух километров отсюда. 19. У меня сломались часы, и я должен был пойти к часовому мастеру, чтобы починить их. 20. Я никогда не кладу лимон в чай. 21. Его успехи все учебе вполне закономерны. 22. Вы уже читали сегодняшние газеты?

ASSIGNMENTS FOR SELF-CONTROL

Choose the correct variant. Check your answers in the keys.

1. Mumps ___ not too problematic if contracted in childhood, but can be dangerous in later life.

a) is                   b) are

2. The ___ has just phoned to say she’s been delayed in traffic.

a) chair b) chairwoman

3. For really good electric ____ , have a look in Martson’s.

a) pianos b) pianoes

4. Corn circles are one of the strangest ____ of recent times.

a) phenomenons b) phenomena

5. Parliament consists of 653 ____ , about two-thirds of whom belong to the Government.

a) MP’s             b) MPs

6. For this dish, you need to weight the ingredients carefully on the kitchen ___ .

a) scale             b) scales

7.  The Asthma Helpline will be able to give you ___ .

a) advice           b) an advice

8. He was hit on the head by ___ and had to go to hospital.

a) stone             b) a stone

9. The supermarket is doing a lot of different ____ from the Far East at the moment.

a) fruit              b) fruits

10. The most exciting event for most British viewers in the Sydney Olympics ___ the rowing finals.

a) was               b) were

11. The Society’s President, against the wishes of the other founder members, ___ agreed to the sale.

a) has                b) have

12. Bread and butter ___ eaten with meals by most people in the North of England.

a) is                               b) are

13. “The Three Kings” ___ a great success for George Clooney.

a) was               b) were

14. Have you thought about doing gymnastics? I think ____very good for you.

a) it’s                b) they’re

15. Recent events prove the saying that twenty-four ____ a long time in politics.

a) is                               b) are

16. The Council’s team of social workers ____ to be commend for their actions.

a) is                               b) are

17. The United nations ____ sending a special envoy to the conflict zone.

a) is                               b) are

18. I’ll take you to the station if you give me ____ when you’re ready.

a) shout            b) a shout                   

19.  The first ____ of the epidemic was in Zaire in the 1980s.

a) outbreak                   b) breakout

20. The villa we’re borrowing belongs to ____ my parents.

a) sister’s-in-law b) sister’s-in-law’s  c) sister-in-law’s         

Section II. THE ARTICLE

Preparatory activities.

Review the following topics:

1) Comment on the definition, classification, meaning, forms, pronunciation and use of articles.

2) What other noun determiners do you know?

3) Which functions of English articles can you name?

4) Speak on the following cases of using articles:

· the use of articles with class nouns;

· the use of articles with collective nouns;

· the use of articles with abstractnouns;

· the use of articles with nouns of material;

· the use of articles with class nouns modified by descriptive and particularizing attributes;

· the use of articles withnames of persons and geographical names;

· the use of articles in set expressions and some syntactic relations.

5) Comment on the ways of expressing the meaning of the English articles in Russian.

6) Comment on the use of articles in general and generic sense.

7) Revise all the peculiarities of the use of articles in English (with nouns denoting time of the day, seasons, meals, with nouns: school, college, bed, prison, town, country etc.).

8) Comment on the use of articles modified by certain adjectives, pronouns and numerals (E.g.: few, most, same, wrong, number etc.).

9) Name the cases where articles can be omitted.

EXERCISES