Focus on nominals: practice grammar book for intermediate learners of English. Бочарова М.В - 14 стр.

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TASK 20. Homework. Translate the nouns from the third column in the table
above into Russian and illustrate their countable and uncountable uses with
examples. E.g.:
A. The pages of this book are made of paper. (
material – бумага)
He has just published a paper
in the journal Nature. (a long formal piece of
writing about an academic subject – статья).
I‘ll cook and you read the paper
. (a newspaper – газета).
B. Drink
was the cause of all his problems. (alcohol – Алкоголь был причи-
ной. всех его проблем.)
I’ll get you a drink
of water. (an amount of a liquid – стакан/немного воды).
She felt like a drink
after a hard day (an alcoholic drink – выпить) .
C. I know from my own experience
how difficult this kind of work can be (the
past events, knowledge and feelings – опыт).
Our journey by camel was an
exciting experience (sth that you do or that
happens to you – случай, событие).
D. Pepper
makes food taste better (молотый перец).
I bought some green peppers
for the salad (single units – стручки перца).
TASK 21. Translate the following count nouns into English:
лес, газета, камушек, утюг, лампа (свет), раз, стакан, кирпичик, комната,
тряпка, картина, шоколадная конфета, перчик, красавица, событие, про-
фессия, упражнение, рыба (в пруду), комнатное растение.
TASK 22. Use the article A before the nouns, which are used as singular
countable nouns. Translate into Russian.
A.
1. ___Beauty is subjective.
2. She’s ____real beauty.
3. Car tyres are made of ____ rubber.
TASK 20. Homework. Translate the nouns from the third column in the table
above into Russian and illustrate their countable and uncountable uses with
examples. E.g.:
A. The pages of this book are made of paper. (material – бумага)
     He has just published a paper in the journal Nature. (a long formal piece of
     writing about an academic subject – статья).
     I‘ll cook and you read the paper. (a newspaper – газета).
B. Drink was the cause of all his problems. (alcohol – Алкоголь был причи-
     ной. всех его проблем.)
     I’ll get you a drink of water. (an amount of a liquid – стакан/немного воды).
     She felt like a drink after a hard day (an alcoholic drink – выпить) .
C. I know from my own experience how difficult this kind of work can be (the
     past events, knowledge and feelings – опыт).
     Our journey by camel was an exciting experience (sth that you do or that
     happens to you – случай, событие).
D. Pepper makes food taste better (молотый перец).
     I bought some green peppers for the salad (single units – стручки перца).


TASK 21. Translate the following count nouns into English:
лес, газета, камушек, утюг, лампа (свет), раз, стакан, кирпичик, комната,
тряпка, картина, шоколадная конфета, перчик, красавица, событие, про-
фессия, упражнение, рыба (в пруду), комнатное растение.


TASK 22. Use the article A before the nouns, which are used as singular
countable nouns. Translate into Russian.
A.
 1. ___Beauty is subjective.
 2. She’s ____real beauty.
 3. Car tyres are made of ____ rubber.
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