Ex. 15. Choose the correct variant.

1. Jonathan can't be ten years old! He behaves like ... boy most of time.

1) a five-year-old 2) five years old

3) fifth year old 4) five-year old

2. James' mother is forty-two now. She is in her....

1) early forties 2) mid forty's

3) early fortieth 4) early forty's

3. The population of Minsk is about....

1) two millions people 2) two million people

3) two millionth of people 4) two million's people

4. Davy is only 4 months now. He's ... baby.

1) a four-month-old 2) a fourth months old

3) the fourth month old 4) four months old

5. The company is going to employ a few... people.

1) dozens 2) dozen

3) dozenth 4) dozen of

6. These cases weigh more than three ... pounds.

1) hundreds 2) hundred of

3) hundreds of 4) hundred

7. The closure of the factory is likely to cost... jobs.

1) a hundred 2) hundreds of

3) hundreds in 4) the hundredth

8. Linda takes... in shoes.

1) the size 36 2) the size 36th

3) a size 36 4) 36th size

9. This breathtaking story takes place in Chicago in....

1) 1930th 2) the 1930s

3) the 1930th 4) a 1930s

10. In ... time people will own solar-powered cars.

1) hundred years 2) the hundredth year

3) a hundred years' 4) a hundreds year

Ex. 16. Translate the fragment in brackets into English using the appropriate numerals.

1. The lecture will be held in (аудитории 212). 2. You can see (тысячи звезд) in the sky. 3. I was given (двухнедельный) holiday. 4. Every (пятый) person has a personal computer. 5. My elder brother is (на 5 лет старше, чем) you. 6. We've been waiting for delivery now for about (полтора месяца). 7. (Вторая) part of the lesson was devoted to practising the language in pairs. 8. I needn't have run all the way to the station. The train was late (на10 минут). 9. The waxworks in Madam Tussaud's are visited by over (два миллиона) people a year. 10. (Первые) settlements appeared in North America in (восемнадцатом) century.

Ex. 17. Correct the mistakes (if any) in these sentences.

1. The radio said that there were more than ten thousands people taking part in the meeting. 2. She bought two dozens eggs. 3. My birthday is on the twenty-one of March. 4. His telephone number is four six seven, five nought, nine two. 5. There are two hundred fifteen pages in this book. 6. Write down the following: zero point six hundred and twelve plus six point nought two. 7. This is twenty-five per cents of the total. 8. The game ended with the score three nought. 9. The temperature is two degrees below oh. 10. He was born in nineteen eighty-first.

Ex. 18. Translate into English. Write the numbers in full.

1. Он заплатил за это ожерелье (necklace) пятнадцать с половиной тысяч долларов. 2. Подождите полчаса, пожалуйста. Документы скоро будут готовы. 3. Нам нужно спешить. Самолет улетает через полтора часа. 4. Сколько безработных (unemployed) в этом городе?— На сегодняшний день 2338 человек. 5. Джейн купила три дюжины яиц. 6. Он родился 3 октября 1979 года. 7. На митинге присутствовало три тысячи студентов. 8. Тысячи студентов заканчивают колледжи Оксфорда и Кембриджа ежегодно. 9. Мил­лионы звезд ярко мерцали (sparkle) на черном южном небе. 10. Если тебе нужно вызвать пожарную команду (fire brigade), звони 01. 11. Его состояние (fortune) со­ставляет три миллиона долларов. 12. Одна четверть равна 25-ти процентам. 13. Этот замок (castle) был построен во времена Генриха V. 14. Один дюйм (inch) равен двум с половиной сантиметрам. 15. Эти дома были построены в девяностые годы девятнадцатого века.

WORD FORMATION

Nouns from verbs

The typical suffixes forming nouns from verbs

-age -al -ance -ation -ence -er -ion

pass — passage arrive — arrival appear — appearance admire — admiration differ — difference lead — leader confuse — confusion

-or -ment -sion -tion -ure -y -ее

detect — detector improve — improvement divide — division invent — invention fail — failure recover — recovery employ — employee

The nouns in the list below do not follow the above patterns:

advise — advice choose — choice

behave — behaviour complain — complaint

believe —belief (beliefs) die —death

fly —flight practise — practice

grow —growth prove —proof (proofs)

hate — hatred serve — service

know — knowledge speak — speech

live — life (lives) think — thought

lose — loss weigh — weight