Exercise 12. Translate into English, using a noun in the genitive case where possible.

1. Давид провел две недели в Ярмуте у мистера Пеготти. 2. Уезжая в Ярмут, мальчик ничего не знал о предполагаемом (intended) браке своей матери. 3. После путешествия, которое длилось несколь ко часов, Пеготти с Давидом прибыли в Ярмут. 4. Приближаясь к дому мистера Пеготти, Давид увидел детскую фигурку, стоявшую на пороге. 5. Дядя Хэма и Эмили усыновил их, когда они были деть ми. 6. Пеготти с гордостью говорила о доброте своего брата. 7. Двух недельное пребывание в Ярмуте доставило Давиду большое удовольствие. 8. В присутствии мужа миссис Копперфильд боялась приласкать своего сына. 9, После минутной нерешительности Давид подошел к миссис Копперфильд и поцеловал ее. 10. После смерти жены мистер Мердстон послал Давида в Лондон, где мальчик дол жен был работать в торговом доме (warehouse) Мердстона и Гринби.

Ex. 13. Put the noun in the genitive case.

1. Well, I’d rather be married to a saint that never saw my good looks that to a sinner who saw every other________ (woman) (Buck) 2. The breakfast table at — was usually a very pleasant one, and was always the presided over by Bella. (Mr. Boffin) (Dickens) 3. “I think________ friendships are much deeper than ________,”Mrs. Thompson said, (men, women) (Braine) 4. That night he had chosen a basement bar a — throw from Scotland Yard... (stone) (Hansford Johnson) 5. As he passed through the________ room he saw an evening paper spread out conspicuously on the desk of the ________ nephew. (clerks, director) (Greene) 6. But I suppose that need not prevent us from quarrelling to our ________ content in future, (heart) (Voynich) 7. With one cold glance could she send me back into childhood with all a lonely ________ terrors and shames, (child) (Lindsay) 8. I will even go farther, if you like, and admit, for ____ sake and for _____sake, that the identity of Lady Glyde, as a living person, is a proved fact to Miss Halcombe and yourself. (courtesy, argument) (Collins) 9. He stopped to dinner that evening and much to________ satisfaction made a favorable impression on her father. (Ruth) (London) 10. He said to her: “Lock at my brother ________ property.” (James) (Galsworthy) 11. He had not been at________ for nearly two years. (Timothy) (Galsworthy) 12. Benson... was listening among the ________ representatives cocking his head on one side. (workers) (Lindsay) 13. He had never thought that a mere — hand could be sweetly soft, (woman) (London) 14. But he was daunted the next moment by his own and ________ significance. (Milly) (Greene) 15. But by that time the bride was near the end of the first — journey towards Florence, (day) (Dickens) 16. ...he too wished she had remained at home, as did most of the________ families, (congressmen) (Stone) 17. You need a good ________ sleep, (night) (Shaw) 18. Haven’t you noticed that other __ bread-and-butter is always much nicer than your own? Robert is like that. He always prefers __ fireside, (people, somebody else) (Maugham) 19. The ________ wives were more expensively dressed than the Civil ________ , and in general more spectacular, (politicians, servants) (Snow) 20. One evening, on the way to the _____, I saw Irwing sitting on the steps of his house, (grocer) (Saroyan) 21. I cannot be blamed for all my ________ doings, (kin) (Lindsay)

Theme I.4. The Article.

General notion.

The article is a structural part of speech used with nouns. There are two articles in Modern English: the indefinite article and the definite article.

The indefinite article has the forms a and an. The form a is used before words beginning with a consonant sound (a book, a pen, a student). The form an is used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an opera, an apple, an hour).

The indefinite article has developed from the Old English numeral an (one), and as a result of its origin it is used only with nouns in the singular. The definite article has developed from the Old English demonstrative pronoun se and in some cases it has preserved this demonstrative meaning in Modern English.

The use of the indefinite article implies that the object is presented as belonging to a class. The use of the definite article shows that a particular object is meant.

Class Nouns.