Exercise 2. Paraphrase the following using the Possessive Case where available: activity of a man, aim of science, set of conditions, wealth of nature, curiosity of a person, discovery of a scientist, occupation of an open-minded person, search of an experimenter, ability of a student, control of the environment.
Exercise 3. Learn the following Greek and Latin plurals, used in Scientific English.
Stimulus – stimuli, nucleus – nuclei, radius – radii, formula – formulae, medium– media, symposium – symposia, curriculum – curricula, bacterium – bacteria, datum – data, index – indices, appendix – appendices, basis – bases, analysis – analyses, diagnosis – diagnoses, hypothesis – hypotheses, thesis – theses, criterion – criteria, phenomenon – phenomena.
Exercise 4. Insert articles where necessary. Explain your choice:
… science is … branch of people activity for developing theoretic knowledge about … reality. It is … part of … spiritual culture of society. … Ukrainian science is well known in … world. There are 11 universities and more than … 150 colleges of … different types in …Ukraine. There are also many research institutes which make … lot of scientific discoveries in … different fields of … science: … biology, … mathematics, … medicine, … space etc. … most important scientific centre of our country is … Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, which coordinates … scientific activities in Ukraine, publishes different scientific periodicals, and so on.
Test Yourself
1. He's … of science.
a) man b) men c) a man
2. I have … you need.
a) а book b) the book c) book
3. It is dark here. Will you switch on …, please?
a) a light b) the light c) light
4. They got … letters yesterday.
a) a six b) six c) the six
5. … letters they've got are from the same person.
a) a six b) the six c) six
6. It is not my …
a) a fault b) the fault c) fault
7. Jack has not … penny in his pocket.
a) ab) thec) –
8. Could you pass me …, please.
a) the salt b) a salt c) salt
9. Chernivci is situated on … river.
a) a Prut b) the Prut c) Prut
10. He is … successful engineer.
a) an b) the c) a