This is my sister's skirt. - Это юбка моей сестры
1. Quite a
large number of definitions have been given to statistics as a science.
2. The war
brought major changes in the programme of statistical work and the methods of
observation and processing.
3. All
progressive knowledge in the modern world tends to precision.
4. At
present many countries have declared themselves republics, some of them have
become independent and encourage the use of local languages.
5. They had
been working there for more than three hours when it happened.
6. Nowadays
some difficult economic problems are solved on the basis of statistical data.
7. A<span> theory is known to be tested by
practice.</span>
<span>1.
I know my friend to be a just man. 2. I expect him to
understand your problem and help you to solve it. 3. I expected her to behave quite differently. 4. I did not expect my brother to forget to send her flowers. 5. He knows my mother to be a very
kind woman. 6. She expected her brother to bring her the book.
7. I know your uncle to be an excellent mathematician. 8. People
expect the 21st century to bring peace on the Earth. 9. We know it to be true. 10. I never expected him to be a politician. 11.
No one expects that the President tol resign. 12. We expect the
economy to grow by 2% next year. 13. I didn’t expect him to know
Russian so well. 14. I expect it to take about an hour to get
home. 15. The kids know all her pies to be delicious. 16. They expect him to have a good working knowledge of computers. 17. Nobody
expected her to win the gold medal</span>
<span>Test 2. Write the plural of the following nouns.
1. nanny – nannies; 8. radio – radios15. violin — violins
2. father-in-law – fathers-in-law 9. train robbery –train robberies 16. wife — wives
3. headache – headaches10. painkiller – painkillers17. medium — mediums
4. dictionary – disctionaries 11. bush – bushes 18. mouse — mice
5. pincushion – pincushions12. pen-friend – pen-friends 19. godfather — godfathers
6. hold-up – hold-ups13. video – videos20. wish — wishes
7. hoof – hooves14. pillowcase –pillowcases 21. phenomenon —phenomena
</span><span>Test 1. Write the plural of the following nouns.
1. church – chueches; 8. woman – women;15. radio — radios;
2. difficulty – difficulties;9. deer – deer; 16. ox — oxen;
3. mouse – mice;10. leaf – leaves;17. fish — fish;
4. month – months;11. goose – geese; 18. wolf — wolves;
5. child – children;12. potato – potatoes;19. country — countries;
6. roof – rooves; 13. foot – feet; 20. tooth — teeth;
7. boy – boys; 14. dress – dresses; 21. curriculum — curriculums;
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