1. Where did you investigate the new words? | —__—_____—the ‘new words in the dictionary, 2, What are they discussing now? They are 3, Will you please connect the TV? | will soon as | finish studying. 4, When should they discuss the subject? They should —__——— tomorrow. 5, Do linguists investigate new terms coming into the language? Yes, they — ‘every new term. 6. Can he connect the electronic computer?, No, he can’t politics the TV as iv it 28. Vocabulary B. Read the following poem carefully, Notice the English irregularities in spelling of plurals. Then do the exercise, The piece was taken from ‘Learning @ Foreign Language, {2nd Edition, New York, 1950) By Nida A. Eugene. by Nida A, Eugene Learning a Foreign Language 2nd Edition. N. York, 1960 We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes: But the plural of ox shauld be oxen, nat oxes. Then one fowl is goose, but two are called geese, Yet, the plural of mouse should never be meese. You may find a lone mouse or a whole lot of mice, Bul the plural of house is houses not hice. If the plural of man is always called men, Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen? The cow in the plural may be cows or kine, But the plural of vow is vows, not vine. ‘And | speak of a foot, and you show me your feet, But | give you a boot; would a pair be called beet? If one is a tooth, and a whole set are teeth, Why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth? If the singular is this, and the plural is these, Should the plural of kiss be nicknamed kese? ” Then one may be that, and three may be those, ‘Yet the plural of hat would never be hose. : We speak of a brother, and also of brethren, But though we say mother, we never say methren, The masculine pronouns are he, his and him, But imagine the femenine: she, shis, and shim! So our English, | think you will all agree, Is the trickiest language you ever did see. General Objective 6.0, ys) VOC.B.1. Give the plural of the following nouns and pronouns: box —____ 16, booth Ox ——______ 17. this 1 2 3. fowls ie 4. goose Sa 5. mouse 6 7. 8 9 19, that He 20. hat house ——_____ 21. brother mn —___ "22, mother pan 23, he 10. cow 26 him 1 vow 26. she vin 27. her (poss.) 12, foot ——_____ 28. her (object) sa0t 29. language 18. tooth 80, trick Vocabulary 8.2, Speling Feminine and masculine nouns ere are some words in English which have a different for ‘masculine and feminine, Notice the following list ent form for sai Fen Atle Fein se goddess hero . heroine = eewres spimer sonst : hotes car cesrina air ovat hei heiess comedian comedienne ; emperor co : enprs nce fence oue duets patton patrones cut countess fa