Exercise 1. Write the words in the plural in the right columns according to the pronunciation of the ending.
| [s] | [z] | [iz] |
| lamps | lessons | boxes |
Lamp, lesson, box, park, car, stick, theme, kiss, roof, book, Mary, muff, sentence, oak, text, path, bench, knife, wolf, house, toy, chief, page, oath, month, mouth.
Exercise 2. Write the words in 2 columns according to the spelling of the ending in the plural.
| у + s | i + es |
| keys | babies |
Key, baby, Lily, pony, day, country, city, play, penny, library, tray, Polly, trolley, fly.
Exercise 3. Write the plural form of the following.
1. regular nouns (transcribe the endings)
story, play, glass, flag, photo, name, match, knife, bush, chief, page, radio, roof, prize, set, key, factory, wolf, piano, class, cup, city
2. irregular nouns
child, goose, man, foot, mouse, woman, sheep, person, deer, tooth, ox
3. nouns of Greek or Latin origin
criterion, datum, formula, crisis, stimulus, index, phenomenon, medium, oasis, nucleus, memorandum, basis, radius, analysis, symposium, hypothesis
4. compound nouns
fellow-worker, merry-go-round, man-of-war, passer-by, sister-in-law, forget-me-not, room-mate, lily-of-the-valley, ticket-holder, commander-in-chief, governor-general
Exercise 4. Divide the following words into two columns: countable and uncountable nouns (you must get 25 uncountable nouns).
furniture, coffee, leaf, food, computer, list, blood, job, work, language, country, advice, information, money, progress, permit, permission, baggage, luggage, beach, traffic, weather, window, knowledge, air, water, holiday, damage, accommodation, scenery, scene, pigeon, bread, mountain, luck, news, accident, laugh, flour, laughter
Exercise 5. Write out the nouns which are used only in the plural form (you must get 25 nouns).
athletics, cattle, scissors, taxes, pyjamas, economics, police, news, means, goods, pants, subjects, billiards, darts, outskirts, premises, mechanics, spectacles, clothes, stairs, maths, shorts, tights, gymnastics, congratulations, crossroads, patience, scales, lodgings, foundations, equipment, research, authorities, soap, contents, looks, countryside, traffic-lights, tongs, toothpaste, headphones, delays, binoculars, electronics, eyes, trousers
Exercise 6. Complete the following table and give the corresponding singular or plural form of the nouns, if any. If there is no the corresponding form, put a cross (x). The first two words are given as examples.
| Singular | Plural |
| means | means |
| x | scissors |
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means, scissors, pence, Frenchman, Roman, photo, physics, cloth, sheep, halves, news, sleeves, mice, species, contents, athletics, series, knowledge, feet, phenomena, clothes, bases, headquarters, Japanese
Exercise 7. Find the odd word in the chain of the nouns.
Example: tea — butter — onions — meat
1. trousers — spectacles — scales — news
2. advice — knowledge — contents — progress
3. phonetics - vacation - goods – information
4. criteria — datum — oases — radii
5. mice — men — goats — geese
6. police — work — weather — furniture
7. congress — team — government — equipment
8. water — potato — milk — bread
9. time — business — stone — bird
10. means — species — crossroads — wolves
11. thanks — barracks — congratulations — authorities
12. diagnoses — roofs — cattle — accommodation
13. premises — mechanics — darts — laughter
14. success — research — applause — path
15. journey — voyage — travel — walk
Exercise 8. Write in the Plural. Transcribe the endings.
story, fish, knife, man, dress, tooth, lamp, box, brother, brother-in-law, dog, foot, bench, hospital, bed, lady, exercise, child, woman, sheep, niece, son-in-law, family, half, library, wife, potato, sportsman, rain, friend, actress, tiger, woman-driver, basis, forget-me-not, postman, Englishman, passer-by, louse, stratum, criterion, goose, swine, cuff, sale, photo, zero, truth, cuckoo, youth, hero, gulf, muff, thief, belief, rose, room, information, knowledge, police, spectacles, country, wolf, tomato, brush, baby, watch, postman, day, shelf, sister-in-law, text, roof, cassette-recorder, page, handkerchief, lawn, bush, deer, pantry, sitting-room, study, sofa, phoneme, housewife, nursery, boy, mouse, penny, face, mother-in- law, toy, sentence, leaf, piano, policeman
Exercise 9. Match the words on the left (1-10) with the appropriate phrases on the right (a-j) to get 10 sentences.
| 1. Your advice | a) are located outside London. |
| 2. Our headquarters | b) she lent us was not enough. |
| 3. The money | c) are fit. |
| 4. The premises | d) is an important part of the Olympic Games. |
| 5. The information | e) are often deceptive. |
| 6. Best news | f) is installed in our new shop. |
| 7. New equipment | g) against applying for that job was good. |
| 8. Athletics | h) was not reliable. It was published in tabloids. |
| 9. The scales | i) is always printed in morning newspapers. |
| 10. Appearances | j) where he worked were in the suburbs. |
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Exercise 10. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verb to be.
1. The crew … rescued by our boat.
2. Her clothes … very fashionable.
3. Your advice … always welcome.
4. The information he gave us … very useful.
5. A little money … better than nothing.
6. That species of spiders … commonly seen in deserts of North Africa.
7. I think her hair … dyed.
8. No news … good news.
9. I don't want to work here. The equipment … too complicated.
10. There … a lot of sheep in the field.
11. I think this … detailed research.
12. Where … my spectacles?
13. The phenomena … unusual.
14. Mathematics … difficult, but physics … more difficult to my mind.
15. The cattle … up the hill.
16. Look out! The stairs … very old.
17. In my opinion, looks … very important for an actor.
18. The police … responsible for these actions.
19. Criteria … changing, you know.
20. The committee … set up several months ago.
21. The traffic … very heavy in this street. Be careful at the corner. When the traffic-lights … red, don't cross the street.
22. The working wages … up.
23. The knowledge she has got at college … very deep.
24. The carrots … delicious.
25. The vacation … always fun.
26. The funeral … usually a sad occasion.
27. The evidence … against him.
28. The contents of the letter … made public.
29. The opera-glasses … out of focus.
30. The grapes … ripe.
31. My office is three miles from my house. – Three miles … a long way to walk to work.
32. My little brother has got measles. – Oh dear. Measles … quite a serious illness.
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33. Jane looked nice today, didn’t she? – Yes. Her clothes … very smart.
34. I’ve got two pounds. I’m going to buy a CD. – Two pounds … not enough to buy a CD.
35. The classroom was empty when I walked past. – Yes. The class … all on a school outing.
36. These trousers … very old. – You should buy a new pair.
37. How … the company doing lately? – Great. We opened up two more branches.
38. I am going to travel for two years when I finish school. – Two years … a long time to be away from home.
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