Exercises

Exercise 1. Give the plural forms of the following nouns.

tooth, story, school, age, name, family, town, suspect, affair, life, subject, myth, accident, army, service, friend, officer, college, method, thief, science, knife, children, city

Exercise 2. Choose the right variant.

a baby	a lamp	a boy	a box	a woman	a pen
a) babys	lamps	a) boys	boxs	a) woman	a) pens
b) babies	lamp	b) boies	boxes	b) women	b) penes
c) babyes	lampes	c) boyes	box	c) womans	c) pan

a knife	a match	a foot	a sportsman
a) knifes	a) matchs	a) foots	a) sportsmen
b) knifs	b) matches	b) footes	b) sportsmans
c) knives	c) match	c) feet	c) sportsmens

Exercise 3. Use Nouns in the plural form or in the singular form.

1. Ann’s brother told us funny circus …

The funniest … was about a giant clown (story, stories).

2. Many … live in an apartment house. Tom’s … lives on the 4 fourth floor (family, families).

3. Do you know the name of this …? The travelers will see many … (country, countries).

4. Ben’s dog has brown … One little … has a flat nose (puppy, puppies).

5. Small … laugh and play. Jack’s … has a new toy (baby, babies).

6. This … is very interesting ( book, books)

7. I see an English … on the table (dictionary, dictionaries).

8. They study many …: Maths, Physics, Literature and so on (subject, subjects).

9. Mary is fond of …: Russian, English and German (language, languages).

10)The roofs of the … is covered with snow (house, houses).

Exercise 4. Replace of-phrases by nouns in the possessive case.

the name of my friend; the meeting of the students; the distance of four miles; the house of the parents; the toys of the children; the photo of the boyfriend; the theatres of Moscow; the title of the book; the bedroom of my sister; the work of the next week

Exercise 5. Complete the sentences using the possessive case.

Liz Philip Liz and Philip are married.

___________________ They have got 2 children, Charles

and Ann. Ann is married to Ted. Ann

Charles Ann Ted and Ted have got a son, Robert.

________________

Robert

1. P hilip is … husband. 6. Liz is … grandmother.

2. Liz is … wife. 7. Ann is … sister.

3. Charles is … brother. 8. Ted is … husband.

4. Charles is … uncle. 9. Ted is … father.

5. Ann is … wife. 10. Robert is … nephew.

Exercise 6. Use of-phrases or the possessive case.

1 … are Mary and Kate	4 … is “Jane Eyre”	7 … are from the library of our Institute
a) The names of my sisters	a) The title of the book	a) These student’s books
b) Mt sister’s names	b) The book’s title	b) The books of these students
2 … go to the kindergarten	5 … are bright blue	8 … is in November
a) My brother’s children	a) Our room’s walls	a) My sister’s birth day b) The birthday of my sister
b) My brother’s child	b) The walls of our room	9. I don’t like … a) the colour, of this dress
3 … is called the City	6 … are always in order	b) this dress’s colour
a) The central part of London	a) The notebooks of my friend	10. The morning for me is …
b) London’s central part	b) My friend’s notebooks	a) the day’s best part
		b) the best part of the day