Exercises

1. Give the plural of the following nouns:

Nose, hand, bench, lunch, eyelash, finger, orange, bee, cucumber, cheek, eye, foot, tongue, tooth, ship, tree, face, arm, leg, boy, girl, hen, cow, bull, theatre, house, garden, lake, pond, river, street, dish, carp, dog, rose, rat, nut, parcel, test, cushen, sofa.

2. Give the plural of the following nouns:

Lorry, boy, story, ferry, city, fly, donkey, key, day, pansy, monkey, toy, daisy, dragonfly, sky, army, lady, butterfly, play, spy, cry, pity.

3. Give the plural of the following nouns:

Glass, piano, hero, cuckoo, brush, bush, cargo, photo, echo, box, solo, fox, tomato, bench, potato, lunch, shcoolgirl, memo, video, kilo, auto, disco, zoo.

4. Make the nouns in brackets plural:

1. They bought two (video), five (piano) and ten (radio) for their casino.

2. At last he found three new (soprano) for his theatre.

3. He is the owner of two big (studio).

4. Andy is fond of (tattoo).

5. He took a lot of (photo) last week.

6. We bought ten (kilo) of cherries to make our famous jam.

7. For this case we have (memo) in our office.

8. Tom is famous for organising different (disco).

9. Only in the (zoo) we can see such a great variety of wild animals.

10. Their children are fond of antique (auto) and their collection is the best.

5. Give the plural of the following nouns:

Roof, kerchief, wife, muff, knife, chief, life, leaf, proof, thief, calf, half, shelf, sheaf, wolf, loaf, belief, safe, hoof, self, cuff, scarf, cliff.

6. Make the nouns in brackets plural:

1. The (knife) get rusty when put into the water for a long time.

2. The (muff) of her new coat are rather lovely.

3. The (roof) of the houses look neat and nice.

4. In autumn all the (leaf) fall down.

5. He bought ten (kilo) of plums for his famous jam.

6. They invited two (soprano) to our Opera House.

7. Young artists want to have their own (studio).

8. (Zoo) are popular all over the world.

9. Tom`s body is all covered with (tattoo).

10. We prepared new (memo) for our office.

11. Jack bought three new (piano) for his casino.

12. There are ten (radio) in the box.

13. He showed us a lot of (photo).

14. They said thet need two new (video) for their cinema theatre.

15. Look, there are five (cuckoo) in this cage.

7. Give the singular of the following nouns:

Heroes, valleys, bushes, leaves, binoculars, women, pianos, scissors, trousers, mathematics, news, jeans, children, hens, boxes, lions, photos, spies, weeks, plums, cherries, spectacles.

8. Choose the correct form of the werb to be

1. These grapes (is, are) sweet.

2. Ann`s jeans (is, are) new.

3. The information (is, are) interesting.

4. His knowledge of English (is, are) bad.

5. These trousers (is, are) too old.

6. The furniture (is, are) very nice.

7. The tights (is, are) green and new.

8. The scissors (is, are) very sharp.

9. The chalk (is, are) of bad quality.

10. Her hair (is, are) blond and long.

11. Jhon`s clothes (is, are) dirty and wet.

12. All the advice he gives me (is, are) useful.

13. The police (is, are) near the crashed car.

14. His manners (is, are) perfect.

15. Food in the supermarket (is, are) fresh and always of high quality.