9. Give the plural of the following nouns if they have it:

weather, cat, chalk, house, child, mouse, cucumber, knife, boot, furniture, sheep, plum, deer, room, country, information, advice, news, oil, finger, water, hall, rice, cherry, carrot, flour, plant, tea, suit, stone, gold, lion, bench, check.

10. Give the singular of the following nouns if they have it:

armchairs, gymnastics, clothes, spectacles, photos, shorts, cows, schools, pyjamas, enemies, keys, dregs, kisses, wives, loaves, oxen, men, teeth, grapes, girls, series, earnings, riches, boxes, benches, sticks, people, mice, cases, sleeves, oats, reins, tweezers, plants, scissors.

11. Replace the phrase by the possessive case where possible:

1. the father of Bob 9. the cage of the bird

2. the book of my brother 10. the cats of the girls

3. the child of her sister 11. the pets of the children

4. the order of the colonel 12. the sister of my aunt

5. the room of my mother 13. the money of my brother

6. the garden of my family 14. the trousers of the boys

7. the hamster of Ann 15. The cat of my grandmother

8. the cousin of my father

TEST 1

Variant 1

1. Sam saw twenty … in the field of the farm.

a) sheeps b) sheep

2. He saw the … of the houses which were bright green and his heart started beating.

a) roofs b) rooves

3. These natural … are the sun, the rain and the snow.

a) phenomena b) phenomenon

4. The … were on the table where I had left them.

a) memos b) memoes

5. The plane is the fastest … of transport.

a) means b) mean

6. The …usually get rusty when you put them into hot water.

a) knifes b) knives

7. The children fed grey … on the bank of the pond.

a) geese b) gooses

8. Mr. Elton was invited to that … long ago.

a) symposia b) symposium

9. They proposed the cook four fresh … for dinner.

a) salmons b) salmon

10. Granny bought two … of brown bread.

a) loaves b) loafs

11. All … like window shopping.

a) women b) woman

12. In ancient times people used … to plough the fields.

a) oxen b) ox

13. The Zoo bought five … last year.

a) giraffe b) giraffes

14. Daddy caught six … at the last weekends.

a) trout b) trouts

15. Where … your pincers?

a) am b) are c) be d) is

16. The money you have given … on the table. Take …!

a) is, it b) am, you c) be, him d) are, them

17. Their clothes … on the table.

a) is b) am c) are d) be

18. Your new furniture … in the hall upstairs.

a) be b) are c) am d) is

19. Greg`s jeans … so old and so warn out.

a) be b) is c) are d) am

20. The grapes you have chosen … seedless.

a) is b) are c) be d) am