Упражнения

I.Найди в каждом ряду существительное:

1.a) developing b)developed c) development d) develop

2.a) provide b) providing c) provision d) provided

3.a) attend b) attention c) attentive d) attending

4.a) knowledge b) smaller c) know d) knows

5.a) better b) keep c) keeper d) kept

6.a) finder b) finding c) finds d) harder

7.a) build b) better c) built d) builder

8.a) behavior b) therefore c) until d) think

9.a) possible b) other c) realize d) influence

10.a) quite b)way c) equip d)later

II.Определите исчисляемые и неисчисляемые существительные. При исчисляемых существительных поставьте артикль a или an:

Wool, air, airship, word, aviation, assistance, assistant, paper (бумага), paper (газета), hour, bread, darkness, water, sea, cheese, happiness, event, glass (стекло), glass (стакан), hero, sand, music, piano, friend, friendship, quickness, tobacco, cigarette, copper, armchair, coffee, ship, coin, university, money, ink, banknote, meat, silver, watch, timber, tree, idea, ice, furniture, chalk, heat, cow, milk, butter, horse, obligation, machine, equipment, instrument, speed, umbrella.

III.Напишите следующие существительные во множественном числе:

1.Place, library, language, dress, fly, watch, clock, country, eye, bus, bush, party, ray, thief, company, Negro, mass, leaf, wolf, glass, key, fox, half, life, day, play, factory, city, colony, roof, month, opportunity, journey, shelf, hero, money, box, music, sea, hour, tree, photo, deer, life, month.

2.Man, woman, tooth, foot, goose, child, mouse.

3.Postman, son-in-law, editor-in-chief, fisherman, schoolgirl, sister-in-law, text-book, pocket-knife, passer-by, statesman.

IV.Напишите существительные во множественном числе, сделав необходимые изменения в предложении.

1. Put the box on the shelf. 2. I have hurt my foot. 3. This is an English dictionary. 4. Where is the knife? 5. This factory has a good laboratory. 6. The last leaf fell from the tree. 7. This story is very long. 8. The speech was very interesting. 9. He left the key on the table. 10. Where is the brush? 11. I like his new play. 12. The roof of the house was covered with snow. 13. The wife of the sailor came to the shore. 14. A copy of the contract was sent to St.Petersburg. 15. The cargo of the steamer consists of different raw materials.

V.Напишите существительные в единственном числе, сделав необходимые изменения в предложении.

1.Women and children came to the shore. 2.The keys to the boxes were lost. 3.The wolves have been shot. 4.The mice were caught. 5.These factories produce furniture. 6. Copies of these letters will be sent to London. 7.The cargoes will be discharged tomorrow. 8.Are there any geese on the pond? 9.Our schools are near. 10.Those Rock and Roll bands are loud. 11.Your children are very good. 12.These cliffs are dangerous. 13.There are many fish in the sea. 14.These watches are brocken.

VI.Выберите правильную форму глагола.

1.Where does/do your family live? 2.The trousers you bought for me doesn’t/ don’t fit me. 3.The police wants/ want to catch two criminals. 4.Physics were/ was my favourite subject at school. 5.May I take your scissors? Mine isn’t/ aren’t sharp enough. 6.The news wasn’t/ weren’t as bad as we expected. 7 Gymnastics is/ are my favourite subject, 8.Five days isn’t/ aren’t long enough for a good holiday. 9.I can’t find my glasses. Maybe you know where it is/ they are? 10.The people in that city is/ are very friendly. 11. Does/ Do the police know how the roed accident happened? 12.I don’t like very cold weather. Minus 10 degrees is/ are too cold for me.