The Plural of the Nouns

I. Give the plural of the following nouns:

Toe, city, chief, Negro, belief, shelf, film, tie, foot, goose, boot, plan, ox, fox, German, pencil, woman, mouth, mouse, child, deer, sheep, cheese, ship, crisis, phenomenon, datum, lady, nucleus, formula, letter, tooth, knife, car, room-mate, man-of-war, face, boy-messenger, fellow-worker, passer-by, sister-in-law.

II. Put the nouns in brackets in the correct number:

a) more than one (day); twenty one (day); one and a half (mile); one (mile) and a half; three (foot); five (foot) six; a (pair) of shoes; two (pair) of shoes; to walk in (pair).

b) 1. The man took five (fish) out of the bag and gave each dog (fish).

2. I wondered at the variety of (fish) in the aquarium.

3. Our (family) are all good chess-players.

4. Our (family) are next door neighbours.

5. The (people) of all the five continents were represented at the Moscow World Youth Festival.

6. The Russian (people) are very hospitable.

7. You must eat more (fruit).

8. Eve has a good (friend) at school.

9. There are (match) in the box.

10. The (map) is on the shelf.

III. Choose the right form of the noun:

1. His hair/hairs is fair.

2. He’s going to buy some new troser/trosers.

3. They gave us some advice/advices.

4. He’s got much information/informations about our travel.

5. They are not going to buy new furniture/furnitures.

6. I’m going to buy new sunglass/sunglasses.

IV. Choose the right form of the verb:

1. Where does/do your family live?

2. The trousers you bought for me doesn’t/don’t fit me.

3. The police want/wants to catch two criminals.

4. Physics was/were 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 sport.

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.

V. Put the nouns in these sentences in the plural form. Make the appropriate changes where it is necessary:

1. This man works at our office.

2. Put this knife on that table.

3. The student put his book on the desk.

4. What is your name?

5. I’ll give you my book. This story is very interesting.

6. A man, a woman, a boy and a girl are in the room.

7. A new house is in our street.

8. Is that girl your sister?

VI. Translate the expressions into English:

Прекрасные фильмы, мои книги, новые автомашины, зелёные парки, старые газеты, чёрные карандаши, стальные ножи, маленькие дети, мужчины и женщины, преподаватели и студенты, пять кроватей, девять страниц, семь человек, десять столов, шесть дней, два текста, много книг, мало газет, много воды, мало хлеба.

VII. Fill in the blanks with much/many/ a lot of:

1. Mrs. Pray has … pupils in her group.

2. There are … boys in our group.

3. There is … chalk at the blackboard.

4. There are … colleges within English universities.

5. We have … classes next week.

6. I have … newspapers in my bag.

7. He knows … languages.

8. He gets … letters every day.

VIII. Use little/a little/few/a few in the blanks:

1. There is … smoke in the room.

2. There is … gas in the balloon.

3. I see … clouds in the sky.

4. There are … beautiful streets in our town.

5. Give me … sheets of paper.

6. I want to drink … water.

7. For dessert I usually take … apples.

8. I have … trouble with my spelling.

9. She needs … new dresses.

10. Only … pupils know how to do it.

11. My brother has … German books.

IX. Choose among many, much, few, a few, little, a little to fill in the blanks:

1. Are there … students in this group who can speak English fluently?

2. I understood … of what you said. Will you repeat it?

3. There are … people in the streets today because it is Sunday.

4. He has written his translation … better this time, there are only … mistakes.

5. We do not have … time left.

6. How … classes do you have today?

7. It takes me … time and effort to read the book in the original.

8. There were … unknown words in the text, it was easy to translate it.

9. How … money has your mother given you?

10. … people have so … patience.

11. It was too … for her, she burst into tears.

12. We know very … about it.

13. There isn’t … paper in the box, I need more.

14. It’s a secret. Very … people know about it.

15. Please add … more tea in my cup.

X. Translate into English the words in brackets:

1. There is (много) paper on the desk.

2. There are (мало) students in the classroom.

3. There is (немного) milk in the jug.

4. There are (нет) newspapers on the shelf.

5. Give me (немного) water, please.

6. May I take (несколько) sheets of paper?

7. I have not (много) money. I cannot buy this coat.

8. There are not (много) sentences in this text.

9. Put (немного) salt into your soup.

10. Can you give him (несколько) coloured pencils?

XI. Find the wrong sentences and correct them:

1. Mathematics are very difficult.

2. My tooths are white.

3. Our football team are winners.

4. There are many monkies in the tree.

5. How many womans are there in your company?

6. Not many citys is clean and safe.

7. Are my shirts washed yet?

8. There is many problem in this exercise.