Сводная таблица способов образования множественного числа существительных

Окончание -s	Окончание -es	Другие формы
car – cars engine – engines tree – trees	watch – watches bus – busses dish – dishes box – boxes	man – men woman – women child – children person – people tooth – teeth goose – geese foot – feet mouse – mice ox – oxen axis – axes datum – data formula – formulae (formulas) phenomenon – phenomena radius – radii
boy – boys play – plays	city – cities factory – factories
piano – pianos photo – photos radio – radios	potato – potatoes tomato – tomatoes hero – heroes
roof – roofs cliff – cliffs gulf – gulfs safe – safes chief – chiefs	leaf – leaves life – lives wolf – wolves knife – knives half – halves

 – Do you know that it takes three sheep to make a sweater?

– Really? I didn’t know they could knit.

 Cat in gloves catches no mice.

Exercise 1.1.1. Put the nouns into plural.

child, boy, girl, theatre, cinema, box, tooth, plate, knife, fork, country, inch, day, safe, mouse, leaf, tree, tomato, shoe, foot, birthday, friend, class, hole, driver, bottle, basis, man, roof, dish, judge, city, focus, symposium, phenomenon, nucleus, analysis, maximum, cactus, nebula, curriculum, thesis, spectrum, stylus, criterion, minimum, axis, crisis, datum, alumnus, medium, alumna, millennium, radius, formula, basis.

Exercise 1.1.2. Choose the correct form.

1. Economics is / are an interesting subject. 2. The news was / were very unexpected. 3. This / These money is / are not enough to buy a computer. 4. The data contains / contain an error. 5. His hair is / are grey. 6. People is / are sometimes strange. 7. Will you give me some advice / advices? 8. The scissors is / are broken. 9. The children was / were in the garden. 10. His computer information is / are lost. 11. The crises affect / affects people’s lives.

Exercise 1.1.3. Put the words in bold letters into singular. Do not forget to change the verb form if necessary.

1. Women came to the conference. 2. The keys were lost. 3. He put the shoes on his feet. 4. The mice are in the cellar. 5. The wolves have been shot. 6. The workers went to the factories and plants. 7. The particles revolve around the nuclei. 8. The copies of the document were sent to the customers. 9. He was not familiar with these phenomena. 10. These pieces of advice were useless.

Exercise 1.1.4. Put the sentences into plural. E.g.: This is my book. – These are our books.

1. This is a new laboratory. 2. There is a telescope in the institute. 3. The scientist has studied the new information on this phenomenon. 4. This formula is too long to remember. 5. Do you have an idea? 6. This theory is worth attention. 7. Will a woman take part in this spaceflight? 8. A nucleus collided with a gamma-quantum. 9. Is there any bacterium in the solution? 10. Have you encountered any difficulty while solving this problem? 11. The character of this computer-game has only one life. 12. He has cured his foot. 13. This device is out of order. 14. He always gives a thorough analysis of his results. 15. There was an attempt to study this effect during last century.

Exercise 1.1.5. Use either singular or plural form of the noun in brackets.

1. Chaplin was one of the great film (genius) of all (time) – besides writing and directing his (film), he composed much of their (music). 2. Over the last two hundred (year) (scientist) have discovered many of the medicinal (property) in plants that our (ancestor) knew to be good for us. 3. Many medicinal (scientist) are among the most passionate (defender) of the remaining areas of ancient natural (environment) which are home to (plant) that may yet help save or improve the (life) of millions of people in the (future). 4. Glastonbury Tor is a 522 (foot) high (hill) that dominates the town clustered around its lower slopes. 5. Whatever the truth behind the many (enigma) that make up Glastonbury, one (thing) is certain: the spirit of this (place) does truly seem to touch the heart and the soul of an amazing number of (person) no matter where they come from or why they come. 6. The Aloe grows wild in (desert) regions where it matures over four (year) to reach a (height) of around half a (metre). 7. The (Ukrainian) don’t get enough omega-3s because they don’t eat enough (fish). 8. A 1984 (study) suggested that in the Western world, dyslexia is four (time) more common in males than in females, though more recent (study) suggest that gender (ratio) is more equal. 9. Research has found that simply patching the left (eye) of some dyslexic (child) enabled them to develop binocular control. 10. Some recent (research) has suggested that (child) who pursue a range of after-school (activity) are emotionally better adjusted than their more passive (peer). 11.  (Whale) surface every few (minute) to blow out a (mixture) of water and air and take in a (breath) of fresh (air).

Exercise 1.1.6. Translate into English.

1. Он купил новые часы на прошлой неделе. 2. В этом учебнике очень сложные вопросы. 3. У него седые волосы. 4. Нам рассказали об исчезающих видах животных. 5. Необходимо исследовать эти процессы. 6. Существует несколько теорий о происхождении человека. 7. Квантовая механика изучает свойства атомов. 8. Некоторые студенты не знают этих формул. 9. Эти доклады посвя-щены международному сотрудничеству в различных областях теоретической и экспериментальной физики. 10. Мы описываем некоторые свойства этих ве-ществ. 11. Эти подходы более эффективны. 12. Потери энергии относительно невелики. 13. Эти женщины – участники международной конференции. 14. Классические законы Ньютона не работают в микроскопических системах. 15. Мои часы отстают на 5 минут. 16. На этой ферме выращивают коров, свиней, овец и птицу. 17. Это тетради моих одногруппников. 18. Вчера в булочной я купил замечательный свежий хлеб. 19. Я не могу разобрать почерк вашего брата. Помогите мне. 20. Ниже приводятся критерии оценки успеваемости студентов.