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Exercise 1. Find nouns in the plural form:

Positions, news, a box, seas, a law, problems, a level, a bus, women, a police officer, judges, countries, a woman, money, people, a glass, police, a banana, houses, a proof, a sandwich, boys, a door, men, a child, a restaurant, dresses, a stranger, solicitors, a camera, wives, a party, families, cadets, a week, years.

Exercise 2. Find nouns in the following sentences:

1.The qualification of the worker is effective on the results of the work.

2.Public organizations are of help in the prevention of crime.

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3.The disadvantage of language study is little practice.

4.In this way we are able to get the information on the causes of crime and other information of interest in Criminology.

5.Is there a post-office near here?

6.I `m a first-year cadet / student at the Ryazan Branch of Moscow

University.

7.My family is not very large.

8.To be a good detective you should have a lot of practice.

9.This university trains professional lawyers.

10.I `m proud of my future profession.

Exercise 3. Write the singular form:

Policewomen, feet, children, counsel, students, laws, classes, thieves, youths, proofs, plays, ministers, subjects, cars, churches, gentlemen, boxes, lawyers, cities, banks, plaintiffs, calendars, trees, hotels, reporters, clubs, courts, clerks, mice, children, universities, detectives, games, laws, governments, families, members.

Exercise 4. Write the plural form:

A barrister, a bed, an uncle, a courtroom, a mother, a day, a prison, a teacher, a text, a grandmother, a cadet, a page, an aunt, a judge, a president, a hero, a policeman, a father, a lawyer, a tooth, a man, a pilot, a grandfather, a son, a thief, a cat, a plate, a daughter, a child, a park, a baby, a profession, an attorney, a murder.

Exercise 5. Choose the correct form, singular or plural:

1.The police want / wants to interview me about robbery.

2.FШrЭЮЧКЭОХв ЭСО ЧОаs аКsЧ’Э / аОrОЧ’Э so bad as we had expected.

3.Does /do the police know about the stolen money?

4.The fear of murder and robbery has / have caused many people to leave

big cities.

5.The barrister is / are arriving tonight.

6.The solicitor and his assistant have / has already finished their work

today.

7.Many people believe / believes him to be innocent.

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8.TV and Internet have / has enormous power in any society.

9.The police have / has weighed all the evidence and have / has found the accused guilty.

10.The Bill of Rights contains much /many useful information / informations.

Exercise 6. Complete the sentences with a singular or plural verb:

1.IЭ `s К ЧТМО pХКМО. MКЧв pОШpХО………….ЭСОrО ПШr К СШХТНКy.

2.SШЦО pОШpХО……….КХаКвs ХКЭО.

3.TСО PrОsТНОЧЭ Тs ЧШЭ pШpЮХКr. TСО pОШpХО…………ХТФО СТЦ.

4.A ХШЭ ШП pОШpХО…………….ЭОХОЯТsТШЧ ОЯОrв НКв.

5.TСrОО pОШpХО………..ТЧУЮrОН ТЧ ЭСО КММТНОЧЭ.

6.HШа ЦКЧв pОШpХО…………ТЧ ЭСКЭ СШЮsО?

7.…………..ЭСО pШХТМО МКrrв РЮЧs ТЧ вШЮr МШЮЧЭrв?

8.The polТМО……….ХШШФТЧР ПШr ЭСО sЭШХОЧ МКr.

9.I ЧООН Цв РХКssОs ЛЮЭ I МКЧ `Э ПТЧН …………

10.I `Ц РШТЧР ЭШ ЛЮв ………ЧОа УОКЧs ЭШНКв.

Exercise 7. Correct the mistakes where necessary:

1.I `m going to buy some flowers.

2.It `s a lovely park with a lot of beautiful tree.

3.There was a woman in the car with two mans.

4.David is married and has three childs.

5.Do you know many people in this town?

6.The town centre is usually full of tourist.

7.I don `t like mice. I `m afraid of them.

8.Many of my friend are cadet / student.

9.Jill has two sons.

10.There are three person at the police station.

REMEMBER!

this is – these are

that is – those are

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it is – they are there is – there are

Exercise 8. Write the plural form:

This country, this company, that hotel, this rule, that right, that man, this law, this game, that committee, this tooth, that report, this mouse, that child, this lawyer, this lady, that thief, this safe, that leaf, this candle, that robbery.

1.This is a child. This isn't a baby.

2.That is a student. That isn't a cadet.

3.This is a stranger. This isn't a friend.

4.Is that a man? That man is a judge.

5.Is this a teacher? This is a teacher of English.

6.That isn't a police station. That is a court.

7.This isn't an investigator. This is a thief.

8.That isn't a camera. That is a telephone.

9.This is a first-year cadet. This isn `t a second-year cadet.

10.That is a lawyer. That isn `t a judge.

Exercise 11. Write the plural form:

1.This boy has a sister.

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2.This animal is wild.

3.Does this girl study well?

4.My brother has a map. This map is on the wall.

5.Does your friend study at the Ryazan Branch of Moscow University?

6.There is a chair in my room.

7.Is this room very large?

8.I `m a former high-school student.

9.This woman is this man's wife.

10.Is he a good lawyer?

11.That lady is our teacher of Criminal Law.

12.This boy isn't my brother.

Exercise 12. Write the plural form:

1.This factory is very big.

2.There is a desk in this classroom.

3.She has a beautiful dress.

4.Does this student speak English?

5.That gentleman knows my brother.

6.This girl isn't my sister.

7.That table is made of wood.

8.An apple isn't a vegetable.

9.There was a pen on this table.

10.This man was a student / cadet last year.

11.Is that pen yours?

12.That subject isn't interesting for me.

Exercise 13. Write the plural form:

1.Is this an investigator? — No, he isn't.

2.There is a new park in our town.

3.That boy is a good cadet.

4.Is that an Englishman? — No, he isn't.

5.Is there a flower in the vase?

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