The possessive case

Singular number	Plural number
Proper Nouns
Tim’s dog, Alice’s cat, James’s mother, St. Paul’s, St. Mary’s, Mr. Baker’s house	the Bakers’ house
Animate Nouns
a girl’s hat, the boy’s dog, a lady’s handbag, a man’s suit, a child’s toy, a cat’s tail	a girls’ school, the boys’ dogs, a ladies’ room, men’s suits, children’s books, cats’ tails
Inanimate Nouns
a minute’s walk, a day’s work, a week’s stay, today’s conference, yesterday’s paper, the company’s office, the government’s proposal, my family’s welfare	a five minutes’ walk, a three days’ trip, a few weeks’ stay, the companies’ offices, the governments’ proposals, my families’ welfare

Nouns determiners

Nouns Determiners	Countable Nouns		Uncountable Nouns
	Singular number	Plural number
The Indefinite Article	a boy, an apple
The Definite Article	the boy	the boys	the tea
The Possessive Pronoun	my apple	my apples	my tea
The Demonstrative Pronoun	this boy, that apple	these boys, those apples	this tea, that money
Question Words	What boy? Which apple? Whose book?	What boys? Which apples? Whose books?	What tea? Which money? Whose money?
The Quantifiers		some boys, any boys many boys, few boys a few boys, more boys most boys, a lot of boys	some tea, any tea much tea, little tea a little tea, more tea most tea, a lot of tea

SOME AND ANY; SOME/ ANY + -ONE/ -BODY/ -THING/ -WHERE

Some and any позначають кілька, деяка кількість. Можуть вживатися з обчислюваними (у множині) і необчислювальними іменниками.

some/somebody/someone/somewhere	в стверджувальних реченнях; у проханнях і пропозиціях
any/anybody/anyone/anything/ anywhere	в заперечувальних реченнях; в питальних реченнях; в реченнях з hardly, barely, scarcely, without; в значенні «будь-який, який-небудь»
no/none/nobody/no one/nothing/ nowhere	в стверджувальних реченнях для вираження заперечення

Much, many, little, few, a lot, plenty

many, few, a few з обчислювальними іменниками у множині	many/few/a few problems
much, little, a little з необчислювальними іменниками	much/little/a little money/noise

Grammar exercises Nouns

Exercise 1. Write plural form

1. city- 7. roof- 13.sunshade-

2. headline- 8. mouse- 14. trout-

3. photo- 9. tooth- 15. hoof-

4. couch- 10. knife- 16. radio-

5. dish- 11. potato- 17. medium-

6. tray- 12.calf- 18.wife-

Exercise 2. Countable and for uncountable nouns. Underline the correct word.

1. She has had love/a love horses since she was a little girl.

2. I can’t sleep if I drink coffee/a coffee at night.

3. I went skiing for the first time this year; it’s experience/an experience that I’ll never forget.

4. I’ve just heard a/some very good news about Emma and Bill.

5. Lisa’s got a / an towel.

6. Ana’s got a / some rucksack.

7. Lucia’s got an / some insect repellent.

8. Javi hasn’t got some / any sunglasses.

9. Antonio’s got a / some swimming costume.

10. Ignacio hasn’t got any / some sandwiches.

Exercise 3. Which sentence is right in each pair?

1. Get some glass out for dinner/ Get some glasses out for dinner.

2. He visited lots of capital in Europe/ He visited lots of capitals in Europe.

3. I bought some wood/ I bought some woods.

4. I can’t stand the bad language on TV/ I can’t stand the bad languages on TV.

5. I did lots of revision before my test/ I did lots of revisions before my test.

6. I got some interest from the bank/ I got some interests from the bank.

7. I like to have some fire in my house/ I like to have a fire in my house.

8. I walked so far I had to put some plaster on my feet/ I walked so far I had to put some plasters on my feet.

9. I watched some drama last weekend/ I watched some dramas last weekend.

10. I wrote my experience on my CV/ I wrote my experiences on my CV.

11. Some light came through the window/ Some lights came through the window.

12. Some life was lost/ Some lives were lost.

13. The teacher made me do some exercise for homework/ The teacher made me do some exercises for   homework.

14. Watch some television/ Watch some televisions.

15. We bought 200 tons of iron/ We bought 200 tons of irons.

Exercise 4. Choose the correct form of the verb.

1. Economics is/are my favourite subject.

2. The trousers he bought for her doesn’t/ don’t fit her.

3. The police want/wants to interview men about the robbery.

4. Physics was/were my best subject at school.

5. Can I borrow your scissors? Mine isn’t/aren’t sharp enough.

6. The news wasn’t/weren’t as bad as we had expected.

7. Where does/do your family live?

8. Four days isn’t/aren’t long enough for a good holiday.

9. He can’t find his binoculars. Do you know where they’re/it is?

10. Do you think the people is/are happy with the government?

11. Does/do the police know how the accident happened?

12. She doesn’t like hot weather. Twenty-eight degrees is/are too warm to for her.

13. The staff at school is/are not happy with their new working conditions.

14. 30000 pounds was/were stolen in the robbery.

15. Two years is/are a long time to be without job.