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5.2. Give female nouns correspondent to the following male nouns:

Boy – girl, groom, boy, bull, cock (Am. rooster), drake, duke, father, fox, gander, he-wolf, Tom-cat, hero, horse, host, lion, peacock, lord, uncle, widower, baron, bachelor, nephew.

Review exercises

1. Derive nouns from the following verbs and adjectives:

to judge, to acknowledge, to develop, to admire, to explore, to imagine, to satisfy, normal, distant, real, dark, beautiful, to run, to jump, able, compile.

2. Choose the correct option.

1) Mexico is the southernmost country in North America. It borders the United States on the north.

a) north America … North b) North America … North

c) North america … north d) No change is necessary

2) The Northern Hemisphere is the half of the earth that lies north of the Equator.

  1. Northern hemisphere … earth … equator

  2. Northern hemisphere … Earth … Equator

  3. Northern Hemisphere … earth … equator

  4. No change is necessary

3) The Koran is considered by Muslims to be the holy word.

a) Koran … muslims b) koran … Muslims

c) koran … muslims d) No change is necessary

3 Identify which of the following words are usually countable [c] or uncountable [u] or can be in different senses both countable [c] and uncountable[u].

  1. furniture

  1. scenery

  1. news

  1. dust

  1. view

  1. work

  1. penny

  1. hair

  1. knowledge

  1. progress

  1. gossip

  1. butter

  1. virtue

  1. joy

  1. money

  1. pizza

  1. job

  1. coffee

4. Correct any errors in noun plurals in the following sentences.

  1. Two dormitories are being renovated during the summer break.

  2. The math instructor said, “Two halfs make a whole”.

  3. Dr Shepard read the admission criterias to the incoming freshmen.

  4. Mary bought a new pair of skies for the skiing trip.

  5. I have three shelfs above my desk.

  6. The childrens will trick or treat the whole evening on Halloween.

5. Say if the noun is singular or plural and use the correct form of the verb (is or are).

1) The news I have received ... good.

2) Where .. the money?

3) His trousers ... worn out.

4) Our furniture ... getting old.

5) This pair of scissors ... not sharp.

6) The cattle ... grazing in the field.

7) His advice ... very wise.

8) Your hair ... too long.

9) His knowledge ... not good enough.

19) There ... lots of people on the platform.

20) The people ... pleased at the news.

21) His clothes ... new.

10) Some people ... coming today.

11) His information ... not correct.

12) The news ... heard on the radio at 7 o’clock.

13) The furniture ... of good quality.

14) His trousers ... too long for him.

15) The man’s clothes ... on the chair.

16) Here ... a good piece of news.

17) My advice to you ... to travel and see more of the world.

18) The advice that you gave me ... good..

22) The police ... there.

23) Mathematics ... my best subject.

24) There ... a lot of fruit on the table.

25) There ... a lot of vegetables on the table.

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