деловой английский / Test 2. Nouns

PROGRESS TEST

NOUNS

1. Make plural form.

1. a baby

a) babys

b) babies

c) babyes

2. a man

a) mans

b) men

c) manes

3. a mouse

a) mouses

b) mice

c) mouss

4. a fox

a) fox

b) foxes

c) foxs

5. money

a) moneys

b) monies

c) money

6. an ox

a) ox

b) oxes

c) oxen

7. a knife

a) knifes

b) knifies

c) knives

8. a foot

a) foots

b) footes

c) feet

9. a roof

a) roofs

b) rooves

c) roofes

10. a boy-friend

a) boys-friends

b) boy-friends

c) boys-friend

11. advice

a) advices

b) advises

c) advice

12. a child

a) childes

b) childs

c) children

2. Write the possessive case s’ / ’s

1. Liz / the text-book

a) Liz’s text-book

b) the text-book of Liz

c)the Liz’s text-book

2. the roof / the house

a) the house’s roof

b) the roof of the house

c) the houses’ roof

3. the rabbit / the cage

a) the rabbits’ cage

b) the rabbit’s cage

c) the cage of the rabbit

4. Tom and Alice / the car

a) Tom’s and Alice’s car

b) Tom and Alice’s car

c) the car of Tom and Alice

5. King Charles II / the portrait

a) the portrait of King Charles II

b) King Charles the second’s portrait

c) King’s Charles II portrait

6. The Smiths / the car

a) the Smiths’ car

b) the Smiths’s car

c) the car of the Smiths

3. Use the nouns in brackets in the appropriate form. The first two have been done for you.

0. The (woman) face was really pretty. – The woman’s face was really pretty.

0. The (shoe) factory has closed. – The shoe factory has closed.

1. There were several (office) ____ workers in the refectory.

2. Ct.Monique is a (girl) ____ boarding school.

3. The (computer) ____ keyboard fell on the floor and cracked.

4. The (oil) ____ production has decreased dramatically.

5. Have you seen my (address) ____ book anywhere?

6. I never read (newspaper) ____ editorials.

7. Her grandparents used to be (tea leaf) ____ pickers.

8. The (soup) ____ bowl slipped out of my hands.

9. The (boy) ____ arm was injured and in a sling.

10. My (winter) ____ jacket needs brushing.

11. Don’t forget to buy some (shoe) ____ polish.

12. We spent the weekend on the (river) ____ bank.

13 We mustn’t destroy (bird) ____ nests.

4. Choose the correct form of the collective nouns.

1. When we see a lot of people in the street watching something we call; them a ____.

a) audience

b) jury

c) crowd

d) company

2. The Rotary ____ is a very supporting institution in educating young people.

a) race

b) class

c) club

d) shoal

3. People of the same origin belong to one ____.

a) race

b) staff

c) pack

d) crowd

4. A large collection of books is called ____.

a) race

b) pack

c) library

d) company

5. A large group of fish is called a ____.

a) crew

b) pack

c) tribe

d) shoal

6. The family of lions is called a ____.

a) bundle

b) congregation

c) swarm

d) pride

7. We can get some advice at the ____.

a) court

b) council

c) library

d) jury.

8. The ____ was listening to the opera.

a) crowd

b) committee

c) audience

d) staff

9. The verdict of the ___________ was “guilty”.

a) group

b) Jury

c) club

d) press

10. The ____ of the clinic “Boris” include highly qualified doctors.

a) staff

b) crew

c) council

d) company

5. Chose the correct form of the verb to be.

1. His two-day trip ____ very interesting.

a) am

b) was

c) were

d) be

2. Our three- hour exam ____ too tiring.

a) was

b) were

c) be

d) am

3. Their two-year old baby ____ so funny.

a) be

b) am

c) is

d) are

4. There ____ a nine–room flat in that block of flats.

a) be

b) were

c) is

d) am

5. A twenty-dollar bill ____ on the table.

a) be

b) am

c) is

d) are

6. This two-litre jar ____ full of honey.

a) am

b) are

c) be

d) is

7. The cat food ____ usually in the fridge.

a) are

b) is

c) am

d) be

8. Bob’s tree-day voyage ____too long and tiring.

a) were

b) be

c) am

d) was

9. Their two-hour test ____ really too difficult.

a) be

b) am

c) are

d) is

6. Choose the correct form of the feminine or masculine gender of the following nouns.

1. She was the youngest ____ in the city.

a) poetess

b) poet

2. Kevin is the main ____ of this story.

a)heroine

b) hero

3. All the ____ were wearing black dresses.

a) monks

b) nuns.

4. Ann told her relatives about her ____.

a) bridegroom

b) bride

5. Prince Charles is the ____ of the British Crown.

a) heir

b) heiress

6 Sam tells he is an old ____.

a) bachelor

b) spinster

7. Eve was my father’s ____.

a) nephew

b) niece

8. Mr. Jones has been a ____ for the last ten years.

a) widower

b) widow

9. My ____’s name is George.

a) uncle

b) aunt

10. Oprah Winfrey is a very famous TV ____.

a) host

b) hostess