Singular and plural

Exercise 1. Write the plural.

1 flower 5 umbrella 9 family 13 bus 17 day 21 child

2 boat 6 address 10 foot 14 dish 18 baby 22 person

3 woman 7 knife 11 holiday 15 monkey 19 box 23 party

4 city 8 sandwich 12 potato 16 shelf 20 tooth 24 boy

Exercise 2. Some of these sentences are right but most are wrong. Correct the sentences that are wrong.

1. I'm going to buy some flowers.

2. I need a new jeans.

3. It's a lovely park with a lot of beautiful tree.

4. There was a woman in the car with two mens.

5. Sheep eat grass.

6. David is married and has three childs.

7. Most of my friend are student.

8. He put on his pyjama and went to bed.

9. We went fishing but we didn't catch many fish.

10 Do you know many persons in this town?

11 I like your trouser. Where did you get it?

12 The town centre is usually full of tourist.

13 I don't like mice. I'm afraid of them.

14 This scissor isn't very sharp.

Exercise 3. Which is right? Complete the sentences.

1. It's a nice place. Many people …… there for a holiday. (go or goes)

2. Some people …… always late. (is or are)

3. The people ……like the president. (don’t or doesn’t)

4. A lot of people ..…. television every day. (watch or watches)

5. Three people …... injured in the accident. (was or were)

6. I'm going to buy new jeans today. (some or a)

7. How many people ..…. in that house? (live or lives)

8. ….. the police carry guns in your country? (Do or Does)

9. The police ..…. looking for the stolen car. (are or is)

10. I need my glasses but I can't find …... (them or it)

Exercise 4. Complete the sentences using one of the words from the list. Sometimes you need a or some.

glasses scissors shorts news species means series

1. My eyes aren't very good. I need ..….

2. This plant is …... very rare …...

3. Footballers don't wear trousers when they play. They wear……

4. The bicycle is ……of transport.

5. The bicycle and the car are …… of transport.

6. I want to cut this piece of material. I need ……

7. Ann is going to write …… of articles for her local newspaper.

8. While we were out walking, we saw 25 different……of bird.

9. What time is ……on TV.

Exercise 5. Choose the correct form of the verb, singular or plural.

1. I don't like very hot weather. Thirty degrees is/are too warm for me.

2. Gymnastics is/are my favourite sport.

3. The trousers you bought for me doesn't/don't fit me.

4. The police want/wants to interview two men about the robbery last week.

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

6. Can I borrow your scissors? Mine isn't/aren't sharp enough.

7. Fortunately the news wasn't/weren't as bad as we expected.

8. Three days isn't/aren't long enough for a good holiday.

9.I can't find my binoculars. Do you know where it is / they are?

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

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

Exercise 6. In each example the words on the left are connected with an activity (for example, a sport or an academic subject). Write the name of the activity.

1. calculate algebra equation m……

2. government election minister p……

3. finance trade industry e……

4. running jumping throwing a……

5. light heat gravity ph……

6. exercises somersault parallel bars gy……

7. computer silicon chip video games el……

Exercise 7. Most of these sentences are wrong. Correct them where necessary; put 'right' if the sentence is already correct.

1. Susan was wearing a black jeans

2. The committee haven't made a decision yet.

3. Many people has given up smoking.

4. There was a police standing at the corner of the street

5. Has the police arrived yet?

6. I need more money than that. 100 dollars are not enough.

7. This scissors is not very sharp.

8. Brazil are playing with Italy in a football match next Wednesday.

9. I like your parents. They're very nice persons.

10. I'm going to buy a new pyjama.

Exercise 8. Make the following sentences plural.

1. It’s a very difficult question to answer.

2. Is this your scarf?

3. What is the child’s name?

4. This strawberry is still green.

5. Her son always keeps his toy in the box.

6. Does your tooth still ache?

7. There is a new house in our street.

8. This man works at our office.

9. Yesterday I hurt my foot.

10. Why don’t you eat this potato?

11. Can you see a bird in that tree?

12. This story is not very interesting.

13. I heard her voice.

14. There was a gentleman in the room.

15. It’s a difficult word to write.

16. The child is sitting on a bench.