I. NOUN - PLURALS
Ex. 5. Find mistakes in the following sentences and correct them:
1.
Your jeans is a very nice colour. Where did you buy them?
2.
Where are my scissors? I can’t find it anywhere.
3.
I am afraid these information is not accurate.
4.
No news are good news.
5.
Billiards are a very popular game.
6.
Ten pounds are not enough to buy a computer.
7.
The advice you gave me were no good.
8.
Physics are a study of natural laws.
9.
There is a lot of sheep in that field. Who do they belong to?
Ex. 1. If possible, form the plurals of the following nouns:
church
traffic
Englishwoman
bison
prize
valley
opportunity
wife
echo
speech
Mr Lazy
country
tattoo
stimulus
progress
spaghetti
radio
hatred
father-in-law
fox
hypothesis
larva
woman writer
furniture
Ex. 2. Find the plural forms of the following nouns of foreign origin:
diagnosis
cactus
analysis
aquarium
criterion
stratum
fungus
stadium
museum
genius
album
phenomenon
Ex. 3. Explain the difference between the following pairs of sentences:
10. Her hair become greasy in no time at all so she washes them every morning.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Look! There is tomato on your shirt.
Look! There is a tomato on your shirt.
Mary had a little lamb.
Mary had little lamb.
She had chicken for dinner.
She had a chicken for dinner.
I saw a deer grazing in the field. It looked magnificent.
There were lots of deer grazing in the field.
She has got beautiful long hair.
She has got a beautiful long hair.
Ex . 4. Complete these pairs of sentences using the correct form of one of the words in the box.
Use a/an where necessary:
wood
hair
cheese
iron
beer
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
She complained to the waiter because there was ............................. in her soup.
She always dyes her ...................... blond because she believes men prefer blondes.
There is ............................... near where I live and we often go for a walk there.
In the past houses were usually made of .............................. .
The gates were made of ............................... so it was impossible for anyone to enter
without invitation.
Bring me ............................... . I want to press some of your shirts.
I always eat bread with ............................. for breakfast.
This is ................................ that is very expensive.
In Poland, people go to pubs to drink ................ and chat with their friends.
Oh, I’m really tired. I need ............................ or two.
Ex.6 Choose the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject.
1. Annie and her brothers (is, are) at school.
2. Either my mother or my father (is, are) coming to the meeting.
3. The dog or the cats (is, are) outside.
4. Either my shoes or your coat (is, are) always on the floor.
5. George and Tamara (doesn't, don't) want to see that movie.
6. Benito (doesn't, don't) know the answer.
7. One of my sisters (is, are) going on a trip to France.
8. The man with all the birds (live, lives) on my street.
9. The movie, including all the previews, (take, takes) about two hours to watch.
10. All of the CDs, even the scratched one, (is, are) in this case.
11. Either answer (is, are) acceptable.
12. Every one of those books (is, are) fiction.
13. Nobody (know, knows) the trouble I've seen.
14. (Is, Are) the news on at five or six?
15. Mathematics (is, are) John's favorite subject.
16. Eight dollars (is, are) the price of a movie these days.
17. (Is, Are) the scissors in this drawer?
18. Your pants (is, are) at the cleaner's.
19. There (was, were) fifteen candies in that bag. Now there (is, are) only one left!
20. The committee (debates, debate) these questions carefully.
Ex. 7. Find the plurals of:
Ex. 9. Translate the following sentences into English:
cactus
analysis
stimulus
stratum
datum
vertebra
basis
fungus
genus
index
criterion
memorandum
stadium
museum
radius
drama
genius
album
phenomenon
diagnosis
Ex. 8. Collective nouns (match the following:)
1.
Rozmawiałam z obiema bratowymi i żadna nie dała mi jakichś sensownych rad.
2.
Kupiłam piękny mebel – biblioteczkę. Będę tam trzymała wszystkie moje książki.
3.
W tej sałatce warstwę ananasa kładzie się na dole, pod warstwami jabłka, banana i
grejpfrutów.
4.
„O pochodzeniu gatunków” to najważniejsza książka Darwina.
5.
To jest bardzo ciekawa wiadomość! Skąd wiesz?
6.
Owce hoduje się dla wełny i mięsa.
7.
Węgorze i karpie to ulubione ryby Polaków. Brytyjczycy wolą łososie i tuńczyki.
8.
Kupił jej bukiet niezapominajek i poprosił ją, by za niego wyszła.
9.
Policja szuka dwóch zbiegłych więźniów.
a gang
of fish
a pack
of oxen
a flock
of teacups
11. Ten las jest pełen jeleni.
a shoal
of robbers
12. Zjawiska chemiczne związane z tym procesem są bardzo skomplikowane.
a heap
of insects
13. Obie synowe przyszły go zobaczyć.
a team
of birds
a fleet
of elephants
a set
of litter
a chain
of trees
a swarm
of lions
a herd
of experts
a clump
of shops
a pride
of wolves
a bunch
of keys
a pack
of steps
a panel
of cards
a flight
of ships
a wad
of banknotes
10. Wszyscy mówią, że Stany Zjednoczone są światowym mocarstwem
14. Karą za bigamię jest posiadanie dwóch teściowych.
15. Kupiłam 6-częściową edycję dzieł Szekspira.
16. Pan Hudson zamówił 6 tuzinów butelek wina.
17. On dał swemu synowi trzy rady.
18. Przeżyliśmy wiele kryzysów i nie są one dla nas jakimiś nowymi zjawiskami.
19. Obie pisarki, które były wśród przechodniów, patrzyły na służących ustawiających
stoliki na trawniku
20. Śledzie i sardynki są najczęściej dostępne tutaj w puszkach.