>>Plurals<<

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1. GIVE THEPLURALS OF THE FOLLOWING NOUNS

Cow cows
Glass
Story
Tomato
Box
Mouse
Child
Wish
Friend
Parent
Piano
Key
Tooth
Lorry
Bus
Monkey
House
Way

2. REWRITETHESE SENTENCES IN THE PLURAL
a. A train is much quicker than a bus. .........Trainsare much quicker than buses......
b. A lion is a dangerous animal. ..........................................................................................
c. A lawyer generally earns more than a teacher. ..............................................................
d. A computer is an expensive piece of equipment. ...........................................................
e. A student has to work hard. ............................................................................................
f. A policemanonly does what he is told. ...........................................................................
g. A cat is supposed to have seven lives. .............................................................................
h. A bus is the best way of getting into town. ......................................................................
i. A woman tendsto live longer than a man. .......................................................................
j. A good book helpsto pass the time. .................................................................................

3. COMPLETETHESE SENTENCES WITH A SINGULAR OR PLURAL COUNTABLE NOUN
a. The .......bus..............stops right outsideour house. (bus / buses)
b. The.....................were waiting for me. (child / children)
c. The .....................arein the cupboard. (dish / dishes)
d. The.....................have gone bad. (tomato /tomatoes)
e. The....................is full. (box/boxes)
f. Do you knowthe....................that lives next door? (man/men)
g. The....................who were here have gone home. (person/people)
h. The dentistpulled out the...................that was hurting. (tooth/teeth)
i. Have youwashed the.....................that were in the kitchen? (dish/dishes)
j. Do you knowthe.......................that delivers the newspapers? (Boy/boys)

4. COMPLETETHESE SENTENCES WITH A SINGULAR OR PLURAL VERB
a. The children.....are getting....ready for school. (is getting/are getting)
b. My brother..............................in thearmy. (is/are)
c. The cake..................................delicious.(smell/smells)
d. The mice.................................thecheese. (has eaten/have eaten)
e. The books we bought..................veryexpensive. (was/were)
f. Did younotice the picture that........................on the wall? (was hanging/werehanging)
g. The young man you met...........................tocollege with my sister. (go/goes)

h. The letters youposted..............................wrongly addressed. (was7were)
i. The womanthey were meeting.....................telephoned to say she can’t come.(has/have)
j. Mary andPeter, the couple I met last week,............................invited us todinner. (has/have)

5. USE THESINGULAR NOUNS BELOW TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCES

A bath a go a drink a fight a jog a rest a shower a move a walk a wash a ride

a. I need some fresh air. I think I’llgo out for ......a walk......
b. I’m going to lie down andhave..........................................
c. I haven’t timefor............................I’ll just have.......................instead.
d. The children are covered in dirt.They need a...........................
e. Can I have......................onyour bike?
f. He keeps fit by goingfor.........................every evening.
g. This is thirsty work. Let’s stopfor...................................
h. Bill is in trouble. Hestarted.........................and got himself arrested.
i. You can’t succeed if you don’thave........................................
j. It’s time to go. Let’smake..................................

6. USE THEPLURAL NOUNS TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCES.

Belongings clothes expenses feelings goods holidays papers pictures refreshments sights

a. If I spend a lot of money, can I claim........expenses.....?
b. Argentina needs to export more......................................
c. There was a short break for.............................................
d. My .................................are soakingwet. I need to change.
e. He is very unhappy. You must have hurthis............................
f. The kidsaren’t at home. They are on their..............................
g. What’s on at the cinema? I haven’t been tothe............................for ages.
h. You’re famous. I saw your picture in the....................................
i. He carriesall his...........................with him in an old suitcase.
j. We took sometime off to walk round the town and see the........................

7.

Audience crew enemy family gang government media public staff team

USETHE COLLECTIVE NOUNS TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCES

a. Takecover. The .....enemy.......are attacking.
b. Do you think Liverpool are thebest.........................in Europe?
c. Dad is out but the rest ofthe...............................are at home.
d. The ................................has decided toincrease taxes.
e. The ship sank but the..................are safe.
f. The office isclosed. The ..........................are on strike.
g. The house was sorrounded and the..................werearrested.
h. The ...........................is much bigger thanat last night’s performance.
i. The railwayshould provide a better service for the travelling..........................

j. Some sportsstars are very badly treated by the newspapers andother.............................

8. COMPLETE WITH THE FOLLOWING UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS.

Advice electricity equipment happines help information knowledge luggage money traffic

a. We’ve got a lot of ........luggage....but it’s nottoo heavy.
b. At that time my...........................ofGerman was minimal.
c. I’d likesome..................................about trains, please.
d. They exported a million dolars’ worth ofstereo...........................
e. Do you have any..........................on you?
f. If you wantmy.............................., I think you ought to start all over again.
g. There’s always a lotof...........................in the rush hour.
h. Do you cook by gasor...................................?
i. You canalways telephone, if you need any.....................................
j. Money doesn’talways bring...................

9. LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING PAIR OF SENTENCES. IN ONETHE NOUN IS USED AS A COUNTABLE NOUN AND IN THE OTHER AS AN UNCOUNTABLE NOUN.MARK THE SENTENCE “C” OR “U”.
a. Shakespeare’s languageis magnificent. ...U...
It’s easier to work with someone who speaks your ownlanguage. .........
b. She has had nine months’ experience as asecretary. ........
c. People spend their lives worrying about money ............
d. Are you in San Francisco for business orpleasure? ........
e. She never completely gave up hope. .........
f. There wasgeneral agreement on the problem. ........

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