Grammar exercises The Noun: Singular and Plural

I. Read and memorize the following:

a) room — rooms, hand — hands, tree — trees, shoe — shoes, cup — cups, map — maps, group — groups, student — students;

b) dictionary — dictionaries, city — cities, family — families;

c) boy — boys, toy — toys, key — keys, day — days, play — plays;

d) wife — wives, calf — calves, half — halves, life — lives, thief — thieves, shelf — shelves, wolf — wolves, sheaf — sheaves, knife — knives, self — selves, leaf — leaves, loaf — loaves;

but: belief — beliefs, kerchief — kerchiefs;

e) dish — dishes, match — matches, class — classes, box — boxes;

f) tomato — tomatoes, potato — potatoes, hero — heroes;

but: piano — pianos, zoo — zoos, photo — photos, kilo — kilos, memo — memos, solo — solos;

g) man — men, woman — women, tooth — teeth, foot — feet, mouse — mice, goose — geese, child — children, ox — oxen, louse — lice;

h) fish, deer, sheep, swine, means, series, species, works, offspring;

i) criterion — criteria, stimulus — stimuli, crisis — crises, index — indices,

analysis — analyses, datum — data, curriculum — curricula.

II. Give the plural of the following nouns:

student, economist, field, day, mark, month, faculty, facility, branch, ox, box, potato, photo, zero, loaf, wife, wolf, life, kerchief, man, child, foot, goose, deer, crisis, basis, text-book, daugter-in-law, woman-teacher.

III. Give the singular of the following nouns:

managers, classrooms, specialists, banks, paths, classes, keys, libraries, activities, cargoes, heroes, pianos, halves, leaves, calves, chiefs, safes, beliefs, women, teeth, phenomena, sheep, boy-friends, sons-in-law.

IV. Choose the correct verb:

1. Economics (is, are) Tom’s favourite subject. 2. Their information (is, are) not correct. 3. The news (is, are) very interesting. 4. Some people (is, are) coming today. 5. Nick’s trousers (is, are) out of fashion. 6. Your money (is, are) not enough to buy this book. 7. The furniture in our classroom (is, are) of good quality. 8. The police (is, are) looking for the thief.

V. Choose the correct noun:

1. Her hair/hairs is dark. 2. We eat a great deal of fruit/fruits. 3. There are a lot of vegetable/vegetables on the table. 4. All the gate/gates were closed. 5. He spent his winter vacation/vacations in Great Britain. 6. This company is engaged in the export/exports and import/imports of different machines. 7. He likes this idea/ideas. 8. He has three watch/watches. 9. Car­rot/carrots are rich in vitamins. 10. I have a lot of homework/homeworks to do tonight. 11.There weren’t many people/peoples at the lecture yesterday. 12. The children caught two fish/fishes. 13. Can you give me some advice/advices? 14. I enjoy listening to music/musics.

VI. Translate into English:

1. Економiка — суспiльна наука. 2. Я задоволений вашими успi­хами. 3. Вашi поради дуже кориснi, вони менi дуже допомагають. 4. У супi надто багато картоплi. 5. Де грошi? — Вони на столi, вiзьміть їх. 6. Він виловив багато риби. 7. У нас дуже мало iнформацiї з цього пи­тання. 8. Моя сестра дуже любить фрукти, вони влітку дуже дешеві. 9. Цi новини дуже важливi для нас. 10. Санки стояли бiля ворiт. 11. Його заробiтна плата дуже висока. 12. Змiст його листа є несподiваним для нас. 13. Ножицi лежали на полицi. 14. Кіт любить ловити мишей. 15. У неї світле волосся та голубі очі. 16. У нього досить знань, щоб зробити цю роботу.