In the World of Grammar

Упражнение 7
Закончите предложения, используя множественную форму существительных из списка:
Baby, boy, city, country, cowboy, dictionary, key, lady, party, tray.
1. Mr. and Mrs. Parker have one daughter and two sons. They have one girl and two boys.
2. The students in my class come from many .
3. Women give birth to .
4. My money and my are in the pocket.
5. I know the names of many in the USA and Canada.
6. I like to go to because I like to meet and talk to people.
7. People carry their food on at a cafeteria.
8. We always use our when we write compositions.
9. Good evening, and gentlemen.
10. ride horses.

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Упражнение 8
Закончите предложения, используя множественную форму существительных из списка:
Knife, leaf, life, thief, wife.
1. Please put the , forks, and spoons on the table.
2. Sue and Ann are married. They are . They have husbands.
3. We all have some problems in our .
4. Police officers catch .
5. It is fall. The are falling from the trees.

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Упражнение 9
Закончите предложения, используя множественную форму существительных из списка.
Bush, class, glass, match, potato, sandwich, sex, tax, tomato, zoo.
1. Bob drinks eight of water every day.
2. There are two : male and female.
3. Please put the and the silverware on the table.
4. All citizens pay money to the government every year. They pay their .
5. I can see trees and outside the window.
6. I want to light the candles. I need some .
7. When I make a salad, I use lettuce and .
8. Sometimes Sue has a hamburger and French-fried for dinner.
9. Some animals live all of their lives in .
10. Dick is a student. He likes his .

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Упражнение 10
Заполните пропуски правильной формой глагола to be.
1. Your jeans are hanging in the wardrobe.
2. Where
my scissors?
3. There
a lecture on economics today.
4. Happiness
when you are understood.
5. Her work
very tiring.
6. Italian
very difficult to learn.
7. Flu
a common illness among young children.
8. The news
very exciting.
9. Her furniture
very expensive.
10. Your socks
on the drawer.
11. Where
my boxing gloves?
12. Her hair
beautiful.
13. The shopping
extremely heavy.
14. Where
my glasses?
15. The police
still looking for the evidence.

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Упражнение 11
Заполните пропуски в предложениях, используя существительные данные ниже. При необходимости поставьте существительные в форму множественного числа.
Bush, information, page, monkey, child, knife, paper, city, match, piece, country, help, money, traffic, sex, homework.
1. I want to smoke a cigarette. I need some matches.
2. I have a lot of in my wallet. I'm rich.
3. There are two : male and female.
4. I would like to visit many in the United States. I'd like to visit Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami, and some others.
5. There are some , forks, and spoons on the table.
6. I want to take the bus downtown, but I don't know the bus schedule. I need some about the bus schedule.
7. I want to write a letter. I have a pen, but I need some .
8. There are three in North America: Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
9. There are a lot of trees and in the park.
10. Bob is studying. He has a lot of to do.
11. I like to go to the zoo. I like to watch animals. I like to watch elephants, tigers and .
12. There is a lot of on the street during rush hour.
13. My dictionary has 437 .
14. My notebook has 150 of paper.
15. Susie and Bobby are seven years old. They aren't adults. They're .

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Упражнение 12
Прочитайте смешное стихотворение о капризном английском языке и заполните пропуски соответствующей формой множественного числа.

The Arbitrary English Language

We'll begin with box, and the plural is boxes.
But the plural of ox should be , not oxes.
The one fowl is a goose, but two are called ,
Yet the plural of mouse should never be meese.
You may find one mouse, or a whole nest of ,
But the plural of house is , not hice.
If the plural of man is always called ,
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
The cow in the plural may be or kine,
But a bow, if repeated, is never called bine;
And the plural of vow is , never vine.
If I speak of a foot, and you show me your ,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are ,
Why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?
So English, I think you all will agree,
Is the greatest language you ever did see.

Anonymous

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