PLURALS OF COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

2.1.  PLURALS OF COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

Exercise 2.1.1. Divide the following nouns into countable and uncoun- table.

Furniture, coffee, leaf, food, computer, list, blood, job, work, language, country, advice, information, money, progress, permission, provision, baggage, luggage, promotion, traffic, weather, window, knowledge, air, water, holiday, accommodation, scenery, mountain, kick, crew, accident, wing.

Exercise 2.1.2. Put the nouns in the correct list in the plural.

Сlass, beach, boy, cup, cat, cup, desk, roof, girl, potato, fork, shirt, pen, leaf, nose, bus, lemon, peach, box.

[s]                                    [iz]                  [z]

Exercise 2.1.3. Write the words in the plural and in the correct column.

Radio, tomato, lady, boy, bench, teacher, watch, day, fox, loaf, handker- chief, kiss, fly, housewife, leaf, body, shelf, school, address, life, country, strawberry, baby, toy, half.

- s                                 - es                      - ies                        - ves

Exercise 2.1.4. Write the following words in the plural:

a)       story, play, glass, flag, photo, name, match, knife, bush, chief, page, ra- dio, roof, prize, set, key, factory, wolf, piano, class, cup, city;

b)  child, goose, man, foot, mouse, woman, sheep, person, deer, tooth, ox;

c)        criterion, datum, formula, crisis, stimulus, index, phenomenon, me- dium, oasis, nucleus, memorandum, basis, radius, analysis, symposium, hypo- thesis;

d)        fellow-worker, merry-go-round, man-of-war, passer-by, sister-in-law, forget-me-not, room-mate, lily-of-the-valley, ticket-holder.

Exercise 2.1.5. Choose the correct item.

19. a toothbrush                                              20. a fish

a)  teethbrush    a) fish

b)  toothbrushes b) fishes

c)  teethbrushes c) fishs

Exercise 2.1.6. Choose the correct item.

1.  My hair         clean.

a) is                                                 b) are

2.  Can I borrow your scissors? Mine                                not sharp enough.

a) is                                                 b) are

3.  Bad news      people happy.

a) don’t make                                b) doesn’t make

4.  I don’t want or help.

a) advices                                      b) advice

5.  I’ve seen some                               this month. Each was funnier than the last.

a) comedy                                      b) comedies

6.  We’d like three                                eggs.

a) dozen of                                     b) dozen           c) dozens

7.  Knowledge   power.

a) is                                                 b) are

8.  In summer we eat a lot of                               .

a) fruit                                            b) fruits

9.  The police    to interview Fred about the accident.

a) wants                                         b) want

10.  Last Saturday we went fishing, but we didn’t catch many                                .

a) fish                                             b) fishes

Exercise 2.1.7. Write sentences in the plural as in the example.

Example: This man is an engineer. – These men are engineers.

1. This man is my brother. 2. That woman is my sister. 3. This child is my son. 4. That classroom is big. 5. This building is white. 6. This man is an engineer. 7. That woman is a doctor. 8. That girl is my sister. She is a pupil.

9. This is a first-year student. 10. This engineer is a good specialist in his field. 11. My uncle has an expensive car. 12. This is a mess-room. 13. I have a handy pen. My pen is in my pocket. 14. There is a TV set in our room.

15. The teacher gave us an assignment. 16. He wants to be an engineer.