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Irregular plurals Test 1. Write the plural of the following nouns. 1. church – 8. woman – 15. radio — 2. difficulty – 9. deer – 16. ox — 3. mouse – 10. leaf – 17. fish — 4. month – 11. goose – 18. wolf — 5. child – 12. potato – 19. country — 6. roof – 13. foot – 20. tooth — 7. boy – 14. dress – 21. curriculum —
Test 2. Write the plural of the following nouns. 1. nanny – 8. radio – 15. violin — 2. father-in-law – 9. train robbery – 16. wife — 3. headache – 10. painkiller – 17. medium — 4. dictionary – 11. bush – 18. mouse — 5. pincushion – 12. pen-friend – 19. godfather — 6. hold-up – 13. video – 20. wish — 7. hoof – 14. pillowcase – 21. phenomenon —
Test 3. Write the plural of the following nouns. 1. deer – 8. sheep – 15. datum — 2. lady – 9. species – 16. Eskimo — 3. roof – 10. day – 17. leaf — 4. chief – 11. family – 18. life — 5. studio – 12. dish – 19. zero — 6. zoo – 13. paw – 20. buffalo — 7. bus – 14. fork – 21. criterion —
Test 4. Write the plural of the following nouns. 1. trout – 8. baby – 15. vowel — 2. composer – 9. handkerchief – 16. buzz — 3. insect – 10. church – 17. glass — 4. oasis – 11. memo – 18. man — 5. analysis – 12. ball game – 19. goose — 6. bacterium – 13. passer-by – 20. foot — 7. waiter – 14. letdown – 21. volcano —
Test 5. Write the plural of the following nouns. 1. bench – 8. scarf – 15. fruit — 2. celebrity – 9. belief – 16. swine — 3. louse – 10. sheep – 17. activity — 4. bath – 11. half – 18. thief — 5. woman – 12. tomato – 19. kilo — 6. cliff – 13. means – 20. party — 7. play – 14. photo – 21. appendix —
COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS Nouns can be countable (those that can be counted) or uncountable (those that can’t be counted). Uncountable nouns take a singular verb. The most common uncountable nouns are: • Mass nouns: fluids (blood, tea, coffee, milk etc), solids (bread, butter, china, coal, food, fruit, glass, ice, iron, fish [meaning food], etc), gasses (air, oxygen, pollution, smoke, smog, etc), particles (corn, dust, flour, hair, pepper, rice, salt, sand, etc). • Subjects of study: chemistry, economics, literature, mathematics, physics, etc. • Languages: Chinese, English, French, etc. • Games: billiards, chess, golf, soccer, tennis, etc. • Diseases: flu, measles, mumps, etc. • Natural phenomena: darkness, hail, heat, rain (but: the rains = season of continuous rain in tropical countries), humidity, thunder, snow, etc. • Some abstract nouns: accommodation, advice, anger, applause, assistance, behaviour, business, chaos, countryside, courage, damage, dirt, education, evidence, housework, homework, information, intelligence, knowledge, luck, music, news, peace, progress, seaside, shopping, traffic, trouble, truth, wealth, work, etc. • Collective nouns: baggage, cutlery, furniture, jewellery, luggage, machinery, money, rubbish, stationery, etc. • Many uncountable nouns can be made countable by adding a partitive: a piece of paper/cake/advice/information/furniture; a slice/loaf of bread; a(n) item/piece of news, etc. • Some nouns take only a plural verb. These are objects consisting of two parts: garments (pyjamas, trousers, etc), tools (scissors, etc), instruments (binoculars, compasses, spectacles, etc), or nouns such as: arms, ashes, barracks, clothes, congratulations, earnings, (good) looks, outskirts, people, police, premises, riches, stairs, surroundings, wages, etc. • Group nouns refer to a group of people. These nouns can take either a singular or a plural verb depending on whether we see the group as a whole or as individuals. Such group nouns are: army, audience, class, club, committee, company, council, crew, crowd, headquarters, family, jury, government, press, public, staff, team, etc. The team was the best. (the team as a group) The team were all given medals. (each member separately as individuals) • With expressions of duration, distance or money meaning ‘a whole amount’ we use a singular verb: Two years is long to wait. Three miles is a long way to go. Nine thousand pounds is a high price to pay.
Test 6. Fill in: is or are. 1. Your trousers _____ in the wardrobe. 2. Where______ his scissors? 3. There_____ a lecture on history today. 4. The shopping________ heavy. 5. Where_____ my gloves? 6. This information______ correct. 7. His hair_____ brown. 8. My socks_____ in the drawer. 9. Our furniture_____ very cheap. 10. His accommodation_____ luxurious. 11. Evidence_____ needed before the trial can continue. 12. The news_____ very exciting. 13. Mumps_____ a common illness among children. 14. My glasses_____ on the table. 15. Chinese_____ difficult to learn. 16. Where_____ the kitchen scales? 17. Billiards_____ a popular game. 18. His work_____ very interesting. 19. People_____ starving in some countries. 20. Education_____ the key to his success.
Test 7. Fill in: is or are.
1. Where_____ your trousers? 2. Could you tell me where_____ the scissors? 3. Tonight, there _____ athletics on TV. 4. Money_____ easy to spend and difficult to save. 5. Gloves_____ worn in cold weather. 6. This student’s knowledge_____ amazing. 7. Love_____ reason for much happiness. 8. This bread_____ stale. 9. Your jeans_____ on the chair. 10. His baggage_____ too heavy to carry. 11. Her advice _____ very interesting. 12. Mathematics_____ his favourite subject. 13. Measles_____ a common illness. 14. The glasses_____ on the table. 15. My sister’s hair_____ long. 16. Their bathroom scales_____ quite accurate. 17. Darts _____ a popular game in Britain. 18. This work_____ too hard. 19. People_____ unhappy with the new tax system. 20. The police_____ near.
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