EXERCISES
Exercise 1. Choose the best variant.
1) a photo
a) photo b) photos c) photoеs
2) a story
a) storys b) storyes c) stories
3) a mouse
a) mouses b) mouss c) mice
4) a mouth
a) mouths b) mouthes c) mouthies
5) a cargo
a) cargoes b) cargos c) cargo
6) a journey
a) journeies b) journeyes c) journeys
7) a foot
a) foots b) feet c) footes
8) a boot
a) boots b) beet c) bootes
9) a half
a) halfs b) halves c) halfes
10) a fox
a) foxs b) foxies c) foxes
11) an ox
a) oxs b) oxen c) oxes
12) a fisherman
a) fishermans b) fishermen c) fishermens
13) a pocket-knife
a) pocket-knifes b) pockets-knife c) pocket-knives
14) merry-go-round
a) merry-go-rounds b) merries-go-round c) merry-goes-round
Exercise 2. Write the plural form of the following:
A) a century, a key, a video, a hero, a pin, a hat, a life, a bath, a roof, a volcano,
a watch, a bush, a class, a page, a fox, a taxi, a lily, a virtuoso, a woodworm.
B)a man, a woman, a German, a goose, a mongoose, a tooth, a sheep, a ship,
a fish, an ox, a fox, a child, a fireman, a swine, a house, a louse, a deer, a means,
a series, an offspring, a Swiss, a Japanese, a Portuguese.
C)criterion, datum, formula, crisis, stimulus, index, phenomenon, medium, oasis, nucleus, radius, analysis, symposium, hypothesis.
D)fellow-worker, man-of-war, passer-by, sister-in-law, forget-me-not, lily-of-the-valley, ticket-holder, commander-in-chief, governor-general.
Exercise 3. Write the plurals of the nouns in bold type and make all other necessary changes in the sentences.
1. Put the box on the shelf. 2. I have hurt my foot. 3. This is an English dictionary. 4. Where is the knife? 5. That factory has a good laboratory. 6. The last leaffell from the tree. 7. The story was very long. 8. His speech is rather interesting. 9. She left the key on the table. 10. Where is your brush? 11. The roofof the house was covered with snow. 13. The copy of this contract was sent to Moscow. 14. The cargo of the steamer consists of different raw materials.
Exercise 4. Give the singular of the nouns in bold type, making all the necessary changes in the following sentences.
1. Women and children came to the shore. 2. The keys to the boxes were lost.
3. The wolves have been shot. 4. The mice are caught. 5. These factories produce furniture. 6. The fishwere set free. 7. We have good postmen in our district.
8. The cargo will be discharged tomorrow.
Exercise 5. Translate into English.
1. Я купил эти часы в Швейцарии, они очень качественные. 2. Мы не могли войти в сад, так как ворота были закрыты. 3. Сани стоят у ворот. 4. Недалеко отсюда находится нефтеперерабатывающий завод. 5. Товар только что прибыл. Экспорт этого товара значительно увеличился. 6. В этой статье вы найдете показатели экспорта и импорта Италии за последние три месяца. 7. В аквариуме пять рыбок. Одна рыбка золотая. 8. У моего дяди три дюжины овец.9.Считайте все детали в дюжинах. 10. Копейка рубль бережет. (Пенни фунт бережет.)
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