Упражнения по теме «Множественное число существительных».
I. Поставьте данные существительные в множественное число.
Motto, toe, Negro, berry, cliff, valley, belief, hero, carpet, play, wolf, photo, valley, manifesto, thief, match, mosquito, knife, piano, handkerchief, safe, tomato, potato, lady, box, wife, chief, loaf, grief, spy, Swiss, hoof, memory.
Maid-servant, major-general, custom-house, man-of-war, hotel-keeper, mother-in-law, pocket-knife, schoolgirl, watchmaker, looker-on, passer-by, fisherman, text-book, statesman, editor-in-chief, sister-in-law, bus-driver, court-martial, arm-chair, man-servant, merry-go-round, room-mate, grown-up, forget-me-not.
II. Поставьте данные существительные в единственное число.
Languages, Negroes, skies, skis, zeros, keys, flies, cuckoos, hairdos, parties, roofs, leaves, feet, taxis, taxes, tomatoes, pianos, mice, deer, brothers-in-law, aircraft, theses, lice, girl-friends, sheep.
III. Поставьте выделенные существительные во множественное число. Произведите все необходимые изменения.
1. I have hurt my foot. 2. This is an English dictionary. 3. Put the box on the shelf. 4. The last leaf fell from the tree. 5. The speech was very interesting. 6. This factory has a good laboratory. 7. Where is the brush? 8. The roof of the house was covered with snow. 9. The cargo of the steamer consists of different raw materials. 10. There is a sheep in the field. 11. the wife of the sailor came to the shore. 12. There is an angry wolf in the forest. 13. Their child studies very well. 14. There is a new house in our street. 15. He keeps his toys in the box. 16. In our country a woman is equal to a man. 17. Put this knife on the table. 18. The story is thrilling. 19. There is a deer near our cottage. 20. Our chief is very polite.
IV. В данном списке существительных найдите исчисляемое и неисчисляемое существительное с одинаковым значением. Составьте с каждым существительным предложение.
Foliage, work, pig, loaf, bread, food, traffic, meal, leaf, pork, job, vehicle.
V. Вставьте в предложение глагол to be в форме единственного или множественного числа is/are.
1. The news I have received ... good. 2. Where ... the money? 3. His trousers ... too large for him. 4. Mathematics ... my poorest subject. 5. Our furniture ... getting old. 6. This pair of scissors ... not sharp. 7. Fish ... not cheap today. 8. The sheep ... in the field. 9. Mumps ... a dangerous disease. 10. All my belongings ... in my bag. 11. The stairs ... very clean. 12. Physics ... a compulsory subject at school.
VI. Составьте с данными существительными предложения, используя глагол в нужной форме.
1. News. 2. Money. 3. Advice. 4. Riches. 5. Dozen. 6. Knowledge. 7. Spectacles. 8. Damage. 9. Gymnastics. 10. Hair. 11. Work. 12. Furniture.
