Имя существительное, единственное и множественное число
Workout
1. Give the plural of the following nouns:
Wing, bed, teacher, man, tie, cat, child, shelf, pie, book, picture, woman, problem, leaf, way, face, tooth, energy, desk, glass, ring, name, negro, hero, piano, roof, manservant, woman-teacher, father-in-law.
2. Give the plural form of the nouns in patten:
One bus – six . . .
One child – six . . .
One dress – four . . .
One glass – four . . .
One goose – seven . . .
One hat – three . . .
One man – three . . .
One mouse – five . . .
One ox – nine . . .
One policeman – four . . .
One sheep – ten . . .
One tooth – two teeth
One watch – three . . .
One woman – three . . .
Give the plural of the nouns ending in (x, ch, ss и т.д.), y, f (fe).
А) one watch – two watches
one fox – two . . .
one bench – two . . .
one dress – two . . .
one witch – two . . .
B) one toy – two . . .
one lady – two . . .
one baby – four . . .
one family – two . . .
one diary – five . . .
one fly – four . . .
C) one leaf – two . . .
one loaf – two . . .
one thief – two . . .
one knife – two . . .
Use the plural form.
1. Pedro goes to different (country).
2. John will tell you a lot of funny (story) and (joke).
3. All the (boy) are good (sportsman).
4. There are two (box) of (chocolate) on the table.
5. You should hide (knife) and (match) from your (child).
6. (Wolf) and (fox) live in the (forest).
7. They put their (brush) on the (shelf).
Self-study practice
5. Give the plural form of the nouns:
| A a mango – a society – a leaf – a group mate a deer – a potato – an authority – a crocodile – a man – a crush – a child – a wolf – a fox – a scarf – information – a tooth – a casino – a fish – a cat – a play – a penny – | B a radio – a valley – a life – a school child– a swine – a cargo – a county – a dream – advice – a class – a foot – a chief– a class – a chief – knowledge – a baby – a money – a bear – a way – trousers – a mouth – | C a tornado – a country – a knife – a woman-teacher – a deer – a tomato – a story – a kite – a goose – a watch – a woman – a calf – a class – a chief – knowledge – a child – a piano – a sheep – a month – a play – a tooth – | D a cargo – a melody – a wife – a boy-friend - a fish – a hero – a lorry – a phrase – a foot – a dish – a mouse – a half – a pass – a roof – news – an ox – a photo – a swine – a mouth – a birthday – a penny – |
Артикли
Workout
Put in a/an or the.
1. This morning I bought … newspaper and … magazine. … newspaper is in my bag but I don`t know where … magazine is.
2. My parents have … cat and … dog. … dog never bites … cat but … cat often scratches …dog.
3. I saw … accident this morning. … car crashed into … wall. … driver of … car was not hurt but … car was quite badly damaged.
4. When you turn into Lipson Road, you will see three houses: … red one, … blue one and … white one. I live in … white one.
5. We live in … old house in … middle of the village. There is … beautiful garden behind … house. … roof of … house is in very bad condition.
Use a/an or the.
1. Would you like ………apple?
2. Could you close ……….door, please?
3. We live in ……….small flat near ……….centre of the city.
4. Have you finished with ……….book I lent you last week?
5. We went out for ………..meal last night. ………..restaurant we went to was excellent.
6. Did ………police find ……….person who stole your bicycle?
Put in a/an or the.
1. This is a nice house. Has it got ………….garden?
2. It was warm and sunny, so we decided to sit in ……….garden.
3. This morning I had …………boiled egg and toast for breakfast.
4. ………… President of the United States is elected every four years.
5. As I was walking along the street, I saw ………£10 note on ………..pavement.
6. I went into the shop and asked to speak to …………manager.
7.’Have you got ………..car?’ ‘No, I`ve never had …………car in my life.’
8. There`s no need to buy any milk ………..milkman brings it every morning.
4. Insert the article where necessary:
1. This …pencil is broken. Give me that … pencil, please.
2. I can see three … boys. …boys are playing.
3. I have …bicycle. …bicycle is black. My …friend has no … bicycle.
4. Our … room is large.
5. We wrote … dictation yesterday. … dictation was long.
6. She has two …daughters and one …son. Her … son is … pupil.
7. My …brother’s …friend has no …dog.
8. This is …tree. … tree is green.
9. She has … ball. … ball is big.
10. I got … letter from my …friend yesterday. … letter was interesting.
5. Use the articles a, an, the where necessary:
1. Yesterday I saw … new film, but … film wasn’t very interesting.
2. London is situated on … Thames.
3. Yuri Gagarin was … first man to fly over … Earth in spaceship.
4. My daughter will go to school … next year.
5. I decided to visit … Ivanovs, but they were not at … home.
6. In … summer we live in … country.
7. Lomonosov, … great Russian scientist, was born in … small village on … shore of …White Sea.
8. … United States of America is one of … most powerful countries of the world.
9. Is your dress made of … silk or … cotton?
10. …Peter’s brother is … student and we are … pupils.
11. What would you like: … apple or … orange?
12. What … strange man he is!
Self-study practice
6. Insert the article where necessary:
Three men came to … New York for … holiday. They came to … very large hotel and took … room there. Their room was on … forty-fifth floor. In … evening … friends went to … theatre and came back to … hotel very late.
“I am very sorry,” said … clerk of the hotel, “but … lifts do not work tonight. If you don’t want to walk up to your room, we shall make … beds for you in … hall.” “No, no,” said one of … friends, “no, thank you. We don’t want to sleep in … hall. We shall walk up to our room.
Then he turned to his friends and said: “It is not easy to walk up to … forty-fifth floor, but we shall make it easier. On … way to … room I shall tell you some jokes; then you, Andy, will tell us some interesting stories.” So they began walking up to their room. Tom told them many jokes; Andy sang some songs.
At last they came to … thirty sixth floor. They were tired and decided to have … rest. “Well,” said Tom, “now it is your turn, Peter. After all …jokes, I would like to hear … sad story. Tell us …long and interesting story with …sad end.” “…story which I am going to tell you,” said Peter, “is sad enough. We left …key to our room in …hall.”