Множественное число
Задание 1. Поставьте существительные в скобках в правильную форму множественного числа.
Пример: Where are my… (headphone)? — Where are my headphones?
1. There are five… (room) in our house.
2. These… (man) seem very suspicious.
3. Do you have many… (relative)?
4. There are many… (wolf) in our woods.
5. She doesn’t like… (party).
Задание 2. Из двух возможных вариантов, выберите один верный.
Пример: Mumps is / are an infectious disease. — Mumps is an infectious disease.
1. Maths is / are incomprehensible to me.
2. These trousers is / are very fashionable.
3. Women is / are not allowed to visit this place.
4. Her advice was / were very useful.
5. Six thousand dollars is / are not enough to buy this car.
Задание 3. Переделайте предложения, используя множественное число.
Пример: There is a calf in a cattle shed. — There are calves in a cattle shed.
1. Is that your child?
2. There is a looker-on in a showing room.
3. This story is unbelievable.
4. My favourite flower is forget-me-not.
5. My foot is hurt.
Задание 4. Найдите и исправьте ошибки в предложениях.
Пример: I bought a three bookes yesterday. — I bought three books yesterday.
1. This shorts is very expensive.
2. Persons often waste their times.
3. Do you believe in elfs?
4. Monkies are a very active animal.
5. Naomi doesn’t like big citys.
Задание 5. Выберите правильный вариант ответа.
1. Peter and Sam like fried… very much.
A) potatos
b) potates
c) potatoes
2. We should be careful with our… .
A) wishes
b) wishs
c) wishesses
3. His long… drive
A) soliloquies
b) soliloquy
c) soliloquyes
4. I had three…, but now I’m single.
A) wifes
b) wives
c) wifs
5. There are a lot of… in the basement.
A) mices
b) mouses
c) mice
Задание 6. Выберите правильный вариант ответа.
1. Men
A) uncountable
b) countable — singular
c) countable — plural
2. Crises
A) uncountable
b) countable — singular
c) countable — plural
3. News
A) uncountable
b) countable — singular
c) countable — plural
4. Phenomena
A) uncountable
b) countable — singular
c) countable — plural
5. Money
A) uncountable
b) countable — singular
c) countable — plural
Ответы
Задание 1.
1. rooms
2. men
3. relatives
4. wolves
5. parties
Задание 2.
1. is
2. are
3. are
4. was
5. is
Задание 3.
1. Are those your children?
2. There are lookers-on in a showing room.
3. These stories are unbelievable.
4. My favourite flowers are forget-me-nots.
5. My feet are hurt.
Задание 4.
1. These shorts are very expensive.
2. People often waste their time.
3. Do you believe in elves?
4. Monkeys are very active animals.
5. Naomi doesn’t like big cities.
Задание 5.
1. c)
2. a)
3. a)
4. b)
5. c)
Задание 6.
1. с)
2. с)
3. a)
4. c)
5. a)