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Reference Book On The Noun. Kuprina R.N.
Reference Book On The Noun. Kuprina R.N.
EXTRA PRACTICE
Write the correct plural noun from each pair. Use your dictionary if you
need help.
Example: memorys, memories memories
1. plates, platees 9. bushs, bushes 17. alumnuses, alumni
2. foxes, foxs 10. chiefs, chieves 18. studios, studioes
3. peachs, peaches 11. leafs, leaves 19. childs, children
4. radioes, radios 12. foots, feet 20. boxs, boxes
5. pianoes, pianos 13. mans, men 21. posts, postes
6. heros, heroes 14. wishes, wishs 22. cupsful, cupfuls
7. stories, storys 15. sheeps, sheep 23. 5es, 5's
8. tooths, teeth 16. chefs, cheves 24. cellos, celloes
Write the plural form of each noun in parentheses. Use your dictionary if
you need help.
Example: Two ......... in the chorus brought their ......... (alto, cello)
altos cellos
25. Use these ......... to cut those ......... of bread. (knife, loaf)
26. All the ......... ran, but the ......... walked. (child, woman)
27. Did you catch many ......... or ......... on your fishing trips? (salmon, trout)
28. Two of the ......... escaped over the ......... (thief, roof)
29. My ......... have visited faraway ......... (brother-in-law, country)
30. All of the ......... on those two ......... play ......... (music box, bookshelf,
waltz)
31. ......... flew around the ......... of the ......... (Bee, hoof, donkey)
32. The ......... grow ......... and ......... (Rooney, potato, broccoli)
33. These ......... cut a hole in my ......... (scissors, pants)
Rewrite each sentence, correcting the spelling errors in the plural nouns.
Use your dictionary if you need help.
Example: The sopranoes gave forget-me-nots to the alumnuses.
The sopranos gave forget-me-nots to the alumni.
34. My great-uncles raise gooses and turkies on their farms.
35. The Kellys have modern theorys about farming.
36. My sister-in-laws have won many trophys at the state fair.
37. They grow the best tomatos, zucchinis, and beetes.
38. Our sheep and lambes lead peaceful lifes.
39. The womans carried bucketsful of water to the horseses.
40. Some rabbites were hiding under the bushs near the vegetables.
Write: Supply is, are, has or have. Give two forms where possible.
1 The government ............. bringing in a new bill.
2 The company............ going to employ six staff.
3 All governments............ trying to control crime.
4 The jury............ trying to decide now.
5 The youth of today ............. many advantages.
6 The .......... vermin in this restaurant.
7 The military............ occupied the house.
8 The police............ interested in this case.
9 The public............ concerned about it.
10 How many people............ coming tonight?
11 The committee............ meeting now.
12 A lot of people ........... signed the petition.
4B Nouns with a plural form + singular or plural verbs: 'acoustics'
Key points
1 Check in a dictionary to be sure that a noun is countable or uncount -
able.
2 The meaning of a noun may change depending on whether it is used in
a countable or uncountable sense.
3 Note that some nouns ending in -s take a singular verb:
The news is bad today
And that some nouns only have a plural form:
The police are arriving shortly.
Write: Supply the missing words. Refer to this list as little as possible.
Actress, aunt, bachelor, bridegroom, cows, daughter, female, goddess, hens,
heroine, heiress,
Lionesses, mares, nephew, nieces, nuns, prince, queens, ram, saleswoman, sis-
ter, sow,
Spinster, uncle, waitress, widower.
1 John's brother is a bank clerk and his............................ is a nurse.
2 My aunt is very nice and my................... has a wonderful sense of humour.
3 My................... is a little boy of four; my niece is a little girl of two.
4 My father's brother and sister have never married. He's still a ...................
and she's a ...........................
5 These days, few men become monks and few women become ...................
6 There is only one bull in the field, but there are dozens of...................
7 The cock crows at dawn and wakes up all the...................
8 The stallion is in a separate stable from the...................
9 We call the boar Henry and we call the................... Jemima.
10 The ewes look quiet enough, but I don't like the look of that ...................
11 Tony is an actor and his wife is an ...................
12 John and Jane work in a restaurant; he is a waiter and she is a...................
13 In fairy tales the handsome.............. usually marries the beautiful princess.
(a) If I can work all day without any .................., I can finish the job by this
evening.
(b) I can't make any .................. about the .................. result. I don't know how
the voting will go.
(c) What was his .................. to the news? Was he pleased or angry?
(d) RSPCA stands for the Royal Society for the ............... of Cruelty to Anim-
als.
(e) His .................. of a new type of car engine brought him a lot of money.
(f) His .................. to drugs nearly killed him.
(g) RSPB stands for the Royal Society for the .................. of Birds.
(h) What shall we do tomorrow? Swimming? Film? Museum? Has anyone got
a better ..................?
(i) He was delighted by his .................. for the school football team.
17 -ation
In each space below put a noun ending in -ation made from the verb in brack-
ets below the phrase.
(a) a police ............ investigate) (j) a serious .................. (accuse)
(b) a wild ............... exaggerate) (k) the .................. of a meeting (cancel)
(c) a heart ................. (operate). (l) I'm full of .................. (admire)
(d) .................. leather (imitate) (m) the .................. of words (abbreviate)
(e) good .................. (pronounce) (n) exam .................. (prepare)
(f) the manager's ............ (resign) (o) a political ............... (demonstrate)
(g) a .................. stone (found) (p) state or private .................. (educate)
(h) links (communicate) (q) ............ from poor countries (emigrate)
(i) a vivid .................. (imagine) (r) ............. to rich countries (immigrate)
18 Instructions as above.
(a) a .................. to charity (donate)
(b) a moment's .................. (hesitate)
(c) a car with good .................. (accelerate)
(d) a hotel .................. (reserve)
(e) a burning .................. (sense)
(f) a .................. of song and dance (combine)
(g) a police .................. (interrogate)
(a) He's worried about his increasing ...................... . He might get a wig.
(b) What ...................... to leave a baby out in the hot sun.
(c) The teacher insisted on ...................... .
(d) Men and women should have ...................... of pay and opportunity.
(e) I have some ...................... in my left ear.
(f) The international ...................... of the Beatles was amazing.
(g) I like the ...................... of this street. It's very peaceful.
(h) There is some ...................... between German and Dutch.
7. Instructions as above
stupid formal weak neutral neat real
fond serious superior Christian ill blunt
(a) Don't laugh I don't think you understand the ...................... of the situation.
(b) The principal religion of this area is ..................... .