1. He is travelling to Manchester by the train.
2. The company she works for sells computers.
3. The Rome is the capital of Italy.
4. It was such a nice weather that we went to the beach.
5. The May is my favourite month.
6. Sam and Pat played the chess for hours yesterday.
7. I need an information about hotels in London.
8. Life in big cities can be very difficult for the elderly.
Множественное число
(Plural)
Прочитайте следующие слова, обращая внимание на окончание существительных.
[z] [s]
a pen – pens a cat – cat
a bed – beds a map – maps
a bag – bags a pet – pets
a day – days a lamp – lamps
a table – tables a plate – plates
[iz] [vz]
a face – faces a knife – knives
a fox – foxes a shelf – shelves
a match – matches a wolf – wolves
a watch – watches a wife – wives
an address – addresses a life – lives
Напишите во множественном числе.
a) ball, room, word, song, arm, question;
b) light, book, flat, student, minute, week;
c) box, watch, brush, page, bus, house, case;
d) knife, wife, life, leaf, roof, thief, scarf;
e) family, factory, lady, baby, city;
f) child, man, woman, foot, tooth, mouse;
g) carpet, glass, photo, water, story, sister, exercise, shelf, piece, businessman, example, coat, foot, stepchild, duty, language, watch, address, person, holiday, sandwich, mouse, walk, question, housewife, policewoman, country, handkerchief
3. Напишите слова в скобках во множественном числе.
1. The wood cutters used their (axe) to chop down the tree.
2. They need two more (chair) to sit on.
3. Why have you bought only two (kilo) of (potato)?
4. In the fall the (leaf) begin to change colour.
5. All of the (bus) left at the same time.
6. For Christmas my parents gave my sisters (dress) and my brother and me (watch).
7. (Library) are always open on (Tuesday).
8. In the street there are many (policeman).
9. There are (plate), (fork) and (knife) on the table.
10. We send our best (wish) and many (kiss) to everybody.
4. Закончите предложения, используя данные слова. Запомните их.
blue jeans, dark glasses, silk pyjamas, scissors, shorts, black trousers
1. Every time I see her she’s wearing ….
2. It’s hot today. I’m going to put on ….
3. I can’t see very well with these ….
4. These … don’t cut very well.
5. You’d better put on your best … for the interview.
6. She always sleeps in ….
Используйте неисчисляемые существительные по смыслу.
advice, baggage, furniture, information, news, spaghetti, travel, work
1. Can you give me some … about the school?
2. “Have you got much …?” “No, just one small bag.”
3. I live 51 kilometres from my work, so I spend a lot of money on ….
4. I’ve stopped reading the papers. The … is always bad.
5. This … isn’t very good. You cooked it for too long.
6. All this … is from my mother’s house.
7. I’ve got too much … and not enough free time.
8. I don’t know what to do. Can you give me some …?
6. Поставьте следующие существительные во множественное число, где возможно.
Toe, baby, hero, chief, Negro, belief, brush, foot, eye, ox, fox, German, woman, wolf, mouth, mouse, child, goose, deer, information, cheese, ship, sheep, phenomenon, datum, advice, hair, wife, hippo, tooth, tomato, work, knowledge, life, star, safe, money, water, radio, piano, meat, job, software, cliff, room-mate, fellow-worker, man-of-war, boy-messenger, passer-by, sister-in-law, tape-recorder, tea-pot, waitress, sportsman, thief, turkey, bench.
7. Образуйте единственное число от следующих существительных.
Children, women, lorries, bodies, men, brushes, knives, keys, ministries, flies, matches, universities, babies, watches, lives, ways, ladies, shelves, copies, libraries, wolves, tomatoes, potatoes, bushes, ties, teeth, geese, mice, stories, wives, feet.
8. Измените число выделенного существительного, где возможно и выполните необходимые изменения.
1. The boy drove many sheep in the direction of the village.
2. During the festival I made friends with many foreign delegates. Among them were aSwiss, aNegro, a German, aFrenchman and others.
3. I was presented with adozen handkerchiefs.
4. The boy must have twoteeth pulled out.
5. She gave a dog afish.
6. Her hair was soft and curly.
