unit9-grammar

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For the 1st year students of all specialties

GRAMMAR

PLURAL OF NOUNS

1 Write the plural.

1. flower ..flowers........ 5 umbrella ...................... 9 family.........................
2. boat ................... 6 address .................... 10 foot ......................
3. woman ...................... 7 knife ..................... 11 holiday ......................
4. city.............................. 8 sandwich ..................... 12 potato........................

2Look at the pictures and complete the sentences.

1. There are a lot of sheep in the field. 4 Jill has got two........................
2. George is cleaning his............................... 5 There are a lot of................... in the river.
3. There are three......... ...... at the bus stop. 6 The................... are falling from the tree.

3 Some of these sentences are right but most are wrong. Correct the sentences that are wrong.

1. I'm going to buy some flowers. ...OK..
2. I need (a new jeans?) I need a new pair of jeans. OR I need some new jeans.
3. It's a lovely park with a lot of beautiful tree.................................................................
4. There was a woman in the car with two mens..............................................................
5. Sheep eat grass.......................................................................................................
6. David is married and has three childs.........................................................................
7. Most of my friend are student....................................................................................
8. He put on his pyjama and went to bed.......................................................................
9. We went fishing but we didn't catch many fish............................................................
10. Do you know many persons in this town? ................................................................
11. I like your trouser. Where did you get it?..................................................................
12. The town centre is usually full of tourist....................................................................
13. I don't like mice. I'm afraid of them............................................................................
14. This scissor isn't very sharp.....................................................................................

4 Which is right? Complete the sentences.

1. It's a nice place. Many people go there for a holiday. (go or goes?)
2. Some people.................. always late. (is or are?)
3. The president is not popular. The people................ like him. (don't or doesn't?)
4. A lot of people................. television every day. (watch or watches?)
5. Three people................... injured in the accident, (was or were?)
6. How many people................. in that house? (live or lives?)
   7 .................. the police carry guns in your country? (Do or Does?)
   8. The police................... looking for the stolen car. (is or are?)
   9. I need my glasses but I can't find............................................... (it or them?)
   10. I'm going to buy.................. new jeans today. (a or some?)

5. Practise reading aloud the plural form of the following nouns.
a) a book, a clock, a cup, a map, a coat, a hat, a jacket, a cat, an envelope;

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b) an apple, a table, a door, a picture, a chair, a poem, a boy, a girl;

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c) a box, a watch, a dress, a glass, an actress, a brush, a fox,;

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d) an exercise book, a divan-bed, a cupboard, a radio set, a writing-desk, an armchair, a sideboard, a bookcase, a blackboard;

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e) a sister-in-law, a son-in-law, a passer-by, a stepmother;

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f) a man, a woman, a child, a tooth, a foot, a mouse, a goose, an ox;

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g) a wife, a shelf, a handkerchief, a leaf, a roof, a knife.

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h) a city, a baby, a butterfly, an army, a story, a factory.

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6. Choose the correct form of the verb, singular or plural.

1. Gymnastics is / are my favourite sport. (is is correct)
2. The trousers you bought for me doesn’t / don’t fit me.
3. The police want / wants to interview two men about robbery last week.
4. Physics was / were my best subject at school.
5. The scissors isn’t / aren’t sharp enough.
6. No news is / are good news.
7. Where does / do your family live?
8. I can’t find my binoculars. Where is it / are they?
9. Kazakh people is / are very friendly.
10. Maths is / are my favourite subject.

Unit IX

## Contents

- ВВЕДЕНИЕ
- UNIT I. Introduction.The Verb ‘to be’
- UNIT II. Favourite Things. Articles UNIT III. The Family Tree. Possessive Case of Nouns
- UNIT IV. Family. The Verb ‘to have / have got’
- UNIT V. Numbers (Cardinal,Ordinal)
- UNIT VI. Everyday Things. Present Simple
- UNIT VII. Time, Days, Months. Prepositions of Time
- UNIT VIII. Daily Routine. Personal Pronouns
- UNIT IX. At School and University. Plural of Nouns
- UNIT X. In the living room. Prepositions of Place
- UNIT XI. In the bedroom and bathroom. Construction ‘There is/are’
- UNIT XII. In the kitchen. Modal verb (can)
- UNIT XIII. Food and Drink. Indefinite Pronouns ‘some/any’
- UNIT XIV. Eating Out. Construction ‘Would you like… / I’d like
- UNIT XV. Parts of the Body. Possessive Pronouns
- UNIT XVI. Clothes. Present Continuous
- UNIT XVII. Describing People. Adjectives / Comparison
- UNIT XVIII. Moving. Past Simple
- UNIT XIX. Jobs. Future Simple
- UNIT XX. Weather. Adverbs
- REFERENCES

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