T E S T S
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1. Choose the correct plural form of the following nouns.
Выберите правильную форму множественного числа.
| a | b | c | ||
| 1 | money | moneys | - | monies |
| 2 | a mouse | mouses | mice | mise |
| 3 | a watch | watches | watch | watchs |
| 4 | an address | - | addresses | address |
| 5 | a tomato | tomatoes | tomatos | tomates |
| 6 | a radio | radios | radioes | - |
| 7 | a story | storys | storeys | stories |
| 8 | a fly | flys | flyes | flies |
| 9 | a bus | busses | buses | bussess |
| 10 | a dish | dishes | dishs | dish |
| 11 | a belief | believes | beliefs | belief |
| 12 | a man-servant | man-servants | men-servant | men-servants |
| 13 | a penny | pennies | pennys | pence |
| 14 | a sledge | sledge | sledges | - |
| 15 | a sheep | - | sheep | sheeps |
| 16 | a mouth | mouths | mice | mouthes |
| 17 | a deer | deer | deers | - |
| 18 | a foot | foots | footes | feet |
| 19 | advice | advice | advices | - |
| 20 | a trout | trouts | - | trout |
| 21 | hair | hairs | hair | - |
| 22 | a commander-in-chief | commanders-in-chief | commander-in-chiefs | commanders-in-chiefs |
| 23 | vacation | vacations | - | vacation |
| 24 | a fisherman | fisherman | fishersman | fishermen |
| 25 | a boy-messenger | boys-messenger | boy-messengers | boys-messengers |
| 26 | a crisis | crisis | - | crises |
| 27 | a merry-go-round | merries-go-round | merries-go-rounds | merry-go-rounds |
| 28 | evidence | evidence | evidences | - |
| 29 | a month | monthes | months | month |
| 30 | a passer-by | passer-bys | passers-byes | passers-by |
| 31 | a looker-on | lookers-on | looker-ons | lookers-ons |
| 32 | a woman-doctor | women-doctor | woman-doctors | women-doctors |
| 33 | an index | indexs | indeces | indices |
| 34 | a dozen | dozen | dozens | - |
| 35 | a stimulus | stimuluses | stimulus | stimuli |
| 36 | fireman | firemen | firemans | firesmen |
| 37 | a lord-justice | lords-justices | lord-justices | lords-justice |
| 38 | scissors | scissorses | scissors | - |
| 39 | fish | fish | fishes | - |
| 40 | a ship | ships | ship | - |
| 41 | tongs | tongs | tonges | - |
| 42 | a valley | valleys | vallies | valleis |
| 43 | knowledge | knowledges | knowledge | - |
| 44 | toothbrush | teethbrush | toothbrushes | teethbrushes |
| 45 | jeans | jeans | - | jeanses |
| 46 | an umbrella | umbrellas | umbrellaes | umbrellae |
| 47 | a formula | formulas | formulaes | formulae |
| 48 | a clock | clocks | clock | - |
| 49 | a million | millions | million | - |
| 50 | news | news | - | newses |
2. Choose the appropriate form of the word.
Выберите соответствующую форму слова.
1. What ___ the news?
a) is; b) are
2. The contents ___ been changed.
a) has not; b) have not; c) doesn’t have
3. We’d like three ____ pencils.
a) dozen; b) dozens; c) dozen of
4. His hair ___ dark.
a) is; b) are
5. Money ___ not everything.
a) are; b) is
6. These shoes cost three ___ dollars.
a) hundreds; b) hundred
7. Mathematics ___ an exact science.
a) is; b) are
8. In summer we eat much ___.
a) fruit; b) fruits
9. The witness gave enough ____ at the trial.
a) evidence; b) evidences
10. We caught a few___
a) fishes; b) fish
11. Schoolchildren have four ____ every year.
a) vacation: b) vacations
12. Our team ___ the best.
a) is; b) are
13. Our team ___ playing well.
a) is; b) are
14. There are ___ people in the street.
a) hundred; b) hundreds; c) hundreds of
15. The United States ____ a long history.
a) have; b) has
16. Where ____ my glasses?
a) are; b) is
17. ____ very useful for your health.
a) Carrots are; b) Carrot is
18. _____ very cheap.
a) Potatoes are; b) Potato is
19. His _____ high.
a) wages are; b) wage is
20. The gate ___ open.
a) is; b) are
21. He gave me some useful ___.
a) advice; b) advices.
22. There ____ a lot of chalk on the table.
a) is; b) are
23. The ___ of this country ____ happy.
a) people ... is; b) people ... are; c) peoples ... are
24. The storm brought a lot of ____.
a) damages; b) damage
25. The trousers ___ new.
a) is; b) are
26. I feel that the jury ___ thought that you are innocent.
a) have; b) has
27. The government _____able to pursue the policy which had been promised before the elections.
a) was not; b) were not
28. The police ___ investigating the case now.
a) is; b) are
29. The crew of the plane ____ of four people.
a) consist; b) consists
30. The government usually ____ of the prime minister and several ministers.
a) consist; b) consists
31. The average American family ___ three children.
a) has; b) have
32. The family ____ gone to bed.
a) has; b) have
33. Her clothes ___ fashionable.
a) is; b) are
34. That species of spiders ___ commonly seen in North America.
a) is; b) are
35. I think her hair ____ dyed.
a) is; b) are
36. The phenomena ___ unusual.
a) is; b) are
37. The traffic ___ very heavy in this street.
a) is; b) are
38. When the traffic-lights ___ red, don’t cross the street.
a) is; b) are
39. The grapes ___ ripe.
a) is; b) are
40. Athletics ___ an important part of the Olympic games.
a) is; b) are
II. T H E C A S E
ПАДЕЖ
English nouns denoting human beings have two cases: the common case and the Genitive case.
Английские одушевленные существительные имеют два падежа: общий и притяжательный.
T H E G E N E T I V E
ПРИТЯЖАТЕЛЬНЫЙ ПАДЕЖ
1. Read the following examples and remember how the Genitive is formed.
Прочитайте следующие примеры и вспомните, как образуется притяжательный падеж.