Тесты по английскому языку на тему "Множественное число существительных" (9 класс)

Plural of Nouns

Test 1. Give the plural of each of the following nouns.

1. window	19. chief                                   37. city
2. bus	20. thief                                    38. crisis
3. brush	21. cliff                                     39. datum
4. photo	22. roof                                     40. sister-in-law
5. hero	23. monkey                               41. mouse
6.Negro	24. fly                                        42.woman
7. French	25. fox                                       43.mouth
8. Italian	26. ox                                        44. loaf
9. Spanish	27. deer                                     45. tooth
10. Greek	28. goose                                   46. German
11. Japanese	29. sheep
12. Swiss	30. postman
13passer-by	31. manservant
14. glass	32. housemaid
15phenomenon	33. woman-teacher
16. foot	34. man-of-war
17. leaf	35. forget-me-not
18. wife	36. merry-go-round

Test 2. Change the singular nouns in brackets to plural and supply them correctly.

1.      Have you ever seen any … by Show? (play)

2.      You should hide the … from … . (knife, child)

3.      Economic … took place in different … . (crisis, country)

4.      The scientists studied the … of the biological … and discovered some new … . (datum, analysis, phenomenon)

5.      Her ... are very gentle ... . (son-in-law, person)

6.      The … weren’t very polite. (passer-by)

7.      The two … were afraid of … . (woman, mouse)

8.      These … had problems with their … . (gentle-man, tooth)

Test 3. Change the nouns in brackets to plural where necessary.

1.      The company bought a lot of … for their … . (furniture, office)

2.      There were a great many … in her … . (book, bookcase)

3.      Two new … and some … were delivered to the club. (piano, radio)

4.      Those … bought three … of … and a lot of … . (lady, kilo, tomato, potato)

5.      He got a lot of important … from the company. (information)

6.      They give me very much good … in that situation. (advice)

7.      She gave the dog …..(a fish).

Test 4. Supply a singular or a plural verb where necessary.

1.      I know my hair … beautiful, everybody says so. (to be)

2.      New clothes … not matter to Hob. (to do)

3.      Mathematics … among the most important subjects at schools. (to be)

4.      Germany … lost that football match. (to have)

5.      The police … looking for the thief. (to be)

6.      My scissors … not very sharp. Can I borrow yours? (to be)

7.      No news … good news. (to be)

8.      “There … money in my pocket,” I said to the porter. (to be)

9.      Two hours … rather short to discuss all the problems like these. (to be)

10.  50 dollars … enough to buy a cassette-player. (to be)

11.  Three miles … too far to walk on a nasty day like this. (to be)

Keys to the tests

Test 1.

1.     windows	19. chiefs	37. cities
2.     buses	20. thieves	38. crises
3.     brushes	21. cliffs	39. data
4.     photos	22. roofs	40. sisters-in-law
5.     heroes	23. monkeys	41. mice
6.     Negroes	24. flies	42. women
7.     French	25. foxes	43. mouths
8.     Italians	26. oxen	44. loaves
9.     Spanish	27. deer	45. teeth
10. Greeks	28. geese	46. Germans
11. Japanese	29. sheep
12. Swiss	30. postmen
13. passers-by	31. menservants
14. glasses	32. housemaids
15. phenomena	33. women-teachers
16. feet	34. men-of-war
17. leaves	35. forget-me-nots
18. wives	36. merry-go-rounds

Test 2.

1.     plays

2.     knives, children

3.     crises, countries

4.     data, analyses, phenomena

5.     sons-in-law, people

6.     passers-by

7.     women, mice

8.     gentlemen, teeth

Test 3.

1.     furniture, offices

2.     books, bookcases

3.     pianos, radios

4.     ladies, kilos, tomatoes, potatoes

5.     information

6.     advice

7.     fish

Test 4.

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