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.

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.

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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