Nouns used in the singular in English but can be both in the singular and in the plural in Russian

Существительные, которые в английском языке употребляются только в единственном числе, а в русском - и в единственном, и во множественном.

 

advice evidence fruit research news progress совет доказательство, улика фрукт исследование новость успех

 

Nouns used in the singular and in the plural in English but only in the plural in Russian.

Существительные, которые в английском языке употребляются и в единственном, и во множественном числе, а в русском - только во множественном.

 

gate(s) clock(s) watch(es) ворота часы часы (наручные)

 

 

Nouns which are singular in form but plural in meaning.

Существительные, имеющие форму единственного числа, но по значению - множественное.

 

police

militia

people

clergy - духовенство

 

Eg.:

The police are controlling the order at the meeting.

 

The nouns the singular form of which can be used as the singular and the plural.

Существительные, форма единственного числа у которых может иметь значение и единственного, и множественного числа.

family

team

gang

crew

group

committee

company

 

Eg.:

The family is large.

(The family is taken as a single unit. Семья рассматривается как единое целое.)

The family are sitting at table.

(The members are taken separately. Семья состоит из отдельных членов.)

 

The nouns with two plural forms.

Существительные, имеющие две формы множественного числа.

 

a penny - пенс

pence - по отношению к количеству денег (Eg.: two pence)

pennies - по отношению к монетам (Eg.: Several pennies fell on the floor.)

 

T E S T S

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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

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

 


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