Nouns Determiners | Countable Nouns | Uncountable Nouns | |
Singular number | Plural number | ||
The Indefinite Article | a boy, anapple | ||
The Definite Article | theboy | theboys | thetea |
The Possessive Pronoun | myapple | myapples | mytea |
The Demonstrative Pronoun | thisboy, thatapple | theseboys, thoseapples | thistea, thatmoney |
Question Words | Whatboy? Whichapple? Whosebook? | Whatboys? Whichapples? Whosebooks? | Whattea? Which money? Whose money? |
The Quantifiers | someboys,anyboys manyboys,fewboys a fewboys, moreboys mostboys, a lot ofboys | sometea,anytea muchtea,littletea a littletea, moretea most tea, a lot oftea |
S OME AND ANY; SOME/ ANY + -ONE/ -BODY/ -THING/ -WHERE
Some and any позначають кілька, деяка кількість. Можуть вживатися з обчислюваними (у множині) і необчислювальними іменниками.
some/somebody/someone/somewhere | в стверджувальних реченнях; у проханнях і пропозиціях |
any/anybody/anyone/anything/ anywhere | в заперечувальних реченнях; в питальних реченнях; в реченнях з hardly, barely, scarcely, without; в значенні «будь-який, який-небудь» |
no/none/nobody/no one/nothing/ nowhere | в стверджувальних реченнях для вираження заперечення |
MUCH, MANY, LITTLE, FEW, A LOT, PLENTY
many, few, a few з обчислювальними іменниками у множині | many/few/a few problems |
much, little, a little з необчислювальними іменниками | much/little/a little money/noise |
GRAMMAR EXERCISES
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Nouns
Exercise 1. Write plural form
1. city- 7. roof- 13.sunshade-
2. headline- 8. mouse- 14. trout-
3. photo- 9. tooth- 15. hoof-
4. couch- 10. knife- 16. radio-
5. dish- 11. potato- 17. medium-
6. tray- 12.calf- 18.wife-
Exercise 2. Countable and uncountable nouns. Underline the correct word.
1. She has had love/a love horses since she was a little girl.
2. I can’t sleep if I drink coffee/a coffee at night.
3. I went skiing for the first time this year; it’s experience/an experience that I’ll never forget.
4. I’ve just heard a/some very good news about Emma and Bill.
5. Lisa’s got a / an towel.
6. Ana’s got a / some rucksack.
7. Lucía’s got an / some insect repellent.
8. Javi hasn’t got some / any sunglasses.
9. Antonio’s got a / some swimming costume.
10. Ignacio hasn’t got any / some sandwiches.
Exercise 3. Which sentence is more common in each pair?
1. Get some glass out for dinner/ Get some glasses out for dinner.
2. He visited lots of capital in Europe/ He visited lots of capitals in Europe.
3. I bought some wood/ I bought some woods.
4. I can’t stand the bad language on TV/ I can’t stand the bad languages on TV.
5. I did lots of revision before my test/ I did lots of revisions before my test.
6. I got some interest from the bank/ I got some interests from the bank.
7. I like to have some fire in my house/ I like to have a fire in my house.
8. I walked so far I had to put some plaster on my feet/ I walked so far I had to put some plasters on my feet.
9. I watched some drama last weekend/ I watched some dramas last weekend.
10. I wrote my experience on my CV/ I wrote my experiences on my CV.
11. Some light came through the window/ Some lights came through the window.
12. Some life was lost/ Some lives were lost.
13. The teacher made me do some exercise for homework/ The teacher made me do some exercises for homework.
14. Watch some television/ Watch some televisions.
15. We bought 200 tons of iron/ We bought 200 tons of irons.
Exercise 4. Choose the correct form of the verb.
1. Economics is/are my favorite subject.
2. The trousers he bought for her doesn’t/ don’t fit her.
3. The police want/wants to interview men about the robbery.
4. Physics was/were my best subject at school.
5. Can I borrow your scissors? Mine isn’t/aren’t sharp enough.
6. The news wasn’t/weren’t as bad as we expected.
7. Where does/do your family live?
8. Four days isn’t/aren’t long enough for a good holiday.
9. He can’t find his binoculars. Do you know where they’re/it is?
10. Do you think the people is/are happy with the government?
11. Does/do the police know how the accident happened.
12. She doesn’t like hot weather. Twenty-eight degrees is/are too warm to her.
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13. The staff at school is/are not happy with their new working conditions.
14. 30000 pounds was/were stolen in the robbery.
15. Two years is/are a long time to be without job.