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
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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
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