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COUNTABLE
AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
Countable
nouns are those which can have a/an before them or be used in the
plural. Uncountable nouns are not used with a/an or in the plural.
We’ve
got three children, two dogs and
a cat.
It
was good to go to the countryside and
breath some fresh air.
There
are some nouns which plural do not end in ‘s: a man — men, a
woman — women, a foot - feet, a tooth — teeth, a goose — geese,
a mouse — mice, a sheep — sheep, a fish — fish, a child —
children, a person — people
Some
noun are plural in English: scissors, glasses, trousers, jeans,
shorts, pyjamas, tights
Some
nouns in English are normally uncountable: bread, weather,
information, advice, hair, furniture, money, paper, news, etc.
Spelling rules
The
plural of countable nouns is formed by adding the ending -s to the
singular: books,
beds, etc.
If
a noun ends in -s. -ss. -x. -z. -sh. -ch. -tch. -o the plural has the
ending -es: buses, glasses, boxes, bushes, branches, matches,
potatoes. But: pianos, photos, videos, zoos.
If
a noun ends in -y the plural has the ending -ies:
fly - flies, lady - ladies
But:
day - days, boy - boys, key - keys
If
a noun ends in -f. -fe in plural has the ending -ves:
wife - wives, wolf - wolves, knife - knives
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Упражнение
1
Напишите
существительные во множественном числе.
1.
flower______________
2.
man________________
3.
boat________________
4.
language____________
5.
watch______________
6.
country_____________
7.
knife_______________
8.
woman_____________
9.
address_____________
10.
sheep______________
11.tooth_______________
12.
leaf________________
13.
child_______________
14.
foot________________
15.
umbrella____________
16.
person______________
17.
family______________
18.
holiday_____________
19.
sandwich ___________
20.
city________________
21.
mouse______________
Упражнение
2
Внесите
исправления в данные ниже предложения.
Поставьте V, если все верно.
1.
I've got two brother and four
sister.___________________________________
2.
It's a lovely park with a lot of
beautiful tree.____________________________
3.
There are a lot of sheep in that
field.__________________________________
4.
Do you make many mistake when you
speak English? ___________________
5.
She's married and she has three
childs.________________________________
6.
We put on his pyjama and went to
bed.________________________________
7.
We went fishing but we didn't catch
many fish.__________________________
8.
There were three persons in the car,
two women and a man.________________
9.
I like your trouser. Where did you
get it? _______________________________
10.
This scissor isn't very
sharp.________________________________________
11.
They are going to buy some new
chair.________________________________
12.
They are going to buy some new
furniture._____________________________
13.
He’s got short fair hairs.
___________________________________________
14.
The tourist guide gave us some
informations about the town.______________
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Answers
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Exercises
1. 1. flowers, 2. men, 3.
boats, 4. languages, 5. watches, 6. countries, 7. knives, 8.
women, 9. addresses, 10. sheep, 11. teeth, 12. leaves, 13.
children, 14. feet, 15. umbrellas, 16. people, 17. families, 18.
holidays, 19. sandwiches, 20. cities, 21. mice.
Exercise
2. 1.
brothers, sisters, 2. trees, 3.
V, 4. mistakes, 5. children, 6. pyjamas, 7. V, 8. people, 9.
trousers, them, 10. scissors aren’t, 11. chairs, 12. V, 13.
hair, 14. information.
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