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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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