ИМЯ СУЩЕСТВИТЕЛЬНОЕ

1.Образуйте множественное число следующих существительных:

Echo, boy-friend, buzz, workman, stepmother, time, activity, employee, phenomenon, winter day,

roof, view, runner-up, holiday, company, oasis, knife, photo, sister-in-law, mouth, wish, diagnosis, method, curriculum, person, video, approach, society, loss, shoe shop.

2.Выберите один из предложенных вариантов ответа:

1. Too much mathematics (is/are) taught in schools.

2. They say that money (is/are) the soul of business.

3. Have you a copy of the complete (work/works) of Dante?

4. There (is/are) gentlemen waiting for you in reception.

5. One of the most serious problems that some pupils have (is/are) lack of motivation.

6. Our new consultant was very helpful. He gave us some very useful (advice/advices).

7. The news (was/were) quickly spread around the town.

8. Please, bring us two (tea/teas) and a coffee.

9. Our son thinks there (is/are) a number of good reasons for staying up late.

10. Hamburger and chips (is/are) not a very healthy lunch.

11. Two (is/are) the company, but three (is/are) a crowd.

12. A group of teenagers (have/has) organized a scheme to help old people with their shopping.

13. The biggest timewaster (is/are) meetings.

14. The police (want/wants) to interview two men about the robbery last week.

15. Three days (isn’t/aren’t) long enough for a good holiday.

16. The proof of the pudding (is/are) in the eating.

17. The rich usually (pay/pays) more taxes.

18. Mr. Hicks is a millionaire and owns a lot of (business/businesses).

19. A couple of dangerous-looking men (are/is) waiting for you outside.

20. The committee usually (raise/raises) their hands to vote "Yes”.

3. Выберите один из предложенных вариантов ответа:

The island is very peaceful. (1) Life/A life is good here. Everybody moves at a nice slow pace. People have (2) time/a time to stop and talk. It’s (3) experience/an experience I won’t forget for a long time. There aren’t many shops, so I can’t spend all my money, although I did buy (4) painting/a painting yesterday. Now I’m sitting in the beach reading (5) paper/a paper. The hotel breakfast is so enormous that I don’t need to have lunch. I’ve just brought (6) orange juice/an orange juice with me to drink later. I’ve been trying all the different (7) fruit/fruits grown in this part of the world, and they’re all delicious.

4. Выберите один из предложенных вариантов ответа:

 Newscom company (1) have/has just announced that it made a loss of $27 million last year. The management (2) is/are well aware that they have made mistakes. The press (3) have/has all been printing stories and articles critical of the company. The Newscom board (4) knows/know that they now have some difficult decisions to take. Naturally, the staff (5) is/are worried about their jobs and (6) wants/want a meeting with management as soon as possible. But Chief Executive Barry Douglas says things aren’t really so bad. He has said that the company still (7) has/have a great future ahead of it.