Write the plural of each word in brackets

Plurals of Nouns Exercises

Grammar Time: Plurals of Nouns

Plurals of Nouns Exercises will help have more practice in using plurals of nouns. Revise the rule before doing the tasks.

Exam in Mind Level B1/B2

Have Practice: Plurals of Nouns Exercises

Task 1. Put the words in brackets in the plural. 

  1. The store was overrun with rats and (mouse)__________.
  2. I helped him put some (shelf)__________ in his bedroom.
  3. He is one of the country’s national (hero)__________.
  4. He collects (pocket-knife)__________.
  5. His both (son-in-law)__________ were (fisherman)__________.
  6. The police asked (passer-by)__________ if they had seen the accident.
  7. Most parents have problems with their teenage (offspring)__________.
  8. Yesterday’s crash has grim (echo)__________ of previous disaster.
  9. (Salmon)__________ live in the sea but swim up rivers to lay their eggs.
  10. Books provide (child)__________ with ideas and (stimulus)__________ to play.
  11. I respect your religious (belief)__________.
  12. Corn circles are one of the strangest (phenomenon)__________ of recent times.
  13. Parliament consists of 653 (MP)__________, about two-thirds of whom belong to the Government.
  14. Do you have any (spray) or anything else that will keep away (fly)__________ or (mosquito)__________?
  15. Television and newspapers are the mass (medium)__________ of advertising.

Task 2. Write the plurals of the words given in brackets to complete the sentences. 

  1. We cut the cake into __________ (half).
  2. We bought some __________ to eat with our __________ (tomato, sandwich).
  3. They caught several __________ that afternoon (fish).
  4. It was a shop selling __________ and ________ (stereo, video).
  5. Would you like some of these __________ (potato)?
  6. All the __________ had different __________ (house, roof).
  7. It was autumn, and the __________ were falling (leaf).
  8. Did you make these __________ (handkerchief)?
  9. They visited several __________ that night (disco).
  10. We have some __________ and a few __________ (chicken, sheep).
  11. I bought some __________ for the __________ (shelf, glass).
  12. The __________ went in one door and the __________ went in the other (man, woman).
  13. They have a lot of __________ and __________ at the moment (worry, grief).
  14. Would you bring me the __________(knife)?
  15. The __________ chased the __________ for several miles (wolf, deer).
  16. In the silence there came a clatter of ________ (hoof).
  17. The __________ sprang up in front of his __________, the air was full of __________ (lark, foot, butterfly).
  18. Four ships were carrying __________ for his __________ in Brooklyn (cargo, warehouse).
  19. He told me there were __________ in the stream below the town (trout).
  20. I really cannot help your __________ or your __________ (belief disbelief).

Task 3. Change the number of the nouns in italics making all the necessary changes. 

  1. Afterwards he took a photo of me to finish out the film.
  2. He talked to another Divisional chief.
  3. His shirt cuff showed up spotless, just half an inch beneath the sleeve.
  4. He was as lively as a trout in a mountain stream.
  5. It was like lying in darkness with a mosquito hovering above his face.
  6. The cab moved along the side of the wood, and he heard a late cuckoo calling.
  7. Everybody had a handkerchief concealed in his cuff.
  8. The archeologists discovered bones of a mammoth and a polar bear.
  9. She stamped her foot, then looked up at him.
  10. It can’t be a mouse because there aren’t any crumbs. 

Task 4. Give the plural of the following nouns: 

Motto, species, hero, play, photo, thief, ghetto, manifesto, valley, wolf, match, UFO, tomato, safe, box, leaf, elf, axe, goose, inch, series, cuff, volcano, studio, ox, VIP, louse, means, casino, alibi, kimono, sheaf, SOS.

Task 5. Complete the following table with the correct noun (singular or plural).   

SINGULAR PLURAL SINGULAR PLURAL
 secretary  thief
 shoes  half
 ladies  means
 tooth  hero
 policeman  radio
 knives  waitress
 Child  moose
 scarf  brushes
 oxen  hoof
 journey  mouth
 Safe  fireman
 tornado  horses
 lice  witches
 dwarves  offspring
 Trout  belief
 kimono  benches
 corps  army
 snowman  scarf
 skis  chassis
 loaves  teeth
 sleeves  wharf
 key  geese
 bushes  ties
 baths  waves
 fish  play
 doves  proof
 wharves  housewives
 calf  lives
 boot  caves

Task 6. Translate the words in brackets into English.

  1. The Siberian (волки)__________ crept closer.
  2. People like you take us for (воры)__________.
  3. Had I a hundred (жизни)__________, would I not gladly lay them down for my country?
  4. A great many books were scattered on the (полки)__________, two tables and the floor.
  5. He took some small (буханки)__________ of bread, some cheese and a tin of lobster.
  6. Soon the servant reappeared with armfuls of silk robes, shawls, (шарфы)__________.
  7. The sound of horses’ (копыта)__________ woke him up.
  8. He was dressed in a long green overcoat with fur (манжеты)__________.
  9. There is a proverb «To set the fox to keep the (гуси)__________».
  10. It will happen when two (воскресенья)________ come together.
  11. The sheep in (двое)__________ and (трое)________ were loping away from the shed.
  12. We’ve got a social crisis in the North, it involves (эскимосов)__________ and (белых)_________.
  13. He was beheaded by one of the (Генри)________.
  14. I think I’ve found (средство)_____  to help him.
  15. I heard their (до свидания)__________  in my ears as I walked down the platform.
  16. (Буйволы)_____ migrate across the plains.
  17. This (перекресток)_______ is rather dangerous.
  18. The corn was cut, tied in (снопы)__________  and left to dry.
  19. The (эхо)__________  of his scream sounded in the cave for several seconds.
  20. The number one million is written with a one and six (нулей)__________.
  21. (Кимоно)__________  are traditionally worn by the Japanese.
  22. Both ships were sunk by (торпедами)________.
  23. One wall had (полки)_____ from floor to ceiling.
  24. He wrote (серию)__________  of articles devoted to modern farming methods.
  25. (Вулканы)__________ discharge massive quantities of dust into the stratosphere.
  26. We were happy to hear the first (кукушек)__________  оf spring.
  27. He lived among (эскимосов)______ for ten years.
  28. Soon the only black (носороги)__________  left may be those in (зоопарках)__________.
  29. (Казино)__________  are places where card games are played for money.
  30. Pandas eat (бамбук)__________.
  31. We found a rare (вид)__________  of orchid.
  32. The apples are ninety (пенсов)_________  a kilo.
  33. A post office was broken into last night and the (воры)__________  got away with $120, 000.
  34. My daughter’s favourite fairy tale is «Snow White and the Seven (гномов)__________».
  35. (Треска)__________ are found in the North Atlantic and the North Sea.

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Task: write the plurals of the words given in brackets to complete these sentences.

1. Would you bring the bottle and some _____, please? (glass)

2. We cut the cake into _____. (half)

3. We bought some _____ to eat with our _____. (tomato / sandwitch)

4. They caught several _____ that afternoon. (fish)

5. It was a shop selling _____ and _____. (stereo / video)

6. Would you like some of these _____ ? (potato)

7. We saw a cartoon about _____ and _____. (cat / mouse)

8. All the _____ had different coloured _____. (house / roof)

9. It was autumn, and the _____ were falling. (leaf)

10. Did you make these _____ ? (handkerchief)

11. We use several _____ for painting the _____. (process / car)

12. They have some _____ and a few _____. (chicken / sheep)

13. They visited several _____ that night. (disco)

14. I’ve read her _____, but I haven’t seen any of her _____. (book / play)

15. I bought some _____ for the _____. (shelf / glass)

16. There were _____ of _____ in the factory. (thousand / box)

17. The _____ went in one door and the _____ went in the other. (man / woman)

18. They have a lot of _____ at the moment. (worry)

19. Would you bring the _____ and _____ ? (knife / fork)

20. The _____ chased the _____ for several miles. (wolf / deer)

Nouns
are made plural by adding:

● –s
to the noun.
(book
– books etc
)

● –s
to nouns ending in: vowel + o
(video
– videos),
double
o
(taboo
– taboos),
abbreviations
(photograph/photo
– photos),
musical
instruments
(cello
– cellos)
and
proper nouns
(Navajo
– Navajos).
Some
nouns ending in –o can take either –es or –s. These are:
buffaloes/buffalos, mosquitoes/mosquitos, volcanoes/volcanos,
zeroes/zeros, tornadoes/tornados etc

● –es
to nouns ending in –s, -ss, -x, -ch, -sh.
(bus
– buses, class – classes, fox – foxes, church – churches,
rash – rashes etc
)

● –ies
to nouns ending in consonant + y.
(body
– bodies, party – parties etc)

● –s
to nouns ending in vowel + y.
(boy
– boys, play – plays etc)

● –ves
to some nouns ending in –f/-fe.
(scarf
– scarves)
(but:
chiefs, roofs, cliffs, safes etc)

● –es
to nouns ending in –o

(potato
– potatoes)

Some
nouns of Greek or Latin origin form their plural by adding Greek
or Latin suffixes.
(basis
– bases, crisis – crises, terminus – termini, criterion –
criteria, medium – media etc)

Compound
nouns form their plural by adding –s/-es:

to
the second noun if the compound consists of two nouns.

(corkscrew
– corkscrews)

to
the first noun if the compound consists of two nouns connected
with a preposition or to the noun if the compound has only one
noun.
(doctor
of philosophy – doctors of philosophy, hanger-on – hangers-on)

to
the noun if the compound consists of an adjective and a noun.
(steering
wheel – steering wheels)

at
the end of the compound if this is not made up of any nouns.
(runaway
– runaways)

Irregular
Plurals:
man
men,
woman – women,
foot – feet,
tooth – teeth,
louse – lice,
mouse – mice,
child – children,
goose – geese,
sheep – sheep,
deer – deer,
fish – fish,
trout – trout,
ox – oxen,
salmon – salmon,
spacecraft – spacecraft,
aircraft – aircraft,
means – means,
species – species,
hovercraft – hovercraft

1. Write the plural of the following words:

1

potato

.potatoes.

11

zoo

…………

21

boyfriend

………….

2

house

…………

12

fishing
rod

…………

22

mother-in-law

………….

3

photo

…………

13

fox

…………

23

stepmother

………….

4

dessert
spoon

…………

14

child

…………

24

type

………….

5

fish

…………

15

trout

…………

25

stereo

………….

6

video

…………

16

louse

…………

26

mosquito

………….

7

lorry

…………

17

teacher

…………

27

superstar

………….

8

toy

…………

18

baby

…………

28

story

………….

9

calf

…………

19

workman

…………

29

flyover

………….

10

wolf

…………

20

ship

…………

30

bunch

………….

2.
Write
the plural of each word in brackets.

a) Can
you go to the shops? We need some (potato) …potatoes
.

b) Most
(family) …………….. enjoy going on holiday together.

c) Close
the window. The room is full of (fly) ……………. .

d) Jack
decided to make some (bookshelf) ………………. for his bedroom.

e) My
little brother has got two white (mouse) …………….. as pets.

f) Do
you think you could help me wash the (dish) ……………..?

g) The
room was full of mothers with their (baby) ……………. .

h) Joe
bought his friends some (knife) ……………. and forks.

i) Sue
bought three (box) …………….. of chocolates.

j) In
the afternoon we went to the zoo and fed the (monkey) ………………
.

3.
Complete
the words.

a) In
the autumn, the leaves…….
on the trees change colour, and then fall off.

b) The
teachers in our school have very busy l………… . They work
really hard all the time!

c) My
dentist told me to brush my t…………. after every meal.

d) In
the library there were lots of s………… full of books.

e) We
wanted to light a fire so we bought a box of m…………. .

f) The
two t………… stole some money, but were caught by the police.

g) Kate
has got two c………….., a son and a daughter.

h) These
shoes are too small for me. I’ve got very big f…………… .

i) Nowadays
w………… want to do the same jobs as men.

j) My
eyes ache when I read. I think I need new g………….. .

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6

Write the correct plural form of each noun in brackets.

1. (Deer) are rare in these forests.
2. She bought several (fish), including three (trout) and two (salmon).
3. Cats are believed to have nine (life).
4. This is a trap for catching (mouse).
5. The grey (sky) of winter depressed her.
6. Artists present (portfolio) of their work at the meeting.
7. (Man) don’t like to live with their (mother-in-law).
8. Strange (phenomenon) were observed by astronomers yesterday.
9. A heavy storm beat down over the (roof) of the houses.

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Ответ:

1 deer

2 fish,trout,salmon

3 lives

4 mice

5 skies

6 portfolios

7 men, mothers-in law

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He swims.
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He will swim.

I am watching TV.
I watch TV.
I watched TV.
I will watch TV.

 They are running.
They run.
They ran.
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 She is jumping.
She jumps.
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2)has
3)is reading
4)will celebrate
5)played
6)are swimming
7)will be
8)went
9)went
10)drink
11)is
12)has
13)drank
14)was
15)will go
16)reads
17)work
18)come, came
19)is sleeping
20)is making

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1. Have you had any tests this week?
2. Have you had a haircut recently?
3. What films have you seen this year?
4. Have you ever missed a plane?
5. Have you eaten in a restaurant this week?
6. Have you bought any CDs this month?
7. Have you ever been to Australia?

1.1) has written

2)gave drawn

3)has blown out 

4)has drunk

5)has fallen

6)has given

7)have made

8)have eaten

9)has just gone

10)have just told

11) has never been

12)have just gone away

13)has sold

14)have read

2.1) Has Jack washed the dog? Yes, he has.

2)H<span>as </span>already father cleaned his car? No, he has not.

3)<span> Has </span>Mr Pirson made a speech at the conference? Yes, he has.

4)<span> Has <span>Granny </span></span>bought me some cakes? No, she has not.

5)<span> Have t</span>hey painted their old house? Yes, they have.

6) Has Liz bought some flowers?

7)<span> Has m</span>y sister just cooked breakfast for the family?

8)H<span>as t</span>he cat already eaten fish?

9)Has Mrs Gracy  gone to London?

10)H<span>ave you ever been in India?</span>

<span>11)H<span>as s</span></span>he just broken a vase?

12)H<span>ave you cleaned the room?</span>

<span>13)<span> Has </span></span>Nick phoned his friend?

14)<span>Has </span>the train  just arrived?

15)<span> Has t</span>he snow just started?

и далее по аналогии, как и с ответами

1. After we talked a little while mom went to the kitchen to make dinner .2. When the parents came into the room,they saw that the children had decorated the room with balloons,which they bought in the store .3. Why didn’t he give her the flowers you bought for her ?4. Yesterday he received a letter which read that his grandmother died .5. Before the party, they bought small gifts for each guest .6. When the guests were in the room, his wife invited them to drink coffee that she had prepared.7. Only when I got home I realized what a stupid mistake I made. 8. When she came home she saw that her younger sister had eaten all the cakes.9. Father came out of the garden just after I planted all the trees .10. It was evening when he returned home and realized that I was too late:all the family has gone for a walk.11. When she came to school she was very nervous because he has not learned the lesson.12. We were watching TV when my older brother came in and said that he had received a letter from my grandmother .13. Only when she left my friend said it was because of her .14. At last our firm has received the documents that we ordered.15. In the class I saw some students. One student wiped off the Board the text of which was written by the teacher,and the two swept the floor.16. His family moved to Kiev when he was seven years old. They used to live in Poltava.17. What language have you studied before you entered the University of foreign languages ?18. When we came to it we did not know that she left . We thought she was sick .19. The rally was started before we came .20. When my friend left,I remembered that I forgot to return her the CD .

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9. Complete the sentences with the plural forms of the words in brackets.
1) There are a lot of (wolf)
in this area.
→ There are a lot
of wolves in this area.
2) Look at the dog with her (puppy)
3) There are four (person)
in the office.
4) In autumn (leaf)
change their colours.
5) My grandparents grow (strawberry)
(potato)
and (tomato)
6) (cat)
catch
(mouse).
7) Do (fish)
sleep?​

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