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nouns: revision test

^ Write the plurals.

bus fox journey ....... ........ match ................. book ..
table ................. foot person ........ mouse
dog ................. day family .......... ...... woman ........ ....... leaf ....
man ................. child car ............... wife ............. baby ..

^ Which nouns can be plural? Write the plural or x.
► note __ 3 idea ....... 7 furniture ..
► money ................ 4 duck ...... 8 government
1 information ................ 5 knowledge 9 class ........
2 bread ................. 6 journey .. 10 traffic ......

0 Circle the correct forms.

1 My cousin is a tennis player / player of tennis / tennis's player.
2 The police is/are looking fora tall thin man.
3 I'm going to have a sleep of an hour/an hour sleep/an hour's sleep now.
4 Do you read woman's/ womans'/ women's/ womens' magazines?
5 I like travelling to other countries/ countrys/ countreys.
6 'Coffee?' 'Yes, please. One large/Large one/A large one/A large!
7 Could you give me some information/ informations?
8 England is/are leading by 4 goals to 2.
9 My sister works in a flower shop/flowers shop/shop flower / shop's flower.
10 I can't find her number in the phone book / phone's book / book of phone / book of the phone.

Q Correct the mistakes.
► He's bought two new trousers. ...................................

1 I like eating chocolate milk........................................................................

2 My parents lived all their lifes in Dublin..........................................................
3 I like looking round books shops....................................................................
4 Who was the people who came to see you? ................................................
5 Peter is my son's sister........................................................................
6 I like those gloves. How much are the blue? ................................................
7 It's a nice jacket, but I'd like a one with pockets...............................................

8 You will never be a player of football..............................................................
9 Marco Polo wrote a book about his journies...................................................
10 'Where did you buy it?''In the market of street.' ...........................................
11 We spent the weekend at my brother. .........................................................
12 A vet is a doctor of animals........................................................................
13 The mother of Anna speaks good Spanish......................................................
14 My father gave me earrings of silver for my birthday.......................................
15 Can I have some oranges juice? ...................................................................

16 Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester are three important citys in England.
17 I couldn't open the house's door .................................................................
18 There's the Peter's house ....................................................................
19 Do you have the address of Emma? .............................................................
20 I've got a big work to do today........................................................................

208 NOUNS In some answers, both contracted forms (for example I'm, don't) and full
forms (for example lam, do not) are possible. Normally both are correct.