A student a tutor an accident

С неисчисляемыми существительными артикль не используется.

Существует ряд существительных, которые в английском языке являются неисчисляемыми, а в других языках наоборот.

 

accommodation behaviour damage luck permission traffic advice bread furniture luggage progress weather baggage chaos information news scenery work

 

Exercises:

I. Write the plural.

Week, flower, shop, family, boat, woman, knife, potato, sandwich, glass, child, mouse, pyjamas, holiday, jeans, man, box, party, shelf, place, sheep, address, fish. 

II. Some of these sentences are right but most are wrong. Correct the sentences that are wrong.

1. I’m going to buy some flowers.

2. I need a new jeans.

3. Sheep eat grass.

4. Most of my friend are student.

5. He put on his pyjama and went to bed.

6. Do you know many persons in this town?

7. I don’t like mice. I’m afraid of them.

8. I like your trouser. Where did you get it?

9. David is married and has three childs.

10. This scissor isn’t very sharp.

11. The government want to increase taxes.

12. The committee haven’t made a decision yet.

13.  Many people has given up smoking.

14.  It was a good advice.

15.  I can’t wait. I haven’t got a time. 

 

III. Choose the correct form of the verb, singular or plural.

 

1. Gymnastics (is / are) my favourite sport.

2. Fortunately the news (wasn’t / weren’t) as bad as we expected.

3. Where (do / does) your family live?

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

5. I can’t find my binoculars. Do you know where (it is / they are)?

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

7. You hair (is / are) too long.

8. Bad news (don’t / doesn’t) make people happy.

IV. Which of the underlined parts of these sentences is correct?

1. Did you hear (noise / a noise) just now?

2. If you want to know the news, you can read (paper / a paper).

3. We had (very good weather / a very good weather) last week.

4. I am looking for (work / a work).

5. They offered me (the job / job) because I had a lot of experience.

6. We were very unfortunate. We had (bad luck / a bad luck).

7. “Did you enjoy your holiday?” “Yes, we had (wonderful time / a wonderful time).”

ПРИТЯЖАТЕЛЬНЫЙ ПАДЕЖ ИМЕНИ СУЩЕСТВИТЕЛЬНОГО.

 

Английское существительное имеет два падежа: общий и притяжательный.

Общий падеж имеет нулевое окончание. Притяжательный падеж существительного в единственном числе образуется при помощи окончания - s, которому предшествует апостроф (’).

 

The student ’ s name

К существительным во множественном числе в притяжательном падеже прибавляется только апостроф.

The students ’ names

Существительное в притяжательном падеже является определением к существительному, стоящему перед ним, и переводится существительным в родительном падеже. При переводе оно помещается после определяемого слова.

 

The sun’s disk – диск солнца

 

Exercises

I. What is another way of saying these things? Use -’s.

1. a school for girls ____________            

2. a hat for a woman ____________

3. a name for a boy ____________            

4. the name of the book ____________         

5. clothes for children ____________         

6. the decision of the government ____________  

7. a magazine for women ____________   

8. the success of the company ____________

 

II. Write a new sentence beginning with the underlined words.

1. The meeting tomorrow has been cancelled.

2. The storm last week caused a lot of damage.

3. The only cinema in the town closed down.

4. Exports from Britain to the United States have fallen recently.

5. Tourism is the main industry in the region.

 

III. Join the two (or three) nouns. Sometimes you have to use –’s or –s’; and sometimes you have to use …of … .

1. the cause / the problem

2. the owner / that car

3. the car / the parents / John

4. the name / the street

5. the economic policy / the government

6. the result / the experiment

7. the newspaper / yesterday

8. the new manager / the company

9. the top / the page

10. the wedding / the friend / Hellen