Plural form of nouns

Упражнение 1. Образуйте форму множественного числа нижеприведенных существительных.
month, horse, flower, potato, book, plan, bridge, match, nose, bus, box, army, carrot, watch, onion, shop, address, day, fly, hotel, lady, key, gate, clock, office, city.
Упражнение 2. Распределите существительные по колонкам в зависимости от того, как произносится окончание множественного числа.
Friend, cinema, bottle, lake, bus, glass, bed, boy, hat, cap, tape, shop, brush, bench, box.

[s]	[z]	[iz]
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.	1. 2. 3. 4. 5.	1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Упражнение 3. Давайте попрактикуемся в образовании множественного числа для существительных с определенными окончаниями.
А) СУЩЕСТВИТЕЛЬНЫЕ, ОКАНЧИВАЮЩИЕСЯ НА –Y.
Вставьте следующие слова во множественном числе в следующие предложения.

Story, city, country, dictionary, key, party, tray

1. The students in my class come from many ... of our republic.
2. My money and my ... are in my pocket.
3. By the end of the term we’ll have to read a few ... by S. Maugham.
4. I like going to ... because I enjoy socializing with people.
5. People carry their food on ... at a cafeteria.
6. We always look up words in ... when we write essays.
7. Sportsmen from different ... of the world take part in the Olympic Games.

B) СУЩЕСТВИТЕЛЬНЫЕ, ОКАНЧИВАЮЩИЕСЯ НА –F/ FE.

Knife, life, thief, roof, loaf, cliff, wolf

1. Please put the forks, … and spoons on the table.
2. Packs of ... hunting nearby caused so much fear that nobody went to the forest mushrooming.
3. We all have some problems in our ...
4. All the houses were covered with tiled ...
5. The ... were caught and arrested.
6. We could see the white ... of Great Britain in the distance.
7. The kitchen bread-bin contained three ... of sliced white bread and two buns.

C) СУЩЕСТВИТЕЛЬНЫЕ, ОКАНЧИВАЮЩИЕСЯ НА -s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, -o

Dish, glass, match, potato, bush, tax, bus, tomato, photo

1. Bob drinks eight... of water every day.
2. Can you take a few ... of me and Rachel?
3. Please put the ... and the silverware on the table.
4. All citizens pay money to the government every year. They pay their ...
5. I can see trees and ... outside the window.
6. I want to light the candles. I need some ...
7. When I make salad, I use lettuce and ...
8. Sometimes Sue has a hamburger and French-fried ... for dinner.
9. Are there any ... from here to the town center?

Упражнение 4.
Найдите 6 ошибок в образовании множественного числа существительных, заканчивающихся на –O.
Photoes, dodoes, zeroes, tomatoes, Negroes, potatos, kiloes, buffaloes, videos, pianoes, mosquitoes, stereoes, radios, studios, echos, heroes.