marți, 20 martie 2012

The noun--exercices


1.Decide whether the following nouns are countable(C) or uncountable (U). Precizaţi dacă substantivele următoare sunt numărabile(C) sau nenumărabile(U)
E.g. apple-C; water-U
boy……., milk…, table…., pen…., pencil…., bread…., cup….., information…., butter…., sugar…., computer…., money…., cheese…., tooth…., car…., grass…., person…., road…., chair…., bicycle…., hand…., flour…., tree…., garden…., book…., news….., bus…. wine…., house…..
2.Write the plurals of the following nouns. Daţi formele plurale ale următoarelor substantive:
E.g.  brother/brothers, car/cars, goose/geese
sister/………, match/………, key/…….., camera/………….., church/………….., teacher/……………, garden/………….., sandwich/……………., door/………., lady/……….., gentleman/……….., tooth/……….., restaurant/…………., house/……….., child/…………., secretary/…………., student/………., bus/………., cinema/……….., woman/…………., box/………, baby/………, person/…………, man/………, foot/………., boy/………., table/……….., window/………, banana/………….
3.Turn the underlined nouns into the plural and make all the necessary changes. Daţi formele plurale ale substantivelor subliniate şi faceţi modificările necesare:
E.g. The chicken was eaten by a fox. The chickens were eaten by some foxes.
Have you seen this interesting phenomenon? Have you seen these interesting phenomena?
a. That knife must be wiped at once………………………………………………………………. b. Last night a house was robbed by a thief. ………………………………………………………
c. The child in that family has bad manners………………………………………………………
d. The farmer has a hen, a goose, and a cow………………………………………………………
e. My sister is a teacher……………………………………………………………………………
f. My cat never catches a mouse. …………………………………………………………………
g. She has lost the key. …………………………………………………………………………
h. The housewife and the lady are the main characters of this play. …………………………………………………………………………………………………
The inspector will speak to the witness…………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4.Underline  the right form of the nouns in the brackets. Subliniaţi  forma corectă a substantivelor din paranteze.
E.g. I saw (the scissor/scissors) a few minutes ago
He lost his (luggage/luggages) in the airport.
He boasts with his (knowledge/knowledges). Do you have (information/informations) about this man? You didn’t give  her enough (money/moneys) to buy everything you need. We are having (fish/fishes) for dinner. (Fruit/fruits) are ripe in autumn. Houses have red (roofs/rooves) here. Trees loose their (leafes/leaves) in autumn. When we went into the woods, we saw three lovely (deer/deers). I found (louse/lice) in here. This cat doesn’t catch (mouses/mice). The forrest is full of (wolves/wolfs). What are the (childs/children) doing? There were many (brothers/brethren) at the monastery).
5.Write few, a few, little, a little, much, or many to complete these sentences. Completaţi propoziţiile următoare cu few,  a few, little,  a little, much sau many:
E.g. There’s some food, but not.. much..drinkA few..people arrived before the party started, but not many.
There’s not a.……food in the cupboard. She hasn’t got b.…….. friends. I’m sorry, I haven’t got c……. …time. The receptionist didn’t give me d………..information. I can’t lend you e………..money until tomorrow. I asked him to put f……………milk in my coffee. I’ve seen her g……….. times this year, (but not very often). We only have h…………..petrol left. She started feeling ill only i………..days before the exam. Not j………. people come in winter. Did they pay you k…………money for working here? There aren’t l………..towns in this part of the country. There are only m………… people on the beach.The bank only lent me n………..money. Can I ask you o……….questions? The journey was a short one: it didn’t take p………..time. Only q…………... students are going to fail the exam. I don’t think r………..people will come tonight. I haven’t done s…………work today. I gave the cat t…………..milk. I don’t think I’ve made u…………..mistakes.
6.Write a, any, some, or many to complete these sentences. Completaţi propoziţiile următoare cu a/an, any, some, sau many
E.g. I’ve got some bananas and an apple.
Did you bring any bread?
I’d like a………..water, please. Sorry, I haven’t got b……………matches. I asked the waiter for c…………..tea. I have got  d…………information for you. Didn’t you bring  e…………..money? I sent her f…………card from France. Would you like g………….coffee? I want h…………bread and i……………..kilo of cheese, please. I have j…………bad news for you. At twelve o’clock we had k………….food. I bought l…………books, but I didn’t buy m…………pencils. There aren’t n……… students here at the moment. She didn’t give me o……….money.
7.Use either the analytical or the synthetical genitive with the nouns in the brackets. Folosiţi fie genitivul analitic, fie cel sintetic pentru substantivele din paranteze:
E.g. He painted only one (wall, the room). He painted only one wall of the room.
The (students, parents) were invited to the fetivity. The students’ parents were invited to the festivity.
a.Do you know the (Earth, distance) from the moon?.......................................................................
b. We were not deceived by (that woman, lies).................................................................................
c. The Niagra Falls is one of the (world, natural wonders)................................................................
d. Your future depends on your (family, decisions)..........................................................................
e. When he reached the (bottom, stairs) he heard a strange noise.....................................................
f. I’ll never forget (Helen, words).....................................................................................................
g. Have you seen (today, newspaper)?...............................................................................................
h. He is trying to fix the (leg, table)...................................................................................................
i. We had heard (Sarah, song) and we were charmed.......................................................................
j. Chris and Marian are having dinner with their (friends, families).................................................
8. Fill in the blanks with nouns derived from the words in brackets.Completaţi spaţiile libere cu substantive derivate din cuvintele aflate în paranteze:
E.g.: .He is a fantastic(football) footballer , but also a good tennis (play) player.
He couldn’t give a satisfactory a(explain).................. for his b.(behave).................. Cats are said to have a great deal of c.(curios).................The d. (begin).................. of the book was nice, but the e.(end)............was poor..There is a great f.(differ).................. between the two brothers.. She gave the police a detailed g.(describe)..................of the thief. h.(Visit)............... are restricted in this area. The i.(advertise).............  was published in the magazine. My sister has always wished to become a good j.(ballet).............. They are the k.(own)............of this beautiful house. I admit you are the l.(create)......................  of this machine, but I don’t like it.
9.Combine the following words to form compound nouns and insert them in the blanks. Some words can be used more than once. Combinaţi cuvintele următoare şi introduceţ-le în spaţiile libere. Unele cuvinte pot fi folosite de mai multe ori:
ache, apple, bed, birth, cork, drop, fall, farm, hand, head, house, lawyer, money, pane, place, pocket, rain, rise, room, sea, set, shake, side, silver, sun, ware, water, wife, window, woman
E.g.: There are some appletrees in the garden of the farmhouse.
I have a bad.a................... I was impressed by his kind words and warm.b.................... A few c........................ won’t make me leave the beach. Little Tommy has broken another d...................... While I was at the e................, I could never get up early enough to see the...f.......................... When we got to Stratford-upon-Avon, we visited Shakespeare’s...g..............first.  Because she couldn’t find a job, she is a ..h...................... , but her sister works as a .i......................... Tom is saving his....j............................... to buy a bicycle in the summer. Here, the .k........................ is always red and violet. There is a big river in the neighbourhood with an amazing..l......................... Help me place the plates and the ...m......................on the table, please. We’ll have the n..................... of our children painted in pale colours. Because you were not paying attention to what you were doing, the...o..................... got in the bottle.

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