UNIT 74 Singular or plural Exercises
74.1 Complete the sentences with words from sections a, b, and c. Sometimes you need a or some.
Examples: She can't see very well, she needs glasses.
This plant is a very rare species.
1. Soccer players don't wear long pants when they play. They wear _______________________.
2. The bicycle ________________ of transportation.
3. The bicycle and the car are ____________________ of transportation.
4. I want to cut this piece of material. I need ______________________.
5. Ann is going to write _____________________ of articles for her local newspaper
6. There are a lot of American television __________________ on television throughout the world
7. While we were out walking, we saw 25 different _________________ of bird.
8. We need at least four_________________ to play this game.
74.2 Choose the correct form, singular or plural. Sometimes either singular or plural is possible.
Example: Gymnastics is/
1. The pants you bought for me doesn't/ don't fit me.
2. Physics was/were my best subject at school.
3. Fortunately the news wasn't /weren't as bad as we had expected.
4. The police wants/want to interview Fred about a robbery.
5. Three days isn't/aren't long enough for a good vacation
6. ''Have you seen my sunglasses?'' ''Yes, it's/they're on the table."
7. Does/Do the police know about the stolen money?
8. Can I borrow your scissors? Mine isn't/aren't sharp enough.
9. I'm going to take a taxi. Six miles is/are too far for me to walk.
74.3 Use the structure a plural noun with a singular verb.
Examples: our vacation lasted three weeks. It was a three-week.vacation.The girls were 14 years old. They were 14 year-old girls.
1. The woman was 27. She was a_______________________.
2. The flight lasted three hours. It was a_________________________.
3. The strike lasted four days. It was a ______________________________.
4. The book has 200 pages. It is a_________________________________.
5. The boys were ten years old. They were_________________________________.
6. The television series has ten parts. It is__________________________________.
7. The bottle holds two liters. It is_________________________________.
8. Each of the tickets cost ten dollars. They were_______________________________.
9. The building has ten stories (= floors). It is__________________________________.
10. This bag of potatoes weighs five pounds. It is________________________________.
11. We walked for five miles. It was_______________________________________.
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