Point out countable nouns by using an indefinite article

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1. Write the plural of the following nouns and read them aloud:

• a story, a fish, a knife, a man, a dress, a tooth, a lamp, a box, a brother, a brother-in-law, a dog, a foot, a bench, a hospital, a bed, a sentence, a lady, a toy, an exercise, a child, a woman, a sheep, a niece, a son-in-law, a family, a half, a library, a wife, a potato, a sportsman;
• a country, a wolf, a tomato, a brush, a baby, a watch, a sheep, a postman, a day, a shelf, a sister-in-law, a text, a roof, a cassette-recorder, a page, a handkerchief;
• a lawn, a bush, a deer, a pantry, a sitting-room, a study, a sofa, a phoneme, an exercise, a housewife, a sonin- law, a nursery, a child, a woman, a family, a boy, a shelf, a mouse, a penny, a face, a tomato, a mother-inlaw, a toy, a sentence, a leaf, a sheep, a piano, a policeman.

2. Put into the Singular:

1. These are phonemes. 2. We have English and French books. 3. Roses are beautiful flowers. 4. Houses have roofs. 5. Those are little children. 6. Foxes are animals. 7. Watches are small clocks. 8. Classrooms have blackboards. 9. These are old oaks. 10. Dogs have tails. 11. Those boys are good friends. 12. Balls are round.

3. Arrange the following nouns into two groups: a) countable nouns, b) uncountable nouns. Say which can be used with an indefinite article:

apple, literature, sugar, ball, music, sea, news, dress, tomato, soup, mountain, advice, friendship, foreigner, money, class, shop, poetry, corner, ice, artist, sentence, subject, mistake.

4. Pick out countable nouns from the list below and write them in the plural. Give examples with the remaining uncountable nouns:

porridge, daughter, salt, sugar, butter, milk, tea, cake, bacon, toast, marmalade, tea-pot, egg, bread, soup, waitress, chop, beer, potato, pleasure, water, mustard, sausage, pepper, fruit, knife, orange, discussion, watch.

Point out countable nouns by using an indefinite article.

Note. Remember that uncountable nouns in their general sense never take any article.

1. He is... honesty itself. 2.... iron is... metal. 3.... knife is made of... metal. 4. I want... glass of... milk. 5. I like... jam on... piece of... bread. 6. We can write... letter in... ink or with... pencil. 7. I prefer... book of... poetry to stories of... adventure. 8. Can you give me... piece of... advice? 9. No news is... good news. 10.... kindness is... good quality.

6. Change the following sentences into the plural where possible:

1. The house is not large but it is comfortable. 2. A study is a room where we study, read or write. 3. The furniture is old-fashioned. 4. There is a pantry in the house. 5. Have you got an exercise to do? 6. There is a green lawn behind the house. 7. Is his family large? 8. This television-set costs a lot of money. 9. What is there in that box? 10. This cupboard is new and modern. 11. There is no soup in my plate. 12. Is the curtain white or yellow? 13. There is a lot of snow in winter. 14. The woman's dress is bright. 15. A city is a big town. 16. The child's toy is on the floor.

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