UNIT 1 Nouns; Noun-Verb Agreement TOPICAL GRAMMAR PRACTICE

 

TOPICAL GRAMMAR PRACTICE

UNIT 1

Nouns; Noun-Verb Agreement

EXERCISE A Circle the correct form of the noun/verb in brackets Example 1 I must buy some ( potato /potatoes ) today. 2 Many schools take their pupils on visits to ( zoos / zooes ). 3 I think Maths ( is /are ) easy! 4 Chinese people eat with ( chopstick /chopsticks ). 5 The news ( is /are ) on at 6 pm every evening. 6 Be careful! The stairs ( is /are ) wet! 7 How someone behaves is more important than their ( look /looks ). 8 I always wear ( goggle /goggles ) when I go swimming. 9 Mum, do you know where my clean ( jean /jeans ) are? 10 I need a new pair of ( short /shorts ) for tennis practice. 11 Can you speak ( tamil /Tamil )? 12 We are studying the history of ( asia /Asia ) this year.   EXERCISE B Choose the correct form of the noun in brackets to fill in the gaps. Good eating habits It is important to have a good (1) ____ (diet /diets). This means eating the right amount of the right (2) _________ (food /foods). Many (3) (government /governments) today advise (4) ____ (persons /people) to eat at least five (5) _________ (portion /portions) of (6) ___________(vegetable /vegetables) or (7) _________(fruit /fruits) every (8) ____ (day /days). For example, at breakfast you could have a banana or apple and drink a glass of fruit (9) ____ Ouice /juices). At lunch, you could have a tomato or some salad. Then for dinner, you could enjoy some cooked (10) _________ (bean /beans) or (11) _________ (cabbage /cabbages) with your meat or (12) ____ (fish /fishes). This way we will all be healthier.   EXERCISE C Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the noun in brackets. A clean city (1) _____ (Million /Millions) of people live in (2) ____ (city /cities) today. For example, in (3) _____ (mumbai /Mumbai) in (4) ___________(india /India) there are over twelve (5) ______ (million /millions) people, and in the city of (6) _________ (singapore /Singapore) there are over 4 million people. So, it is very important that we all try to keep our cities nice and clean. The (7) _____ (governments /government) of the cities can do a lot to help. For example, in (8) _________ (paris /Paris) they wash the (9) _________ (street /streets) twice a week. They use (10) _____ (water I waters) from the River Seine. Most cities have street cleaners. These are people who walk along the streets sweeping up and collecting the (11) _____ (rubbish /rubbishes) on the ground. But we can all do something to help. For example, we should never drop (12) _________ (litter /litters) in the street. Imagine how our cities would look if no one dropped wrappers and other pieces of paper!

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