Englis

EXERCISE 101 A

Complete the, sentences using the plurals of the nouns in brackets.

Example:
I like oranges, apples, peaches and strawberries. (Orange | apple| peach| strawberry).

1 They've got five children, three girls and two boys (Child| girl| boy)
2 London has many different restaurants, theatres, cinemas discos (restaurant| theatre| cinema| disco)
3 When he fell over, he broke two of histeeth (tooth)
4 We've got enough plates, but we need some more of knives and forks (plate| knife| fork)
5 On their tour of Europe, they visited seven countries in six days (country| day)
6 Cats hunt mice (cat| mouse)
7 Do you know those people over there? (Person)
8 These shoes are too small for me. They hurt my feet (shoe |foot)
9 We've got some eggs and tomatoes, but we haven't got any potatoes(egg| tomato| potato)
10 autumns is coming. The leaves are starting to all from the trees (leaf| tree)

EXERCISE 102 A

Choose the correct form. In one sentence either is answer possible.

Example:
There were a lot of people at the party (were| was)

1 Economics is an interesting subject. (Is| are)
2 My trousers have got a hole in them. (Have| has)(it| them)
3 Rabies isn't a very common disease inBritain (isn't| aren't)
4 My family live in the North of England. (Lives| live)
5 The news was quite surprising. (Was| were)
6 Are these your scissors? 'Yes, they are'. (Is this| are these)(They are| it is)
7 Two Weeks isn't a very long time, is it? (Isn’t |aren’t)(Is it| are they)
8 My hair is quite greasy. It needs washing. (Is| are)(It needs| they need)

EXERCISE103 A

Make compound nouns fromthe words in the box to describe the objects in the pictures.

Examples:

1 alarm clock
2 T-shirts
3 crossroads

4 clothes-hangers
5 Bottle-opener
6 hole-punch
7 lawn-mowers
8 screw-cork
9 driver-screws
10 suit-track

EXERCISE104 A

Look at the family tree. Make sentences using possessives and the words in the box.
Example:
Kate-Ken
Kate is Ken's wife.
Simon and Andrew - Sally
Simon and Andreware Sally's brothers.
Gloria-Ken
Gloria is Ken's sister in law
1 Gloria-Chris and Linda
Gloria is mother's Chris and Linda
2 Linda- Chris
Linda and Chris’s are brothers
3 George- Chris and Linda
George is father's Chris and Linda
4 Chris- George and Gloria
Chris is son's George and Gloria
5 Charles- Ken
Charles is Ken's father in law
6 Daisy- Linda and Chris
Daisy is grandmothers of Linda and Chris7 Kate- George and Gloria
Kate is aunt’s George and Gloria
8 Sally, Simon and Andrew- Chris and Linda
Sally, Simon and Andrew are cousins of Chris and Linda

EXERCISE105 A

Complete the sentences. Use the words in brackets with possessive's or ...of... as in the examples.
Examples:
Have you seen Steve Spielberg‘s new film? (The new film | Steve Spielberg)
Have you repaired the wheel of thebicycle? (The wheel| the bicycle)
1 We had to leave the cinema early so we didn't see the end of the film. (The end| the film)
2 We met Sue and Frank at the party of Sarah. (The party| Sarah)
3 My flat is on the top's floor the house. (The top floor| the house)
4 The bus crashed into the back of my car. (The back| my car)
5 We heard the news from a friend of the woman who works in the post office. (Afriend| the woman who works in the post office)
6 there's a hospital at the end of this road. (The end| this road)
7 I've spoken to the parents of the girls (the parents| the girls)
8 The police want to interview the manager of the Black Cat Club. (The manager| the Black Cat Club)

EXERCISE106 A
Make a new sentence using ...of... possessive, as in the example.

Example:

I met one of my friends inLondon
I met a friend of mine in London.

1 Robert visited one of his relatives.
Robert visited a relative of him.
2 One of our neighbors is going to babysit for us.
A neighbors of is going to babysit for us.
3 Sally is going on holiday with some of her friends.
Sally is going on holiday with some of hers friends
4 Simon has borrowed some of Sarah's records.
Simon has borrowed in some of the...