PRACTICE 2

I. Write the correct form of the plural or singular word

SINGULAR PLURAL SINGULAR PLURAL
1. Person ………………… 11. Fish …………………
2. ……………… Lives 12. Salmon …………………
3. ……………… Series 13. Deer ………..………..
4. ……………… Teeth 14. Wolf ………..………..
5. ……………… Children 15. Wife …………………
6. Man ………………… 16. Knife …………………
7. ……………… Sheep 17. Species ………………
8. Leaf …………………… 18. Aircraft …………………
9. Mouse …………………… 19. Ox …………………
10. Goose ……………………

II. Look at the underlined nouns in each sentence. Circle the noun that is
incorrect.
1. The knowledge was passed from one generation to another generations over the centuries.
2. During the ten years he was a politic, his policies changed drastically.
3. Joe insisted that his success was due to motivated rather than brilliance.
4. Scientists have managed to clone that kind of protein genes, but only as an exercise in basic
research.
5. The most renowned of America’s metalworker, Samuel Yellin, designed the ironwork for the
New York Federal Reserve Bank.
6. The childrens were counting the toys and candy they had collected during the festivities.
7. On the outskirts of the town, calf are frequently seen gazing in the meadows.
8. The police officer gave some advices on crime prevention at the community meeting.
9. One series of grammar book that was used in the experimental class was written by the
10. A landslide at a mining site uncovered a yellow stone which yielded 650 gram of gold.
11. Public lands in many parts of the West may be overgrazed as cattle, sheep, and wildlives
compete for food.
III. If the following underlined word is used incorrectly, write the correction in the
space.
1. The Cannes Film Festival exists, like most film festivals, for the purpose of awarding prizes.
2. Identical twins are like in many ways and are often difficult to tell apart.
3. The harpsichord is a keyboard instrument alike the piano.
4. Occasionally dolphins, like whales, get stranded on beaches.
5. Like automobiles, which use a four-stroke engine, motorcycles use a two- stroke engine.
6. The two routes you have chosen for the trip are like.
7. Alike the restaurant where we usually eat, this new restaurant has early- bird specials.
8. The two girls were embarrassed because they were wearing alike dresses.
9. The new piece that the pianist is preparing is unlike any she has ever played before.
IV. If the underlined word, or words are used incorrectly, write the correction in
the space.
1. More people are involved in silk production than in any another activity in the village.
2. One of Mars’s too moons is called Phobos, and other is called Deimos.
3. Like most of the other language skills, reading requires practice.
4. Preserved in the shadows were bones, a skull, and other relics found when the building was
erected.
5. Breathing into a paper bag is yet others cure for the hiccups.
6. Wool, as well as certain other fabrics, can cause skin irritation.
7. Some artists use traditional designs while another use more modern themes.
8. Western historians believe that the charges against Nikolay Bukharin and another old Bolsheviks
were fraudulent.
V. Circle the underlined word which correctly completes the sentence.
1. Undersea cables able/ enable people to telephone friends in other parts of the world.
2. Disney World has many robots that look alike/life.
3. Alfred cut the photograph separate/ apart.
4. Although fascinating, the book is some/ somewhat depressing.
5. Satellites have made communication with other person/ people fast and efficient.
6. A great number/ amount of buffalo were shot from train windowsin nineteenth-
centuryAmerica.
7. The American national symbol, the bald eagle, is live/ alive and thriving in Alaska.
8. Ann set aside/ beside 10% of her paycheck to buy a new car.
9. The Mayans’ observation/ observance of the heavenly bodies helped them make an accurate
calendar.
10. The Rocky Mountains boast a large number/ quantity of peaks over 10, 000 feet high.
VI. Read the text and choose which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.
VII. Word formation
Home- workers
According to government research, more people are working from home than ever before.
(CONSEQUENCE) ……………………….., there has been an increase in (LONELY)
……………………… among those people who no longer have to travel to their place of
(EMPLOY) ……………………. Office workers spend their day (SURROUND)
………………………. by friends and colleagues, while home-workers (RARE)
……………………….. meet anyone face to face. The most direct means of
(COMMUNICATE) ………………………… a home-workers has with the world (OUT)
……………………. is the telephone. The fax and the internet are two more
(TECHNOLOGY) …………………… links that can be used, although they still rely one
the written, rather than the (SPEAK) …………………. , word. What a home- worker really
wants is the (WARM) ……………………… of a human voice, not the (DIGIT)
………………… bleeps of a computer.
VIII. Use the correct form of the phrasal verbs below to rewrite the second
sentence .
IX. Put the verbs in the bracket into present simple or present continuous form.
1. How much money (you/ spend) ……………… on food every week?
2. Where is Ann? She (sunbathe) ………………… in the garden.
3. (You/ watch) ……………… the TV?
No. You can switch it off if you like.
4. I’m afraid I ( not/ speak) …………….. Spanish very well.
5. John (look) ………… for a bigger flat.
6. She (usually finish) …………………….. work before 6 o’clock.
7. ………….. (you/ know) how to use this computer program?
Not yet. But I (learn) …………………..
8. Where (Joe/ go) ……………. with that gun in his hand?
Oh, he (always/ carry) …………… it with him when he goes walking in the woods.
9. Be quiet! I (think) ………….. Dad (sleep) …………….. upstairs.
10. I (not/ like) ……………. cooking, but I (love) ………….. eating.
X. Put the verbs in the brackets into the present perfect or past simple.
1. (you/ hear) ………………. the latest news? A bomn (explode) …………… in the station at 10
o’clock this morning!
2.