Syntax - veškeré výsledky cvičení
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5 OTHER NOUNS WITH IRREGULAR PLURALS
Child – children foot – feet fungus – fungi goose – geese
Man – men medium – media ox – oxen penny – pence
Phenomenon – phenomena woman – women
mouse - mice, tooth - teeth
6 UNCOUNTABLE SINGULAR NOUNS ENDING IN –s (NORMALLY NO
PLURAL)
Athletics bil iards economics gymnastics measles physics politics
mathematics news
↓ a DISCIPLINE VS (results of) MEASUREMENTS ↓
the acoustics IS/ARE
7 PLURAL NOUNS WITH NO SINGULAR
Arms belongings cattle clothes congratulations contents earnings
Goods outskirts people remains surroundings thanks troops trousers
police scissors
1a In England, a state school has to give time to religious education.
1b My daughter´s school have decided to hold their (so it must be a pl. verb) sports day next Saturday.
2a The club have given 5, 000 pounds to charity this year.
2b The club has fifty per cent more members than a year ago.
3a The staff do not like the new manager.
3b The staff does not need to be increased.
4a Jane´s class is in Room 6.
4b Our class are planning a party.
5a The orchestra are just tuning up – let´s hurry in.
5b An orchestra is composed of string, wind, and percussion instruments.
1 A group of teenagers in the town have organised a scheme to help old people with their shopping.
2 A number of people have complained about the noise.
3 Do you think three pounds is a big enough tip?
4 Hamburger and chips is not very healthy lunch.
5 In the latest rail union vote, the majority has/have voted to go on strike; the rest of the members are
expected to support the strike fairly solidly.
6 Two kilos is pretty smal for a new-born baby.
7 Our teenage son thinks there are a number of good reasons for staying up late and having a good
time.
8 More than one house in our street has been broken into recently.
9 A couple of dangerous-looking men are waiting for you outside.
10 One of my friends has just won two free plane tickets to New York.
11 Six weeks is a long time to wait for news of your family.
12 The majority of the children´s parents is/are unemployed.
13 A lot of shops are opening on Sundays now.
14 The Philippines has signed the new human rights agreement.
15 The police think that more than one person was in the stolen car.
16 Tom and Rosie were late, but the rest of us were on time.