Exercises in modern English grammar [IUrii Alekseevich Krutikov] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Exercise 2 p. State whether the nouns in bold type denote countable or uncountable, objects. Translate the sentences into Russian and compare the number in Russian and in English. The box is made of iron and has a tricky lock. 
The fever within her.
KRUTIKOV, I.S. KUZMINA, Kh.V. RABINOVICH EXERCISES IN MODERN ENGLISH GRAMMAR THE NOUN CLASSIFICATION OF NOUNS Exercise 1 p. State whether the nouns in bold type are proper or common. By the time the clock on the tower struck midnight the streets of the city were almost deserted.
The group of ancient fortified buildings, collectively termed the Tower, is of the greatest historical interest. It is situated not far from the City. Don't you know the picture?
It's a Kramskoy. Young Jolyon, his wife, his two children, and his dog Balthazar, were all out there under a pear-tree.( Gls.) 5. The Van Dyke we spoke about is in the Hermitage. History has dealt with Hitler; history will deal with all would be Hitlers. The 'Albatross' dropped anchor at a small port to get a new supply of fresh water. The albatross is a large sea bird. The snow-covered summit was glistening in the rays of the rising sun.
There was a town, down there, as flat as a flannel cake, and called Summit, of course. Exercise 2 p. State whether the nouns in bold type denote countable or uncountable, objects. Translate the sentences into Russian and compare the number in Russian and in English. The box is made of iron and has a tricky lock.
The fever within her was like a red-hot iron pressing upon her breast. Montanelli took the hand and examined it closely. 'Have they put irons on a fresh wound?' There was a moon, but it was still low in the sky, It gave sufficient light for Victoria. He saw a light in one. Window on the ground floor.
'Will you do me a favour?' 'With pleasure.' A pleasure to give a good wine to a young woman who looked so well, who knew how to dress, with charming manners, quite distinguished — a pleasure to entertain her.
The thought of her was like champagne itself! The book gives much food for thought. Health is a priceless possession. Of all prosperity their respective healths naturally concerned them (the Forsytes) most. The boys stood on the bank throwing stones into the river. When I think of this my heart turns to stone.
He (James) stretched out his hand to meet that of a dapper clean-shavenman, with hardly a hair on his head. Her hair has gone quite grey. When the dynamite explodes in the water the fish are killed. It is forbidden. I prefer fish for supper. All the water rushed out and the reeds were full of fishes flopping around in them.
Exercise 3 p. State whether the nouns in bold type are collective nouns or nouns of multitude. My family is now in the country. It was eleven o'clock before the family were all in bed.
Then one by one the worn out crew were helped on board. The crew of the ship consists of twenty seamen including the captain and his mate. No one had seen him since and the police were searching for him.
The band were changed, and in the gallery already. And Stilleveld, in company with the many other places like it, had also been the birthplace of a new people. A people who were neither white nor black. All the peoples throughout the world are anxious for the immediate prohibition of weapons of mass destruction. NUMBER Exercise 4 p. Give the plural of: a) toe, city, hero, piano, calf, cliff, proof, chief, stitch; bath, Negro, Hindoo, belief, life, shelf, berry, valley, roof b) foot, boot, ox, fox, man, Germany woman, mouth, mouse, child, ship, goose, noose, deer, cheese, Burmese, sheep c) crisis, phenomenon, datum; nucleus, basis, apparatus, corps, criterion, series, analysis, formula d) room-mate, fellow-worker, court-martial, man-of-war, boy-messenger,onlooker, passer-by, sister-in-law, merry-go-round Exercise 5 p 9. State the number of the following nouns and give the corresponding singular or plural, if any.
Brethren, memoranda, antenna, means, scissors, school-inspector,pence, Frenchman, Roman, sanatoria, cafeteria, strata; vertebra, automata, fish, photo, axes, physics, mechanics, cloth, commander-in-chief,works, forget-me-not,swine, halves, staff, sleeves, grief, mice, species, governor-generalconsents, sledges, business, knowledge, feet, corps, phenomena, clothes, bases, headquarters, Japanese, nebula Exercise 6 p. Change the number of the noun in bold type where possible and make all other necessary changes. Padaharella ammayi songs. The boy drove many sheep in the direction of the village.
During the festival I made friends with many foreign delegates. Among them were a Swiss, a Negro, a German, a Frenchman and others. I was presented with a dozen handkerchiefs.
The boy must have two teeth pulled out. The hunter got a prize for killing the wolf. The children of my sister Irene. The speech of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.