首页 研究生英语写作教程(第2版)

Section Two The Singular or Plural Form of a Noun

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Practice 1-2-1

The following is a list of nouns for you to pluralize (变成复数形式).Answers are provided.

1.information__________ 2.thesis__________

3.essay__________ 4.scenery__________

5.shelf__________ 6.chef__________

7.passer-by__________ 8.on-looker__________

9.success__________ 10.progress__________

Practice 1-2-2

Correct the noun plurals in the following sentences collected from Chinese students' writings.In those sentences, four plural endings have been omitted;two have been misspelled.No answers are provided.

1.Facing this special phenomena, different people have different view.

2.When you are happy, clap your hand.

3.I'm always very busy in the morning because I must wash my face, brush my tooth, have breakfast, and go to school.

4.After work, she began to clean the floor, brush the walls, wash the carpet until her arm and her back ached.

5.If you open your eye, you can see pollution everywhere.