English exercises



Write the correct form of the nouns in parentheses.
Example :   I met some interesting ____  men______ at the meeting last night. ( man )
                           I need some _____matches____ to light the fire.

1.      The baby got two new ______________. ( tooth )
2.      On our trip in the mountainous countryside, we saw some ______________,
      ______________, ______________, and wild ______________.                                     ( wolf, fox, deer, sheep)
3.      Thunder and lightning are ______________ of nature. ( phenomenon )
4.      People get most of their news about the world through the mass ______________,
that is, through radio, television, the internet, newspapers, and magazines. ( medium )
5.      The farmer loaded his cart with ______________ of fresh vegetables to take to market.
His cart was pulled by two ______________. ( box, ox )

Insert a or an if necessary.
Example:    My neighbour is ___a___ photographer; let’s ask him for ___-___ advice about colour films.

6.      We had ______ fish and ______ chips for ______ lunch.
That doesn’t sound ______ very interesting lunch.
7.      ______ travel agent would give you ______ information about ____________ hotels.
8.      Do you take ______ sugar in ______ coffee?
I used to, but now I’m on ______ diet. I’m trying to lose ______ weight.
9.   You’ll get ______ shock if you touch ______ live wire with that screwdriver.
      Why don’t you get ______ screwdriver with ______ insulated handle?
10. When he was charged with ______ murder, he said he had ______ alibi.
11. Would it be ______ trouble to you to buy me ______ newspaper on your way home?
12. I have ______ little money left; let’s have dinner in ______ restaurant.
13. I had ______ amazing experience last night. I saw ______ dinosaur eating ______ meat pie in ______ London Park.
You mean you had ______ nightmare. Anyway, dinosaurs didn’t eat ______ meat.
14. The escaping prisoner camped in ______ wood but he didn’t light ______ fire because ______ smoke rising from the wood might attract ______ attention.
15. If you kept ______ graph you could see at ______ glance whether you were making ______ profit or ______ loss.

Complete the sentences using these words. Sometimes you need the plural ( -s ).
progress                  experience                 furniture                  chair                 work

16. There is room for everybody to sit down. There are plenty of ______________ 
17. Carla’s English is better than it was. She’s made ______________
18. We have no ______________ , not even a bed or a table.
19. George is unemployed. He’s looking for ______________
20. I don’t think Ann will get the job. She hasn’t got enough ______________.

Which of the underlined parts of these sentences is correct?
Example:    Did you hear noise / a noise just now?’ ‘No, I didn’t hear anything.’

21. Bad news don’t / doesn’t make people happy.
22. Your hair is / Your hairs are too long. You should have it / them cut.
23. Our travel / journey from London to Istanbul by train was very tiring.
24. Sue is very helpful. She gave us some very useful advice / advices.
25. I had to buy a / some bread because I wanted to make some sandwiches.
26. We were very unfortunate. We had bad luck / a bad luck.
27. When the fire alarm rang, there was total chaos / a total chaos.
28. I was in a hurry this morning. I didn’t have time / a time for breakfast.
29. If you want to know the news, you can read paper / a paper.
30. I want to write some letters but I haven’t got a paper / any paper to write on.

~ KEY ANSWER ~







1.      teeth                                                                11. a, a                         21. doesn’t
2.      wolves … foxes … deer … sheep                  12. a, a                         22. your hair is … it
3.      Phenomena                                                      13. an, a, a, a, a, ø       23. journey
4.      Media                                                              14. a, a, ø, ø            24. advice
5.      boxes … oxen                                     15. a, a, a, a                 25. some

6.      ø , ø , ø , a                                                       16. Chairs                    26. bad luck
7.      a, ø , ø                                                             17. Progress                 27. total chaos
8.      ø , ø , a, ø                                                        18. Furniture               28. time
9.      a, a, a, an                                                         19. Work                     29. paper
10.  ø, an                                                                20. Experience                        30.

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