Larisa Lubimova – English Grammar with Kudjo. Part 4 Понятная и забавная грамматика для детей и взрослых (страница 19)

spectacle – an unusual or unexpected event or situation that attracts attention

spectacles – glasses

Kudjo’s spectacles make him look serious and clever.

manner – a way or method

manners – polite or well-bred social behaviour

compass — a device for finding direction

compasses – a V-shaped device that is used for drawing circles

scale — a set of numbers, amounts, etc., used to measure or compare the level of something

scales – a device for weighing things or people

people — men, women, and children

peoples — nations

EXERCISE 4

Find the proper noun and put it into the correct gap: blues, eatables, guts, surroundings, smithereens, brains, pliers, belongings, nippers, odds, pains, creeps

1 Kudjo didn’t sleep well because he felt nervous in unfamiliar *****.

2 He wished he could be slugging now in his bed in his room with all his favourite ***** around.

3 He regretted not having any tools with him, especially, the*****or *****to break the lock on the cage.

4 His own helplessness gave him the***** and he even started whining.

5 Suddenly he heard a kind of hissing and immediately imagined a big snake slithering towards him. It gave him such ***** that he couldn’t help roaring at the darkness.

6 The hissing stopped but the dead silence was now far scarier than any sound and Kudjo didn’t have the ***** to keep his eyes open.

7 Suddenly he felt something soft touching him. He took great *****to look through his half-closed eyes.

8 What he saw made him think that the fear had scrambled his *****and he had hallucinations.

9 There was Kit sitting in front of him and smiling happily. The next moment the kitten jumped onto the cage hoping to smash it to *****.

10 Having realised that it was no use doing it, Kit sighed heavily, sat down next to the cage and offered some ***** to Kudjo.

11 At this very moment Chilly, Luna and Cuba turned up. Against all the *****, the friends were together.

THE PLURAL OF NOUNS

Nouns are made plural by adding:

– s to the noun: a pit – pits

– es to nouns ending in -s, -ss, -x, -ch, -sh, -z or -zz: a bush – bushes

– ies to nouns ending in consonant + y: an enemy – enemies

but -s to nouns ending in vowel + y: day – days

– es to nouns ending in consonant + o: a hero – heroes

but -s to nouns ending in vowel + o: a boy – boys, abbreviations:

photograph /a photo – photos, musical instruments: a piano – pianos and proper nouns: Filipino – Filipinos.

Some nouns ending in -o can take either -es or -s: a buffalo – buffaloes / buffalos, a mosquito – mosquitoes / mosquitos, a volcano – volcanoes / volcanos, a zero – zeroes

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