Nouns Test 1
Test and improve your English skills and learn how to use nouns. Follow the instructions before each exercise and complete the test.
You can find another (slightly more difficult) test on nouns HERE.
Answer explanations
Please carry the heavy boxes into the living room.
With nouns ending in -ch, -s, -sh and -x, the plural is formed by adding -es.
The food is delicious and cheap.
The uncountable noun food is only used in the singular → is
There are three women waiting at the bus stop.
Compare: one woman – three women
They want to buy new jeans.
Some words that consist of two parts (such as jeans, trousers, scissors, etc.) are always in the plural.
There are a lot of mice in the hotel.
The word mouse has an irregular plural form: one mouse – three mice
The children like their new English teacher.
Children is the plural form of child→ like
Bring a pair of scissors to school tomorrow.
Some words that consist of two parts (such as jeans, trousers, scissors, etc.) are always in the plural. They can only be used with a pair of in the singular.
Is there an orange on the table?
A and an are followed by a singular noun.
We share the garden with the other families.
With nouns ending in a consonant (b, d, l, etc.) and -y, the plural form is formed with -ies.
The course starts in seven days.
With nouns ending in a vowel (a, e, o, u) and -y, the plural form is formed with -ys.
A lion is a beautiful animal.
A and an are followed by a singular noun.
There are a lot of sheep on the farm.
Sheep has an irregular plural form: one sheep – two sheep