Recap for grammar test 1

Work in small groups to complete the following exercises:

Plurals – what are the plural forms of the following words?

1. a wish
2. an obituary
3. a people
4. a dwarf
5. a mouse
6. an ego
7. a brush
8. an analysis
9. a study
10. a Chinese
11. a tomato
12. a goose
13. a riff
14. a baby
15. a basis
16. a sheep
17. a mouth
18. a fish

Quantity words – which of the following words are possible in the sentences: much, many, less,
fewer, little, a little, few, a few, between, among:

1. I don’t have ____ time right now.

2. There are ____ students here than last week.
3. ___ elderly people can feel quite lonely because they have ___ human contacts in their lives.
4. In this situation, I would hope for ___ understanding from everybody.
5. ___ the Border collie, the Belgian shepherd and the Labrador retriever, which breed is the
most intelligent?
6. Politicians have been surprisingly quiet and they have had ___ to say about the situation.
7. I’ve managed to read ___ articles this week.
8. ___ Jennie and Edward, there was ___ and ___ affection every day and, eventually, they just
grew apart.

The s-genitive – how would you form the s-genitive from the following word pairs?

1. your parents + house

2. Billy and Luke + boss (the same boss)
3. Henry and Hannah + hobbies (different hobbies)
 4. Mr. Jones + new job

Articles – fill in the article (a, an, the) if necessary.

1. In ____ 1990s, techno was ____ popular type of ____ music. 

2. In ____ 2019, ____ artists like Ariana Grande and Sam Smith top the Billboard list.  
3. ____ Lehtisaari is ____ island in ____ Lake Tuomiojärvi.  
4. If you travel to ____ Iceland, take ____ umbrella with you.  
5. ___ first flower I saw this spring was ___ yellow coltsfoot.  
6. ___ Adventures of Huckleberry Finn depicts the people and places along ____ Mississippi.