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Put in the correct form of the nouns and verbs.
Dear Maureen,
Thanks for your letter. We're living in                   1 outskirt/s, 
the 1…   of the 2…   about three 3…   from the   2 town/s, 3 mile/s, 
4…    Our new house is quite nice, but the          4 centre/s, 
surroundings 5…  very pleasant We're on a         5 isn't/aren't,
busy 6 ..., near a paint 7 ... and a steel 8 ....          6 crossroad/s, 
I'm back at the University doing the course         7 factory/ies,
I told you about. Statistics 9 ... an easy subject,  8 work/s, 9 is/are, 
I find, but 10 ... is very difficult!                          10 economic/s,
The other students are all very nice. There's 
a good sports and social club. Lots of people
do 11 .... We play tennis at weekends. Mike      11 athletic/s, 
works at the company 12 .... He sometimes        12 headquarter/s, 
has a game of 13 ... . Come and see us soon.       13 billiard/s 
Love. Kate.
Key: 1 outskirts; 2 town; 3 miles; 4 centre; 5 isn't; 6 crossroads; 7 factory; 8 works; 9 is; 10 economics;
11 athletics; 12 headquarters; 13 billiards.
Complete this newspaper article. Choose the correct singular or plural forms in the brackets.
Clayton Factory for Milchester
The Clayton Clothing company is going to build a new factory in Milchester. (This/These) (new/s)
(was/were) announced by company chairman Mr David Clayton yesterday. Mr Clayton spent the morning
in Milchester before returning to the Clayton (headquarter/s) at Granby.
The Clayton company (has/have) been in existence for 130 years and (is/are) famous for its
"Polymode" (good/s). The slogans "You're never alone with a pair of Polymode (trouser/s)" and
"Polymode (jean/s) (is/are) the (one/s) for you" are well-known. The company's profit last year of 2
million (was/were) the highest in the clothing business.
Mr Clayton will not say now how (much/many) new (job/s) there will be, but my (information/s)
(is/are) that there will be about 500. The (new/s) (is/are) very welcome because (work/s) (is/are) hard to
find at the moment, and 2,000 unemployed people (is/are) a high figure for a small town.
Key: This news was announced, to the Clayton headquarters, has been in existence, is famous, its
"Polymode" goods, Polymode trousers, Polymode jeans, the ones, was, how many new jobs, my
information is, work is hard, is a high figure.
A Milcherster company called Welton Engineering, which produces spectacles and binoculars, is
going to close with a loss of 200 jobs. Write a short newspaper report about this news. You can invent
details.
GENDER OF NOUNS
Gender is given very little attention to by EFL teachers in the classroom. It is thought to be too
elementary to be attended to properly. In fact, gender relating the person/thing to "he," "she" or "it" does
not excite much interest because purely grammatical means for its expression are absent. Gender is inbuilt
in the nounal semantics, that is why some nouns such as boy, man, husband have "he" in their semantic
structure; girl, woman, wife have "she" in their semantic structure; that is, "he" and "she" are inbuilt in the
meaning of names of human beings of a certain sex and only English person nouns are subject to gender
expression. All other nouns, names of inanimate things and names of living beings of a lower
organization, such as birds, animals, insects, etc. are associated with "it" as part of their semantics.
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