PLURAL NOUNS grammar and reading exercises

1. Choose the correct noun to fill in the gaps: countries, people, cows, mice, farms, sheep, animals, zoos, deer, chickens. 

ANIMALS

There are many different types of animals in the world. Some ________ only live in very hot countries, some only live in cold _______ . A few wild animals like bears and tigers are kept in _______ so that people can see them. A lot of animals like cows and sheep live on ________ and they give us food and other things. _______ give wool and meat, ________ give milk, and _______ give eggs. Other animals live freely in the wild like foxes and _______. In many countries ______ like to keep animals as pets. Popular pets are cats and dogs but also rabbits and ________ . A mouse is probably not a good pet if you have a cat as well!

2. Choose the correct noun in brackets to fill in the gaps.

THE MEMORY GAME

This is a _______ (game/games) you can play at parties. First, you must prepare a tray with many different things on it. For example, a toy car, a paper _______ (handkerchief/handkerchiefs), a _______ (boxes/box) of matches, two pencils, a pair of _______ (glass/glasses), three marbles, two ________ (watches/watch) and a lot of other things. Everyone at the party can look at the tray for two ________ (minute/minutes) and must try to remember everything that is on it. Then you cover the tray with a ________(cloth/cloths) and the _______(winner/winners) is the _______ (people/person) who can remember everything that was on the ________(tray/trays).

Answers

ANIMALS

There are many different types of animals in the world. Some animals only live in very hot countries, some only live in cold countries. A few wild animals like bears and tigers are kept in zoos so that people can see them. A lot of animals like cows and sheep live on farms and they give us food and other things. Sheep give wool and meat, cows give milk, and chickens give eggs. Other animals live freely in the wild like foxes and deer. In many countries, people like to keep animals as pets. Popular pets are cats and dogs but also rabbits and mice. A mouse is probably not a good pet if you have a cat as well!

THE MEMORY GAME

This is a game you can play at parties. First, you must prepare a tray with many different things on it. For example, a toy car, a paper handkerchief, a box of matches, two pencils, a pair of glasses, three marbles, two watches and a lot of other things. Everyone at the party can look at the tray for two minutes and must try to remember everything that is on it. Then you cover the tray with a cloth and the winner is the person who can remember everything that was on the tray.