1. Here are ten nouns in the singular. Give the plural of each one. 1.Scissors 2.House 3.Tomato 4.Half 5.Volcano 6.Whisky 7.Trousers 8.Mother-in-law 9.Crisis 10.Species

2. ANSWERS Here are ten nouns in the singular. Give the plural of each one. 1.Scissors1. Scissors 2.House2. Houses 3.Tomato3. Tomatoes 4.Half4. Halves 5.Volcano5. Volcanoes 6.Whisky6. Whiskies 7.Trousers7. Trousers 8.Mother-in-law8. Mothers-in-law 9.Crisis9. Crises 10.Species10. Species

3. Here are ten sentences. Which tense is being used in each? 1.You will have been renovating the house for ten years come spring. 2.They are playing a dirty game. 3.She had eaten all my favourite biscuits. 4.We will be hiring a car at the weekend. 5.How tense am I? 6.Reader, I married him. 7.He will have finished his exams next week. 8.She has been turning out the same drivel for years. 9.I’ll be back. 10.They had been working on the project for six months.

4. ANSWERS Here are ten sentences. Which tense is being used in each? 1.You will have been renovating the house for ten years come spring. 2.They are playing a dirty game. 3.She had eaten all my favourite biscuits. 4.We will be hiring a car at the weekend. 5.How tense am I? 6.Reader, I married him. 7.He will have finished his exams next week. 8.She has been turning out the same drivel for years. 9.I’ll be back. 10.They had been working on the project for six months. 1.Future 2.Present 3.Past 4.Future 5.Present 6.Past 7.Future 8.Present 9.Future 10.Past

5. Put the apostrophe in the correct place in the following: 1.The girls dress 2.Vickys violin 3.The childrens party 4.The cats whiskers 5.Wits end 6.Donkeys years 7.Womens Institute 8.Seasons greetings 9.Mothers Day

6. ANSWERS Put the apostrophe in the correct place in the following: 1.The girls dress 2.Vickys violin 3.The childrens party 4.The cats whiskers 5.Wits end 6.Donkeys years 7.Womens Institute 8.Seasons greetings 9.Mothers Day 1.The girl’s dress 2.Vicky’s violin 3.The children’s party 4.The cat’s whiskers 5.Wits’ end 6.Donkey’s years 7.Women’s Institute 8.Season’s greetings 9.Mother’s Day

7. In the following sentences, select the correct spelling: 1.The author had finished the final draft / draught, but before she could put it in the draw / drawer, a draft / draught blew / blue the hole / whole storey / story away / aweigh. 2.The council / counsel was in the final faze / phase of building the knew / new dam / damn, which hopefully wood / would not leak / leek like the last one / won. 3.The principal / principle tenner / tenor and base / bass were exercising / exorcising their / there / they’re vocal chords / cords, practicing / practising for the premier / premiere of the review / revue. 4.The ceded / seeded player ceded / seeded play.

8. ANSWERS In the following sentences, select the correct spelling: 1.The author had finished the final draft / draught, but before she could put it in the draw / drawer, a draft / draught blew / blue the hole / whole storey / story away / aweigh. 2.The council / counsel was in the final faze / phase of building the knew / new dam / damn, which hopefully wood / would not leak / leek like the last one / won. 3.The principal / principle tenner / tenor and base / bass were exercising / exorcising their / there / they’re vocal chords / cords, practicing / practising for the premier / premiere of the review / revue. 4.The ceded / seeded player ceded / seeded play. 1.The author had finished the final draft, but before she could put it in the drawer, a draught blew the whole story away. 2.The council was in the final phase of building the new dam, which hopefully would not leak like the last one. 3.The principal tenor and bass were exercising their vocal cords, practising for the premiere of the revue. 4.The seeded player ceded play.