Study how the plural of nouns of a Latin origin are formed.

sis - ses	ix, ex - ices	on, um - a	us - i
Diagnosis–diagnoses	Appendix – appendices	Symposium – symposia	Syllabus – syllabi

23. Write the plural form of the following nouns:

a) medium__________________________

b) stimulus _________________________

c) phenomenon _____________________

d) crisis ___________________________

e) criterion _________________________

f) prognosis ________________________

g) index ___________________________

h) curriculum _______________________

***24. Put the nouns from the previous exercise into the correct form (singular or plural) to fill in the gaps below:

a) The most profitable business today is mass _____________.

b) Bankruptcy is a common _________________ in an economic recession.

c) Our country is surviving financial, economic and political ____________.

d) Success in making money is not always a good _____________ of success in life.

e) The __________________ for the company’s future are not very optimistic.

f) The main ________________ of a productive work are good salary and various bonuses.

g) Was Economics on the _________________ at your college?

h) The increasing sales of new cars in an ________________ of the company’s prosperity.

***25. Complete the table below with the words from the list.

News, money, clothes, congratulations, trousers, stairs, scissors, information, contents, thanks, help, police, advice, cash, jeans, pliers.

nouns which take a plural verb	nouns which take a singular verb

***26. Complete the following sentences with your own ideas.

a) Ten million dollars is quite a lot of money to ________________________.

b) Two weeks isn’t long to ________________________________________.

c) Ten miles is a long way to _______________________________________.

d) Two hours per month is not enough to _____________________________.

e) Six months is a long time to _____________________________________.

f) Five thousand hrivnas is too much to ______________________________.

OTHER / ANOTHER

27. Complete the sentences below with others, the other, another, the others.

MODEL: Do you know ..................................... products of this company? –

Do you know other products of this company?

a) There are ten documents in my file. One is from T&T, one is from Thompson & Co and ..................................... are from our regular customers.

b) Could you give me ..................................... telephone number. This one does not answer.

c) There are four subsidiaries in our company. Two are located in Russia and Ukraine. ..................................... France and Germany.

d) At the meeting there were representatives of Marketing, Production and ..................................... departments.

e) My friend has two cars. One is black and ..................................... is red.

f) Managing Director speaks three languages. One is English and .................................. one is French.

g) I think we should find ..................................... computer specialist. This one can’t cope with the volume of work.

h) This is only between you and me. Don’t tell ......................................

i) Do you know any ..................................... people who could help us to solve the problem?

28. Complete the sentences below with another or more:

MODEL: Would you like _______ piece of cake? Thank you. I am on a diet. –

Would you like another piece of cake? Thank you. I am on a diet.

a) We need _______________ to expand our business.

b) Let us meet ___________ time. I am very busy at the moment.

c) I need__________ time to do calculations.

d) This is ____________ we have to solve. Will there be the end?

e) Let us discuss___________ the problem. I am not sure if we are right.

f) The company needs ___________ talented specialists to develop business.

g) I can’t work here. It's too noisy. Can you show me __________ place?

h) The office is overcrowded. It needs __________ space.

i) To be successful we need ____________ freedom.

j) Can you recommend me _________ store? I do not like this one.

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