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Exercises .
27.1 Make a list of (a) subjects you studied at school or elsewhere, and (b) your leisure interests.
How many of the words are plural? Check the left-hand page or in a dictionary.

27.2 What things which are always plural can be used to:
1 cut a hedge? shears 5 get a splinter out of your skin?
2 weigh something? 6 look at distant objects?
3 cut paper? 7 get a nail out of a piece of wood?
4 hold your trousers up? 8 keep a prisoner's hands together?

27.3 How many articles on the clothes line are plural nouns?

Fill the gaps with an appropriate plural-form noun.
1 (To a child) Come on! Get your ...................... ... ..... on! It's time to go to bed.
2 The ................................. of the rock concert are going to the international 'Save the
Children fund'.
3 The ................................. in the new concert hall are superb. I've never heard such clear
sound.
4 The escaped prisoner is tall, dark and has a beard. His ............................... are
unknown, but the search is continuing.
5 You don't have to wear ........................ ......... to ride, but it's much more comfortable.
6 The ............................. have forbidden the import of all foreign ...............................

27.5 Odd one out. In each of these groups, one of the nouns is always used in the plural.
Which one?
1 wellington trouser slipper 3 knife scissor razor
2 billiard squash archery 4 tracksuit costume dungaree

27.6 In this little story, there are some nouns that should be plural but are not. Change the text
where appropriate.
I decided that if I wanted to be a pop star I'd have to leave home and get lodging in London.
I finally got a room, but it was on the outskirt of the city. The owner didn't live on the
premise, so I could make as much noise as I liked. The acoustic in the bathroom was
fantastic, so I practised there. I made so much noise I almost shook the foundation! I went to
the headquarter of the Musicians' Union, but a guy there said I just didn't have a good
enough look to be famous. Oh well, never mind!

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