tailieunhanh - Longman Complete Course for the Toefl Test: Preparation for the CBT and PBT 35

Longman Complete Course for the Toefl Test: Preparation for the CBT and PBT 35. This course gives students the skills, strategies, practice and confidence they need to increase their scores on all sections of the TOEFL Test, including the Test of Written English. This edition reflects the revised TOEFL, first administered in July 1995, and skill coverage has been expanded for all sections. Volume A explains and practices key language points so that students improve their language proficiency as well as their test-taking skills. Clearly defined steps, pre- and post-tests and TOEFL exercises guide students in improving TOEFL strategies and. | 290 STRUCTURE Skill 41 RECOGNIZE IRREGULAR PLURALS OF NOUNS Many nouns in English have irregular plurals and these irregular forms can cause confusion in written expression questions on the TOEFL test. The irregular forms that are the most problematic are plural forms that do not end in 5. Different criteria was used to evaluate the performers. In this example the plural noun criteria looks singular because it does not end in s you might incorrectly assume that it is singular because there is no final 5. However criteria is a plural noun so the singular verb was used is incorrect. The verb should be the plural form were used. The following chart lists the irregular plurals that you should become familiar with IRREGULAR PLURALS Vowel change man men woman women foot feet tooth teeth goose geese mouse mice Add -en child children ox oxen Same as singular deer deer fish fish salmon salmon sheep sheep trout trout -IS -ES analysis analyses axis axes crisis crises diagnosis diagnoses hypothesis hypotheses parenthesis parentheses synthesis syntheses thesis theses Ends in -A bacterium bacteria curriculum curricula datum data phenomenon phenomena criterion criteria -us - -1 alumnus alumni bacillus bacilli cactus cacti fungus fungi nucleus nuclei radius radii stimulus stimuli syllabus syllabi NOTE Additional exercises to practice these irregular plurals of nouns appear in Appendix H at the back of the text. You may want to complete these exercises before you begin Exercise 41. EXERCISE 41 Each of the following sentences contains at least one noun with an irregular plural. Circle the nouns with irregular plurals. Then indicate if the sentences are correct C or incorrect I . 1. Parentheses is needed around that expression. 0. 2. He wants to go on a fishing trip this weekend because he has heard that the fish are running. 3. The syllabi for the courses is included in the packet of materials. 4. The diagnosis that he heard today were not very positive. WRITTEN EXPRESSION .

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