Номер 2, страница 106 - гдз по английскому языку 11 класс учебник Вербицкая, Каминс Карр

10. Newsworthy?. Vocabulary - номер 2, страница 106.

Условие.

3 Entertainment section

2 Add the underlined nouns in the extracts to Train Your Brain.

TRAIN YOUR BRAIN | Nouns

Nouns which are always plural:

acoustics, belongings, clothes, earnings, premises, refreshments, thanks, ____ 1, ____ 2

Nouns which end in -s but have a singular verb:

• subjects of study: economics, linguistics, politics, ____ 3

• sports and games: aerobics, billiards, gymnastics

• other: news

Nouns which can be singular or plural (group nouns):

• names of institutions, companies and teams: the United Nations, Manchester United, ____ 4

• other: class, crew, family, government, group, press, public, staff, ____ 5, ____ 6, ____ 7, ____ 8, ____ 9

The choice of a singular or plural verb depends on how you ‘see’ the noun.

• as a single unit: My singing group is quite small.

• as a number of individuals: The group have all got very good voices.

Mind the trap!

Make sure that you use the correct pronouns and possessives with group nouns:

The management have increased their pay offer. (as individuals)

The management has increased its pay offer. (as a unit)

The crew who looked after us on the flight were excellent. (as individuals)

The crew which looked after us on the flight was excellent. (as a unit)

Решение.