1. she gave me some useful … (advice, advices) but i didn’t listen. 2. i am surprised at the variety of … (cheese, cheeses) that have appeared in our shops. 3. could you pass me … (a glass, glass) of water? this table is made of … (a glass, glass). 4. by the … (time, times) the bell rang i managed to read the poem several … (times, time). it seemed to me the best piece of literature of all … (times, time). 5. i was presented with a dozen … (handkerchives, handkerchiefs) 6. i need a piece of … . the house was near … (the wood, wood) 7. she looked at him with … . it’s… ann isn’t here. (a pity, pity). 8. i bought two … (dozen, dozens) eggs at the market. pack the eggs in … (dozens, dozen). is it … (egg, an egg) in your sandwich? 9. he cooked … (potato, potatoes) for dinner. 10. … (fish, fishes) travels long distances and different (fish, fishes) … live at different levels of water. 11. the bolshoi theatre is our … (country, country’s) best opera house. 12. from this tower i can get a … (bird’s, birds) view of the city. 13. they gave him some old clothes of … (simon, simon’s). 14. look at the picture of my … (mother, mother’s). she is a person in the picture. 15. look at this picture of my … (mother’s, mother). it belongs to her. 16. here are some photos of my … (friends, friends’). – they are shown in the picture. 17. here are some photos of my … (friends, friends’). they belong to them. 18. this is a few … (hour’s, hours’) work. 19. it’s twenty … (minutes’, minute’s) walk. 20. don’t forget to bring me some of your fantastic … (carrot, carrot’s) cake, will you? 21. … (steve and jane’s, steve’s and jane’s) stories were completely different. 22. schoolchildren have their physical training lessons twice a week. … (a number/the number) of them is not limited by the ministry of education. … (a number/the number) of schools have even more classes of physical culture. 23. … (peter and helen’s, peter’s and helen’s) flat is large. 24. you can buy this medicine at the … (chemist, chemist’s). 25. britain’s … (export, exports) to the us have fallen recently. 26. her new job offers her the opportunity to work at the … (company, company’s) office in tokyo. 27. no one dared to disobey the … (commander-in-chief’s, commander’s-in-chief) orders. 28. my … (father-in-law’s, father’s-in-law) house is in woolen street. 29. 10, downing street is … (the prime minister of england’s, the prime minister’s of england) official residence. 30. he had a few (forget-me-nots, forgets-me-not) in his hands. 31. we found the boy looking through a (children’s, children) magazine. 32. nobody could explain the young girl’s behaviour at … (yesterday’s, yesterday) dinner. 33. …(my friend peter’s, my friend’s peter) watch was five minutes slow. 34. various … (fruit, fruits) grow in this country. 35. two … (hundred, hundreds) delegates took part in the forum. 36. she has got long blond … (hair, hairs). there were only a few … (hair, hairs) left on his bold head. 37. all plane passengers were searched at the … (custom’s, customs). 38. there isn’t enough room in the car for all the … (luggage, luggages). 39. make sure, you arrange some … (accommodation, accommodations) before you leave. 40. this … (means, mean) of transport saves energy. 41. the wagon is being pulled by two … (oxen, ox) . 42. i told the children a fable about … (wolves, wolfs). 43. in science class, we studied various … (phenomena, phenomenon) of nature. 44. when i was in the park yesterday i saw … (gooses, geese). 45. every day i read in the newspaper about a new … (crises, crisis) in the world. 46. selfridges/selfridges’s is one of the biggest stores in london as well as harrods/harrod’s. 47. we shall meet at … (“arrivals and departures”, “arrival and departure”). 48. write … (a 150-word, 150-words) essay on the topic. 49. i shall be back in … (an hour or two, an hour or two’s) time. 50. too much … (knowledge, knowledges) makes the head bald.