Các cuốn sách của các đơn vị của nghiên cứu phong phú cho phép các cơ hội để xem xét và thực hành các kỹ năng thiết yếu tiếng Anh. Chúng tôi khuyến khích các giáo viên và học sinh để xây dựng chương trình riêng của họ học tập bằng cách chọn thích hợp nhất của nhiều thành phần của Delta's Key để thử nghiệm TOEFL. | 23 Plurals Checking Plurals QFOCUS What is wrong with this sentence Soybeans are a valuable subsistence crops and the meal is used as a source of protein for humans and animals. Soybeans are one type of crop. The singular article a in a valuable subsistence crops tells you that crops is incorrect because it is plural. It should be changed to its singular form crop. You will review articles in . What is wrong with this sentence Structure At eleven to fourteen inches the pygmy rabbit is the smallest of the North American member of the leporidae family. The pygmy rabbit is the smallest one of the many members of the leporidae family. Member is a countable noun and this context requires its plural form members. What is wrong with this sentence Most airlines allow no more than two carry-on luggages for each passenger. You cannot have two carry-on luggages. Luggage is a noun that does not have a plural form. You can however have two pieces of carry-on luggage. What is wrong with this sentence When Rip Van Winkle came out of the forest after sleeping for twenty years many news awaited him in his native village. Rip could hear much news or a lot of news but he could not hear many news. Why News although it looks like a plural is an uncountable noun that does not have a plural form. All of the above examples are similar to the types of sentences you will see on the TOEFL. Pelta s Key to the TOEFL Test 153 25 Plurals 0 DO YOU KNOW. 1. Approximately one or two items on the TOEFL will test your ability to check singular and plural forms of nouns. You must be able to identify correct and incorrect usage of singular and plural forms. 2. Countable nouns refer to people or things that can be counted. Countable nouns have singular forms for one person or thing. They have plural forms for two or more persons or things. Plural forms usually have the -s -es word ending. Uncountable nouns are nouns that cannot be counted. Uncountable nouns refer to activities ideas qualities or
