OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR-81 sau đây là giáo trình lý thuyết tiếng anh và bài tập áp dụng từ cơ bản đến nâng cao , nhằm giúp các bạn có thể tự mình ôn tập và củng cố thêm về nền tảng kiến thức môn Anh văn , tự tin đạt kết quả tốt trong kỳ thi ngoại ngữ | OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR 81 PAIR NOUNS AND GROUP NOUNS Pair nouns We use a pair noun for a thing made of two parts which are the same. Some pair nouns are binoculars glasses jeans pants pyjamas scissors shorts tights trousers. A pair noun is plural and takes a plural verb. My jeans need washing NOT my-jean These tights were quite expensive NOT this-tight jeans scissors glasses binoculars We ve got some scissors somewhere NOT a-scissor We cannot use a an or a number with a pair noun. But we can use pair of. I need some jeans OR I need a pair of jeans NOT a jean Laura bought four pairs of tights NOT four-tights B Group nouns A group noun can usually take either a singular or a plural verb. The team was playing well OR The team were playing well. The government is in crisis OR The government are in crisis. The choice depends on whether we see the group as a whole or as individual people. Often it doesn t matter whether the verb is singular or plural. But sometimes one form is better than the other. SINGULAR PLURAL The family is a very old and famous one. The family are delighted with their presents. The orchestra consists of eighty-six musicians. The orchestra don t know what to play. When we mean the group as a whole we use a When we mean the individual people in the singular verb. group we normally use the plural. We use it and its. We use they them and their. The committee has made its decision. The class will miss their lessons because they are all going on a trip. Some group nouns army audience band board choir class club committee community company council crew crowd family government group management orchestra population press newspapers public staff team union Also Harrods the BBC the United Nations etc and England the England team Manchester United C Police people and cattle These nouns have a plural meaning and take a plural verb. The police have warned motorists to take extra care. People don t know what the future will bring. The cattle are going to be sold
