The Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) measures the ability of non-native English-speaking examinees to use English in everyday workplace Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) is "an English language test designed specifically to measure the everyday English skills of people working in an international environment." | 1 GRAMMAR 2 NOUN 1 Countable Noun Uncountable Noun Singular Plural a an the Regular Irregular Noun -s es without a an -s Note 1 a means series species - means . a thesis - theses a child - children a foot - feet a tooth - teeth a louse - lice a person - people a goose - geese a mouse - mice a man - men a woman - women on ox - oxen a fish - fish a carp - carp a cod - cod a salmon - salmon a deer - deer a sheep - sheep a crisis - crises Note 2 Twelve nouns ending in f or fe drop the f a diagnosis - diagnoses a hypothesis - hypotheses a parenthesis - parentheses an axis - axes an oasis - oases a phenomenon - phenomena a criterion - criteria a memorandum - memoranda a curriculum - curricula a bacterium - bacteria a syllabus - syllabi a cactus - cacti a fungus - fungi a stimulus - stimuli a radius - radii an appendix - appendices an index - indices or fe and ad ves a calf - calves a life - lives a shelf - shelves a half - halves a loaf - loaves a thief - thieves a knife - knives -self - -selves a wife - wives a leaf - leaves a sheaf - sheaves a wolf -wolves But a hoof - hooves hoofs a roof - roofs a cliff - cliffs a safe - safes a handkerchief - handkerchiefs a belief- beliefs 3 NOUN 2 Compound Nouns 1. Normally the last word is made plural boyfriends river banks November fogs travel agents city streets church bells shop windows corner shops college libraries hitch-hikers street markets driving licenses traffic wardens spring flowers 2. But when man and woman is prefixed both parts are made plural men drivers women drivers 3. The first word is made plural with compounds formed of verb er or compounds composed of noun preposition noun lookers-on runners-up sisters-in-law NOUN 3 Quantifiers 1. Many several various numerous diverse Much 2. A number of numbers of An amount of amounts of 3. A few A little 4. Fewer the fewest Less the least NOUN 4 Numbers 1. a two three. hundred thousand million billion trillion Noun 2. hundreds thousands millions billions OF Noun 3. Compound
