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A Grammar of English Practice Book for Law Students
ЕXERCISES
Exercise 4. Read and translate the pairs of singular and plu-
ral nouns:
place — places
unit — units
page — pages
action — actions
watch — watches
crime — crimes
judge — judges
thief — thieves
knife — knives
court — courts
problem — problems
law — laws
lawyer — lawyers
witness — witnesses
scientist — scientists
victim — victims
Exercise 5. Change the number of the nouns in italic type,
making any other necessary changes:
1. This judge works at the Crown Court.
2. This minor crime was committed by a young criminal.
3. Two eye-witnesses saw the criminal at the station.
4. This law was passed by Parliament.
5. He is a student of our University.
6. An experienced lawyer will represent him in court.
7. The child speaks English well.
8. The key to the door is lost.
9. The roof of the house leaks; it needs repairing.
10. A passer-by saw the accident.
11. The district court is the primary link of the RF judiciary, over
96 per cent of all civil and criminal cases being heard at this level.
12. The accused persons should be informed of having the right
to defence.
13. Both crimes were committed by the same person.
14. The victim of the crime was interviewed by the policeman.
Exercise 6. Write the plurals of the following nouns, consult
the dictionary if necessary:
place, page, judge, knife, problem, lawyer, scientist, action,
crime, thief, court, law, witness, victim, address, face, loss, reply, lady,
brush, guy, portfolio, mother-in-law, enemy, sheep, ship, criterion, da-
tum, formula, possibility, crisis, mischief-maker, extremity, lie, youth,
journey, policeman, investigator, criminal, subject, student, question,
academy, university.
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