And n plural nouns. What are the patterns of formation of plural forms of the nominative case of nouns (contracts or contracts)

Difficult forms plural nouns

Among the forms of nouns, the formation of which may be associated with certain difficulties, one should include the plural forms of the nominative case ( directors or directors, valves or valve?) and plural forms genitive some nouns ( five grams and five grams, five oranges or five orange?)

1. Plural forms of the nominative case of nouns: directors or directors?

The nominative plural form of nouns is checked in dictionary order (according to the dictionary). See rubric "Word Check" on our portal. Please note: the search for a word in dictionaries is carried out by the initial form (nominative case, singular)!

The dictionary entry reads as follows: if the entry does not contain special indications of the plural form (litter pl.), then the ending is used to form the nominative plural -and or -s. If a different ending is required (or options are acceptable), then a litter is put: pl. -a. For example:

In the modern Russian literary language, options that fluctuate in the form of them. n. pl. h., have over 300 words. The focus of distribution of flexion -and I) are spheres of vernacular and professional language. For this reason, the forms -and I) often have a colloquial or professional coloring: contracts, locksmith, turner. The forms on -s(s) more neutral and for most words meet traditional norms literary language. However, in some cases the forms -and I) have already supplanted the forms on -s(s).

In addition, you can remember a number of patterns that facilitate the choice of inflection (ending) of the nominative plural:

    Declinable neuter nouns, the initial form of which ends in -KO, have unstressed plural inflection. h. im. P. -and (faces, feathers, apples). The exception is nouns with stressed plural endings. hours: troops and clouds.

    Other neuter nouns in plural form. h take the ending -and I): swamps, fields, seas, windows.

    Form on -and I some words may be singular or predominant: side - sides (sides only in phraseological combination hands to the sides); century - century (eyelids only in phraseological combinations for once, forever and ever, forever and ever), eye - eyes, meadow - meadows, fur - furs, snow - snow, stack - stacks, silk - silk.

    Forms can have different meanings: tones(about color) and tones(about sound) of bread(about cereals) and loaves(about baked bread) workshops and workshops(at the enterprise) and workshops (medieval organizations artisans).

    Noun forms can vary according to stylistic coloring: sides and outdated. sides; at home and outdated. houses; stern and outdated. stern; horns and outdated. and a poet. horns; varieties and outdated. varieties; volumes and outdated. then we, as well as thunders and a poet. thunder; coffins and a poet. coffin.

    Finally, noun forms can be equal and interchangeable: of the year and years(but: years of youth, severe deprivation; nineties, zero years), workshops and workshops(at the enterprise), storm and storms.

    In order to resolve the issue of the status of the "controversial" form of the word (non-normative, variant, stylistically colored, etc.), in any case, you need to refer to the dictionary.

Non-standard plurals are formed in words child - children, man - people, bottom - bottom and some others.

2. Plural forms of the genitive case of nouns: five grams or five grams?

For most masculine nouns that end in a hard consonant in their initial form ( orange, tomato, fly agaric, computer, sock), characteristically ending -ov in the genitive plural form: oranges, tomatoes, fly agarics, computers, socks etc. An extensive number of exceptions can be distinguished from this rule - similar nouns, but having the genitive plural in the form null ending: one stocking - no stockings, one Ossetian - five Ossetians, one gram - five grams and five grams etc. These words include:

    Names of people by nationality and by belonging to military formations, mainly used in plural forms in a collective meaning: Magyars - Magyars, Turkmens - Turkmens, midshipmen - midshipmen and midshipmen, partisans - partisans, soldiers - soldiers; this also includes the form r. n. pl. h. human.

    Names of paired items: boots - boot, eyes - eyes, cuffs - cuffs, shoulder straps - shoulder strap, stockings - stocking, epaulettes - epaulette, boots - boots.

    Names of measures and units of measurement: 220 volts, 1000 watts, 5 amps, 500 gigabytes. If such names are used outside the "measuring" context (in other words, the genitive form is not countable), then the ending is used -ov: live without excess kilograms, not enough gigabytes.

It should be noted that the names of fruits, fruits and vegetables, which are masculine nouns, in the initial form ending in a solid consonant ( orange, eggplant, tomato, tangerine), in the genitive plural form. hours have an ending -ov: five oranges, a kilogram of eggplant, New Year without tangerines, tomato salad.

For some nouns, the formation of plural forms. h. n. difficult; these are the words dream, prayer, head. On the contrary, words cheek and woodworker do not have other forms, except for the plural form. h. case.

See: "Russian Grammar", M., 1980.

When it comes to several (two or more) objects or living beings, we must use the plural noun. The choice of the desired ending depends on the gender of the word and the basis on which the word ends in the nominative case. In some cases, not only the stem of the word is important, but also the last letter.

There are three types of stems in Polish:

  1. Solid: b, d, f, ł, m, n, p, r ,s ,t, w, z, k, g, ch/h
  2. Soft: ć, ś, ń, ź + j and l
  3. Hardened: all digraphs without ch (sz, cz, rz/ż, dz, dż) + c

Since Polish often has alternating vowels and consonants, adding a plural ending can be difficult. After all, in this case, you still need to remember which sounds change.

Rodzaj nijaki (neuter)

In Polish, neuter nouns in the nominative plural always have an ending a. For example:

Oknowindows(window - windows );

Polepola(field - fields);

Muzeummuseum(museum - museums).

Thus, we only need to change the last letter in the word. There are no alternations.

However, there are a few neuter nouns that deviate from this rule. Their forms just need to be remembered. For example:

Dzieckodzieci(children);

Zwierzę – zwierzę ta(animal - animals);

Imię – imiona(name - names);

cielę – cielę ta(calf - calves) and other neuter nouns in –ę ( most often they denote the children of animals ).

By the way, in Russian these same nouns are also declined according to a special principle.

Rodzaj zeński (feminine)

In the nominative plural, feminine nouns have the ending i, — y or e.

So, the ending i write in words whose stem ends with soft consonants ć, ś, ź, dź and k, g. For example:

Nauczycielkanauczycielki(teacher - teachers);

Nogafeet(leg legs);

Powieść – powieś ci(story - stories);

Gęś – gę si(goose - geese);

Odpowiedź – odpowiedzi(answer - answers).

The ending y write after hard consonants(t, d, p, b, m, n, r, ł, w, s, z, f), as well as after the digraphs sz and cz, followed by null ending . For example:

Szmataszmaty(rag - rags);

Koł drakoł dry(blanket - blankets);

kró lowakró lowy(queen - queens);

Casakasy(cash desk - cash desks);

Szafaszafy(cabinet - cabinets);

Rzeczrzeczy(thing - things);

MyszMuszy(mouse - mice).

The ending e have feminine nouns that end in with, z,dż, ja,ia,nia, sza,rza, cza, ca,ni. Here we are not talking about the base, but about the word as a whole. For example:

nocnoce(night - nights);

Podróż – podróż e(travel - travel);

Babciababcie(grandmother - grandmother);

Sesjasesje(session - sessions);

Duszadusze(soul - souls);

(BUT: myszMuszy, because it has a zero ending )

Pralniapralnie(laundry - laundries);

Burzaburze(storm - storms);

Ulica-street(street - streets);

Sprzedawczyni – sprzedawczynie(female seller - sellers).

Rodzaj męski (masculine)

Forms of masculine nouns cause greatest difficulties. When forming them, you need to pay attention not only to the final sound in the base, but also to the meaning of the word in the plural.

In the masculine gender, words are divided into two groups:

  1. Personally-male(corresponding to the pronoun oni - denotes a group of people in which there must be at least one man)
  2. Impersonally masculine(corresponding to the pronoun one - denotes a group of people in which there are no men).

It is often difficult to figure out whether the word means a group with men or not.

There is a simple explanation. The right word we check by two parameters, if at least one of them does not fit - this is an impersonal masculine form.

  1. The word is masculine in the singular.
  2. The word denotes a person.

For example, the word Ludzie came from the word człowiek and corresponds to two parameters - this is the masculine gender and the person. Consequently, Ludzie- personal masculine form.

Word osoby is a synonym for Ludzie, and also denotes a group of people (most likely with men), but it does not match the first parameter (in the singular it is femininesosoba). Therefore, it is an impersonal masculine form.

Let's take an example when the second parameter does not fit: the word cat derived from the word cat masculine, but does not denote a person. Hence also the impersonal masculine form.

Impersonal masculine form

letter i write in words that end in - k, -g. For example:

Makmaki(poppy - poppies);

Ró grogi(horn, angle - horns, angles).

The ending y have words with a solid base:

piespsy(dog - dogs);

catcat(cat - cats);

Wyrazwyrazy(word, expression - words, expressions).

The ending -e have nouns that are in the nominative case singular end in soft and hard stems, as well as some words in b, p, w(most of them denote birds, fish and other representatives of the animal world):

Koń – konie(horse - horses);

Liść – liś cie(leaf - leaves);

Kockoce(plaid - plaids);

Crocodilecrocodile(crocodile - crocodiles);

Struś – strusie(ostrich - ostriches);

Koszkosze(basket - baskets);

Kluczklucze(key - keys);

Nóż – noż e(knife - knives).

Word forms ending inb , p , w to remember:

Ż uraw – ż urawie(crane - cranes);

Karpcarpie(carp - carps);

Gołą bgołę bi(dove - doves);

Pawpawie(peacock - peacocks);

Jastrzą bjastrzę bi(hawk - hawks);

Żół w – żół wie(turtle - turtles);

jedwab – jedwabie(silk - silk).

Note! Here a hard final consonant alternates with a soft one.

In addition, the ending -e has a small group of words ans: finance, romance. Although in Polish speech one can often hear the forms financial, romance.

Personal-masculine form

These words can also have an ending - i, — y, or e. Plus, there is a small list of nouns that, in the plural of the nominative case, end in owie.

The ending -i we write in the event that the word in the singular has solid foundation. In this case, alternation (alternation) occurs: t//ci, d//dzi,ch// si, st//ś ci.

studentstudents(student - students);

Są siadsą siedzi(neighbor - neighbors);

Mnichmnisi(monk - monks)

FrenchFrancuzi(French - French).

The ending -y have words that in the nominative singular end in k, rg, ec,. Wherein k//c, r//rz,g// dz.

Gó rnikgó rnicy(miner - miners);

Aktoractorzy(actor - actors);

Starzecstarcy(old man - elders);

Teacherpedagodzy(teacher - teachers).

The ending -e writing after a soft and hardened base . For example:

Lekarzlekarze(doctor - doctors);

Listonosz – listonosze(postman - postmen);

Nauczyciel – nauczyciele(teacher - teachers);

Kibic–kibice(fan - fans);

Złodziej – złodzieje(thief - thieves);

Gość - goście(guest - guests).

In addition, endings e have words for -an, -anin: Amerykanie, Rosjanie, Cyganie.

The ending -owie have words denoting the degree of kinship, prestigious and honorary positions, titles, titles, as well as some nationalities:

Synsynowie(son - sons);

ArabArabowie(Arab - Arabs);

Panpanowie(man, owner - men, owners);

kró lkró lowie(king - kings).

It should also be noted that in the Polish language there are words that have two equal plural forms:

professor-profesorowie/profesorzy(professor - professors);

Dyrektor-dyrektorowie/dyrektorzy(director - directors);

Reżyser – reżyserowie/reżyserzy(director - directors);

kró lkró lowie/ kró le(king - kings (in cards));

Geolog - geolodzy/geologowie(geologist - geologists);

Burmistrz – burmistrze/burmistrzowie(burmister - burmisters);

Rektor – rektorzy/rektorowie(rector - rectors);

Senator - senatorzy / senatorowie(senator - senators).

The fact is that the language is trying to get rid of the ending -owie therefore, words denoting the degree of kinship, titles, titles, etc., acquire an ending depending on the sound of the stem.

Some masculine words in the nominative singular end in a vowel -a. Such nouns in the plural have the ending -i or- y. In this case, there is also an alternation:

Męż czyznamęż czyź ni(man - men);

Dentystadentyś ci(stomatologist - dentists);

Artystaartyś ci(artist, artist - artists, artists).

And this is not all the difficulties that can be encountered in the formation of plural forms. It is also necessary to memorize words that do not obey the above rules:

Rocklata(year – years/years);

Człowiek-ludzie(person people);

Brat - bracia(brother - brothers);

Ksiądz – księża(priests - priests);

Książę - książęta (prince, princeprinces, princes);

Reka-rece (armsarms);

Oko-oczy (eyeeyes);

Ucho - uszy (earears);

BUT: Oka(loops, cells), ucha(ears at the needle).

1. Some masculine nouns in the nominative plural are used with the ending -а, -я:
addresses, shores, centuries, cities, directors, doctors, troughs, millstones, inspectors, boats, feed, numbers, districts, islands, vacations, passports, cooks, professors, grades, haystacks, paramedics, stamps, anchors.
with the ending -s, -i:
authors, pharmacists, agitators, accountants, elections, contracts, engineers, lecturers, leaders, designers, grooms, speakers, officers, sentences, auditors, editors, snipers, trainees, cakes, drivers. Nouns differ in meaning: furs (made from the skins of animals) - furs (blacksmithing), belts (belts) - belts (geographical), wires (electrical cords) - wires (of someone), passes (documents) - passes (that, what is missing), bills (documents for payment) - bills (a device for counting), brakes (device) - brakes (barriers), teachers (teachers) - teachers (founders of scientific theory), bread (cereals) - bread (baked), colors (paints) - flowers (plants), teeth (in the mouth) - teeth (teeth), roots (in plants) - roots (dried vegetables), sheets (paper, iron, etc.) - leaves (in plants) , sons (Ro-dins) - sons (from the mother).
Two forms of nouns are possible (the ending -а, -я is more typical colloquial speech): winds - winds, carts - carts, years - years, searchlights - searchlights, crafts - crafts, workshops - workshops.
Write by opening brackets. Put the stress on the nouns and mark the endings.
Foreign (passport), collective (contract), experienced (doctor), upcoming (choice), young (officer), arrived (lecturer), famous (professor), newly appointed (director), skillful (cook), festive (cake) , new (grade) wheat, fair (verdict), attentive (inspector), watchdog (boat).
Read, inserting instead of dots the nouns you need in meaning, given in brackets.
1) The workers gathered for ... those leaving for the construction site. Telegraph hummed softly ... (wires, wires). 2) The proofreader noticed in the manuscript ... letters. The factory workers were given new ... (passes, passes). 3) There were large wooden boards near the board .... Presented ... must be paid on time (bills, bills). 4) They rustle a little ... in the trees. On the shelf lay ... cardboard (sheets, leaves). 5) They got sick .... The gear broke ... (teeth, teeth). 6) The car has deteriorated .... It was indicated on ... for the development of industry (brakes, brakes). 7) The houses are painted bright .... There were ... (colors, flowers) on the window. 8) Experienced .... Great ones ... left a rich legacy (teachers, teachers) at the school.

More on the topic § 37. NOMINATIVE PLURAL OF SOME MALE NOUNS:

  1. Variants of the endings of the nominative plural of masculine nouns of the 1st declension
  2. Peculiarities of Formation of Nominative Plural Forms of Separate Groups of Nouns
  3. Categories of gender, number and case of nouns
  4. § 38. SPELLING OF NOUNS IN THE GENITAL PLURAL
  5. Genitive plural. Variants of genitive plural endings

Most masculine nouns of the 1st declension in the nominative plural are characterized by the main ending -ы/-и. This ending has:

1) nouns containing more than one syllable, of which the last one is stressed (in the nominative singular): argument, boxer, opening day, veteran, ringleader, debutant, defús, mound, motel, trainee, psychic, etc. The exception is two words: sleeve - sleeve and cuff - cuff;

2) a considerable number of monosyllabic nouns with constant stress in case forms (singular): ball - balls, bass - basses, fight - boú, goal - goals, fat - fats, club - clubs (smoke), garden - gardens, soup - soups, cheese - cheeses; gene - genes, grams - grams, cargo - cargoes, probe - probes, club - clubs (association of people); lacquer - lacquers, elevator - elevators, warehouse - warehouses, syllable - syllables, review - review, cake - cakes, toast - toast, pound - pounds, chef - chefs and some. others

Note. A mistake, and a fairly common one, is the formation of mopmá.

The ending -s also has the vast majority of borrowed words in -tor, -sor (such as vector, compressor, lecturer). The exceptions are the nouns director, doctor, professor, which form the nominative plural in -a: directorá, doctorá, professorá. A few words - animated inspector, instructor, conductor (about a person), proofreader, editor, inanimate searchlight, sector, tractor (the rest of the inanimate ones in -tor, -sor have the ending -s) have variant, stylistically equal forms: instructors and instructors, searchlights and searchlights, etc.

At the same time, a significant part of nouns is characterized by the -a form as normative, i.e. the only one possible from the point of view of the literary norm. Forms on -á / -я (shock) have:

1) many monosyllabic nouns: side (but in idioms: hands on the sides), century (but in idioms: to live through the ages, forever and ever, forever and ever, for some eyelids), top (top in the meaning of `lifting folding carriage roof`), eye, house, feed, edge, forest, log, meadow, fur (in the meaning of `dressed skins` or `products from them`), horn, family (in the meaning of `kind, type of troops or weapons`) , growth, snow, account (in the meanings of `money document`, `category of a financial transaction`), current (in the meanings of `threshing place`, `place of drawing`), tone (in the meaning of `color, shade of color`), bread ( in the meaning of `cereal`), barn, color (as the color of something), silk (silk in the meaning of `product`).

The ending -я (with an increase in the suffix -j- or ovj-) has nouns tooth, son-in-law, wedge, stake, com, scream (in the meanings of `a device for carrying weights`, `point, mounted on a pole`), godfather, husband ( in the meaning of ` married man in relation to the wife`);

2) many nouns with more than one syllables with a constant stress on the first syllable (in singular forms): ádress (as a designation of the place of residence), shore, bórov (as part of a chimney), býer, býfer, veer, véksel, vénzel, vertel, evening, city, voice, doctor, dowel, huntsman, gutter, pearls (as products), millstones, bins, cutter, kuver, clover (as `crops of this culture`), bell, body (in all meanings, except `torso` and `typographic font`), dome, coachman, camp (in all meanings, except for `socio-political group`), plow, master, number, image (in the meaning of `icon`), short, circle, order (as a reward) , warrant (in the meaning of `document`), island, vacation, sail, passport, quail, cook, train, gut, cellar, belt, wire, pass (in the meaning of `document`), sugar (sugar - in special use in the meaning `varieties of this substance`), terem, black grouse, poplar, torbas, tyes, cold (cold in the meaning of `cold weather`), farm, skull, best man, ramrod, ̀junker (in the meanings of `pupil of a military school in pre-revolutionary Russia` and `volunteer non-commissioned officer` in the Russian army), anchor and nek. others

Note. Do not meet the literary norm found in written and oral speech forms on -a from following words: age, hair, choice, vypas, exit, admission, cone, lapel, lecturer, month, profile, sniper, rector, transport, trainer, caliper.

The ending -я (with an increase in the suffix -j-) has nouns ear, rim, rein (`belt for driving a horse`).

Several dozen nouns have variant forms in -ы/-и and -á/-я. Some of these nouns are commonly used words, the variant forms of which are normative and stylistically equivalent. These include: bunker, heap, pennant, glider, jumper, asp, inspector, instructor, tunic, proofreader, cruiser, pretzel (only the -i form is used in phraseology: write out a pretzel), shred, flap, lighter, seine, gadfly , whirlpool, order (as a term of architecture), baker, clerk, pole, mine (the form of the mine is preferable), bailiff, handwriting, searchlight, poodle, report (the form of reports is preferable), editor, mouthpiece, sweater, sector, scooter, locksmith, sable (in the meaning of `fur, fur products` only sable), sauce, slipway, report card, tenor, turner, tractor, turman, truffle, non-commissioned officer, paramedic, courier, outbuilding, weather vane, workshop, skipper, schnitzel, stack, stamp , plug, storm, sharpie, hawk.

A significant group is made up of words (generally used and assigned to one or another terminology), in which variant forms in -а / -я characterize professional speech (mechanics, technicians, sailors, etc.). Such forms are actively used from nouns, which are the names of mechanisms (and their parts), various devices, tools, equipment, etc. (valve - valve, grader - grader, throttle - throttle, dowel - dowel, tanker - tanker, etc.), the names of professions, specialties, positions (pilot - pilot, navigator - navigator, etc.).

The number of words whose variant forms are characteristic of poetic, sublime speech is insignificant. Such variant forms include snow, wind, thunder, leaves (of plants), men, sons, poplars. Wed, for example: "Crazy winds are walking along these simple autumn glades" (R. Kaz.); "I love you, My swinging winds" (A. Prokofiev); "As if crept up by a quiet sky, A cloud stretched. Lightning. Thunder. On the field, a spruce with its green umbrella, Behind the field - somewhere far away - at home" (A. Reshetov); "Ask those soldiers who lie under the birches, and let their sons tell you if the Russians want wars" (Evt.); "And the spring whistles and mutters. Poplars are flooded knee-deep. Maples wake up from sleep, So that, like butterflies, the leaves clapped" (Zabol.).

Note. Forms ending in -а/-я and -ы/-и are not stylistic options if they are homonyms or different values the words. For example: teeth (for a saw) and teeth (for a person, an animal); roots (`roots and leaves used in lishu') and roots (part of a plant; a mathematical term), husbands (`men in relation to wives`) and husbands (`statesmen`), etc.

Rakhmanova L.I., Suzdaltseva V.N. Modern Russian language. - M, 1997.

Directors or directors?

In the modern Russian literary language, variants that fluctuate in the form nominative plural, have more than 300 words. The focus of distribution of the ending -and I) are the spheres of vernacular and professional language. For this reason, the forms -and I) often have a colloquial or professional coloring: contract, locksmith, turner. The forms on -s(s) are more neutral and for most words meet the usual norms of the literary language. But in some cases, the forms -and I) have already supplanted the forms on -s(s).

To resolve the issue of the "controversial" form of the word, it is necessary to refer to the dictionary. Apart from this, it is possible to understand a number of patterns, facilitating the choice of the ending of the nominative plural:

  • Declinable neuter nouns whose original form ends in -KO have unstressed plural ending im.p. -and : faces, feathers, apples, belly. The exception is nouns with percussion plural endings: troops and clouds.
  • Other neuter plural nouns have an ending -and I): swamps, fields, seas, windows.
  • Form on -and I) some words may be the only or predominant: side - sides (sides only in phraseological combination hands to the sides); century - century (eyelids only in phraseological combinations for once, forever and ever, forever and ever), eye - eyes, meadow - meadows, fur - furs, snow - snow, stack - stacks, silk - silk.
  • Forms may have different meaning: tones(about color) and tones(about sound) of bread(about cereals) and loaves(about baked bread) workshops and workshops(at the enterprise) and workshops(medieval organizations of artisans).
  • Noun forms can differ in stylistic coloring: sides and obsolete sides; cloisters and obsolete houses; stern and obsolete stern; horns and obsolete and poetic horns; varieties and obsolete varieties; volumes and obsolete then we, also thunders and poetic thunder; coffins and poetic coffin.
  • After all, noun forms can be equal and interchangeable: of the year and years(but: years of youth, languid deprivation; nineties, zero years), workshops and workshops(at the enterprise), storm and storms.
  • Extraordinarily plural appears in words child - children, man - people, bottom - bottom and some others.

    See more: Endings and endings in the nominative plural of nouns ( xl would - bread, passes - passes and etc.).

    How to correctly check the ending of a noun in a dictionary

    The nominative plural form of nouns is checked in a dictionary (for example, see the heading "Word Check" on the gramota.ru portal).

  • The search for a word in dictionaries is carried out according to the original form (nominative case, singular).
  • The 1st mark in the dictionary entry after the noun is an indication of the ending of the gender. units;
  • In that case, further in the article there are no special indications of the plural form (i.e. there is no mark pl.), then to form the im.p. plural the ending is used -and or -s.
  • In that case, a different ending is required (or options are acceptable), then the corresponding mark is placed: pl. -a or pl. -I .
  • Dictionary entry

    How to read marks after a noun

    director, -a, pl.-a, -ov

    Form rod.p. unit - director; correct form im.p. plural - directora, rod.p. plural - directors

    locksmith, -I, pl.-and, -ey and -I, -ey

    Form rod.p. unit - sl sary; correct forms im.p. plural - sl saree and locksmithgenus.p. plural -sl shed

    cream, -a and -y

    Form rod.p. unit - creams and cream; correct form im.p. plural - kr we(because there is no mark, it means that the ending is used -s)

    Exercises for the topic “Noun. Nominative Plural »

    Exercise 1. Put the nouns in brackets into the nominative/accusative plural. Check yourself in a dictionary.

    1. (Engineer) needed everywhere.

    2. Fishermen (vessel) have not gone to sea for three months.

    3. The (bottom) of the vessels were covered with soot.

    4. By country road(chicken) and (chicken) ran relaxed, and (pig) and (calf) fumbled in the dust. 5. In the Historical Museum, I enthusiastically examined the ancients (gun).

    6. At the border, the border guards very painstakingly inspected our (passport) and luggage.

    7. (Child) often cry at night.

    8. (Citizen), go ahead a little bit!

    9. (Owner) something has not been visited for a long time.

    10. Oily (spot) separately clearly stood out on a light jacket.

    11. Ancient ones (mirror) hung in large halls.

    12. (Peasant) always treated the cow-nurse with special tenderness.

    13. The admiral gave the command to raise (anchor).

    14. (Navigator) ships were called to the headquarters of the fleet.

    15. Pacific and Northern (fleet) conducted exercises.

    16. (Peasant) received abandoned (farm) for rent.

    17. The (manager) of the airport decided to start a strike.

    18. (Director) of the factories were summoned to city ​​administration, but the (chairman) of the cooperatives does not.

    19. (Coach) of the Olympic team - generally recognized (master).

    20. Used (syringe) are placed in special (container) and then destroyed.

    21. Only experienced (driver) can work on taiga routes.

    22. (Valve) on the gas pipeline were immediately blocked.

    23. The plant needs experienced (accountant, turner, carpenter, painter, security guard).

    24. Almost all the roofs of the houses in the fishing village were installed (weather vane).

    25. Bright (Jupiter) were installed on the sides of the stage.

    26. Everything (corkscrew) has gone somewhere.

    Exercise 2. Correct the errors associated with the use of nouns in the singular and in the plural. Try to explain what the essence of these errors is. Check yourself in a dictionary.

    1. Raskolnikov wanted to confess his deed, but he did not have enough strength and courage.

    2. In The Master and Margarita, Bulgakov encoded his views and worldviews.

    3. Our factory produces TV sets of the highest quality.

    4. The wife brought a whole tray of teas.

    5. He came to the wedding all in rags.

    6. A wealthy brother had many cattle, and a poor brother had only one cattle.

    7. They were ordered to immediately surrender all guns.

    8. The bowels of the earth are very rich.

    9. My sister and I washed all the dishes, put them in the cupboard and began to wait for my mother.

    10. I like the profession of a policeman because there are many threats and risks in it.

    11. The boy learned to play all sorts of music on the harmonica.

    12. The guys in the hall yelled and whistled away Barmaley.

    13. I was ordered to take this remedy before every meal.

    14. In the yard, the swing broke.

    15. I wish to be given a small vise for my birthday.

    16. Cut the thread with a scissor.

    17. I've run out of ink and can't write anymore.

    18. We painted the windows with whitewash.

    19. The essay tells a great story about the districts of the school.

    20. Water is also used for economic purposes.

    21. The sky is overcast with a solid grayish cloud.

    22. My friend and I arrived from the dachas on the same day.

    23. This doctor perceives only according to preparatory notes.

    24. Drivers carried bread across Ladoga and delivered the fighter to the fronts.

    25. One person will not be able to do anything here.

    26. Every winter he gets flu.

    27. In the ideas of Tolstoy's heroes, everything was different.

    28. Heroes of the battle of Borodino, as shown by L.N. Tolstoy, belonged to different social environments.

    29. Incorrect expressions often have the opportunity to hear in the speeches of babies.

    30. At the beginning of the war, our troops were encircled a couple of times.

    31. On this moment It's hard to teach kids the right things to do.

    32. Work on the exchange of experiences is organized at the enterprise.

    Material source Website

  • Chapter "Difficult plural forms of nouns" in the manual "Russian Grammar". T. 1: Phonetics. Phonology. stress. Intonation. Word formation. Morphology / N.Yu. Shvedova (editor-in-chief). - M.: Nauka, 1980.
  • Exercises for the topic “Endings and endings in the nominative case of plural nouns”
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