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3. People come in many shapes and sizes.
4. She bought some shirts, shoes, socks, dresses, slacks, blouses, earrings and
   necklaces.
5. He possesses many fine qualities.
6. She laid the tables with forks, knives, spoons, plates, cups, saucers and nap-
   kins.
7. She lost two watches, three books, a set of keys and two dictionaries last
   year.
8. The little boy admired the monkeys, crocodiles, rhinos, snakes, horses and
   other animals in the zoo.
9. The kids played with various toys: dolls, bears, buses, cars, lorries, tigers, li-
   ons, donkeys and hamsters.


TASK 14. Find mistakes in the following words in the plural.
Echos, chieves, dolles, gooses, thiefs, photos, potatos, oxes, scarfs, salmons,
poppys, mouses, deers, enemys, swines, keys, calfs, leaves, knifes, forgets-me-
nots, mothers-in-laws.


TASK 15. Choose the groups in which the words are spelled correctly:
 A. radios, babies, cherries                  G. measles, checkes, applouse
 B. apples, knowlege, jewelery                H. handkerchieves, scarves
 C. spagetti, athletics, dominoes             I. trout, rhinos, deliveries
 D. shelves, chefs, replies                   J. lices, species, strawberrys
 E. foxes, bushes, heros                      K. chiefs, pianos, crossroads
 F. videos, eqipment, species                 L. kilos, portfolios, salmons

TASK 16. Which one is spelled correctly?
 Scissors or scisors?                         Disappointment/dissapointment
 Dungarees/ dungarees                         Innocence/innocence
 Pajamas/pyjamas                              Nonsence/nonsense
 Biscuit/bisquit                              Exercise/exersise
 Acommodation/accommodation                   Measles/meesles

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