Answers to exercises
CHAPTER 1
1. Plurals:
cats crutches children deer
duchesses dwarfs–dwarves halves ladies
men marriages metaphors similes
2. Concrete or common nouns:
town theatre actors
café coffee umbrella stand
Proper noun:Jenny
Abstract nouns:depression therapy past
Collective noun:audience
Gerund:shopping
Finite verbs:
decided had suffered had been
had collapsed would be had helped
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