Exercise on irregular Italian plurals (Invariable and defective nouns) - Single choice set
Remember!
Invariable nouns
> Nouns ending with an accented vowel
> Monosyllabic nouns
> Abbreviated nouns
> Non-adapted borrowings
Defective nouns -> no singular or plural---
1. Quelle _____ francesi sono meravigliose!
- Those French cities are wonderful!
città
2. Credo di aver perso i miei _______.
- I think I lost my glasses.
Occhiali
3. Le ________ primitive vivevano in capanne.
- The primitive tribes lived in huts.
Tribù
4. Si dice che il _______ stia per terminare.
- They say that the oil will finish soon.
Petrolio
5. L'_______ è una linea immaginaria che divide la terra in due.
- The Equator is an imaginary line that divides the Earth in two.Equatore
6. I _______ romani erano sette.
- Roman kings were seven.re
7. Il ______ è uno degli elementi della tavola periodica.
- Iron is one of the elements of the periodic table.
Ferro
8. Quando sono le loro ______?
- When is their marriage?Nozze
9. Ci sono sempre più _______ e non una sola.
- There are always more truthes and not only one.verità
10. Ci sono molti traduttori che lavorano per la _______.
- There are many translators who work for the police.Polizia
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