Exercise 2. Choose the correct answer. 1. There are five hundred / five hundreds students at the school. 2. Thousands / Thousand of people visited the museum. 3. The town has two million / two millions inhabitants. 4. Millions / Million of tourists travel by train every year. 5. We need three thousand / three thousands tickets. 6. Hundreds / Hundred of children took part in the competition. 7. The company sold six hundred / six hundreds computers. 8. Thousands / Thousand of books are published every year.

Перевод задания: Выберите правильный ответ.

После точного числа hundred, thousand и million употребляются без окончания -s. В значении неопределённого большого количества используются формы hundreds/thousands/millions of.

1. There are five hundred students at the school. (В школе пятьсот учеников.)
2. Thousands of people visited the museum. (Тысячи людей посетили музей.)
3. The town has two million inhabitants. (В городе два миллиона жителей.)
4. Millions of tourists travel by train every year. (Миллионы туристов путешествуют на поезде каждый год.)
5. We need three thousand tickets. (Нам нужно три тысячи билетов.)
6. Hundreds of children took part in the competition. (Сотни детей приняли участие в соревновании.)
7. The company sold six hundred computers. (Компания продала шестьсот компьютеров.)
8. Thousands of books are published every year. (Каждый год публикуются тысячи книг.)