LEVEL 1 ENGLISH: CHAPTER 8: SINGULAR / PLURAL

Pronunciation Rules for plurals

When a noun ends in a voiceless consonant sound (p,k,t), the plural ending is pronounced (s)

Ex: coats
socks

When a noun ends in a voiced consonant (b, d, g, m, r, l, v) or vowel sound, the plural ending is pronounced (z)

          Ex:         mittens
                        sweaters
                        ties
                       umbrellas

When a noun ends with a sibilant (s, z, sh, ch, j), the plural ending is pronounced (ez), which forms an additional syllable on the end of the noun.

Ex: glasses
watches

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Irregular plural forms:

Singular Plural

a man men

a woman women

a child children

a person people

a tooth teeth

a mouse mice

a foot feet

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THE COLORS (SB p.70 WB p. 52)

ORDER OF ADJECTIVES (GRAMMAR FOCUS)

Adjectives have the same form for singular and plural. They do not change for male and female. Most adjectives are used before nouns.
When more than one adjective is used, the order is important. It is not advisable to put more than three adjectives together.
There are four main groups of adjectives:

Position:      1.- One or more of these types of adjectives:
                         a) opinion                   (lovely, nice, great)
                         b) size                       (large,small)
                         c) age                          (old, young, new)
                         d) shape                      (rounded, squared)
                         e) temperature            (cold, hot, warm)

                    2.- Colors                        (green, blue, yellow)



3.- Material (what is made of: wooden, plastic, leather, wool)

4.- Purpose (swimming-pool, tennis courts, golf course)

5.- Noun

Ex: An old leather jacket.
                                A lovely green cotton shirt.

A PAIR OF (SB p. 71 WB p. 53)

A pair refers to a set of two. A pair is singular in quantity and takes a singular verb.

Ex: Here is (Here's) a nice pair of gloves.
Here is (Here's) a nice pair of pants.

THIS / THAT THESE / THOSE (SB p.p. 71-73 WB p.p. 53-56)

(DEMONSTRATIVE DETERMINERS)

We use This / These for things near us.

Ex: This is my camera.

These are my gloves.

We use That / Those for things far away from us.

Ex: That is my scarf.
Those are my jeans.

Put the sentences in the correct order:

1.- are / new / jeans. / those / my /
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2.- that / hat / is / Peter's / .
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3.- red scarf / is / this / a / .
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4.- my / these / shoes / are / .
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5.- sweaters / pretty /   orange /   are /   those / .
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Complete the sentences:

1.- These ___________ my mittens.
2.- Those _____________ striped stockings.
3.- That _____________ a polka dot hat.
4.- These shoes ____________ black.

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