Steve is a very good student, he got A's and B's all year long. Possibility 2: when we try to ... Language Tip: Pronunciation of Plurals. 5 min. When we speak ...
NOUNS (3) The Plural of Nouns (01) – Part B: Medium (2)
In Context: 10 min
What is a noun?
A noun is a word that is a person, an animal, a place, an object or an idea.
woman
cat
city
umbrella
communication
Forming a Noun in the Plural 30 min To form the plural, we add „s‟ at the end of a word. Examples: carcars shoeshoes bed beds For words ending in -ch, sh, x, s, we add „es‟ at the end in the plural. Examples: watch watches wish wishes box boxes glass glasses With words ending in a consonant and a „y‟, we change the „y‟ to an „i‟ and add „es‟. Examples: baby babies theory theories ladyladies Some words that end in „o‟ have their plural in „oes‟, others in „os‟. Examples: tomato tomatoes hero heroes BUT: memo memos photo photos Plurals of words ending in „-f‟ or „-fe‟ generally change the „f‟ to a „v‟, and add „s‟ or „es‟, but not always. Examples: knife knives life lives BUT:
roof roofs belief beliefs There are several nouns that have irregular plural forms. Examples: child children man men woman women person people mouse mice goose geese Some nouns maintain their Latin or Greek form in the plural. Examples: thesis theses crisis crises phenomenon phenomena index indices criterion criteria Some words stay the same in the singular and the plural. Examples: deer deer sheep sheep salmon salmon aircraft aircraft Last names can also take the plural, „s‟ or „es‟. Examples: Kennedy the Kennedys Brown the Browns Jones the Joneses Acronyms can also take the plural. Examples: MP(Member of Parliament) MPs CEO(Chief Executive Officer) CEOs
UFO(Unidentified Flying Object) UFOs For compound words, there are 3 possibilities: Possibility 1: if only one element is a noun, this noun will be in the plural. Example: passer-by passers-by Possibility 2: if both elements or neither are nouns, the second one takes the plural form. Examples: tooth-brush tooth-brushes grown-up grown-ups Possibility 3: if one of the elements is „man‟ or „woman‟, both are modified. Examples: gentleman-farmer gentlemen-farmers woman-doctor women-doctors We use an apostrophe to create plural forms in 2 situations: Possibility 1: for pluralized letters of the alphabet Examples: Steve is a very good student, he got A’s and B’s all year long. Possibility 2: when we try to create the plural form of a word that refers to the word itself. Examples: There are fourand’sin your sentence. (meaning: the word „and‟ is used four times in your sentence.) Language Tip: Pronunciation of Plurals 5 min When we speak, there are 3 plural sounds: “s”, “z”, and “iz”. Examples: cats (“s”) dogs (“z”) consequences(“iz”)
Writing Exercise 5 min Choose the correct plural. 1. They work for different ___________. (companys/companies) 2. I do not trust ___________. (man-doctors/men-doctors) 3. Bank ___________make a lot of money.(CEO/CEOs) 4. They really enjoy their___________.(lives/lifes) 5. Mrs. Smith bought ___________at the market.(tomatos/tomatoes) 6. How many ___________do you have? (children/childs) 7. There are six ___________in the room. (persons/people) 8. Little girls are often afraid of___________.(mouses/mice) 9. My neighbor loves ___________.(cates/cats) 10. They have very nice ___________ (watches/watchs) Listening Exercise 2-5 min Listen to your teacher pronounce the following words. 1. boxes 2. consequences 3. potatoes 4. photos 5. watches 6. babies 7. cats 8. women 9. knives 10. experiences
Writing Exercise with the Instructor 2-5 min Listen to your teacher pronounce the following words again and write them. 1. boxes 2. consequences 3. potatoes 4. photos 5. watches 6. babies 7. cats 8. women 9. knives 10. experiences Reading Exercise with the Instructor 5 min Read these words to your teacher. 1. reflexes 2. distances 3. tomatoes 4. memos 5. churches
Watch the Video! 10 min With this video lesson, you will practice irregular plural nouns. Watch the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoFKJ_sFXnI&feature=related Watch it again and give the plural of these nouns: 1. fish: ____________ 2. deer: ____________ 3. sheep: ____________ 4. foot: ____________ 5. tooth: ____________ 6. person: ____________
Quiz 10 min True or False? 1. Acronyms cannot take the plural. 2. The plural of „hero‟ is „heroes‟. 3. Last names cannot take the plural. 4. All nouns have a different form in the plural.
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Write the following nouns in the plural: 1. deer: ___________ 2. watch: ___________ 3. shoe: ___________ 4. memory: ___________ Write the following nouns in the singular 1. people: ___________ 2. gentlemen-farmers: ___________ 3. teeth: ___________ 4. knives: ___________ Write the following sentences in the plural: 1. There is a person behind you. ______________________________________________________________ 2. Can you see the deer? ______________________________________________________________ 3. We are not sure we believe his theory. ______________________________________________________________ 4. A grown-up is supposed to be more mature than a child. ______________________________________________________________
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Stating you can't understand. Asking for clarification. I didn't catch that. I didn't understand. I don't understand. I'm sorry? Excuse me? Could you repeat, please?
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