G al an, plurals; this l thatl these l those

V things What's this

P final-s and -es; th in English?
It's a key.

1 VOCABULARY things
a Look ar a photo ofRoa ld Dahl,
(h e aucha r of m any famolls ch ild ren's
books and stories fUf ad ults.
Do you kno\V any of hi s books?

b Look at (he photo of hi s roo m.

Check (.1) or put an X nexr ro che
rhings you can see in rhe picru re.
Do you think rhe room is neat ?
D a rab ie
D alamp
D acomputer
D achair
D pencils
D phoros
D awindow
D a printer
D aphone
D pieces oE paper

c ~ p.151 Vocabulary Bank Things.

2 GRAMMAR a / an, plurals 3 PRONUNCIATION final -s and -es

a Co mpl ete [he chan. a 1 53 ))) Listen and repear (he words and sounds.

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Singular Plu ral
snake book s lamps tickets

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a pen pens
~ zebra phoros keys pens

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1,; j¡z) glasses watch es purses

1 54 ))) Read rhe rule. ~ (he word s where -es is

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watches b
pronounced 1Iz!. Listen~heck.

00 dictionaries
P F.inal -es
Final-es after ce, eh, sh, s, ge, and x = lizJ, e.g., watches,
glasses, change purses
b ~ p.126 Grammar Bank 2A part lo
Learn more abour a I an and plurals. and pracr ice rhem. 1 classes 3 headphones 5 pieces 7 pages
2 fil es 4 boxe s 6 rissues 8 chairs
4 LlSTENING & SPEAKING 6 PRONUNCIATION th
a ~ Communication What's on the table? p.lOO. a 58 l») Li sren and repear rhe word s and sound s.

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b 55 »)) Li sten ro rhree people say what
rhings rh ey have 0 11 che rabie or desk where morh er rh is rh ar rhese rhe rh ey
[h ey \Vork. Are ehei r rabies neae?

e Listen again and check (/') rhe rhings (hey have. & thumb th a nks thing thirty three Thursday

1 2 3
a computer / a laptop D D D b 159 ») Li sten and repear the phrases . Practice say in g rhem.
a printer D D D 1 t his Thu rsday
a lamp D D D 2 th irey- rh ree
a phone D D D 3 rhose rh ings
books D D D 4 Th anksfor th at .
a dictionary D D D 5 These are the keys.
a ca lendar D D D 6 Whar are rhose rh in gs rhere?
photos D D D 7 l'm thirty- three this Thursday.
pieces of paper D D D e Work in pairs. Pu r fourofyour rhings o n your rabie (s ingular or
pens D D D plural). As k your parrn er.
DVDs D D D
tissues D D D For rhe rhings on yo ur rabIe:

d Ta lk to a panner abour rhe rabI e where yau

What's this in EngliS~ 0 's a watch.

work or study. Say what rhin gs yau have. Say

i f che rabI e is neae o r nor.
For thin gs in the cl assroom (point) :
0 ave a Japtop and a printer. I have... It isn't neat.
What are those in EngliS~ 0 heY're pictures.
e Play What is ir? \V irh your partner. A clase
your eyes. B give rhings ro yO llf partner and
ask What is ir? What are they?

5 GRAMMAR
this / that / these / those
a 56 »)) Look at pictures 1- 4 and complete
rhe dialogues. Listen and check. Pract ice rhe
dialogues.

bRead the dialogues again. What's the

difference between ... ?
1 What's this? 2 What are these?
1 this and these It's _ _ _ _ _ _ They 're _ _.
2 this and that
3 these a ud titase
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Learn more abou r tlús f that f these f titase
and pract ice them .

3 What's that? 4 What are those?

It's _ _ __ They're _ _.

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