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HOW MANY

THERE IS – THERE ARE

ENGLISH 1

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9EIEqopDTw
JIMENA JAIMES

Coordinación de Construcción e Infraestructura

SENA – Centro de Tecnologías para la


Construcción y la Madera

Abril 2020
HOW MANY
We are going to learn:

- how to use the question how many for countable nous.


- how to answer this type of question using plurals or
singulars .
Can you answer these questions?
HOW MANY

Oceans in the planet? 5


Is used when we want to
know the QUANTITY of Capital cities in Colombia? 32
something. It is only used
with plural countable nouns Legs on an insect? 6

Bones in an adult human body? 206


Question Structure

How many closets are there in your house?

How many students are there in the classroom ?


Singular answer:

There is ONE sofa in my house.


Plural answer:

There are TWO friends in the car.

Plural answer:

There are A LOT OF tourists in the bus


Negative answers:

There isn´t a teacher in the classroom.

There aren´t any students in the classroom


Answer the questions:
How many people are there in your family?

How many laptops are there in your house?

How many sofas are there in your living room?

How many beds are there in your bedroom?

How many chairs are there in your kitchen?

How many books are there in your house?


PLURALS AND
SINGULARS
Regular Nouns:
add - S
Singular Plural

Total Station Total Stations

Excavator Excavators

Terrain Terrains

Hardhat Hardhats
Nouns ending in S – H – X – Z :
add - ES
Singular Plural
Match Matches
Harness Harnesses
Box Boxes
Quiz Quizes
Nouns ending in Y
Vowel + Y: Consonant + Y:
add - S add - IES

Singular Plural Singular Plural

Boy Boys City Cities

Day Days Balcony Balconies

Key Keys Story Stories


Nouns ending in O
Vowel + O: Consonant + O:
add - S add - ES

Singular Plural Singular Plural

Zoo Zoos Tomato Tomatoes

Radio Radios Potato Potatoes

Video Videos Hero Heroes


Nouns ending in F - FE :
add - VES
Singular Plural

Knife Knives

Wolf Wolves

Life Lives

leaf Leaves
Irregular Nouns:
Singular Plural
Man Men
Woman Women
Child Children
Person People
Mouse Mice
Foot Feet
Tooth Teeth
No Change:

Singular – Plural
Fish
Sheep
Series
Species
Time to do
activities to
practice
THANK YOU

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