The noun & its determiners, the pronoun, the adverb, the preposition, linking devices The Plural of nouns FORMATION SINGULAR FORM [PLURAL FORM |We normally form plural nouns by adding -s:_|a cup two cups Jone book ~ four books the dog the dogs a house some houses [Nouns ending in -s, -sh, -ch, -0, -x add -es: bus buses | dish dishes match matches fox foxes tomato tomatoes BUT: |radio radios | photo photos ‘Nouns ending in -y add -ies: baby babies party parties lady ladies ifwe have a vowel before y, we add -s toy toys day days key keys Nouns ending in -f7-fe — -ves: shelf [shelves knife knives wife wives BUT: |roof roofs chief chiefs proof proofs Irregular Plurals [SINGULAR [PLURAL man men woman women child children Toot feet |tooth teeth |mouse mice |louse lice goose geese ox oxen [person people ‘sheep ‘sheep fish [ish Scanned with CamScannerThe noun & its determiners, the pronoun, the adverb, the preposition, linking devices 4, Add plural nouns to describe the pictures: two. ...gils four three .. some .. two three 2. Write the plurals of the nouns under the correct heading: desk, potato, dress, watch, church, dictionary, banana, address, city, bus dish, box, shirt, sister, notebook, birthday, tree, sofa, plane, hand, rose -S -ES 3. Complete with the correct plural nouns: [SINGULAR — PLURAL Z ULAR PLURAL man men holiday glass: thief ‘strawberry ~ foot leaf branch child chief beach goose isheep | Toy I piano | tomato boy |fish | mouse [class 4, Tick the correct plural forms: q wives bodies citys mans: teeth womans familys knives sheeps torches peaches doctors lollipops oxes lice mouses dictionaries daies Scanned with CamScannerThe noun & its determiners, the pronoun, the adverb, the preposition, linking devices Il. The Noun THE COUNTABILITY OF NOUNS [EXAMPLES Countable nouns have singular and joe doll — two dolls plural forms, so we can count them. ‘one cat ~ two cats ‘one man — two men We use articles a/ an, some, the with i some children, Se eneaaEee a ring, an elephant, some children, the teacher |Uncountable nouns have only one milk, bread, tea, coffee, wine, beer, rice, cheese, form, so we can’t count them. silver, iron, gold, wood, beauty, love, anger, honesty, money, advice, information, news, furniture, homework, luggage, weather, accommodation, progress, equipment We can't use al an or one, two, three |@ bread (incorrect) ‘the bread some bread | with uncountable nouns. an advice (incorrect) the advice some advice (" can use partitives (measure words) to measure uncountable nouns: * a glass/ bottle of wine/ milk + acup of teal coffee + aslice/ piece of cake/ bread/ cheese + abar of chocolate/ soap * a spoonful of sugar/ salt * — akilo of meat/ rice © alitre of oil/ milk * apiece of information/ luggage/ news/ advice/ homework 4. Circle the uncountable nouns below: tennis hour news bed watch film information coffee weather petrol shoe museum sugar coal car rice office ballon luggage chair 2. Look at the underlined noun in each sentence and say whether it is countable or uncountable: 1. May I have another slice of ham, please? - uncountable 2. He enjoys playing golf, 3. The storm damaged the roof. 4, Host all my hair. 5. She had faith in him. 6. The boy was bouncing the ball. 7. My favourite subject in school was History. 8. | took a photograph of the ship. 9. Could | have some more champagne, please? 10. Love conquers all. 14 Scanned with CamScannerThe noun & its determiners, the pronoun, the adverb, the preposition, linking devices 3, Write a, an or some before the following nouns: some..... meat h. a °. .. umbrella b. .. cheese i, p. experiment c furniture i. grapes r. job J cherry k. salt s news e egg I. butterfly t armchair f jam mM. u. time g chocolate n v. shirt. 4, Complete the sentences using a, an or some: 4. Can you give me .. 2.1 have 3. He forgot to buy 4, They bought ... 5. I'd like . eo 6. Could you give me ... 7. She's been invited to 8 They will lend you information about the interview? . good news for you. . bread. house in our neighbourhood. milk, please. more information? party. money. 9, Would you like ... . water? 40. She's never seen . . elephant. 5. Use the words in the box to fill in the blanks: bottle, can, jar, slice, carton, glass, tube, cup, bowl, loaf, bar, piece, tin, sheet, jug La a ta. of cheese 2a a 2a. of paper 3a 8 13... of soup 4a a 4a. of brandy An a 15.4. . of water 6. Fill in the gaps with the correct word: 1.1 like a... kilo, .. of meat. 2. How many ... of luggage do they have? 3. He usually takes two ..... of sugar in his coffee. 4. My mother gave me some useful ... of advice. 5. Would you like a... of coffee? 6. Students should spend 30 minutes on each of homework. 7 What is the most interesting 8. The soup needs a .. 9. They bought a 10. How much will a of news in today's newspapers? of salt. of tice, of petrol cost in 5 years’ time? 15, Scanned with CamScannerThe noun & its determiners, the pronoun, the adverb, tne preposition, linking devices inking devices 7, Match the partitives in column A with the uncountable nouns in column B. Use , tietionary it necessary. Make sentences with the new phrases: A. a.abeam of .. B. 1. luck b. a flash of 2. grass c.alump of . 3, sand d. a drop of 4, beer e. ablade of Na. 5. thunder fagrain of. 6. light g apintot 7. sugar h.a stroke of 8. blood Answers: a-6; Abdea n of light pierced throu: 8. Correct the mistakes: 1. They bought some new furnitures for their flat They bought some. new furniture for t! 2. We are looking for a cheap accommodation in London. 3.1 have a lot of homeworks to do. 4, They will never return those money. 5, Where can | find informations about the language courses? 6. Could you give me some advices about buying a digital camera? 7. My luggages were so heavy. 8, We had a nice weather on holiday. 9. They gave me a good news. 10. The equipments are old and need replacing. 16 ead Scanned with CamScanner