les-Uncountables
® Most nouns form their plural by adding -s. ‘® Nouns ending In a consonant + y, drop the
~y and take -les in the plural.
oe {
two cars a strawberry three strawberries
® Nouns ending in-s, -ss,-sh, -ch, -x,-0, take-es @ Nouns ending in-f or -fe, drop the f or-fe and
in the plu take -ves in the plural.
bus - buses, dress - dresses, brush - brushes,
4 tomato two tomatoes aleaf four ao 4 Dos ‘two wolves
But some nouns ending in -o take only -s. But some nouns ending in -f or -f take
only-s.
radio - radios, piano - pianos, photo - photos, 5
thino - rhinos, hippo - hippos, video - videos, etc, roof - roots, giratte - giraffes, clift-clitfs, etc.
° Kome ending in a vowel + y take -s in the ® Adjectives do not take -s in the plural.
2d OM
a happy girl two happy girle
glass
key
piano
potato
ball
bookBA
=
‘Some nouns are irregular. For example:
policeman
raspberry
sandwich...
mouse
photo
lift
2 . 7 pen
tall WOMAN sean watch
KOE cnr 19 big foot ..
10 toy. 20. nice book
Plurals/Countables-Unco
4 duck 7 giraffe
2 ostrich 8 deer
3. parrot 9 calf
4 swan. 40 fox
5 turkey... 44 mouse
6 dolphin .. 42 hippo
Write the words in plural in the correct
box.
bicycle, bus, cherry, knife, man, glass, child, house,
apple, box, baby, ball, tomato, ferry, leaf, tooth,
goose, radio, cliff, dress, torch, city, wile, ox, deer,
Calf, fox, gitalfe, watch, parrot, lady, wolf, dish, boy,
woman, melon, sheep, armchair
3 bieycloe,
“8 buse9,
ies cherries,
~ves knives,
irregular mer, éPlurals/Countables-
& wriiealenensones ‘Some uncountable nouns can be made countable
by using the following words in front of them: jr,
bottle, plece, loaf, cup, bar, glass, kilo, carton,
bowl, can, jug, slice, tin, packet, etc.
= ajar ofmarmalade a bottle ofbeer a plece of pe
@ = &
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alostofesd acip ofcotiee a bar of chocolate
ef
wv 7 A
=
= agiaee ot mk — aliootmest a cartonof milk
os bon ot soup acanoF fuitjice a jag of orange juice
asiceottresd — atinotfich a pactet of epaghetti
a Om Match the words as in the
example:
13... lemons 14... bread 15. ........ doll
See
6 ...... leaves
Sd bread
Scanishleianceistiaets eae eT lemonade
beans
ea
2 orange juice
3 cake
4 5 coffee
: ole
8 soap‘10
AO) sake the fotowing nouns countab
1
two cups of coffee.
-Uncountables
Write how many you can see in the
pictures.
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Do this activity In pairs. One of you is the grocer
‘and the other Is the customer. Look at the pictures
: Hello! Can I help you?
: Yes please. | need a kilo of strawberries
9. SA
SB:
{and two kilos of carrots.
SA: Anything else?
SB: Yes. A carton of orange juice and two tins
of beans.
SA: Here you are. P.O”
SB: Thank you.
strawberes
Beoivomsunas
evounons
some Coke - two glasses/botties/cane of Coke
some bread - three ........ Lu
some chocolate - four
some water - five
some cheese - two
‘some meat - three
some wine - eight.
‘some salmon - four ..
some milk - ten .. "
some soap - four ........
Circle the uncountable noun in each
group.
Giniture>chair, table, desk
polaio, carrot, tomato, soup
coffee, cup, glass, jug
sheep, meat, ox, calf
apple, strawberry, chocolate, chery
glass, bottle, can, soda
Joat, slice, bread, piece
wood, tree, leaf, lower
‘You are having a party. Ten friends are coming.
Look at the plotures in the oral activity, add your
own ideas and complete the shopping list for your