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Irregular nouns
SPELLING RULES
1. Add S to most 2. Add es to words
nouns ending in: s, ss, sh, ch,
Book Books x
Table Tables Bus Buses
Cup Cups Dress Dresses
Dish Dishes
Match Matches
Box Boxes
SPELLING RULES
3. Nouns ending in 4. Nouns ending in
consonant + y vowel + y add s
change into i + es Day Days
Baby Babies Boy Boys
Story Stories
Example: a boat
a big house
We use an before a vowel sound (a,e,i,o,u)
Examples:
An apple
An expensive car
ARTICLE THE
We use a/an with singular nouns to refer to
something but it is not clear which thing we
mean
Example: I want to watch a DVD (any DVD is ok
to me)
We use the with singular and plural noun when
we it is clear which thing or things we mean
Example: I want to watch the DVD of our
wedding
We dont use a/an with plural nouns
Example:
He has got a problem He has got problems