“Demonstratives and Plurals ”

Teacher: Andrea Novoa M.

 Demonstratives Rules

Singular
 Demonstratives Rules

Plural
 Demonstratives Rules
Questions:

• WHO:
a) Who is that new teacher?
b) Who are those people?

• WHAT:
a) What is that noise?
b) What are those things?
 Demonstratives Rules
Questions:

• How:
a) How much is this printer?
b) How much are these printers?
c) How much is that?
d) How much are those?

• Verb Be:
a) Are these your reports? No, they’re not.
b) Is this your pencil? Yes, it is.
 Plurals
In general the plural of a noun is formed by adding -S at final of word.
Examples:
Singular Plural

car cars

house houses

book books

bird birds

pencil pencils
 Rules
When the word ends When the word ends When the word ends When the word ends When the word ends
in S, SH, CH, X or Z in a VOWEL + Y in a CONSONANT + Y in F or FE in a CONSONANT + O

Add –ES at final Add -S at final Remove Y and add Remove the F/FE and Add –ES at final
–IES at final add –VES at final

Ex: Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex.

kiss kisses boy boys party parties life lives tomato tomatoes
wish wishes holiday holidays lady ladies leaf leaves potato potatoes
match matches key keys story stories thief thieves echoechoes
fox foxes guy guys nanny nannies wife wives hero heroes
quiz quizzes city cities
Irregulars
Singular Plural
man men
woman women
child children
foot feet
tooth teeth
goose geese
mouse mice

*Some are only plural: Jeans, glasses, sunglasses, scissors.