Plural nouns
How do you make the following nouns plural? (WRITE ON YOUR PAPER)
- House
- Girl
- Chair
- Teacher
Houses, girls, chairs, teachers
Explain the main difference between a countable and uncountable noun.
Countable nouns = words we can count with numerals (one, two, three...).
Uncountable nouns = we can't count these with numerals UNLESS we add a quantifier (two sticks of butter), and many of these do not have plural forms as a consequence.
UN-contract these three contractions:
It's
Where's
There's
It is / It has
Where is
There is / there has
Fill the gaps with the correct POSSESSIVE pronouns:
Anna, isn't that _____ bike?
Give that to me, that book is ______.
David is going to see ______ daughter - she's the youngest of David's four children.
Anna, isn't that YOUR bike?
Give that to me, that book is MINE.
David is going to see HIS daughter - she's the youngest of David's four children.
When do you use AN and when do you use A?
AN = vowel sounds
A = consonant sounds.
How do you make the following nouns plural?
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- Country, baby, body, economy
Countries, babies, bodies, economies
Which of the following words are uncountable nouns?
Friend, music, song, snow.
Music and Snow.
What do these contractions stand for?
Why'd
I'd
Let's
Would've
Why did
I would
Let us
Would have
Which two RELATIVE pronouns can be used for people?
Who and That (that = informal)
Explain the difference between the articles "a/an" and the article "the".
a/an = indefinite, when we are not talking about something specific, but general, or something is unknown.
the = something is now known, or we are referring to something specific.
How do you make the following nouns plural?
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- Box, bush, rash, fox
Boxes, bushes, rashes, foxes
What could suitable (passande) quantifiers be for these breakfast-themed uncountable nouns?
Milk, Bread, Coffee, Jam
A glass/jug/carton/swig of milk
A loaf/roll/basket of bread
A cup/pot of coffee
A spoon/jar of jam.
What is the difference between it's and its?
It's = contraction, it is.
Its = possessive, "sin".
The relative pronoun "Which" can refer to objects but also to something else... what?
An entire phrase/clause.
"The iPhone was working as it should, which was a relief."
Give these words their correct INDEFINITE articles:
Orange, blue-cheese, tailcoat, armchair, village.
An orange
A blue-cheese
A tailcoat
An armchair
A village
How do you make the following nouns plural?
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- Woman, fish, child, mouse, man.
Women, fish, children, mice, men.
Which of the quantifiers below can be used with countables or uncountables?
"Much", "Many", "A lot"
Much = uncountable
Many = countable
A lot = both
What difference does the apostrophe make here?
Week's and weeks'
Week's = possessive of ONE week (one week's vacation)
Weeks' = possessive of SEVERAL weeks (three weeks' vacation)
Which RELATIVE pronouns should fill the gaps?
The little boy _____ had lost his mother found her again, _____ was fortunate!
The little boy WHO had lost his mother found her again, WHICH was fortunate.
Give these words their correct INDEFINITE articles:
Laptop, university, watch, honest man.
A Laptop, A university, A watch, AN honest man.
How do you make the following nouns plural?
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- Ox, deer, salmon, louse, leaf, life.
Oxen, deer, salmon, lice, leaves, lives.
Fill the gaps (write on your paper!)
"The news ____ (är) good!"
"The stairs ______ (är) over there."
"Yesterday, he dropped his suitcase so the contents ______ (var) all over the floor"
"The news IS good!"
"The stairs ARE over there."
"Yesterday, he dropped his suitcase so the contents WERE all over the floor"
During the first week's vacation, the girl's just ran up and down the street's, playing with their new friends. It's been years' since that holiday, but they'll always remember it.
GIRL'S = Girls
STREET'S = Streets
YEARS' = Years
Name all the REFLEXIVE pronouns (seven)
Myself
Yourself
Himself, herself, itself
Ourselves
Themselves
Which articles are missing?
Have you met ___ man down the street? He is so mean, he is ___ real stick-in-the-mud. Whenever he meets ____ new person, he gives them ___ finger.
Have you met THE man down the street? He is so mean, he is A real stick-in-the-mud. Whenever he meets A new person, he gives them THE finger.