UNIT 2

1. DEMONSTRATIVES: THIS-THAT-THESE-THOSE

Demonstratives are used to point out a particular item. They are as follows: 

This (indicates something close to the speaker)
That (indicates something away from the speaker)

These (indicates some things close to the speaker)
Those (indicates some things away from the speaker)

Example:

A: What is this? (pointing to something held in the speaker's hand or near the speaker)

B: A pencil.

A: What is that? (pointing to something at a distance from the speaker)

B: A tree.

1. Comple with this, that, these, those.                                    1. thisthatthesethose cat.            2. thisthatthesethose trees.            3. thisthatthesethose pills.                                4. thisthatthesethose house.           5.  thisthatthesethose rose.          6. thisthatthesethose planes.                          7. thisthatthesethose CD player.     8. thisthatthesethose city.             9. thisthatthesethose coins.                                               10. thisthatthesethose buildings.    11.  thisthatthesethose cards.       12. thisthatthesethose mobile phone.  2. More practice

1. EXERCISE: THIS-THAT or THESE-THOSE
2.http://www2.arnes.si/~dkrape/this_that_these_those.htm
3.  http://www2.arnes.si/~dkrape/this_that_these_those_3.htm

 

2. PLURALS

• singular + -s

singular	plural
a car	two cars
a cassette	two cassettes
a lamp	two lamps
a hat	two hats
a cup	two cups

• Add -es after sibilants:

singular	plural
a box	two boxes
a sandwich	two sandwiches
a suitcase	two suitcases
a rose	two roses
a garage	two garages

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• Substitute y after consonant with -ies:

singular	plural
a city	two cities
a lady	two ladies

• Add -s after vowel + y:

singular	plural
a boy	two boys
a day	two days

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• Nouns on -f or -fe:

add -s		substitute with -ves
singular	plural	singular	plural
a roof	two roofs	a thief	two thieves
a cliff	two cliffs	a wife	two wives
a sheriff	two sheriffs	a shelf	two shelves

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• Nouns on -o form the plural by adding -s or -es.

add -s		substitute with -ves
singular	plural	singular	plural
a disco	two discos	a tomato	two tomatoes
a piano	two pianos	a potato	two potatoes
a photo	two photos	a hero	two heroes

Some nouns can have two plural forms:
buffalo - buffalos/buffaloes
mosquito - mosquitos/mosquitoes
tornado - tornados/tornadoes

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• Irregular plural forms:

singular	plural
a man	two men
a woman	two women
a child	two children
a mouse	two mice
a tooth	two teeth
a goose	two geese
a foot	two feet
an ox	two oxen

• WATCH THE VIDEO AND DO THE EXERCISES

1. Write the singular and plural forms of the words in exercise 1.     SINGULAR                PLURAL   1. cat                               2.                      trees    3.                      pills    4. house                           5. rose                            6.                    planes   7. CD player                  8. city                             9.                     coins   10.               buildings   11.                    cards   12. mobile phone

2. Read the rules and complete the exercises

Singular and Plural

3. Irregular plurals

Plural Online Exercise


3. FAMILY

Watch this video about the family

1. Family wordsearch
2. Family and friends

EXERCSE: My Family - 01

2. A family tree

FAMILY TREE

3. Family relationships

4. More family