Plural of Nouns Prepositions of Time

Class #9

General Rule word ending with S

Book Books

Girl

Girls

Day

Days

Table

Tables

End with: o, ch, sh, ss, x and z add + es

Hero Tomato church Watch Brush Wish Glass Box Buzz
Heroes Tomatoes Churches Watches Brushes Wishes Glasses Boxes Buzzes

Words that ends with Y : - y + ies

Country

Family

Story
Fly Lady

Countries

Families

Stories Flies

Ladies

Words that ends with F and fe take off -f or fe and add + ves
Calf Calves

Elf

Elves

Knife

Knives

Thief

Thieves

Special nouns
Child
Man
Woman

Children
Men
Women

Foot Goose

Feet Geese

mouse tooth

Mice Teeth

Ox

Oxen

Louse

Lice

Gentleman

Gentlemen

Words with no changes in plural

Crazy Salmon

Deer

Series

Sheep

Trout

EXERCISE
a beacha ladya monkeya bencha brusha snakea doora bikea deska waya potatoa boxa babya table-

a leafa keya cherrya duck a daya chairan egg a wisha pena treea storya bodya boy a pencila peach-

EXERCISE
What is the correct plural of the word? 1. How many (person) ___________ study English here? 2. Five (woman) ________ opened a computer company. 3. Even (child) ________ enjoy learning on the internet. 4. Most basketball (player) ____________ are tall. 5. My (tooth) _________ are sensitive to the cold. 6. We have to change our (tire) __________ . 7. The boys went fishing and caught 10 (fish) _________ . 8. There are 10 (man) ________ in this Department. 9. My wife keeps her (knife) ______ on the (shelf) _______. 10. (Goose) ______________ are water birds. 11. (Piano) ____________are difficult to move . 12. Jessica bought _________ (egg) and (apple) ________.

Time prepositions: In, on, at

IN months, years, periods of day or time, decades and seasons: in January in 1978 in winter in the 19th century in the 1970s in the morning / in the afternoon / in the evening in a few weeks in a couple of days

Time prepositions: In, on, at

AT - Use 'at' with precise time: at six o'clock at 10.30 at two p.m. We use at in these expressions: at night - at Christmas - at the moment at present - at the same time at midnight What time do you wake up in the morning? What time do you have breakfast? What time do you go to bed?

Time prepositions: In, on, at

ON - Use 'on' with days of the week: on Monday on Fridays Use 'on' with specific calendar days: on Independence Day on Easter Use 'on' with dates: on March 7th on October 22nd

EXERCISE!!!
_________ March _________ Wednesday _________ 1778 _________ autumn _________ Monday _________ the morning _________ Tuesday _________ January _________ this evening _________ the evening _________ 13:15 _________ Christmas _________ 1893 _________ midnight _________ Easter _________ the moment _________ summer _________ 3:52 _________ 1st February _________ independence day _________ June _________ 24th June _________ 4:19 _________ Monday _________ 2005 _________ this Friday _________ spring _________ Thursday _________ last summer _________ 1995

READING COMPREHENSION

READ THE TEXT AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS Thats my Irish husband, Tim. Tim ______ (to be) a doctor. Hes a very good doctor but he _______ (sleep) a lot. Hes 35. Tim _______(love) watching TV in bed and he ________ (watch) TV all the weekend. We ______ (have) four children and a fat and black cat. Her names Miau. Miau _________ (be) very lazy! Our children ________ (be) Joshua, Joseph, John, and Joana. They were born in Germany where we ______ (live) now. Joshuas the baby and hes only 11 months old. Joseph and Joana ______ (be) twins. They are 6 years old and they ________(study) in a local public school. They _______ (love) playing video games . John is 9 years old. He _______ (love) going to school and studying Math and English. I am Silvia, I ________ (be) from United Kingdom and Im 32 years old. Im a housewife. I ______ (love) cooking delicious food and sweets for my husband and children. I also love taking my children to play in the park .

Answer the questions about the text: a) How many children does Silvia have? ______________________ b) What are the names of the children? _______________________ c) How old are they? ____________________________________ d) What is Silvias husband name? ___________________________ e) Whats his job? ________________________________________ g) Where do the children study? __________________________ h) Where is Silvia from? ________________________________ Write True or False next to the questions. 1. Silvia and Tim like the same things. _________ 2. Miau and Tim are very active. __________ 3. Silvia and her children are from the same country. _______ 4. John is very different from the twins. _________ 5. Silvia loves cooking and takes her children to the park. _____