Guía 6. Inglés. Grado 9

 I.E INTEGRADO VILLA DEL PILAR

SUBJECT: ENGLISH

GRADE: 9

TEACHER: Martha Cecilia Veloza Castiblanco

GUIDE NUMBER: 6

Indicaciones:

Todos los estudiantes deben acceder a clases de inglés por WhatsApp y de vez en cuando por internet en reunión por meet. Para los que tengan la guía en físico, favor leer y responder respetando la nomenclatura de las preguntas. Realizar los trabajos en hojas tamaño carta con letra legible, marcar con nombre del estudiante, grado, asignatura y docente. Grapar las hojas y estar pendientes de la fecha de entrega en el colegio. No acepto fotos.

Para los que desarrollan la guía por internet, recuerden que la encuentran en el blog mío, cuyo link es: castellanovipi.blogspot.com favor usar Word y enviar las respuestas muy organizadas al correo electrónico catellanosuperior@gmail.com de la profesora Martha Cecilia Veloza Castiblanco.

Possessive adjectives. Adjetivos posesivos

Los adjetivos posesivos están de acuerdo con el poseedor y no con el objeto poseído. Ellos están de acuerdo en persona, número y género. La misma forma del adjetivo es usada antes de un sustantivo, sea en singular como en plural. Ejemplo

my house                                  my houses

your house                               your houses

his house                                    his houses

her house                                   her houses

its house                                     its houses

our house                                  our houses

your house                               your houses

their house                               their houses

los adjetivos posesivos son usados con partes del cuerpo o con objetos asociados a el cuerpo.

Ejemplo:

My eyes are Brown.

She sometimes extends her hand.

He is wearing his new hat.

Exercise 1.

A. Llene cada espacio con el adjetivo posesivo correspondiente de acuerdo al sujeto.

B. Traduzca al español cada oración.

a. Paul broke ________________arm.

b. I signed ________________name twice.

c. She says that ___________history class is interesting.

d. Mr Miller missed______________train last night.

e. Do you like________________new car?

f. Virginia is having _______________English class now.

g. Mr and Mrs Smith are living in _______________new apartment.

h. She had a date with __________________friend Robert.

i. He had an appointment with_____________lawyer.

j. They rented ___________house for a year.

k. I have to wash______________gloves today.

l. She combs____________hair many times a day.

m. I always brush____________teeth before going to bed.

n. Do you like ___________blue suit better than ______________________gray suit? 

o. I love my sister. _____ name is Sandra. 

p. I live in Barcelona. However, ______ friends live in Madrid. 

q. Anna and Katie like dogs. _______ parents like dogs too. 

r. I have a brother. _____ name is Tom. 

s. Me and my friends rent a flat. _____ flat is beautiful. 

The simple past tense of the most common irregular verbs. 

En la lección anterior estudiamos el tiempo pasado simple con los verbos regulares, hoy vamos a estudiar el mismo tiempo con los verbos irregulares. Solo hay que tener en cuenta que en las oraciones afirmativas se usa ese verbo irregular, en la misma posición del verbo regular. En la forma negativa e interrogativa se usa el auxiliar did o didn´t y el verbo en infinitivo. 

Los verbos irregulares se deben de aprender de memoria tanto en presente como en pasado. 

Ejemplos 

I wake up at five o´clok every days                 Oración en presente con verbo irregular 

I woke up at eight yesterday                            Oración en pasado con verbo irregular. 

She writes beautiful stories about her life        Presente 

She wrote beautiful stories about her life         pasado

LISTA DE ALGUNOS VERBOS IRREGULARES

Infinitivo                                            pasado simple                                    Traducción

Be/ am, are, is                                      Was / Were                                        Ser / Estar

Become                                                  became                                           llegar a Ser

Begin                                                      began                                              empezar

Break                                                      broke                                               romper

Bring                                                       brought                                           traer

Buy                                                          bought                                           comprar

Choose                                                     chose                                             escoger

Come                                                        came                                             venir

Cut                                                            cut                                                cortar

Do                                                             did                                                hacer

Drink                                                        drank                                            beber

Drive                                                        drove                                            conducir

Eat                                                            ate                                                comer

Feel                                                           felt                                                sentir

Find                                                          found                                            encontrar

Fly                                                            flew                                              volar

Forget                                                       forgot                                            olvidar

Get                                                           got                                                conseguir

Give                                                         gave                                              dar

Go                                                            went                                              ir

Have                                                        had                                               tener

Hear                                                         heard                                            oír

Know                                                       knew                                 conocer, saber.

Leave                                                        left                                              dejar, salir

Make                                                       made                                            hacer

Meet                                                        met                                           encontrarse.

Read                                                        read                                           leer

Say                                                           said                                          decir

See                                                           saw                                             ver

Sell                                                           sold                                        vender

Sing                                                          sang                                       cantar

Sit                                                              sat                                        sentarse

Sleep                                                         slept                                      dormir

Speak                                                        spoke                                     hablar

Swim                                                         swam                                     nadar

Take                                                           took                                       asir, llevar

Teach                                                         taught                                     enseñar

Tell                                                             told                                     decir, contar

Think                                                         thought                                   pensar

Understand                                             understood                                comprender

Wake                                                         woke                                         despertar

Wear                                                       wore                                 usar, llevar puesto

Win                                                            won                                            ganar

 Write                                                         wrote                                        escribir

Exercise 2

Traduzca las siguientes oraciones a español. Tenga en cuenta que están en pasado simple.

1. She made new dresses last month

2. They play football the last weekend

3. She went to Tanzania last summer, and saw a lot of animals.

 4. I ate pizza last night, and then I went to sleep. 

5. They met 5 years ago, and got married last weekend.

 6. We watched the film a couple of weeks ago, but we didn’t like it. 

7. Yesterday I bought some new trainers, and threw out my old ones. 

Exercise 3

 Pase las oraciones del ejercicio 2 que están en pasado afirmativo a negativo e interrogativo. Tenga en cuenta los ejemplos y la lista de verbos irregulares. 

- She made new dresses last month. - She didn´t make new dresses last month. - Did She make new dresses last month?

 - They played football the last weekend. - They didn´t play football the last weekend - Did they play football the last weekend?

Exercise 4

 Pase las siguientes oraciones a pasado simple, tenga en cuenta si el verbo es regular o irregular.

 - 1. She reads the newspaper each day.

 - 2. come to school by bus.

 - 3. You work very hard. 

- 4. She likes to sit in the sun.

 - 5. We play in the park many times.

 - 6. He watches his son in the park. 

- 7. He always walks to school.

 - 8. She does the work of two people.

 - 9. The dog chases the cat all around the house.

 - 10. Mr. Green works with my uncle.

 - 11. They always play tennis on Sundays.

 - 12. He studies for his English class. 

- 13. We eat together every day.

 - 14. She attends church every day.

 - 15. I speak several foreign languages.

 - 16. She eats in the cafeteria every day.

- 17. She goes there twice a week.

 - 18. He teaches mathematics.

 - 19. We go to the movies every weekend.

 Exercise 5 

Practique respondiendo las siguientes preguntas en afirmativo, y respuestas completas.

 1. What did he buy? He bought two notebooks and one laptop.

 2. When did he come?

 3. Where did they eat?

 4. Did you understand well?

 5. Why did they run? 

6. What time did you get up? 

7. Where did you find it? 

8. When did you see him?

 9. Did you have a vacation?

 10. Where did they go last night? 

Exercise 6 

Practique organizando las siguientes oraciones en el orden correcto. Ver la primera oración. 

1. That movie was - last week - at the Columbia.  That movie was at the Columbia last week 

2.  on Monday - Gómez was not - in class -

3.  a good movie - last week - at the Columbia Theater - I saw

4. Please close - when you leave - the door - quietly.

5. He gave - this morning - very slowly - his lecture.

6. She sang - last night - very well - that song.

7. She brought - yesterday - a friend - to class.

8. I liked - very much – last night - the program.

9. I went - once - there

Guía 5. Inglés. Grado noveno.

I.E INTEGRADO VILLA DEL PILAR

SUBJECT: ENGLISH

GRADE: 9

TEACHER: Martha Cecilia Veloza Castiblanco

GUIDE NUMBER: 5

Indicaciones:

Todos los estudiantes deben acceder a clases de inglés por WhatsApp y de vez en cuando por internet en reunión por meet. Para los que tengan la guía en físico, favor leer y responder respetando la nomenclatura de las preguntas. Realizar los trabajos en hojas tamaño carta con letra legible, marcar con nombre del estudiante, grado, asignatura y docente. Grapar las hojas y estar pendientes de la fecha de entrega en el colegio. No acepto fotos.

Para los que desarrollan la guía por internet, favor usar Word y enviar las respuestas muy organizadas al correo electrónico catellanosuperior@gmail.com de la profesora Martha Cecilia Veloza Castiblanco.

NOTA: Los estudiantes que reciben la guía por internet deben ingresar al blog de la profesora Martha Veloza, con el siguiente link castellanovipi.blogspot.com para obtener la guía.

A. THE POSITION OF ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

Son las palabras como: always, usually (or normally), often, sometimes, rarely and never. Las usamos para expresar o describir qué tan seguido realizamos una acción. 1. En oraciones afirmativas, con verbo diferente al verbo to be se usan después del pronombre y antes del verbo principal. She always helps me with my homework. He usually calls his mother.

En las oraciones negativas, se usan también después del pronombre y antes del verbo principal. Does she always help me with my homework? Yes, she always helps me. No, she doesn´t always help me

Does he usually call his mother ? No, he doesn´t usually call his mother. Yes, he usually calls his mother.

2. En oraciones con el verbo to be las palabras de frecuencia se usan después del verbo to be ejemplo The children are sometimes in this class. The girl is often coming to class later.

Exercise 1 

Coloque el adverbio de frecuencia (que está en el paréntesis) en el lugar correcto, de acuerdo a las explicaciones.

1. Mr. Miller goes to the theater (often) 

2. We get up late on Sunday (usually) 

3. Do you drink milk ? (ever) 

4. I am here on Saturday (usually) 

5. We invite friends for dinner (sometimes) 

6. Does he study his lesson (always) 

7. I don´t see him on Mondays (ever) 

8. I take a vacation (often) 

9. Do you speak english with your friends? (ever) 

10. I speak english outside the class (never) 

11. I don´t have a Coke (often) 

12. She is worried because she has many problems. (always) 

13. They have lunch at home (never) 

14. We go to English lectures (sometimes) 

15. I am late for class (seldom ).

Exercise 2 

Traduzca a español las anteriores oraciones con el adverbio de frecuencia ya incluido.

B. Possessive Sajon La apóstrofe (´) se usa también para mostrar quién es dueño de algo o que algo le pertenece a alguien o a un grupo. Se añade al sustantivo una apóstrofe y la letra “s”. Ejemplo: “My son's name is James” El nombre de mi hijo es James “The old man's jacket is too small.” La chaqueta del hombre viejo es demasiado pequeña.

En el caso de un sustantivo plural que termine en s, solamente una apóstrofe se añade después de la s. Ejemplo: My boys´ addresses Las direcciones de mis niños The girls´dresses Los vestidos de las niñas.

Exercise 3 

Traduzca las siguientes oraciones con posesivo sajon.

1. Paul´s book is on the desk . El libro de Paul esta sobre el escritorio. 

2. The doctor´s office is on the second floor. 

3. Charles´s middle name is Edward. 

4. The men´s coats and hats are in the other room. 

5. The girl´s friends are from New York. 

6. The Millers´house is made of brick and Wood. 

7. My sister´s cat is beautiful. 

8. The lawyers´ office is at Mall Plaza. 

9. My father´s farm is in Santagueda. 

10. My friend´s name is Norma Beatriz.

Exercise 4 

Practique escribiendo en inglés con posesivo sajon, las siguientes frases. 

1. Los amigos de Virginia. Virginia´s friends. 

2. La casa de mi padre 

3. Los libros del estudiante 

4. Los libros de los estudiantes 

5. La casa del presidente 

6. La opinión del profesor 

7. El automóvil de mi amigo 

8. El automóvil de mis amigos 

9. La casa de la señora López 

10. La conferencia del director 

11. La pronunciación del señor 

12. El perro de Jaime 

13. Los hijos de mi tío 

14. Las camisas de Octavio. 

15. Las camas de mi mamá.

C. The simple past tense of regular verbs. En inglés existen los verbos regulares e irregulares. Para estudiar el pasado simple primero vamos a trabajar con los verbos regulares. Para formar el pasado solo se agrega la partícula ed a la forma simple del verbo. Si el verbo termina en e solo se agrega d. 

Ejemplo: 

Verb                                                                       Past tense 

dance                                                                     danced 

notice                                                                    noticed 

pronounce                                                             pronounced 

miss                                                                       missed 

watch                                                                     watched 

ask                                                                          asked 

like                                                                         liked 

finish                                                                      finished 

distinguish                                                              distinguished 

learn                                                                        learned 

sign                                                                          signed 

live                                                                           lived 

arrive                                                                        arrived 

use                                                                             used 

follow                                                                       followed  

change                                                                       changed 

answer                                                                       answered 

want                                                                           wanted 

wait                                                                            waited 

invite                                                                          invited 

end                                                                             ended 

need                                                                           needed

Tener en cuenta las siguientes excepciones.

a. Cuando la forma simple del verbo termina en una consonante, precedida por una vocal y el acento es en la última sílaba. La consonante se duplica y se agrega ed. Stop stopped omit omitted

b. Cuando la forma simple del verbo termina en y precedida por una consonante, la y cambia por i y agrega ed. Study studied marry married.

Exercise 5 

Las siguientes oraciones están en presente, colóquelas en pasado. 

She calls me She called me.

1. I live in Manizales.

2. She like him

3. They use mustaches

4. My family invite you for lunch.

5. He listens pop and vallenato.

6. The children answer the questions.

7. My father and my mother walk around the neighborhood.

8. The girls dance very good.

9. The students pronounce their english very well.

D. Negative and interrogative form of simple past tense. 

El tiempo pasado del verbo auxiliar do es did. Todos los verbo principales excepto to be usan did en el interrogativo y didn´t en el negativo en el tiempo pasado.

Affirmative                                              Negative                                               Interrogative     

We changed the sentences      We did not change the sentences.               Did we change th…?                                                                   I did not (didn´t) walk                               Did I walk?                                                                                 You did not (didn´t) walk                          Did you walk?                                                                             He did not (didn´t) walk                            Did he walk?

Exercise 6 

Las siguientes oraciones están en pasado forma afirmativa, pásalas a negativo e interrogativo. Observe los ejemplos y explicaciones del tema.

1. We changed the sentences to questions. 

We did not change the sentences to questions. 

Did we change the sentences to questions?

2. We pronounced the words many times. 

3. The teacher asked many questions. 

4. I answered all nher questions. 

5. Virginia embraced her mother. 

6. Our friends rented the house on the corner. 

7. They liked the lecture very much. 

8. They received several letters yesterday. 

9. Mr. Gómez wanted to have his lunch early. 

10. The streetcar stopped in front of my house. 

11. They walked home from class. 

12. He lived on College Avenue last year.

Exercise 7 

Responda estas preguntas primero en afirmativo y luego en negativo. 

1. Did Luisa have a date with him last Saturday? 

Yes, she had a date with him.

No, she didn´t have a date with him.

2. Did you learn your english here?

3. Did you miss me last week?

4. Did you sign your name?

5. Did they wait for you after class?

6. Did you expect to see her yesterday?

7. Did she invite you to her party?

8. Did she study hard for her examination?

9. Did you like the movie last night?

10. Did she have an appointment with her history teacher?

Grado 9. Guía 4 de inglés

 

I.E INTEGRADO VILLA DEL PILAR

SUBJECT: ENGLISH

 GRADE: 9

TEACHER: Martha Cecilia Veloza Castiblanco

GUIDE NUMBER: 4

Indicaciones:

 Todos los estudiantes deben acceder a clases de inglés por WhatsApp y de vez en cuando por internet en reunión por meet. Para los que tengan la guía en físico, favor leer y responder respetando la nomenclatura de las preguntas. Realizar los trabajos en hojas tamaño carta con letra legible, marcar con nombre del estudiante, grado, asignatura y docente. Grapar las hojas y estar pendientes de la fecha de entrega en el colegio. No acepto fotos.

Para los que desarrollan la guía por internet, favor usar Word y enviar las respuestas muy organizadas al correo electrónico catellanosuperior@gmail.com de la profesora Martha Cecilia Veloza Castiblanco.

NOTA: Los estudiantes que reciben la guía por internet deben ingresar al blog de la profesora Martha Veloza, con el siguiente link castellanovipi.blogspot.com para obtener la guía.

 

There is,  there are  (hay)

 

There is is used for hay before a singular noun, and there are is used for hay before a plural noun. The interrogative forms are :  is there? and are there?

 

There is a good drugstore on the corner.

Is there a good  drugstore on the corner?

 

There are some new books in the library.

Are there some new books in the library?

 

Exercise 1

Write there is or there are according with the sentences.

 

 

1.______________ many students  in the room.

2.________________a big map on the Wall.

3.________________classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

4.________________a lectura tomorrow night.

5.________________five children in the family.

6.________________a nice front lawn.

7.________________four bedrooms upstairs.

8.________________a telephone downstairs.

9_________________some letters on the desk for you.

10________________twelve months in a year.

11._______________a sun that give us the light.

12________________four seasons in Europe.

13________________seven days in a week.

14________________many dogs on the park.

15._______________a moon on the dark.

 

Exercise 2

a.       Change the sentences  from  ítem 1 to questions.

b.      Write ten (10) affirmative sentences using there is and there are with different vocabulary.

 

The past tense of the verb  be.

 

Affirmative                                                Negative                                                        Interrogative

I was                                             I was not (wasn´t)                                            was I?

You were                                     you were not (weren´t)                                  were you?

He was                                         He was not  (wasn´t)                                      was He?

She was                                       She was not (wasn´t)                                       was she?

It was                                            It was not (wasn´t)                                           was it?

We were                                      We were (weren´t)                                        were we?

You were                                      you were (weren´t)                                        were you?

They were                                       they were (weren´t)                                   were they?

 

Exercise 3

Fill the blanks with the correct form of the past tense of be. Translate the sentences.

 

1.       There ______________five members in the Miller family.

2.       Her name__________________Alice Grant before her marriage.

3.       ________________you in class yesterday?

4.       He_______________not in the office yesterday.

5.       His calling card ____________on the desk this morning.

6.       We _________________very busy last week.

7.       ___________her signature at the end of the letter?

8.       The children_____________not in the school last week.

9.       He___________________never in the United States.

10.   His grandparents_________________from Spain.

 

The past tense with ing

 

To form the past tense with ing, the past tense of the verb be is used as an auxiliary with the present participle (ing form) of the principal verb. Example

I was reading the newspaper-

We weren´t talking.

Were you writing a letter?

Weren´t they waiting for you?

 

Exercise 4

A.      Practice using the correct form of each verb in the past tense with ing.

B.      Then repeat the sentences in the negative form.

 

1.       My niece_________________(visit) us.

2.       I ________________(study) my English lesson.

3.       They _______________(have) a good time.

4.       We ___________________(listen ) to the radio.

5.       She ____________________(write) the letter to her parents.

6.       I _______________(go) to the library.

7.       _______________you ____________________(sleep)?

8.       _______________he__________________(wait) for her?

9.       _______________the children___________(play) in the yard?

10.   ________________you________________(expect) to see her?

 

Read the next lecture and answer the questions. First about the text, second about your own information.

 

THE HOUSE WHERE MR. AND MRS. MILLER LIVE

Virginia López  lives with Mr. and Mrs. Miller in a collage town. Their address is 431 Clark Street. Mr. Miller is renting the house from a real state company. He pays one million dolars a month for it.

The house is made of brick and wood. There is a large front porch and a big yard around the house. There is no wall around the yard.  The front yard has a nice green lawn, and the back yard has many pretty flowers.

It has eight-room house with four rooms downstairs and four rooms upstairs. The rooms downstairs are the living room, the library, the dinning room, and the kitchen. There are four bedrooms and a bath upstairs.

The living room is large and light. It has a fireplace, several tables and chairs, a sofá, a floor lamp, and three table lamps. There are also a bookcase and a televisión with a play 4. There is a large rugo n the floor, and there are some pictures on the wall.

 

Exercise 5

Answer these questions about the text

1.       With whom is Virginia living?

2.       Is she living in a collage town?

3.       What is her address?

4.       Of what is the house made?

5.       Is there a wall around yard?

6.       Is Mr. Milller renting the house?

7.       From whom is he renting it?

8.       How much is the rent?

9.       How many rooms are there downstairs? Name them.

10.   How many rooms are there upstairs? Name them.

11.   Is the living room small?

12.   What is there on the floor?

13.   Are there many lamps?

14.   Where is the green lawn?

15.   Where are the flowers?

 

Answer thes questions about your own information

 

16.   What is your address?

17.   Are you living in a house or an apartment?

18.   Is there a yard in your house?

19.   Are there two floors in your house?

20.   Is there a fireplace in your house?

21.   Are you renting the houses from a real estate company?

22.   Are the rents high or low?

23.   Are there many new houses and apartment in your city?

Grado 9. Guía 3 de Inglés

 

I.E INTEGRADO VILLA DEL PILAR

SUBJECT: ENGLISH

 GRADE: 9

TEACHER: Martha Cecilia Veloza Castiblanco

GUIDE NUMBER: 3

Indicaciones:

 Todos los estudiantes deben acceder a clases de inglés por WhatsApp y de vez en cuando por internet en reunión por meet. Para los que tengan la guía en físico, favor leer y responder respetando la nomenclatura de las preguntas. Realizar los trabajos en hojas tamaño carta con letra legible, marcar con nombre del estudiante, grado, asignatura y docente. Grapar las hojas y estar pendientes de la fecha de entrega en el colegio. No acepto fotos.

Para los que desarrollan la guía por internet, favor usar Word y enviar las respuestas muy organizadas al correo electrónico catellanosuperior@gmail.com de la profesora Martha Cecilia Veloza Castiblanco.

NOTA: Los estudiantes que reciben la guía por internet deben ingresar al blog de la profesora Martha Veloza, con el siguiente link castellanovipi.blogspot.com para obtener la guía.

 

 

Use the prepositions  in - on – at

 

A.      The preposition in is used in the following ways:

 

1.       Time:  with the names of months, year, and seasons.

                in march,  in 1960,  in the Winter

 

2.       Time: with parts of the day or night  used in a general sense.

In the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening

But tomorrow morning, yesterday morning.

 

 

3.       Place: inside of something ( en, dentro de alguna cosa)

Lorent is in the United States.

She lives in the college town.

His office is in that building.

The letters are in de drawer of the desk.

Please sit in this chair.

 

B.      The preposition on is used in the following ways:

 

1.       Time: With days of the week, and days of the month

On Tuesday, on the tenth of March, on March 10th

But next Tuesday, next March, last Tuesday, last March

 

2.       Places: To indicate contact with a superface.

The rug is on the floor.

The pictures are on the Wall.

She lives on Clark Street.

Please, sit on this sofa.

 

C.      The preposition at is used to indicate a definite time or place

 

1.       Time: For hours and minutes, and with noon, night, midnight.

At six o´clock, at ten minutes to two, at half past five, at noon, at night, at midnight.

 

2.       Place: For a definite position.

They are at home.

 The delivery man  is at the door.

She lives at  45-20 Clark Street.

She writes her name at the end of the letter.

We are studying english at the University.

 

D.      Different prepositions are used after the verb arrive ( llegar a)

 

1.       In English llegar a is never translated  by arrive to.

2.       The correct expressions are arrive in a country, in or at the city, and at  other places.

She arrives in the United States next Sunday.

She arrives in (at) New York on Monday.

She always arrives at school a little early.

It is necessary to arrive at the airport early.

 

Exercise 1.

 

Practice using the correct preposition, if one is needed.

 

------------ Sunday                                              -----------the summer

------------ First Street                                        ---------- Saturday

------------ 431 Clark Street                               ---------- last saturday

------------ the evening                                       ----------1950

------------ night                                                  -----------the top of the page

------------ next Sunday                                     ------------july fourth

------------ December seventh                          -----------noon

------------ December                                         ------------fifth Avenue

------------ the spring                                          ------------1025 Fifth avenue

------------ 1941                                                   -----------the morning

 

1.       She is  ________ the university this morning.

2.       He is sitting _______________ the table.

3.       The lamp is  _____________ the desk.

4.       Mrs López is ________________ home.

5.        They live ________________ Brown Street.

6.        I live ___ a house.

7.         We will meet ___ 5:00 pm.

8.        My birthday is ___ May 5th.

9.       The last Olympics were held ___ 2012.

10.    I usually study ___ Sundays.

11.    My books were ___ this table, where did they go?

12.   They left ___ 9:00 am.

13.   We met ___ the park.

14.   I like taking a nap ___ the afternoon.

15.    It rains a lot ___ spring.

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                  The plural of nouns

 

 

                                                                                 

A.      The plural of nouns is generally  formed   by adding S to the singular.

Coats,  hats,  students,  books,  stores,  boys,  doors,  friends,  doorbells,  shoes,  lessons,  summers,  sisters,  brothers.

 

B.      If a singular nouns ends in S, SH, CH, or X, the plural is formed by adding ES

class           classes                                                    dress         dresses

church        churches                                              watch         watches

dish             dishes                                                   wish           wishes

box               boxes                                                    fox             foxes

 

C.      If a singular nouns  ends in CE,  SE,  or  GE,  the plural is formed  by adding S.

voice           voices                              sentence     sentences

case             cases                               course         courses

rose              roses                               house          houses

age                ages                                 language       languages

 

              

The irregular Plural form of some Nouns

 

A.      To form the plural of nouns ending in y preceded by a consonant, y is changed to i, and es is added.

               Baby                         Babies

               Vocabulary               vocabularies

               Note: The following nous are regular, because the Y follows a vowel.

             boy           boys

             day            days

 

B.      To form the pural of nouns ending in F, final F is changed to V, and es is added. To form the plural of nouns ending in FE, Final FE is changed to VE, and S is added.

 

Leaf         leaves                                                   wife          wives

Loaf         loaves                                                   life            lives

Thief        thieves                                                 knife          knives

 

Exceptions: handkerchiefs, roofs, proofs, and cuffs.

 

C.      To form the plural of many nouns ending in o, is added es

potato           potatoes

tomato          tomatoes

hero               héroes

Negro             Negroes.

 

D.      A few nouns are very irregular in their plurals.

man                        men                                                   goose           geese

woman                  women                                              mouse           mice

child                      children                                              ox                    oxen

foot                        feet                                                     deer               deer

tooth                      teeth                                                  sheep              sheep

 

Exercise 2

Give the meaning and the plural of the following nouns

Nouns                meaning                            plural

 

address               ___________             ____________

American           ____________            ____________

fly                       ____________            ____________

life                     ____________             ____________

hero                  ____________              ___________

bridge               ____________              ___________

woman           ____________                ___________

loaf             _______________           ______________

city            ________________           _______________

chair         _______________              _______________

foot          _______________              ________________

month      _______________            _________________

match       _______________           __________________

key           ________________         __________________

fox           _________________         _________________

child        _________________         _________________

glory       _________________          ________________

week     _________________           ________________

wife     _________________            _________________

tooth      ________________           _________________

handkerchief   _______________             _________________

dish        ______________              ____________________

glass      _______________           _________________

baby   ________________           _________________

computer   _____________        __________________

gap            _____________             __________________

scarf         _______________         ___________________

sheep    _______________           ________________

 

EXERCISE 3

A.      Choose ten words and write ten sentences with the nouns in singular, then pass them to plural.  Use diferent verbs. Example)

The baby is two years old.

The babies are very nice.

B.      Select the correct word

1. (Students – A student ) do not succeed in their courses only by being intelligent.

2. All the ( dates – data – datas ) have been sent.

3. Can you buy some ( bread – breads ) and chocolates for me?

4. He prepared baked ( potatos – potatoes ).

5.  Have you packed all your ( luggages – luggage ) yet?

6.  Dr. Peterson has saved so many ( lifes – lives ).

7. My ( foots – feet ) are killing me.

8. Those ( puppy – puppies ) are so cute.

 

 

C. write the words in the correct order

 1. eat/ cats/ mice/.

2. three/ my/ children/ aunt/ has/.

3. harvested/ year/ mangoes/ of/ are/ this/ time/.

4. mammals/ are/ deer/ endangered/.

 5. around/ I/ accident/ many/ people/ gathered/ the/ saw/.

6. last/ dangerous/ were/ caught/ night/ thieves/.

7. buy/ we/ new/ furniture/ need/ to/.

8. information/ did/ you/ the/ receive/?