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.
