BRIGHT 1 Unit 8 LABELS AND LISTS OF

BRIGHT 1 Unit 8 LABELS AND LISTS OF THINGS

Do you know what is this? - a carton of milk 5 kg of meat 1 kg of onion three jars of chocolate jam - 3 bunches of spinach

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Using Article ‘A’ • We use the article ‘a’ before consonant sounds. consonants: b c d f g h j c l m n p q r d t v w x y z examples: 1. a mat 2. a pack of dried beef

Using Article ‘An’ • We use the article ‘an’ before vowel sounds. vowels: a e i o u Examples: 1. an onion 2. an apple

Plural Things three pencils three blankets clipart two bottles clipart

Plural Things • Most singular nouns need an addition of ‘s’ to make them into the plural. Examples: one teacher => two teachers one student => two students one bottle => two bottles

Plural Things ALERT!! For a noun ending with ch, x, sh, ss or s, add es. Example: a match=> two matches a box => two boxes a brush => two brushes a glass => two glasses a bus => two busses For a noun ending with a consonant + y, change y into i + es. Example: one lady => two ladies For a noun ending with the vowel o, add es. Example: a potato => two potatoes a tomato => two tomatoes

Plural Things But WAIT!!! Some nouns are unique. The have irregular plural forms. Example: a man => two men a woman => two women a child => two children a person => two people

Countable and Uncountable Nouns Biscuit, cup and apple are examples of countable nouns. So we can count them: one biscuit, two biscuits. Countable nouns can be singular or plural. two milks clipart two pencils clipart Milk, tea and bread are examples of uncountable nouns because we cannot count them. We cannot say: a milk, two milks, two breads. Uncountable nouns are always singular.

So, how do we say the plural form of uncountable nouns? Plural Things We can count such an uncountable noun with the following measurement. 1. The number of litres/kilos two kilos of potatoes one litre of water 2. The containers a bottle of water three jars of jam 3. Other measurement words two slices of bread a piece of chocolate a loaf of bread a bar of chocolate three glasses of water

How do you say these things? clipart three jars of jam clipart two glasses of milk two bars of chocolate