- A period of time or distance: a sum of money, a period of time, a distance:.. Five years is too long for me to find a job.[r]
(1)(2)
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
(3)umbrella
Label the things in the picture
(4)umbrella teacher man woman girl boy pen desk apple bag book student notebook orange a a a a a a a a a a a an an an
a/an is the indefinite article
We use a before words which begin with consonants (b, c, d, f, j….) a book, a pen …
We also use a before u when it sounds like the word ‘you’, and before eu: a university, a European city
We use an before words which begin with vowels (a, e, i, o, u….) an apple, an egg …
(5)A What’s this called in English?
B It is an umbrella.
A What s this called in English?’
A How you spell that?
B It is U-M-B-R-E-double L-A.
B It is a pen.
A How you spell that?
(6)(7)+ What does “cöa sæ” mean in English?
It means “window”.
+ What does “m¸y tÝnh” mean in English? It means “computer”.
+ How you spell five? It’s F-I-V-E.
+ How you spell book? It’s B-double O-K.
+ How you pronounce the word “new”? It ‘s /nju:/
(8)Wallis 19
14
(9)Listen again and check (1.11)
What’s your……….?
What’s …………
address?
How old……….you?
What’s your telephone……
….? name
are
your
number
(10)(11)1 Singular Nouns 2 Plural Nouns
a book, an egg
a
an + Singular N
a pen,
books
some eggs
an apple
an ordinal some
….
a teacher
a student
15 tables
A few students
(12)Rules: Changing singular Ns into plural Ns A N → Ns (a cat→ cats, a song → two songs….)
1 Ns ending in s/ ss / sh / ch / z / x → N + es:
a bus → buses;
a glass → glasses,
a dress → dresses, a brush → brushes,
a match → matches,
(13)a book two books
a dress two dresses
a box two boxes
a toothbrush two toothbrushes
(14)2 Ns ending in a consonant “o” + es:
→ potatoes; a tomato → tomatoes, a hero → heroes,
→ radios, a studio → studios, a zoo → zoos, a kilo → kilos, a photo → photos,
3 Ns ending in a consonant and y : y → i + es:
A family → families, a baby → babies, a country → countries
But: Ns ending in a vowel before y + s:
A key → keys, a toy → toys, a donkey → donkeys
4 Ns ending in f, fe → ves:
A knife → knives, a life → lives, a leaf → leaves, a thief → thieves,
But
a potato
a radio a kangaroo → kangaroos
(15)B Irregular
A man - A woman - A child -
A tooth
-A foot
-A mouse
-A person - An ax A goose men Women children teeth feet mice people
- axis
- geese
singular and plural (same form)
(16)C Ns always plural:
Slacks, trousers, shorts, jeans.
Pajamas, binoculars, scissors, glasses.
- A period of time or distance: a sum of money, a period of time, a distance:
Five years is too long for me to find a job. Six miles is too far to walk.
(17)a man two men
a child ten children
a woman three women
(18)three students
three bags
two watches seven pens
two boxes
sevens people two oranges
two keys two tapes
(19)