LESSON
1
Singular and Plural Nouns
Grammar Introduction A
Singular and Plural Nouns Singular -s
cat horse
cats horses
·Singular means ‘one.’ Plural means ‘two or more.’ ·To make most nouns plural, add -s.
-es
watch dish bus box
watches dishes buses boxes
·Noun ending: -ch, -sh, -s, -x ·Plural form: Add -es.
-ies
baby pony
babies ponies
·Noun ending: a consonant + -y ·Plural form: Change y to i and add -es.
Irregular
child man foot
children men feet
·No rules · More examples:
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Plural
sheep - sheep
tooth - teeth
woman - women
Write the singular or plural form. Singular
Plural
1
house
houses
2
Singular
10
fox
child
11
tooth
3
pony
12
pencil
4
dish
13
story
Plural
5
students
14
benches
6
babies
15
countries
7
women
16
eggs
8
classes
17
feet
9
brushes
18
sheep
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B
A or An a
an
a bed a desk a room
an ant an eraser an owl
a big ant a small eraser a baby owl
an old bed an ugly desk an interesting room
·A and an mean ‘one.’ ·Use a or an with singular nouns. ·Put a before a consonant. ·Put an before a vowel.
·Consonants: b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z ▶
Write a or an. 1 They have
3 I have
1
umbrella.
an
2 She has
C
·Vowels: a, e, i, o, u
backpack.
4 They have
big umbrella.
5 She has
story.
old backpack.
6 I have
interesting story.
A/An vs. The 2
Let’s read a book.
Let’s read the book.
· The boy means ‘any’ book on the table.
· The boy means a ‘specific’ book on the table.
3
4
I want an orange.
I want the orange.
·The girl means ‘any’ orange. · The girl means a ‘specific’ orange in the basket.
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Write a, an, or the. 1 A: Do you have 2 A: Look at
pen? dog! It’s snowboarding.
B: Yes, I do. B: Wow!
3 A: What do you see?
B: I see
4 A: Is that
B: No, it isn’t.
octopus?
eagle.
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Grammar Practice A Choose and write the plural form. baby
box
city
class
sheep
1 My uncle has a farm. He has many
sheep
player
on his farm.
eat meat. They don’t eat plants.
2
3 Today I have three
: math, music, and English.
4 There are many cars and buildings in big 5 These 6 The
are heavy. Can you help me? are crying. They are hungry.
7 We need eleven
for the soccer game.
8 Sharks have many
. They are very sharp.
B Write a, an, or the.
1 A: Do you have
pet?
B: Yes, I do. I have
2 A: I have B: Good. Here is
3 A: Do you want
rabbit.
apple. orange too. egg sandwich?
B: Yes, please. Can I have
4 A: Do you see B: Yes, I do. It’s in
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banana too?
kite? tree.
tiger
.
tooth
LESSON 1
Grammar in Context A Circle and write about yourself.
1 I have / don’t have a
.
2 I have / don’t have a
.
3 I have / don’t have an
.
4 I have / don’t have two
.
5 I have / don’t have four
.
6 I have / don’t have many
.
What do you have?
B Choose and write.
It’s a beautiful summer day. I’m at the park. I see green trees. There are
under
the trees. I see a mom with two
. I see
pond. There are ducks in the pond. I see
at the playground.
Look at
black clouds!
It’s starting to rain. Oh no! I don’t have umbrella.
a
an
the
babies
benches
children
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Count and Non-Count Nouns
Subject and Object Pronouns
Demonstratives and Possessives 1
Possessives 2
L2
L3
L4
L5
Present Simple
Present Simple and Frequency Adverbs
Present Continuous
Present Simple vs. Present Continuous
Future: Will
L7
L8
L9
L10
L11
Past Simple: Irregular Verbs and Be
Modal Verbs
L13
L14
There + Be
Infinitives as Objects
Gerunds as Objects
Information Questions
L19
L20
L21
L22
Sentence Structures
Prepositions of Place
L18
L22
L21
L20
L19
L18
L17
Types of Sentences
Information Questions
Conditionals: If
Relative Clauses
Direct and Indirect Objects
Infinitives and Gerunds
Sentence Structures
Prepositions of Place and Movement
Prepositions
Prepositions of Time
L16
L17
Prepositions of Time
L15
Adverbs
L16
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Comparisons
Comparisons and Conjunctions
Adverbs
Adjectives
Adjectives and Adverbs
Modal Verbs
Future: Will/Be Going To
Past Simple: Irregular Verbs
Past Simple: Regular Verbs
Present Continuous
Present Simple
Present and Past: Be
Verbs and Modal Verbs
Pronouns and Possessives
Quantity Words
Nouns and Articles
Adjectives
L14
L13
L12
L11
L10
L9
L8
L7
L6
L5
L4
L3
L2
L1
Nouns and Pronouns
Review and expansion of targets from Book 2
Tag Questions Direct and Indirect Speech
L22
Relative Clauses
Causative Verbs L21
L20
L19
Infinitives 2
Infinitives 1 L18
Gerunds L17
The Passive
Sentence Structures
Conjunctions
Comparisons
L16
L15
L14
L13
Sense Verbs
L12
Comparisons and Conjunctions
Modal Verbs 2
Modal Verbs 1
Modal Verbs and Sense Verbs
Present Perfect
L11
L10
L9
Future
Past Continuous L8
Past Simple
L7
Present Continuous
Present Simple
Verbs
Somebody/Anything/Nowhere
Pronouns and Possessives
Nouns and Articles
L6
L5
L4
L3
L2
L1
Nouns and Pronouns
New targets from Book 3
Review and expansion of targets from Book 1
New targets from Book 2
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Review and expansion of targets from Book 1
My Next Grammar 2
L15
Adjectives and Adverbs
Past Simple: Regular Verbs
L12
More on Verbs and Modal Verbs
Present Simple: Be
L6
Verbs
Singular and Plural Nouns
L1
Nouns and Pronouns
New targets from Book 1
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The Spiral Syllabus of My Next Grammar