LESSON
1
Nouns and Articles
Grammar Introduction A
Singular and Plural Nouns Singular -s
house tree
houses trees
·Singular means ‘one.’ Plural means ‘two or more.’ ·To make most nouns plural, add -s.
-es
beach brush glass fox
beaches brushes glasses foxes
·Noun ending: -ch, -sh, -s, -x ·Plural form: Add -es.
-ies
family story
families stories
-ves
leaf knife
leaves knives
mouse sheep woman
mice sheep women
Irregular
▶
4
Plural
·Noun ending: a consonant + -y ·Plural form: Change y to i and add -es. ·Noun ending: -f or -fe ·Plural form: Change f or fe to v and add -es. ·No rules ·More examples: child - children
foot - feet
man - men
Write the singular or plural form. Singular
Plural
1
cup
cups
2
Singular
9
mouse
box
10
peach
3
family
11
thief
4
foot
12
movie
Plural
5
men
13
butterflies
6
dresses
14
sheep
7
leaves
15
rulers
8
cities
16
dishes
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B
Count and Non-Count Nouns Singular Count Noun
a family a leaf one mouse
Non-Count Noun
homework meat paper
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Plural three families five leaves seven mice
·Count nouns can be counted with numbers. They have singular and plural forms.
·Non-count nouns cannot be counted with numbers. They have singular forms only.
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·Do not use a or an with non-count nouns. ·More examples: money, rain, rice, snow, water
Choose and write. Use a or an with count nouns. apple
clock
desk
homework
letter
meat
paper
water
Count Noun Non-Count Noun
C
Articles: A/An and The a an
the
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a bag a movie
a small igloo a new umbrella
an igloo an umbrella
an old bag an exciting movie
·A and an mean ‘one.’ ·Use a or an with singular nouns. ·Put a before a consonant. ·Put an before a vowel.
My mom is in the kitchen. Open the door, please.
·Use the before nouns that are ‘specific.’
The Earth is round.
·Use the before nouns that are ‘one and only.’
Write a, an, or the. Write Ø if no article is needed. 1 Amy has
cap and
2 There is
milk and
3 It is
nice day.
4 Where are you? I’m in
hat. cheese. sky is blue.
cap is blue. milk is white.
hat is red. cheese is yellow.
sun is bright.
living room.
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Grammar Practice A Choose and write. Then write the plural form of the count noun. book
bread
brush
child
country
homework
life
milk
Count Noun
1
Plural
book
books
6
2
7
3
8
4
9
5
10
B Write a, an, or the. Write Ø if no article is needed. rabbit. Do you see it?
B: Yes! It’s behind
2 A: Do you want
rock. egg for breakfast?
B: No, thank you. I’ll just have
3 A:
4 A: Do you like B: No, I don’t. I like
sun? rain? snow.
5 A: Oh, it’s raining. I don’t have B: Don’t worry. I have
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glass of orange juice.
weather is so gray today.
B: I know. Where is
sugar
Non-Count Noun
Singular
1 A: There is
snow
umbrella. big umbrella.
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Grammar in Context A Circle and write about yourself.
1 I like / don’t like
foxes
.
2 I like / don’t like
.
3 I like / don’t like
.
4 I like / don’t like
.
5 I like / don’t like
.
6 I like / don’t like
.
foxes
mice
sheep
homework
rain
snow
B Choose and write.
Three
live in a barn. owl lives in a tree.
The mice don’t sleep at night. The The mice smell The owl sees
doesn’t sleep at night. and come out of the barn. mice and swoops down.
The mice run back into the barn. The owl flies back to the tree. The
is shining in the sky. an
cheese
mice
the
moon
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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
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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