UNIT SUMMARY

Singular and Plural Nouns

REGULAR PLURALS boy—boys box—boxes story—stories tomato—tomatoes wife—wives man—men woman—women child—children foot—feet fish—fish

IRREGULAR PLURALS

There Is/There Are

SINGULAR

AffirmAtive StAtement negAtive StAtement Yes/No QueStion Short AnSwer

PLURAL

AffirmAtive StAtement negAtive StAtement Yes/No QueStion Short AnSwer How MaNY QueStion EXAMPLES There’s a laundry room in my building. There isn’t an elevator in my building. Is there a yard behind your building? Yes, there is.

EXAMPLES There are foreign students in my dorm. There aren’t any graduate students in my dorm. Are there any married students in your dorm? No, there aren’t. How many students are (there) in your dorm?

Articles and Some/Any

USE SINGULAR PLURAL

To introduce a new noun There’s a tree in front of my house. My house has a big yard. I have (some) flowers in my yard. There aren’t (any) trees in my yard.

To talk about specific people or things The janitor in my building is very helpful. The apartments in my building are small.

To talk about the only one of something

I don’t like the president of my condo association. To make a generalization A dog is a popular pet. Dogs are popular pets. I like dogs.