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Module # 8_
I. General Information
Subject: English II CODE: INE-0205
Credit Units: 3 Module Duration: 10 days

I. Introduction
In this module you will learn to describe what you are wearing.
II. Specific Objectives:
To describe what clothes you are wearing.
To learn the usage of possessive pronouns to substitute
possessive nouns.
III. Content: Clothes Vocabulary

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Free time activities

-cleaning the house -going to the gym
-cooking -going to work
-eating out -playing video games
-going online -watching TV
-going out with friends -shopping

Grammar

Singular and Plural nouns

REGULAR NOUNS
Most singular nouns form the plural by adding -s.
EXAMPLES
Singular Plural

boat boats

house houses

cat cats

river rivers

A singular noun ending in s, x, z, ch, sh makes the plural by adding-es.

EXAMPLES
Singular Plural

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Singular Plural

bus buses

wish wishes

pitch pitches

box boxes

A singular noun ending in a consonant and then y makes the plural by

dropping the y and adding-ies.
EXAMPLES
Singular Plural

penny pennies

spy spies

baby babies

city cities

daisy daisies

IRREGULAR NOUNS
There are some irregular noun plurals. The most common ones are listed
below.
EXAMPLES
Singular Plural

woman women

man men

child children

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Singular Plural

tooth teeth

foot feet

person people

leaf leaves

mouse mice

goose geese

half halves

knife knives

wife wives

life lives

elf elves

loaf loaves

potato potatoes

tomato tomatoes

cactus cacti

focus foci

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Singular Plural

fungus fungi

nucleus nuclei

syllabus syllabi/syllabuses

analysis analyses

diagnosis diagnoses

oasis oases

thesis theses

crisis crises

phenomenon phenomena

criterion criteria

datum data

Some nouns have the same form in the singular and the plural.
EXAMPLES
Singular Plural

sheep sheep

fish fish

deer deer

species species

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Singular Plural

aircraft aircraft

Love/Like/Not mind/Hate
This verbs are used with a gerund (verb form ending in ing).

Examples: I like going out with friends.

I hate cooking.
I dont mind shopping.
More Possessives
Possessive pronouns and adjectives are two different ways to show possession in
English.

The lesson below shows you how to use them. Click on the tests at the bottom of
the page to check your understanding.

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First, lets start with the structure:

Possessive Adjectives

Possessive Adjective + Noun

Examples:

My dog is big.
Her cat is brown.
Their sister works downtown.

Possessive Pronouns

Noun + Possessive Pronoun

Examples:

The dog is mine.

The brown cat is hers.
The car is ours.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Textbook: English ID 1A, Editorial Richmond, 2da Edicin.

2. Workbook: English ID 1A, Editorial Macmillan, 2da Edicin.
3. Diccionario de Ingles / Espaol o www.dictionary.com
4. Laboratorio de Idiomas - Open Mind www.macmillanmind.com
5. English Central Website- www.englishcentral.com