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Singular or Plural Plural or uncountable? When do I use of and when do I use apostrophe?

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Singular or Plural

Lets think about it!! 1 a. Im going to have the most wonderful holiday of my life here. b. Im going to have the most wonderful holidays of my life here. 2 a. I dont wear old cloths for work. b. I dont wear old clothes for work.

Singular or Plural

Curtain or Curtains? We use curtains unless we are referring to one curtain only: Id like to buy some new curtains for my room. (but the right curtain is longer than the left one) Holiday or holidays? We say holiday / on holiday when we talk about a trip or a day off work. We can say school holidays / summer holidays to describe a period of time: I hope you enjoy your holiday in

Singular or Plural

Mountain or Mountains? We use mountains when we talk about an area:

My uncles house is in the mountains.

Cloth, cloths or clothes? We use clothes to talk about things people wear. We say an item or a piece of clothing to describe one thing only. A cloth (plural cloths) is a piece of material for a particular purpose, e.g. table cloth, or for making clothes:

I am going to buy some new cloths for the wedding.

Exercise
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Complete the sentences with a singular or plural word from this page.

That __________ is torn, so Im going to mend it. During the summer ____________, I worked in a shop. I climbed the _____________ behind the house one morning. Wheres the ___________ for washing the dishes? My bed cover is flowery, just like the _____________ at the windows. Come and visit me for your next _____________. I wore my new _____________ at the weekend. I always take a map when I go to the _____________.

5 Plural or uncountable?
Lets think about it!! 1 a. My feet are too small for these shoes. b. My foots are too small for these shoes. 2 a. I think Italian food is the best in the world. b. I think Italian food are the best in the world.

5 Plural or uncountable?
Most plural nouns end in s. However, some plural nouns are irregular: My neighbour is a wonderful person. Our are wonderful man neighbours men people. women woman
child foot tooth mouse children feet teeth mice

Police and staff are also plural

5 Plural or uncountable?
Some nouns have no plural form. We say that nouns such as water and cheese are uncountable because we cant count them. We can only count glasses / bottles of water and pieces / slices of cheese. Compare: Id like some water, please. Id like a glass of water, please. (not two waters)

5 Plural or uncountable?
Other common uncountable nouns include food, furniture, hair, homework, information, money and work. We use s on verbs in simple present with uncountable nouns: The furniture in my bedroom looks good. My hair is dark brown, (but Ive got one grey hair behind my ear.)

Exercise 5
Underline the correct form 1. Here is / are some information about hotels in Paris. 2. Some children is / are afraid of dogs. 3. There was / were a bottle of water in the fridge. 4. The staff is / are on a training course. 5. The woman / women is reading the newspaper. 6. Your hair looks / hair look very nice. 7. How many slices of bread / bread have you got? 8. This homework was / were easy.

6 Using

of or () for possessives

Lets think about it!! 1 a. We spent two days in my grandmothers house. b. We spent two days in the house of my grandmothers. 2 a. Look at the top of the page. b. Look at the pages top.

6 Using

of or () for possessives

We use apostrophe + s (s) to talk about things associated with one person:

My friends name is Natalia. These are my husbands things.

We use apostrophe + s (s) to talk about things associated with more than one person:

Here is my friends teacher. The students records are in the cupboard.

Note that we use an apostrophe + s (s) with irregular plural nouns:

The childrens party is at the club.

6 Using

of or () for possessives

We also use apostrophe + s (s) on its own:

My birthday is the same day as my mothers

We use of to talk about things associated with places and objects:

Rome is the capital of Italy. (not Italys capital) The answers are at the back of the book.

Exercise 6
Write the possessive sentences using the words in brackets.

1. I visited ______________ (school / my friend) 2. We stayed in _______________ (other house/ her family. 3. Garden Designs is _______________ (name / his company) 4. Its _______________ (birthday / my little brother). 5. _________________ (cousins / my father) live in Argentina. 6. They are ______________ (brothers / my best friend). 7. ___________________ (phone numbers / my friends) are in this book. 8. I found __________________ (glasses / man)

Test

Insert an apostrophe where necessary.

The babys clothes are in the cupboard. _____________________________________ My English isnt as good as my wifes. _____________________________________ Do you know your neighbours very well? _____________________________________ My friends names are Roberto and Giorgio. _____________________________________ Have you got the address of the hotel? _____________________________________ My teachers family comes from Scotland. _____________________________________ Look at that boys shoes! _____________________________________ Have you got the children things? _____________________________________

Test

II Add the plural ending s where necessary.

My parents didnt enjoy their holiday. The staff were all very nice. I like your new curtain. Two police officer came to the door. My front tooth hurts! I like going to the Scottish mountain in winter. When did you get your hair cut? Ill wash those dirty dish cloth.

Test 3
Rewrite these sentences in the plural form.
This is the mans book. These ______________________________________________________ The furniture in the bedroom is quite old. The ________________________________________________________ His book is on the desk. Their _______________________________________________________ Do you know that woman over there? Do _________________________________________________________ Is that your friends jacket? Are _________________________________________________________ The boy is doing his homework. The _________________________________________________________ This new car is quite nice. These _______________________________________________________ Which child wears glasses? Which________________________________________________________

Write two sentences for each picture. Use some in the first sentences and one of the words in the box in the second.

bar

bottle

cup

glass

jar loaf

packet piece

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Id like ______________________________________ ___________________________________________ Can I have _________________________________? ____________________________________________ Would you like _______________________________? ___________________________________________ Could I have _________________________________? ________________________________________ Do you want __________________________________ ____________________________________________ Shall I get ___________________________________? ____________________________________________ Did you buy _________________________________? ____________________________________________ Im going to buy _______________________________ ____________________________________________

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Test

Are the sentences right or wrong? Correct those which are wrong.
Which cloths are you wearing for the party? _____________________________________ Can I have some information about this course? _____________________________________ My brothers girlfriend is from New Zealand. _____________________________________ There are some food in the fridge. _____________________________________ Wheres your homework? _____________________________________ I eat a fruit every day. _____________________________________ Who sits at the classs front? _____________________________________ This is my grandparents car. _____________________________________