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N6.1 – Singular / plural regular nounsLesson 1/1 ESL Lesson Plan
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Match the nouns and pictures These are flowers. A B This is a banana. These are buses. C D This is a city.
Singular and plural nouns table +-s =tables For most nouns in English, you add -s to the singular noun to make the plural form.
What is the plural of these nouns? C A B train plane orange D E F window bed plate
What is the plural of these nouns? A B C boat chair elephant D E F car cat building
To some nouns, we add -es If a noun ends in -s, -sh, -ch, or -x, we add –es: + -es
What is the plural of these nouns? A B C book bike fox D E F address umbrella sandwich
What is the plural of these nouns? A B C toolbox radish peach D E F witch door map
Nouns ending in -o Most of these nouns come from other languages, you add -es for the plural form: + -es
Choose a noun and make it plural tomato hero potato mango 1. You need five tomatoes to make lasagna. 2. There are four __________ in the new adventure film. 3. People in India love to eat __________. 4. French fries and hot chips are made from deep-fried __________.
What is the plural of these nouns? A B C cloud tree bush D E F student box dish
What is the plural of these nouns? A B C bus address potato D E F ship church flower
Use the singular or plural below 5 There are a lot of books in these boxes. box 6 The people are waiting for a __________. bus
Use the singular or plural below 7 There are many __________ in Prague. church 8 You need three __________ to make this soup. potato
Use the singular or plural below 9 This garden has a lot of __________. bush 10 You need an __________ when it rains. umbrella
Use the singular or plural below 11 An electrician carries a __________. toolbox 12 Look at these beautiful __________! stained glass window
Match the nouns and pictures A B boy baby dictionary C D monkey
Many nouns in English end in -y For nouns ending in -ay, -oy, -ey, we add -s to make the plural: + -s The monkeys are eating bananas. We have a lot of holidays this year. The boys are fighting.
For other nouns ending in -y For other nouns ending in –y, we delete –y and add –ies: -ies
Make plural nouns 13. One butterfly > Two butterflies. 14. One dictionary > A lot of __________. 15. A lady > Some __________. 16. A day > Seven __________. 17. One monkey > Three __________.
Use the plural form of a noun book bike day lady 18. Matthew has three English __________. 19. Ben and Fiona have two __________. 20. There are seven __________ in a week. 21. The __________ are talking.
Can you remember the plural? A B C D E F
Match the nouns and pictures A B This is a shelf. These are bookshelves. C These are Japanese knives. D This is a knife.
Nouns ending in -f and -fe For these nouns, we delete -f / -fe and add –ves: -ves
Use the plural form of the nouns below 22 Baby cows are called __________. calf 23 Horses, donkeys and goats have __________. hoof
Use the singular or plural form below 24 There are a lot of __________ in the library. bookshelf 25 In autumn, the __________ fall off the trees. leaf
Can you remember the plural? A B C D E F
Use the correct spelling and form 26. The leafs _________ on the tree were green. 27. To make the soup you need four onions, three tomatos _________ and three potatos_________. 28. Many bus _________ go past my house every day. 29. I’m going to buy some flower_________. 30. All of my friends are student_________. 31. There are four weekes_________ in a month.
Are the sentences correct or incorrect? 32. It is raining today so I have my umbrella. 33. There are many big citys in Asia. 34. I usually eat two sandwichs for lunch. 35. He bought five knifes for the kitchen. 36. There are a lot of churches in London.
What is the plural of these nouns? shelf boy bus house week student church monkey car lady brush party leaf butterfly box