- •Present simple of be
- •The Plural of Nouns
- •1. Write the plural of the following words:
- •Countable – Uncountable Nouns
- •Write the opposites. Use a or an.
- •Correct the spelling of these plurals. Write the correct plural.
- •Numbers: cardinal, ordinal, fractions and decimals
- •Pronouns
- •I, me, mine this, that one, ones
- •Possession 1
- •Possession 2: apostrophe, of
- •Demonstratives (this – these/that – those)
- •Object pronouns
- •There is/are
- •It, there
- •There – it
- •Some – any – no – every with countable and uncountable nouns
- •Much – many – little – few
- •Would Asking for information, invitations, offers, permission.
- •Imperatives sit down! don’t talk!
- •Modals of ability and possibility
- •Could Modals – past
- •Have got
- •Present continuous
- •Present continuous: affirmative
- •Present continuous: negative and questions
- •Be going to do
- •Present simple
- •I walk, he walks always, often, usually, sometimes, never
- •I don’t walk, we don’t walk Do you walk? Does he walk?
- •Dates, years, days
- •How to show the time
- •It’s 7.30, it’s one ten, at midnight, in the afternoon
- •Articles
- •Consolidation 1
- •Consolidation 2
- •I’m reading. I read.
- •Adjectives and adverbs
- •It’s a lovely day. She’s Swiss. It’s too cold. It’s not hot enough.
- •Adverbs
- •Formation of Adverbs from Adjectives
- •Adjectives and Adverbs which have the same form
- •Hotel Miramar
- •Past simple of be
- •I was, you were
- •Past simple of be Future forms The present continuous tense as a future form
- •I’m leaving tomorrow.
- •1. Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous tense.
- •2. Put the verb in the present continuous (e.G. They’re going) or the present simple (e.G. I see).
- •3. According to the diary make a sentence for each day using the verb in the present continuous and adding the necessary prepositions.
- •4. Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous.
- •5. Complete each sentence or question in the present continuous. Use a verb from the box.
- •The ‘be going to’ form
- •1. Put the verbs in brackets into the be going to form.
- •The present continuous and the ‘be going to’ form
- •2. Use the present continuous where possible in the following sentences and put the remaining verbs into the be going to form.
- •Future simple
- •I’ll stop, I won’t stop, Will you stop?
- •I’m sure
- •1. Complete each sentence or question. Use will or won’t and the verb in brackets.
- •2. Rewrite each sentence. Use the words in brackets.
- •3. Write some predictions about the future. Use the verbs in the box.
- •4. Read what George says about his life at the moment and his future.
- •5. Complete each dialogue with a phrase form the box
- •6. Make a sentence with will or won’t.
- •7. Put the verbs in brackets into the future simple.
- •Future forms. Problems.
- •1. Choose the best word or phrase.
- •2. What do you say in the following situations? Use will or the present continuous.
- •Future time words. More contrasts
- •I’ll do it, I’m going to do it, I’m doing it
- •1. Match the questions a) to f) with the replies 1) to 6).
- •2. Choose the possible answers 1), 2) or 3). More than one answer may be possible.
- •3. Choose the correct words underlined in each sentence.
- •4. Jenny and Chris are talking about their plans for next week. Read their conversation and put a form of going (to) or will into each gap.
- •5. Choose the correct verb form.
- •6. Choose the right variant to show the future.
- •Problems
- •1. Choose the correct sentence, 1) or 2), in each mini-dialogue.
- •2. Put the verb given into a form of will, going to or present continuous. More than one answer may be possible.
- •3. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence.
- •4. Find the mistakes and rewrite the incorrect sentences.
- •Consolidation
- •1. Choose the best phrase.
- •2. Complete each sentence with the continuous form of the verb in brackets. Then decide which sentences refer to the future.
- •3. Correct each sentence or question.
- •4. Decide which answer, a), b), c) or d), best fits the space.
- •5. Complete each sentence with a word from the box. More than one answer may be possible.
- •6. Choose the correct words underlined in each sentence.
- •7. Are the underlined words right or wrong? Correct the sentences that are wrong.
- •4 Present continuous or will?
- •Future continuous
- •I’ll be swimming
- •1. Put the verbs in brackets into the future continuous tense.
- •2. Make the following sentences: - negative;
- •4. Look in your diary and make some sentences about your definite future plans. Use either the future continuous or the present continuous.
- •5. Ask questions to the following sentences beginning with the words in brackets.
- •6. Translate into English.
- •Future Continuous or Future Simple
- •Consolidation
- •1 Choose the correct word or phrase underlined in each sentence.
- •2 Complete each part sentences a) to h) with one of the part sentences 1) to 8). More than one answer may be possible.
- •3 Rewrite each sentence with will/shall or going to, using the verb underlined.
- •4 Fill in “will” or “be going to”.
- •5 Put the verbs in brackets into the appropriate future forms.
- •6 What do you say to your friend in these situations? Use the words given in brackets. Use the present continuous (I am doing), going to... Or will (I’ll).
- •7 Put the verb into the most suitable form. Use a present tense (simple or continuous), will (I’ll) or shall.
- •8. Put the verbs in the most suitable form. Sometimes there is more than one possibility.
The Plural of Nouns
Nouns are made plural by adding: |
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● –s to the noun. (book – books etc) |
● –s to nouns ending in: vowel + o (video – videos), double o (taboo – taboos), abbreviations (photograph/photo – photos), musical instruments (cello – cellos) and proper nouns (Navajo – Navajos). Some nouns ending in –o can take either –es or –s. These are: buffaloes/buffalos, mosquitoes/mosquitos, volcanoes/volcanos, zeroes/zeros, tornadoes/tornados etc |
● –es to nouns ending in –s, -ss, -x, -ch, -sh. (bus – buses, class – classes, fox – foxes, church – churches, rash – rashes etc) |
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● –ies to nouns ending in consonant + y. (body – bodies, party – parties etc) |
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● –s to nouns ending in vowel + y. (boy – boys, play – plays etc) |
● –ves to some nouns ending in –f/-fe. (scarf – scarves) (but: chiefs, roofs, cliffs, safes etc) |
● –es to nouns ending in –o (potato – potatoes) |
● Some nouns of Greek or Latin origin form their plural by adding Greek or Latin suffixes. (basis – bases, crisis – crises, terminus – termini, criterion – criteria, medium – media etc) |
Compound nouns form their plural by adding –s/-es: |
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● to the second noun if the compound consists of two nouns. (corkscrew – corkscrews) |
● to the first noun if the compound consists of two nouns connected with a preposition or to the noun if the compound has only one noun. (doctor of philosophy – doctors of philosophy, hanger-on – hangers-on) |
● to the noun if the compound consists of an adjective and a noun. (steering wheel – steering wheels) |
● at the end of the compound if this is not made up of any nouns. (runaway – runaways) |
Irregular Plurals: man – men, woman – women, foot – feet, tooth – teeth, louse – lice, mouse – mice, child – children, goose – geese, sheep – sheep, deer – deer, fish – fish, trout – trout, ox – oxen, salmon – salmon, spacecraft – spacecraft, aircraft – aircraft, means – means, species – species, hovercraft – hovercraft
1. Write the plural of the following words:
1 |
potato |
.potatoes. |
11 |
zoo |
………… |
21 |
boyfriend |
…………. |
2 |
house |
………… |
12 |
fishing rod |
………… |
22 |
mother-in-law |
…………. |
3 |
photo |
………… |
13 |
fox |
………… |
23 |
stepmother |
…………. |
4 |
dessert spoon |
………… |
14 |
child |
………… |
24 |
type |
…………. |
5 |
fish |
………… |
15 |
trout |
………… |
25 |
stereo |
…………. |
6 |
video |
………… |
16 |
louse |
………… |
26 |
mosquito |
…………. |
7 |
lorry |
………… |
17 |
teacher |
………… |
27 |
superstar |
…………. |
8 |
toy |
………… |
18 |
baby |
………… |
28 |
story |
…………. |
9 |
calf |
………… |
19 |
workman |
………… |
29 |
flyover |
…………. |
10 |
wolf |
………… |
20 |
ship |
………… |
30 |
bunch |
…………. |
2. Write the plural of each word in brackets.
a) Can you go to the shops? We need some (potato) …potatoes… .
b) Most (family) …………….. enjoy going on holiday together.
c) Close the window. The room is full of (fly) ……………. .
d) Jack decided to make some (bookshelf) ………………. for his bedroom.
e) My little brother has got two white (mouse) …………….. as pets.
f) Do you think you could help me wash the (dish) ……………..?
g) The room was full of mothers with their (baby) ……………. .
h) Joe bought his friends some (knife) ……………. and forks.
i) Sue bought three (box) …………….. of chocolates.
j) In the afternoon we went to the zoo and fed the (monkey) ……………… .
3. Complete the words.
a) In the autumn, the leaves……. on the trees change colour, and then fall off.
b) The teachers in our school have very busy l………… . They work really hard all the time!
c) My dentist told me to brush my t…………. after every meal.
d) In the library there were lots of s………… full of books.
e) We wanted to light a fire so we bought a box of m…………. .
f) The two t………… stole some money, but were caught by the police.
g) Kate has got two c………….., a son and a daughter.
h) These shoes are too small for me. I’ve got very big f…………… .
i) Nowadays w………… want to do the same jobs as men.
j) My eyes ache when I read. I think I need new g………….. .