A/an, plurals, this-these, that-those

a/an, plurals, this-these, that-those

Made by: A.Saduakaskyzy

Indefinite articles: a/an

• a: before the words which starts with the consonant sounds. Ex: a b ook, a m ap, etc.
• an: before the words which starts with the vowel sounds. Ex: an a pple, an h o ur (“h” is not pronounced), etc.

Plurals: ways of forming plurals

• By adding -s to the stem of the word. It is pronounced in different ways:

• [ız] after sibilants: horse – horses, bridge – bridges, nose – noses, etc.

• [z] after voiced consonants and after the vowels: flower – flowers, bed – beds, dove – doves, boy – boys, etc.

• [s] after voiceless consonants: cap – caps, book – books, hat – hats, etc.

2. By adding -es if the noun ends -s, -ss,-x, -sh, -ch

Examples: bus – buses, glass – glasses, box – boxes, brush – brushes, beach – beaches, match – matches, etc.

3. If the noun ends in -y preceded by a consonant, then -y is changed into -ies

Examples: army – armies, lady – ladies, fly – flies, etc.

4. If the noun ends -y proceeded by a vowel, then the plural is formed by simply adding -s to the stem Examples: day – days, play – plays, key – keys, boy – boys, toy – toys, monkey – monkeys, etc.

New words a magazine a book a newspaper a comb

a pen

an identity card

a pencil

a stamp

a match

glasses

sunglasses

a lipstick

a watch

a key

an umbrella

a dictionary

Classroom language

• Close the door
• Go to page 84
• Read the text
• Don’t speak Spanish
• Listen and repeat
• Look at the board
• Open your books
• Sit down
• Stand up
• Turn off your mobile phone
• Don’t write
• Work in pairs

Fill in the gaps with a/an 1. _____ book 2. _____ umbrella 3. _____ identity card 4. _____ sunglasses 5. _____ pen 6. _____ glasses 7. _____ match 8. _____ lipstick

Make plurals of the given words

• a magazine – ________
• a watch – ________
• a newspaper – ________
• a comb – ________
• a dictionary – ________
• a pencil – ________
• a stamp – ________
• a key – ________

Complete the questions with this, that, these, those

Match the pictures with word combinations

• Look at the board
• Open your books
• Close the door
• Read the text
• Go to page 84
• Turn off your mobile phone
• Sit down
• Stand up
• Listen and repeat

The lesson is over!

Thank you for your attention!!!