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Unit Goals    Grammar Notes     Warm-up

Unit Goals In this unit you will learn about:
  1. Singular and plural of nouns
    "Mary has only one pen, but Mike has many pens."

  2. Endings for plural of nouns
    "peach-->peaches, road-->roads, lady-->ladies"

  3. Irregular plural of nouns
    "man-->men, woman-->women"

  4. Different types of pronouns
    "any, some, something, nobody,someone, etc."

  5. Reflexive pronouns
    "She cut herself."


Grammar Notes
  1. To make most nouns plural, simply add -s

  2. Add -es if the noun end in ch, sh, s, and x

  3. There are irregular plural nouns such as wife-wives, child-children, fish-fish, sheep-sheep

  4. Use personal pronouns( he, we, them) instead of repeating nouns phrases that refer to specific people or things. For example: I gave the letter to Robert-->I gave it to him

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  5. Indefinite pronounce (anybody, someone, etc.) refer to people or things. The verb that follows them is usually in its singular form e.g. Everybody is happy tonight.


Warm-up

Write the plural of the following words in the space provided.

1. One flower. Two______

2. A mix. Many______

3. One class. Two______

4. One country. Two______

5. One child. Two______


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