Beginner 1
Singular and Plural
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Practice 1
headphones
paper
tape
photo
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Match the words to the things.
trophy
knife
box
tray
scissors
sandwich
tomato
camera
chalk
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Beginner 1
Singular and Plural
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Practice 2
risocss
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Unscramble the letters to form names of things.
hopto
obx
ryptho
nhacdsiw
raecam
rappe
oottam
ehdoashnpe
atpe
nfiek
ytar
lakhc
3
Practice 3
Look at the shadows. What is the furniture, décor and equipment?
4
Practice 4
Look at the parts of the pictures. What are the things?
Beginner 1
Singular and Plural
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Practice 5
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Read the story. Fill in the blank spaces with the words below.
1
classroom
school
How
13
asks
thing
10
things
teacher
Brenda is a teacher at
a school of English.
She goes into a classroom. Wow!
There’s lot of things on the table!
Akiko is a student.
Brenda asks Akiko…
How many things are there?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
There are 13 things.
1
There is 1 thing.
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Singular and Plural
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Grammar 1
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Read the information. Mark the nouns ‘s’ for singular and ‘p’ for plural.
1 thing
‘thing’ is a singular noun. Singular is 1.
2 things
‘things’ is a plural noun. Plural is more than 1.
ball
potatoes
foxes
S
S
S
pair of glasses S
watches
S
boys
S
wolf
S
brushes
S
glass of water S
7
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Grammar 2
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
watch
wives
glasses of water
balls
wolves
pairs of glasses
baby
potato
dress
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
piece of cake
fox
babies
brush
boy
dresses
wife
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
pieces of cake S
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
Match the boxes to show the grammar rules
singular
plural
rule
thing
tray
trophies
some words ending in 'o' end in
's' and some end in 'es'
pair of scissors
pair of headphones
knives
most nouns ending with
-ch, -s, -sh, -x, or -z, add –es
photo
tomato
sheets of paper
sticks of chalk
rolls of tape
some nouns are two thingspairs to count them, add ‘pairs of’
box
sandwich
things
trays
most nouns ending in -f or -fe
change -f or -fe to –ves
trophy
photos
tomatoes
most nouns ending in consonant +
‘y’ change ‘y’ to ‘ies’
knife
boxes
sandwiches
some material nouns have no plural
form (uncountable nouns), a countable
noun must be added to form a plural
sheet of paper
stick of chalk
roll of tape
pairs of scissors
pairs of headphones
most nouns form the
plural by adding ‘s’
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A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
9
Grammar 3
plural form
+ …s (1/3)
photo
+ …s (2/3)
knife
+ …s (3/3)
box
+ …es (1/3)
trophy
+ …es (2/3)
camera
+ …es (3/3)
tomato
+ pairs of… (1/2)
scissors
+ pairs of… (2/2)
sandwich
+ sheets of…
paper
change ‘y’ to ‘ies’
chalk
+ sticks of…
tape
+ rolls of…
tray
change ‘e’ to ‘ves’
Just for fun
singular
sheet
stick
sheet
pairs
rolls
knife
chalk
cameras
headphones
boxes
sandwich
photo
tomatoes
trophies
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Match the singulars to their plural form, then write the whole plural word.
singular
headphones
plural
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whole plural word
Find the words and phrases in the wordsearch.
c b
d h
n e
d a
wd
r p
a h
a o
e n
h e
n s
e d
y e
wh
d w
s a
a t i
e n u
a x i
f l i
a s k
k a n
c t r
t s l
v e n
y mn
d b r
x o t
ma f
e s r
v i
n d w
s t
s a
n d
mc
r e
y e
o p
l o
a f
f r
u a
o h
x p
i a
c e
i c
r o
z i
e u
u e
p a
l u
u k
r c
a t
l e
me
p y
h i
p d
d a
h u
p h i e
n c u l
n c d e
d a s p
l m l y
r e w t
n r i e
ma p e
e s r h
d i ms
i l i p
e d s h
n p o t
a y f o
n f r y
h s k t
s
d
r
e
b
o
r
u
u
e
s
o
t
u
o
c
t a p l
ms t e
w l mn
k r wh
d n e s
d i f r
o b o x
n e l u
a n l p
r a k u
r y n o
u n t d
s a u n
mr h u
c h a s
a me r
e y e
r h o
g x b
e i c
wy i
e n p
g i b
i m i
a s u
e r i
c r a
r i c
a r a
h d r
r o l
o n f
b
i
o
s
o
l
e
n
l
a
t
e
f
i
n
k
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Production
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Write the questions and answers.
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