Unit 1
4 Complete the paragraph with the plural forms of the nouns in brackets.
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In the Caribbean there are many tales (tale) about _______ (animal). Many of our _______ (story) are about Anansi, the cunning little spider. Most _______ (child) have their favourite story _______ (character). Sometimes in our English _______ (class) we read stories from other _______ (country). Once we read about some _______ (mouse) who used their sharp _______ (tooth) to rescue a lion trapped in a net. Recently I read a story about two _______ (mongoose) who hid in the _______ (bush) and stole some _______ (loaf) of bread when no one was looking.
Irregular plural nouns for you to learn chief chiefs reef reefs roof roofs foot feet goose geese mouse mice tooth teeth woman women man men child children mongoose mongooses
Noun gender
We can classify nouns according to their gender : Masculine (refers to males): boy, man, father Feminine (refers to females): girl, woman, mother Common (refers to both males and females): child, doctor, teacher Neuter (refers to things and objects): boat, sea, waves
5 Copy the table. Classify the nouns in the list below according to their gender.
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grandfather ship
brother wind
driver niece
ocean baby
thunder
aunt
queen
enemy sister cousin king
husband
Masculine
Feminine
Common
Neuter
grandfather
6 Complete the gaps with masculine or feminine nouns. 1 actor actress
5 ________ niece 6 ________ lioness 7 bridegroom ________ 8 son ________
2 ________heroine 3 waiter ________ 4 prince ________
• Noun gender: Point out that for some animals there are masculine and feminine forms, e.g. bull ➞ cow, rooster ➞ hen. • You may wish to explain that in the expressions ‘common’ gender and ‘common’ nouns, the word ‘common’ has a different meaning.
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