Unit 8
For plural nouns which end in ‘s’, we put an apostrophe after the ‘s’ of the noun: the homes of the animals è the animals ’ homes For plural nouns which do not end in ‘s’, we add ’s : the people ’s houses the children ’s parents
6 Take words from each column and write sentences. Example: neighbour + dog è My neighbour’s dog is very fierce.
Column A my neighbour the children my grandparents Mr. Jones Tom the women the twins Amy
Column B house garden dog toys baskets car books computer
Word work: antonyms
Antonyms for you to learn beautiful ugly bitter sweet break mend bright dull cheap dear cheerful gloomy deep shallow gentle fierce graceful clumsy guilty innocent lazy energetic lead follow lose find modern traditional mean generous rough smooth weak strong wise foolish
Antonyms are words which mean the opposite of other words: big è small cold è hot young è old Antonyms are often formed by adding prefixes and suffixes : honest è dis honest helpful è help less
Match the antonyms in the circles. Example: first è last
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pull far fast give short old day buy soft hate last poor win
first love push take long sell hard young slow rich night near lose
• Word work: Write the prefixes ‘ dis-’, ‘im-’ and ‘un-’ on the board and ask students to make as many opposite pairs as they can, e.g. sure / unsure .
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