Unit 1
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Write two proper nouns for each heading. Example: Teachers è Mr. Taylor, Mrs. James 1 Days of the week 3 Boys in my class
5 Months 6 Towns
2 Girls in my class
4 Teachers
5 Write these sentences, using capital letters for proper nouns. Example: My birthday is on may 10th. My birthday is on May 10th. 1 I live in longhill road.
4 On august 8th I will go to grenada. 5 Every sunday I go to st. peter’s church. 6 I will see auntie julie on tuesday.
2 My teacher is miss smart.
3 The capital of barbados is bridgetown.
Word work: plurals
• Most nouns simply add ‘s’. tree è trees • Nouns ending in ‘s’, ‘sh’, ‘tch’ or ‘x’ add ‘es’: match è matches • Nouns ending in ‘y’ change ‘y’ to ‘i’ and add ‘es’: city è cities • Nouns ending in ‘ay’, ‘ey’ or ‘oy’ just add ‘s’: day è days • Nouns ending in ‘f’ change ‘f’ to ‘v’ and add ‘es’: calf è calves • Nouns ending in ‘o’ add ‘s’ or ‘es’: potato è potatoes
Singular Plural river river s tree tree s branch
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WB 4 p8
Find six plural nouns in the story.
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What would you write if you had two of each of these in the kitchen? Example: a plate of rice è two plates of rice 1 A tomato 5 A sharp knife 2 A loaf of bread 6 A salad leaf 3 A bottle of oil 7 A box of juice 4 A naseberry 8 A glass of water
branches brushes
brush lady diary
ladies diaries
day boy leaf
day s boy s
leaves shelves mangoes tomatoes
shelf
mango tomato
photo radio
photo s radio s
• Plurals ending in ‘es’: Help students to create mnemonics to encourage them to remember the ‘es’ rule, for example a series of words: bus, box, wash, watch . CR Remind students to pay attention to the plural form in Standard English as Creole often doesn't distinguish between singular and plural. Give examples in both Creole and Standard English sentences and compare the two.
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