Unit 1
3 Write this advertisement, inserting the plurals of each of the words in brackets.
Grenada
Grenada is one of the most lovely _________ (country) in the world. It has beautiful _________ (beach), _________ (forest) and _________ (mountain). Many wonderful _________ (fruit) grow here, such as _________ (mango), _________ (naseberry) and _________ (banana). We also grow sweet _________ (potato) and _________ (nutmeg). We invite you to take your _________ (holiday) here. You will love our blue _________ (sky) and our glorious, sunny _________ (day). Come and enjoy _________ (yourself).
Irregular plurals
Some words don’t follow the rules for forming plurals. We have to learn them.
WB 4 p9
4 Complete these sentences using the plural of the word in brackets. Some follow the rules on page 12. Others are irregular. 1 There were several ____________ from Dominica on the ferry. (family) 2 The ____________ learnt to sail with their father. (child) 3 They transported the ____________ on a raft. (box) 4 Two ____________ rowed across the river. (woman) 5 Jonathan dangled both his ____________ in the water. (foot)
Singular
Plural
child man
children
men
woman
women
tooth
teeth
goose
geese
foot
feet
mouse louse sheep
mice
lice
sheep
fish
fish
cactus
cacti
6 He also caught two ____________. (fish) 7 It took many ____________ to get down the river on a raft. (day) 8 The man loaded twenty ____________ onto the cart. (sheep)
• Tell students that some words ending in ‘f’ and ‘ff’ just add ‘s’, for example roofs, chiefs, cliffs, cuffs, sniffs . Some words ending in ‘o’ simply add ‘s’, for example pianos .
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