. . STAGE 1 Nouns and adjectives — 1. cat, cats: singular and plural nouns Plurals: s ending [enedog = wo does) one apple + two apples one boy + _two boys © To make a singular noun plural, add s. Practice Ja Complete the list, using these nouns and the pictures: gill pencil telephone bird cup Camera banana__newspaper__chair__ spoonNouns and adjctives STAGES Plurals: other spellings ‘one baby two babies ‘© Words ending in consonant + y: change y + i + es amaich = two matches a box = two boxes abrush = two brushes aglass = —_ two glasses a bus = two buses * Words ending in ch, x, sh, ss, s: add es. * We add es to a few words ending in o: @ potato — two potatoes, a tomato —+ two tomatoes Irregular plurals aman twomen woman — two women achild © + two children a person — two people a foot = two feet atooth + _twoteeth Practice Ab Write the plurals. address | addresses eye orange mountain | mountains bag person lorry box church waitress school egg secretary lunch apple sandwich city day child hotel boy match watch Blass flower animal dish vegetable fly beach’ family bus dress dictionary man foot2 a, an: indefinite article Its a present, Its a lovely day. * We use @ before consonants Are you a doctor? Consonants bof fj m qt cog ko on rv y doh loops waz Hiere’s an orange. He's an old man now. © We use an before vowels: I'm an English teacher. Practice 2 Complete the sentences using a or an. 1 It's ,.4,, new book. 2 She's . 2”, English teacher. 3. Are you student? 4. Britain is island. S. They're at... restaurant, Nouns and adjectives STAGE 6 He's -. waiter, 7 WS seseseeses Ugly house. 8 Here's ticket for the play. 9 He's - good worker. 10 It’s not... easy language.Nouns and adjectives STAGE 1 3. there is, there are There’s a cat in the garden There are twenty students in the class. Is there a hotel near here? Are there a lot of tourists in your town? + There és, there’s + singular noun. There are + plural noun. © Question forms’ Is there ...? Are there ...2 Practice , there are, is there or are there. 3 Complete the sentences using there’ 1 There’. a beach down here There are. four girls and two boy in her family. a train to Manchester? a new disco near the college. 2 3 4 om a good restaurant in this street? 6 two hospitals in town. ? a lot of children in the pool? 8 three families in that house. 9 a television in the flat? 10 a big grey cloud over there. 4 I know her: subject and object pronouns Subject Verb Object I see them. She knows me. We don'tlike it, * We also use object pronouns after prepositions: Do you live with them? Jenny works with him. Subject pronouns 1 [you [she [he [it |we | they Object pronouns me |you [her [him [it [us | themNouns and adjectives STAGE1 4a Circle the correct pronouns 1 Can you help we()with these bags? (GUS usually see they(fher) at the weekend. How did you teach he/him to read? /Me write to she/her once a month, He/Him loved she/her very much but she/her didn’t love he/him. Why did you ask they/thern to come? I/Me don’t like they/them Y/Me don’t think she/her understands //me. Please don’t wait for we/us. Did they/them tell she/her the news? 10 Would you like to come with I/me? wear anewn 4b Complete these sentences with me, you, her, him, it, us or them. 1 [can’t open this door, Could you open ...¢.. for me, please? 2. Those shoes are really nice. I'd like to buy ..them., 3. ‘Did you see Jonathon last night?" ‘No, I phoned .. but he wasn’t there’ can’t do this homework. Can you help .. a 1 asked ... a question but you didn’t answer We're not ready. Please give .....-...e0.. some more time, ‘She speaks very quickly. I can’t understand ea0 Pm sorry about your birthday. I'm afraid 1 forgot about Jill’s a very nice woman. Do you KNOW 2.002 10 My parents are coming this weekend, Would you like to meet 2 11 They're not married now. She left . a year ago. 12 ‘Where's your passport?” ‘T don’t know. I can’t find 2 13 My mother writes to me every week but I don’t write to very often. 14 Were you at the meeting last night? I didn’t see. there, 15 We want to help you. Please tell... about your problems.Nowrs and affectives STAGE 5. nice, big, beautiful: adjectives Its a beautiful day. My teacher is very young. It’s an expensive restaurant. ‘They're very friendly people. * Adjectives usually come before nouns: It’s an expensive restaurant. Adjectives can also come after the verb to be: My teacher is very young, * An adjective does not change. It is always the same for singular, plural, masculine and feminine nouns. a clever girl clever girls a.clever boy clever boys Practice 5 Write sentences with an adjective and a noun. 1 small / rooms The rooms are small, They're small rooms. 2 not / long / story It's not a long story. The story's not long. 3. happy / children 4° dirty / restaurant 5 heavy / books 6 cold / house 2 quiet / village 8 not / cheap / clothes 9 pretty / garden 10 difficult / language6 my, your, her, his Nouns and adjectives STAGE jossessive adjectives Is this your book? ‘This is her office. ve got their phone number. Personal Possessive pronouns adjectives he it we they you she Notes Hlaudae ‘+ my, your, her, his, its, our, their do not change. They are the same with singular and plural nouns: Here's my book. 1 like their ear Hore are my books. 1 ike their cars ‘The possessive its has no apostrophe (") The cat likes its food. NOT Fhecat-teniee food, Practice Complete the sentences with my, your, her, hi 1 aueun ts, our oF their, Alison is doing ..42".. homework. Do you live with ..ve¥r., parents? We 10Ve vssscssseessseee MEW house. He's in .. office. The children are with .... grandmother. ike new job. Are you and your sister enjoying ssossees English classes? Amsterdam is famous for .... canals. She's with boyfriend. They haven't got ...e..sssseu.. umbrellas. She's iM .ssesseesseeees Bedroom, He's looking for shoes, 1 like visiting friends at the weekend. Are the teachers having meeting now? Have you got .....:.cssesee+. Passport?