a /a n , plural nouns

Hello. children. Look

at Brian's paintings.

Regular plurals
We use a before words
Singular Plural beginning with a
Most nouns pepper peppers consonant: a frie n d .
bus iguanas a b ird .
Nouns ending in bus buses We use a n before words
-s, -ss, -sh, -ch, glass glasses beginning with a vowel:
-x, -0 tomato tomatoes a n ig u a n a . a n a rtist.
photo photos There are no articles for
Nouns ending in toy toys plural words: p e p p e rs.
vowel +- ig u a n a s. th re e b o o ks.
Nouns ending in
consonant + -y ~ Look at the spelling rules on page 108.
o Circle the correct word.
1 @y
an painting 5 a / an elephant
2 a / an insect 6 a / an toy
3 a / an orange 7 a / an apple
4 a / an basketball 8 a / an shirt

e Write a, an or -.
1 a book - three boo k s an open b 00 k
2 iguana small iguana four iguanas
3 two apples green apple apple
4 painting six paintings awful painting

e Count and write the plural. Add -s or -es.

1 house ..~.~~..~~~.~~~........... 5 bush

6 sandwich ~ .

3 banana ~ 7 tomato

4 photo - 8 window

o Count and write the plural. Add -s or -ies.

1 boy ..f~ ~p.~.Y.~
t .
2 ferry .
3 strawberry .
4 toy .
5 donkey .
6 baby .
7 key .
8 fly .
 af an, plural nouns

~- ..::;-
ular lurals lar lurals

leaf leaves man men

loaf loaves woman women
wife wives child children
tooth teeth
foot feet
Some nouns have mouse mice
irregular plurals. Each
sheep sheep
of them forms the plural
fish fish
in a different way.
deer deer
 Look, count and write the plural.
o
o~ 0
o
Z
o·

n0 Write the plurals in the bags.

wife child fly desk ~ book mouse tomato

~ bus knife party .babY watch loaf ~ sheep

~ r-r----=E==$:"'---'
babies loaves

8 Play a game. Take turns.

book key knife

child strawberry fish
box glass man
 be, subject pronouns
This is my cousin, Jenny. You're very tall! Are you
She's from Australia. a basketball player?

You're Corky. They're your friends.

Brian and Dove. This is Jenny.

Positive Negative
am am not
'm 'm not Who is Jenny?
He Jenny. He Jenny. She's my cousin.
is is not
She tall. She tall.
's isn't Where is Corky?
It in the park. It in the park.
He's in the garden.
We We
are are not What is that?
You You
're aren't It's my bag.
They They

Questions Short answers

Yes, am.
Am
No, 'm not.
he Jenny? he
Yes, is.
Is she silly? she
No, isn't.
it in the park? it
we we
Yes, are.
Are you you
No, aren't.
they they

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 o Circle the correct word.
1 4
Cork@t are my parrot. Jenny is / are
from Australia.

Dave, you is / are

ve~y tall!

e Read and write.

He's
1 Brian is clever. . clever .
2 loe and Vicky are friends. ..Ih~l/r~ friends.
3 Dave is a basketball player. . a basketball player .
4 The children are in the garden. ........................ in the garden.
S My cousin and I are ten years old. . ten years old.
6 The door is open. . open.
7 Vicky is happy. .. happy.
8 The cats are on the table. ........................ on the table.

ne Read and correct the sentences.

1 Corky: Jenny is from England.
Brian: She ..[~~~~ from England §!J.~ .~ ~ from Australia.
2 Corky: You're eight years old.
loe: I. eight years old ten years old!
3 Corky: Brian and Jenny are friends.
Dave: They friends cousins.
4 Corky: Dave is short.
Brian: He short. tall!
S Corky: We're in the park.
loe: We in the park in the garden!
6 Corky: I'm Sparky, the dog.
Dave: you Sparky, the dog Corky. the parrot!
 be, subject pronouns

0 Read, draw lines and match.

1 Is Zoe a baby?
No, o I am.
2 Are you a pupil?
Yes, b they aren't.
3 Are the children in the park?
No, e she isn't.
4 Are we OK?
Yes, d I'm not.
S Are you from Australia?
No, e he isn't.
6 Is Brian Zoe's cousin?
No, f we are.

e Write short answers.

1 Are you a student? ..y.~.~.'
..~..~ .~.' .
2 Are you eight years old?
3 Is your dad tall?
4 Is your mum from Australia?
S Are your cousins twelve years old?
6 Is your teacher from the USA?

ne Read and write.

1 Jenny / Spain?

VIsrrORS TO OUR SCHOOL

f.c~.~.
..!~.~.~~~y.. §p..~.('!.? .
..f':J~!..~.ry.~..(~.'!.~~.:.~~.~.).~..fr~~.Alf.~.~r~./.i.~.:
Welcome!
2 Costas / Greece?
name age country Is Costas from Greece?
..............................................................
Adrian 12 the USA .. y.~.~.' .. ~ ~. !~: .
Nicole 10 the USA 3 Gina and Antonio / China?
Gina 10 Italy
Antonio 11 Italy
Costas 9 Greece
Juan 10 Spain
Jenny 9 Australia
Anna 11 Russia
4r •••••• ~ s ••".....,.
••••
G Write Corky's questions.
1 What .. ~ ~ .!n y..n .9 .~ ~ ? You're Corky, the parrot.
2 Who ? I'm Zoe! I'm your friend.
3 What ? His name's Brian.
4 Where ? We're in the garden.
5 Who ? They're Dave and Jenny.
6 Who ? She's Brian's cousin.

e Complete with one word.

H ·,I.
My name 1 '5 Jenny and I 2 from
Sydney. 3 is in Australia. My best friends
4 Mike and Sue. We 5 ten years old
and 6 are in the same class. Sue and I
7 : basketball players. Sue 8 very good.
Sue 9 very tall, too. Mike 10 an
amazing swimmer. What about you?

o Write.
Answer Jenny's e-mail in Exercise 8. Write about you and your friends.
Use her e-mail as a model.

Hi Jenny!
My name .
and from .
My best friends .
 D e m o n s tra tiv e s ,
P o s s e s s iv e a d je c tiv e s
D e m o n s tra tiv e s
W hat about cousin Stan?
Is that a nice shirt?

this I that W e use:

this + a singular verb and:
S in g u la r

•• ~
This

That
is
a fabulous T-shirt!

for you.
these + a plural

or things that are near.

W e use:
verb to
talk about people. anim als

P lu ra l that + a singular verb

•• ~
These

Those
are
nice sunglasses.

cool sandals.
and: those + a plural verb
to talk about people. ani-
m als or things that are far.

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o L o o k a n d w rite this, these, that or those .

•• 1 . .T ~ !~ is a big book.
2 .. J h 9 .( is a sm all book .

•• 3
4
is a bike.
is a skateboard.
--.~
~ •. ••• 5 ore nice photos. IrIlllllilll
~... ." 6 are aw ful photos! ---~ Ltiu ~
f) W rite is o r are.
·
1 ThIS ,S
..•••..••... a new car. 5 Those policem en.
2 Those blue pens. 6 This a young w om an.
3 These eggs. 7 These com puters.
4 That a green door. 8 That an old C D .

e L o o k a n d w rite q u e s tio n s . T h e n w rite tru e a n s w e rs .

1 pretty / dress? •• 4 cool/shoes? ••

..I.?.~~~?.~ . P .r.~ .~..ty~.C ~.~.~?
.. Y ~~! . .i.~ ..(..f':J.~!.. ,:t.. ~ ? t)~. t..
..i.~:

--~ . ••
--~ --~
 P o ssessive ad jectives

Stop it. C orky! N ow listen!

This is m y bow l!

P e rs o n a l Possessive
p ro n o u n s adjectives • For a m an, use h is .
T h is is m y fr ie n d . His nam e is G e o r g e .
my
• For a w om an, use h e r .
you your
T h is is M a r y . Her dad is a te a c h e r .
he his • For an anim al or thing, use its .
she her T h a t's a p r e tty tr e e . Its le a v e s a re g re e n .
• For a pet. w hen you know if it is a boy or
it its
a girl. use h is or h e r .
we our
T h is is m y p a r r o t. His n a m e 's C o rk y .
you your

they their • In the plural. use th e ir for m en, w om en,

things, anim als or pets.
T h e s e a r e m y c la s s m a te s . Their nam es
a re P a u l a n d S a lly .
o C irc le th e c o rre c t w o rd .

1 2

5 O ur / Their bags are very heavy!

e R e a d a n d w rite .

1 A: H i! W e're D avid and lan. This is ..~.~:. school. W e're in class 5E.
B: H ello! nam e's Thom as.
A: H ello, Thom as!

2 A: This is Andrew and this is sister, josie m um is a doctor.

B: H i. Andrew ! H i. josie! Is this dog?
c: Yes, it is. H e's a boy nam e's Eddie.

3 A: Is that julia over there? skirt is cool!

B: Yes, it is! H ello julia!
c: H ello, girls!
A: julia, skirt is fabulous! Is it new ?
C: Yes, it is. Thanks!

e W rite a d ia lo g u e . T h e n a c t it o u t in c la s s .

C hoose a dialogue from Exercise 5. U se it as a m odel and w rite a new dialogue.

Act it out.
 P o s s e s s iv e s, whose
P o s s e s s iv e 's

C orky, that is Zoe's

W elcom e to C orky's
scarf! Those are
tropical paradise!
Jenny's sunglasses!

~ > !" - '"

S in g u la r's R e g u la r p lu ra l'

Zoe's scarf. the girls' sunglasses.

Brian's bag. the boys' bags.
The eat's tail. the cats' tails.

Irre g u la r p lu ra l'

the m en's shoes.

the sheep's legs.

W e use possessive s w ith nouns to talk about possession.

• W e use s w ith singular nouns: lo e s s c a r [ th e c a ts ta il
• W e use' w ith regular plural nouns: th e g ir ls ' s u n g la s s e s
• W e use s w ith irregular plural nouns: th e m e n s s h o e s

lo e s e y e s a r e b r o w n . s = possessive's
lo e s h a p p y . s = is
o L o o k a n d w rite .

1 .) ~ ~ .~ .Y .~ ~ bag is pink. 2 nose is red .

..H .~ r. bag is pink. . nose is red.

3 The legs are very short. 4 The Shirt is big.

.................... legs are very short. .................... shirt is big .

5 The neck is long. 6 hom ew ork is very good.

.................... neck is long. .. hom ew ork is very good .

e W rite 3 o r ' .
's pens.
1 These are M ary ..... 5 The coL ... nam e is N ino.
2 Is this Brian ..... bike? 6 The students books are here.
3 It's Jenny..... com puter. 7 The teacher car is w hite.
4 These are the boys..... shoes. 8 These are the girls ..... English tests.

e W rite th e s e n te n c e s in th e fu ll fo rm .

1 Brian's Zoe's friend. . Brian is lo e 's fr ie n d . .

2 That's D ove's book. . .
3 jenny's Brian's cousin. . .
4 The m ouse's nam e's Pinky .
5 H elen's this girl's sister. . .
6 The w om an's bag's red. .. .