5. Look at the picture and try to guess what is a person and where does he (she) work?

e.g. Ann is a stewardess and she works at the Oren air lines.

Ann

Dr. Smith Mrs. Adams Jack Nicky Alexander

Yury Mark Mr. Collins Bob Rick

6. Complete the spidergram with as many every day activities:

The plural number of the noun. Множественное число существительного.

+ s (-es)

I. Если существительное заканчивается на :-ch, -s, -ss, -sh, -x, -o,то мы прибавляем окончание-es

e.g. A bench – benches, a box-boxes, a potato –potatoes.

II. Если существительное заканчивается на-y,то во множественном числе имеют окончание– ies

e.g. A lady – ladies, a fly – flies

ПРИМЕЧАНИЕ:если слово оканчивается на–y и ей предшествует гласная, то просто прибавляется окончание –s.

e.g, a boy - boys

III. Если существительное оканчивается наf (-fe),то во множественном числе меняется наv + es

e.g. A life – lives, a wife – wives, a shelf-shelves, НО roof-roofs

IV.Exeptions.

Singular	Plural
A man	men
A woman	women
A child	children
A foot	feet
A tooth	teeth
A mouse	mice
A goose	geese
An ox	oxen

V.Exeptions. The common form. Основная форма.

Singular	Plural
A deer	deer
A sheep	sheep
A fish	fish
A swine	swine

VI. Exeptions. Только ед., только мн.Ч.

Singular	Plural
Knowledge	Trousers
advice	Glasses
Furniture	Scissors
luggage	Shorts
Information	Clothes
Fruit	Goods
Progress	Riches
News	Thanks
Peace	Manners
love	looks

VII.Groups with the meaning of multiplicity. Группы со значением множественности.

Cattle – скот

Police –полиция

People –люди

Youth - молодежь

PRACTICE.

1. Put the following nouns in plural (pay attention to an article: the indefinite article in plural falls, the definite remains).

a baby, a plant, a lemon, a peach, a banana, a brush, a star, a mountain, a tree, a shilling, a king, the waiter, the queen, a man, the man, a woman, the woman, an eye, a shelf, a box, the city, a boy, a goose, the watch, a mouse, a dress, a toy, the sheep, a tooth, a child, the ox, a deer, the life, a tomato, a secretary, a crowd, the airport, a theatre, the tornado, a shop, the tragedy.

 

2. Put the following word combinations in plural.

This magazine, that sticker, this stamp, that sandwich, this poster, this teacup, this egg, that wall, that picture, this foot, that mountain, this lady, that window, this man, that match, this knife, this book, this family, this pie, that answer, that apartment, that teacher, that comedy.

 

3. Put the following sentences in plural.

1. This is a spider. 2. That is a snail. 3. This is a space film. 4. That is a cartoon. 5. This is a star. 6. This is a boy. 7. This is a baby. 8. That is a plate. 9. That is a flower. 10. That is a bookshelf. 11. Is this a sofa? 12. Is this a bookcase? 13. Is this a man? 14. Is that a ball? 15. Is that a train? 16. Is that a plane? 17. Is the window open? 18. Is the door closed? 19. Is the boy near the window? 20. That is not a king.

4. Put the following word combinations in singular or in plural.

	SINGULAR	PLURAL
Physical jerks
Ann`s teeth
My hair
Fried eggs
Hot coffee
Red tomato
Tasty soup
A poisoned fish
A working day
Short rest
Comfortable furniture
Teacher’s glasses
Playing children
A painful tooth
Good manners
Fresh fish
Interesting people