Презентация на тему Nouns

NOUNS
COUNTABLE
UNCOUNTABLE
SINGULAR
PLURAL
honey

Most nouns form their plural by adding -s
one dog
two dogs

Nouns ending in -s, -ss, -sh,
-ch, -x, -o, take -es in the plural
one box
three boxes
BUT some nouns ending in -o
take only -s
radio-radios
piano-pianos
photo-photos
rhino-rhinos
hippo-hippos
video-videos

Nouns ending in a vowel+ y take only-s
in the plural
a boy
four boys
a day-days
a toy-toys
a joy-joys

Nouns ending in a consonant +y, drop the
-y and take -ies in the plural
a strawberry
two strawberries
a baby-babies
a lady-ladies
a cherry-cherries

Nouns ending in -f or -ef, drop -f or -ef and take -ves in plural
a wolf
three wolves
BUT some nouns ending in -f or -ef
take only -s
(крыша) roof-roofs
giraffe-giraffes
(скала) cliff-cliffs
chief-chiefs
belief-beliefs
handkerchief-handkerchiefs

Irregular Plurals
a child- children
a man – men
a woman-women
a goose-geese
a tooth- teeth
a foot- feet
an ox- oxen
a mouse- mice
a louse-lice
a deer-deer
a trout-trout
a salmon-salmon
a sheep-sheep
a swine-swine
a means-means

UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
cheese, butter, meat, salt, pepper, bacon, bread, chocolate, honey, jam, etc.
coffee, milk, water, tea, wine, lemonade, petrol, oil, etc.
beauty, love, happiness, etc.
gold, iron, silver, wood, paper, etc.
food
liquids
materials
abstract nouns
hair, money, news, advice, snow, furniture, weather, etc.
others

REMEMBER
Some uncountable nouns become countable
with numerals before them
hair
BUT: two hairs
fish
BUT: three fishes

PRONUNCIATION
[ s]
when the noun ends in a(n) [f],[k], [p], [t] or [Ѳ].
cliffs, books, shops, cats, myths
[iz]
when the noun ends in a(n)[s], [ks], [∫], [t∫], [d3 ], [z] or[3] . buses, foxes, torches, bridges
when the noun ends in any other sound.
rooms, boys, pears, leaves
[z]

WRITE THE PLURAL
lemons
buses
peaches
cherries
roofs
foxes
glasses
keys
pianos
potatoes
balls
books
sheep
babies
children
KEY:
lemon-
bus-
peach-
cherry-
roof-
fox-
glass-
key-
piano-
potato-
ball-
book-
sheep-
baby-
child-
16. green leaf-
17.old lady-
18. radio-
19.ox-
20. tall woman-
21.knife-
22.toy-
23.policeman-
24.raspberry-
25.sandwich-
26.mouse-
27.photo-
28.cliff-
29.watch-
30.thief-
green leaves
old ladies
radios
oxen
tall women
knives
toys
policemen
raspberries
sandwiches
mice
photos
cliffs
watches
thieves
KEY:

TRANSLATE THE NOUNS
lemon-
bus-
peach-
cherry-
roof-
fox-
glass-
key-
piano-
potato-
ball-
book-
sheep-
baby-
child-
16. green leaf-
17.old lady-
18. radio-
19.ox-
20. tall woman-
21.knife-
22.toy-
23.policeman-
24.raspberry-
25.sandwich-
26.mouse-
27.photo-
28.cliff-
29.watch-
30.thief-

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