Focus on nominals: practice grammar book for intermediate learners of English. Бочарова М.В - 5 стр.

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Face
Forget-me-
not
Fox
Goose
Grape
Ox
Penny
Photo
Piano
Pie
Poppy
Thief
Tomato
Toy
Trout
Video
Volcano
NB! MEANS, SPECIES, SERIES have the same form in the singular and
plural: The bike is an excellent means of transport.
There are several means of transport on the island.
NB! PENNY has the form PENCE when used with numbers: 10 pence.
PENNIES refers only to coins, not to amounts: I’ve only got a few pennies on me
TASK 3. Sort the words from the table in Task 2 into the 6 categories below and
add some more examples.
1. Nouns
with plurals
ending in
-s
2. Nouns
with plurals
ending in
-es
3. Nouns
with plurals
ending in
-ves/-fs
4. Nouns
with plurals
ending in
-ies
5. Nouns
with plurals
ending in
-os
6. Nouns
with irregu-
lar plurals
TASK 4. Homework.
Make up ten sentences with plural count nouns from
above. Formulate the spelling rules. Get ready to write a dictation. Consult
Round up 5, U. 10.
TASK 5. Use the nouns in tasks 2 and 3 with the demonstratives this/that or
these/those. Think of suitable contexts.
E.g. this/that picture – these/those pictures
– Do you like these pictures? – Yes, and this one is especially beautiful. 
 Face                      Ox                           Thief
 Forget-me-                Penny                        Tomato
 not                       Photo                        Toy
 Fox                       Piano                        Trout
 Goose                     Pie                          Video
 Grape                     Poppy                        Volcano

 NB! MEANS, SPECIES, SERIES have the same form in the singular and
 plural:   The bike is an excellent means of transport.
 There are several means of transport on the island.


 NB! PENNY has the form PENCE when used with numbers: 10 pence.
 PENNIES refers only to coins, not to amounts: I’ve only got a few pennies on me


TASK 3. Sort the words from the table in Task 2 into the 6 categories below and
add some more examples.
 1. Nouns     2. Nouns     3. Nouns     4. Nouns     5. Nouns     6. Nouns
with plurals with plurals with plurals with plurals with plurals with irregu-
 ending in    ending in    ending in    ending in    ending in   lar plurals
     -s          -es        -ves/-fs       -ies         -os




TASK 4. Homework. Make up ten sentences with plural count nouns from
above. Formulate the spelling rules. Get ready to write a dictation. Consult
Round up 5, U. 10.


TASK 5. Use the nouns in tasks 2 and 3 with the demonstratives this/that or
these/those. Think of suitable contexts.
E.g. this/that picture – these/those pictures
– Do you like these pictures? – Yes, and this one is especially beautiful.

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