ENGLISH COURSE

WEEK 3
What's this?  
Demonstratives (this/these)
Personal objects
Indefinite  article A/AN 
SOME (?)
Plural (regular and irregular) 
Possessive ‘s 

WEEK 3
Learning outcomes:

At the end of this session the  students  will

be able  to identify plural nouns (regular and
irregular) in order to use them in a sentence.
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REFLECTION FROM EXPERIENCE.

Nowadays students acquire skills, strengths and knowledge

according to each topic learnt in class and allows them to face
and solve problems that arise in daily life.
For this reason, it is very important to encourage students to
participate in every single class in order to check
understanding and clarify doubts.  
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Let’s look at the pictures: 

THIS - THESE
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How To Identify Singular WH- Questions.

What’s this?

It’s a cell phone.

It’s an eraser.
 What’s this?

THE USE OF THE ARTICLE a AND

an.
a
It’s a pen.

It’s a watch.

It’s a
highlighter.
What’s this?
Article an.

It’s an umbrella.

It’s an online
dictionary.

It’s an apple.
TÍTULO
Cognitive Conflict

IDENTIFY ARTICLE a - an
The article a/an

GRAMMAR

a – an
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PRACTICE A or AN.

The article a/an

a + consonant sound an + vowel sound

▼ ▼
a book an eraser
a pen an apple
a ruler an old computer
a board an orange pencil
 a an
Before CONSONANT SOUND Before VOWEL SOUND
We usually “A” before a noun or We usually “AN” before a noun
adjectives which begin with a or adjectives which begin with a
consonant. vowel.
Example: a dictionary Example: an insect
a cat an elephant
a tree an orbit

HOWEVER use “A” before HOWEVER use “AN” before a

words which begin with a “YOU” silent or unsounded "h" because
sound. the "h" does not have sound.
Ex. a unicorn, Ex. an honour,
a uniform, an hour,
a unión an hammock
PRACTICE
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH A/AN

1. There is ________ board.

2. There is ________ door.

3. There is ________ English dictionary.

4. There is ________ piece of paper.

5. There is ________ eraser.

6. There is ________ MP3 player.

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Activity
More practice
7. There is ________ university.

8. There is ________ iPod.

9. There is ________ orange pencil.

10. There is ________ backpack.

11. There is ________ horse.

12. There is ________ empty box.

EXERCISES

Fill in the blanks with A or An.

1. Ronaldo is ……….. famous football player.
2. Jessica is ………..hardworking student.
3. Is Dr. Phil ……….. smart man?
4. A tiger is ………… animal.
5. Is that………… old book?
6. Is tea…………. beneficial drink?
7. Mustang is…………. American brand.
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8. This is………… eraser.
9. New York Times is………… popular news company.
10. Derek is…………. fisherman.
11. It's………. honor to meet you.
12. Angelina Jolie is ……….. actress.
13. Grammar Bank is ………. educational website.
14. Bart Simpson is………… child.
15. Superman is………….. hero.
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Plural - these

What are these?

They’re wallets.

They’re
headphones.
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What are these?

They’re key rings.

They’re backpacks.
 What are these?
Plural nouns(some)
They are some jeans
They are some glasses

They’re some headphones

They’re some scissors

some glasses, some scissors,
some headphones, some jeans
What is this? What are these?
Plural nouns
Regular Plurals

bags watches pens

dictionaries keys chairs

Irregular Plurals

child woman women

children

man men person people

 IRREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS
Some nouns don’ follow the started rules and are called
irregular plural nouns

Example:
People is the plural of person.
We say :
 There is one person here
NOT There is three persons here (incorrect)

 There are three people here.

 There are forty people here.
Singular and plural nouns.
Singular Plural

s For the plural form of most nouns, add s

s
s
For nouns that end in ch, x, s, or s
sounds, add es.
es
es
For nouns that end in y , change y for i.
i es
e
e
e Some nouns have different plural forms.

e o
e e
 ACTIVIDAD SINCRONICA

Write these words in plural. Add -s,-es, -ies

SINGULAR PLURAL SINGULAR PLURAL SINGULAR PLURAL

a bike bikes a man men a book

a credit a country a pencil
card
a a woman a computer
nationality
a waitress a desk an apple
a person an eraser a tooth
a camera a chair a window
an address a pen a teacher
Questions: Pair work
How do you spell highlighter?
What’s in your bag, Carlos?
Where is your book?
Sentences using possessives ‘s

I like Ann’s bag.

I stay at my sister’s house.
The teacher’s computer.
James’s party.
Mrs. Moore’s desk. Possessive s is used when
we say that something
belongs to someone.
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POSSESSIVE NOUNS: Shows that person or animal owns or has something

Ex: One dog's tail (One dog has one tail.) (singular)
Two dogs' tails (Two dogs have two tails.) (plural)
Possessive case
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POSSESSIVE NOUNS

Examples:
The car of John = John's car.
(s)
The room of the girls = The girls' room.
(p)
Clothes for men = Men's clothes.
The toys of children = Children's toys.
Thomas’s book = Thomas' book
The Smiths’s house = The Smith’s house
Possessive.
Write the correct form of the possessives.

1.- This is ………………….. book. (Peter)

2.- Let's go to …………………. (Mary) house.
3.- The …………………….. room is upstairs.
(children)
4.- ……………… sister is twelve years old. (John)
5.- ……………… and ………………. school is old.
(Susan – Steve)
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6.- ……………… shoes are on the second floor.
(men)
7.- My ………………. car was not expensive.
(parents)
8.- …………………….. CD player is new. (Charles)
9.- This is the ………………… bike. (boy)
10.- These are the ………………… pencils. (boys)
 Look at the example and do the
same
STUDENT A: Whose umbrella is this?

STUDENT B: It’s Miss Brown’s umbrella.  Miss Brown (umbrella)

 The engineer (desk)
 The students (room)
 My sister (pencil)
 The Simpsons (car)
 Mike (house)
STUDENT A: Whose pencil is this?  Children (book)
STUDENT B: It’s my sister’s pencil.
Let’s apply what we have learnt.

COLLABORATIVE WORK

Complete Make questions

sentences. and sentences.
Conversation Use
practice. possessives in a
dialogue.
ASYNCHRONOUS ACTIVITY

FORUMS READINGS
WORKSHEETS
Let’s integrate what we have learnt.

METACOGNITION Can I recognize plural nouns?

Can I use possessive 's in a

sentence ?

Can I understand the class?

Bibliographical sources.

TOUCHSTONE
Michael J. McCarthy, Jeanne McCarten, Helen Sandiford
Published by CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, United Kingdom (2014)
ISBN 10: 110764223X  ISBN 13: 9781107642232

Simon & Schuter Building – Rockefeller Center New York

1990 by Kendall I. Wills all rights.

KET ENGLISH TEST (Authentic examination papers from Cambridge esol)

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