2A Grammar Bank YM

 

2A

 / these / those a / an, plurals; this / that  /

a / an, plurals

It’s a bag. It’s an an umbrella.  umbrella. They’re books books.. They’re watches watches.. a / an (indefinite article)

It’s

a

bag. pen.

It’s

an ID card.

umbrella. • Use a / an an with  with singular nouns. • Use an an with  with a noun beginning with a vowel (a ( a, e, i , o, u). • Use a with words beginning u when u = /yu/, e.g., university.

 

2A

 / these / those a / an, plurals; this / that  /

regular plurals Singular

Plural

a book

books

a key

keys

Spelling   add -s

a watch watch

  watches watches

  add -es -es after  after ch ch,, sh sh,, s, x 

a box box

  box boxes es

a countr y

  countr ies ies   consonant + y  >  > ies

a dictionar y   dictionar ies ies • Add -s (or -es -es or  or -ies -ies)) to make plural nouns: It’s a pen. They’re pen s. • Don’t use a / an an with  with plural nouns: They’re keys.  keys.  NOT They’re a keys.

 

2A  a / an, plurals; this / that  / / these / those irregular plurals Singular

Plural

a man /mæn/

men /mɛn/

a woman /ˈwʊmən/

women /ˈwɪmən/

a child /tʃaɪld/

children /ˈtʃɪldrən /

a person /ˈpərsn/

people /ˈpipl/

 

2A  a / an, plurals; this / that  / / these / those this / that   // these / those

1 What’s this this? ? It’s a ticket. These watches These  watches are Japanese. 2 That car That car is Italian. What are those those? ? They’re headphones. 1 Use this this /  / these these for  for things near you (here (here). ). 2 Use that   // those those for  for things which aren’t near you (there ( there). ). • this this /  / that  =  = singular; these these /  / those those =  = plural. • this, this, that , these these,, and those those can  can be adjectives ( this watch  watch)) or pronouns (What’s this?).