Volume 1

grammar Il plurale dei sostantivi I sostantivi al plurale prendono la desinenza -s: I sostantivi terminanti in -ch, -sh, -ss, -x e alcuni in -o, dog dogs prendono la desinenza -es: match glass box potato matches glasses boxes potatoes I nomi terminanti in -y preceduta da consonante country city countries cities day days prendono -es dopo aver trasformato -y in -i: Invece i nomi terminanti in -y preceduta da vocale prendono normalmente la desinenza -s: Alcuni sostantivi hanno un plurale irregolare, tra questi: child children fish fish man men person people woman women foot feet 7 Scrivi il plurale dei seguenti sostantivi, preceduti dal numero dato, come nell esempio: a lady 5 1. a cherry 2. a bus 3. a toy 3 4. a baby five ladies 6 2 .............................................. 5. a sandwich .............................................. 6. an address .............................................. 7. a box .............................................. 8. a dish 9 5 8 ....................................... ....................................... ....................................... ....................................... 8 Cancella la proposta sbagliata e inserisci la soluzione nel testo, come nell esempio: I m a schoolboy and these are my ....................................: their ....................................... are Thomas and Charlie schoolboy / schoolboys friends / friend name / names Sullivan. They are ............................................................. and they have got a young ..............................................., Ella. brother / brothers sister / sisters Their father is a .............................................................. and their mother is a ........................................ The Sullivans live policeman / policemen nurse / nurses in the ..............................................................., they are my ............................................................ and Thomas is also my country / countries neighbour / neighbours Ella is a five-year-old ....................... She likes ............................, especially .......................... school friend / school friends child / children animal / animals cat / cats .......................................................... WHAT S ON TV TONIGHT? 19