unit 2A
1. VOCABULARY
Roald Dahl (famous writer of these novels)
Roald Dahl (famous writer of these novels)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Matilda
Things
REMEMBER: Some words for things are plural eg. trousers, glasses, scissors.
DON'T use a/an with plural nouns. NOT a scissors (WRONG)
DON'T use a/an with plural nouns. NOT a scissors (WRONG)
What is it? (FOR SINGULAR NOUNS)
It's a/an______________ What are they? (FOR PLURAL NOUNS) They are_____________ |
Eg. What is it?/ What is number one?
It's a book Eg. What are they? What are number seven? They're glasses |
2. GRAMMAR
NOUNS:
A noun is a word that names a person, place or thing. There are four main types of nouns:
1. Common nouns name any one of a class of person, place or thing.
girl, boy / city, park / food, apple
2. Proper nouns name a specific person, or thing.
Jane / Paris
3. Compound nouns are two or more nouns that function as a single unit. They can be two individual words, words joined by a hyphen, or two words combined.
Individual words: time capsule / Hyphenated words: great-grand-father / Combined words:basketball
4. Collective nouns name groups of people or things.
family / crowd
A noun is a word that names a person, place or thing. There are four main types of nouns:
1. Common nouns name any one of a class of person, place or thing.
girl, boy / city, park / food, apple
2. Proper nouns name a specific person, or thing.
Jane / Paris
3. Compound nouns are two or more nouns that function as a single unit. They can be two individual words, words joined by a hyphen, or two words combined.
Individual words: time capsule / Hyphenated words: great-grand-father / Combined words:basketball
4. Collective nouns name groups of people or things.
family / crowd
INDEFINITE ARTICLE: a / an
Plural spelling:
normal rule
-s
key - keys
car - cars
book - books
vowel, ch, sh, x, s
-es
potato - potatoes
watch - watches
dish - dishes
box - boxes
kiss - kisses
consonant -y
-ies
country - countries
Plural spelling:
normal rule
-s
key - keys
car - cars
book - books
vowel, ch, sh, x, s
-es
potato - potatoes
watch - watches
dish - dishes
box - boxes
kiss - kisses
consonant -y
-ies
country - countries
3. PRONUNCIATION
Pronunciation of plural final -s and -es
- s |
/p/, /t/, /k/, /f/, /θ/ (voiceless consonants) |
/s/ |
maps /ps/ bats /ts/ books /ks/ proof /fs/ month /θs/ |
- s |
vowels, /b/, /d/, /g/, /v/, /l/, /r/, /m/, /n/, /ŋ/ (voiced consonants) |
/z/ |
keys /iz/ - boys /iz/ - countries /iz/ - babies /iz/ - flies /iz/ beds /dz/ dogs /gz/ stoves /vz/ rooms /mz/ |
- es |
/s/, /z/, /ʒ/, /dʒ/, /ʃ/, /x/, /tʃ/ |
/iz/ |
places /siz/ - gases /siz/ - glasses /siz/ noses /ziz/ judges /dʒiz/ brushes /ʃiz/ watches /tʃiz/ boxes /xiz/ |
Voiced consonant sounds: are made in the throat by vibrating the vocal chords, e.g. /b/, /l/, /m/, /v/, etc.
Unvoiced consonant sounds: are made in the mouth without vibration in the mouth, e.g. /p/, /k/, /t/, /s/, etc.
Unvoiced consonant sounds: are made in the mouth without vibration in the mouth, e.g. /p/, /k/, /t/, /s/, etc.
4. LISTENING & SPEAKING
5. GRAMMAR
THIS/ THESE THAT/THOSE
Is this your...?
6. PRONUNCIATION