Unit 2 - Lesson B: What's in Your Bag?: Touchstone 2nd Edition - Language Summary - Level 1
Unit 2 - Lesson B: What's in Your Bag?: Touchstone 2nd Edition - Language Summary - Level 1
Unit 2 - Lesson B: What's in Your Bag?: Touchstone 2nd Edition - Language Summary - Level 1
Food
orange (n)
sandwich (n)
snack (n)
People
child (children) (n)
man (men) (n)
woman (women) (n)
Other words
head (n)
jeans (n)
it (pron)
this (pron)
these (pron)
Grammar
This and these
You can use This + is to make a statement about a singular noun:
You can use These + are to make a statement about a plural noun:
You can use Are + these to ask a question about a plural noun:
What's this?
They're headphones.
Noun plurals
Nouns are things or people. A noun can be singular or plural. A singular noun is one thing or
person: bag (= 1 bag). A plural noun is two or more things or people: bags (= 2+ bags).
Regular plurals
For singular nouns ending in consonant + y change y to ies to make plural nouns:
a dictionary dictionaries
Irregular plurals
a man men
a woman women
a child children
glasses
sunglasses
scissors