SINGULAR AND PLURAL GAMES FOR GRADE 2

they shall driveThis distinction is lost in the contraction:I’ll drive. However, in speech, the tone ofvoice will indicate which is intended.SHALL OR WILL?157shaming or shamming? shame + ing = shamingsham + ing = shammingSeeADDING ENDINGS (i) and (ii).shan’t This contraction for ‘shall[r]

either, neither, eachEverybody (singular) loves (singular) asailor.Remember that double subjects(compound subjects) are plural.The Alsatian and the Pekinese (twodogs = plural subject) are barking(plural).(ii) ‘Either . . .or’ and ‘neither . . .nor’ ar[r]

17. duty 18. patch 19. allowance 20. sheet For a variety of historical reasons, English has some plurals that are formed in an irregular way.(i-viiiB,001-328B) whl bk.indd 9 3/16/09 12:33:54 PM10 Noun Phrases Seven words form their plural by a vowel change alone:Singular Plu[r]

(9) I had a good lunch today.3. Use of The: (Cách sử dụng The)Singular countnoun(1) Thank you for the appleThe đi với danh từ đã xác định, cả người nghe và người nóiđều biết.Plural countnoun(2) Thank you for the applesThe đi với danh từ đếm được số ít hoặc số nhiều[r]

B I dag vaknar Akinori klockan åtta. Han äter rostat bröd och dricker kae till frukost. Sedan duschar han. Klockan tio tar han bussen till stan. Där träar han en vän från skolan. De kar på ett kafé i city. På eftermiddagen pluggar Akinori. Sedan går han till gymmet. Han tränar till klockan sju. D[r]

EITHER SINGULAR OR PLURAL: some, any, none, all, mostSugar is uncountable; therefore, the sentence has a singular verb.Marbles are countable; therefore, the sentence has a plural verb.3. Compound subjects joined by and are always plural.4. With compound subj[r]

Subject-verb agreementThe basic principle of subject-verb agreement is simple. If the subject is singular, it should be followed by asingular verb. If the subject is plural, it should be followed by a plural verb.My brother is an engineer. (Here the singular verb is agree[r]

Examples: belief → beliefs, chief → chiefs, cliff → cliffs, roof → roofs, proof → proofs- Some nouns have the same singular and plural forms. They are:(Một số danh từ có hình thức số ít và số nhiều giống nhau)•••Some kinds of animals and fish: one deer – two deer, one fis[r]

ensure or insure? to ENSURE =tomakesureto INSURE = to arrange for financialcompensation in the case of loss, injury,damage or deathenthusiasm (not -ou-)enthusiasticenvelop enveloped, enveloping, envelopment(stress on second syllable)envelope (singular) envelopes (plural) (stress[r]

second.Some writers reserve the first for ageneral request for information and thesecond for a formal investigation, but thisis by no means necessary.enrol enrolled, enrolling(British English – enrol; American English– enroll)enrolment (British English – enrolment; America[r]

labour laboriouslaid SeeADDING ENDINGS (iii) (exception to rule).SeeLAY OR LIE?.lain SeeLAY OR LIE?.lama or llama? LAMA = a Buddhist priestLLAMA = an animal of the camel familylandscape (not lanscape)language (not langage)larva (singular) larvae (plural)SeeFOREIGN PLURALS.later or latt[r]

erratum errata –memorandum memoranda memorandumsmillennium millennia millenniumsreferendum referenda referendumsstratum strata –ultimatum ultimata ultimatumsFOREIG N PL URALS79singular -um foreign plural English pluralovum ova –singular -usbacillus bacilli –cactus cacti cactusesfungus[r]

One plain form (= the stem) 3 inflected forms (the stem + inflectional suffixes)Teacher (singular noun)Teachers (plural noun)Teacher’s (singular-possessive noun)Teachers’ (plural-possessive noun)2.2.2. VERB INFLECTION: GROUP 1Ngụy Bảo TrọngCao Thúy HằngPhạm Tấn TàiNguyễn[r]

stimulus (singular) stimuli (plural)SeeFOREIGN PLURALS.stomach achestood SeeSTAND.storey (plural storeys) STOREY = one floor or level in aor story (plural stories)?buildingA bungalow is a single-STOREY structure.A tower block can have twentySTOREYS.STORY =ataleIreadaSTORY[r]

stimulus (singular) stimuli (plural)SeeFOREIGN PLURALS.stomach achestood SeeSTAND.storey (plural storeys) STOREY = one floor or level in aor story (plural stories)?buildingA bungalow is a single-STOREY structure.A tower block can have twentySTOREYS.STORY =ataleIreadaSTORY[r]

to separate, to tell us that it’s not both things, but one thing orthe other that the verb applies to. So the rule is:Subjects joined by “or” or “nor” are not considered asa group, and the verb’s person and number shouldagree with those of the subject’s individual parts.There are three[r]

ONLY, FUTURE, FORMER, PREVIOUS)CHAPTER 4: POSSESSIVES AND DEMONSTRATIVESA. POSSESSIVE NOUNS: Use an apostrophe + -s ( ’s) after the singular nouns to form the possessive. For singular nouns that end in – s, add an apostrophe alone or ’s. For example: Marcus’ room[r]

Nouns, adjectives and adverbs14 a, some, any> Exercise 6 for the difference between countable and uncountable nouns.• a is used with singular countable nouns:I'm waiting for a bus.• some is used in positive sentencesa) with plural countable nouns:Some[r]