NOUN + IS +NOUN = SINGULAR

NOUN +ARE+NOUN=PLURAL

NOUN+ARE+NOUN

A)     Cats are animals

Plural means two ,three, or more .

Cats = a plural noun

Are = a plural verb

Animals = a plural noun

B)      SINGULAR ; a cat , an amminal

PLURAL ; cats , animals

Plural nouns and in –s.

A and an are used only with singular nouns.

C)       SINGULAR ; a city , a country

PLURAL; cities, countries

Some singular nouns that end in –y have a special

Plural form l the omit the –y and add –ies .*

NOUN AND NOUN + ARE + NOUN

D)     Canada and China are countries

E)       Dog and cats are animals

Two nouns connected by and are followed by are . In (d) ; Canada is a singular noun . China is a singular noun . They are connected by AND . Together the are plural , I , E . , more than one .

EXERCISE ;

Directions ;  change the singular sentences to plural sentences .

1)      An ant is an insect

PLURAL= Ants are insect

2)      A computer is a machine

3)       A dictionary is a book

4)      A chicken is a bird

5)      A rose is a flower

6)       A carrot is a vegetable

 EXERCISE ;

Directions ; WORK IN SMALL GROUP . close your books for this activity . your teacher will say the beginning of a sentence . as a group , write the complete sentence . in the end , the group who completes the most sentences correctly wins the game

Example ;

Teacher  ( BOOK OPEN ): spanish ....

GROUP ( BOOKS CLOSED )  ;spanish is a language

·          A bear ...

·         An ant ...

·         London ...

·         Spring ...

·         A carroct ...

·         September and october ...

·         Mexico and canada

·         A dictionary ...

·         Chickens ...

·          China ...

·          Winter and summer

·          Arabic...

·         A computer ...

·          A fly ...