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c Write the plurals.

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What is it? It's a book. the
Look at the board.
Open the door.
Closethe windows.
What are they? TheY'rebooks.
Use a I anwith singular nouns'
e.g. a book,an umbrella.
Singular Plural IJseanwith words beginning with a vowel
I a book books +s (a, e, i, o, u), e.g. an identitY card.
an umbrella umbrellas Don't use 4 | an + plural nouns'
a holiday holidays e.g. they'rebooksNOT
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adiectives
Possessive
s
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Your name is Ben. Miranda is Carrie'sfriend.
His name is Marco. This is fack'scar.
He's from Rome.
Her name is Maki. Ella is Ben'swife.
She'sfapanese.
ttryg*qIPollY. My sister'sname is MollY.
It's a parrot.___
We're fro- Bturil. Our namesare Selmaand Lurs' . LJset after a person to talk about family and
You're Polish. Your namesare Marek and Ania' things, e.g. Ann's brother,Jim's car-
Th"r, * f.om Moi.o. Their namesare Pedro and Maria.
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. your names,our booksNoT y{ff}natrs, oursrboo'ks She'sAmerican.Her name'sElla. ('s - is)
. its- for thingsor animals,e.g.TheFerrariis a veryfast car.
Its top speedis 250 kPh.

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A Ferrari is expensive.
It's a fast car.
My glassesare new.
They're old men.

Useadjectives:
NOT zq@hre-is;
- after the verb be,e.g.A Ferrari is expensive.
- beforea noun, e.g. It'sa fast car.NOT +ds-aear{ast
Adjectivesarethe samefor singularand plural:
He'san old man. They'reold men.NOT @
Adjectivesarethe samefor 9 and d , e.g. She's a goodgirl' He'sa goodboy'
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a Complete the chart. Write questionsand answers.
Singular Plural What is it?
I It's a pen. Thev'reoens It's an umbrella.
2 They'rephotos.
3 It's a watch.
4 They're chairs.
5 It's a dictionary.
6 It's a credit card.
7 It's a city.
8 They'reemails.
9 It's a bus.
l0 They'reidentity cards.

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a Completewith my,your, his,her, its,your, our, b Write the sentenceswith the names / people.
or their. This is his house.(my father) Thisis myfather'shouse.
I'm English. My nameisWilliam. I David is her brother.(Angela)
I They're from Russia. names are Natasha and Igor. 2 This is his book. (Antonio)
2 A What's name? 3 Ann is his mother.(Mark)
B I'm David. Nice to meet you. 4 They'reher children.(Sara)
3 He's American. name is Wayne. 5 His car is a Fiat.(my brother)
4 We're Mexican. names are Antonio and Thalia. 6 lim is her boyfriend.(Sally)
5 That's their cat. - name is Felix. 7 This is his pen. (Tim)
6 name is Tina. She'sBrazilian. 8 They'reher keys.(my sister)
7 A We're fane and Mark Kelly.
c Coversentences 1-8 and look at the sentenceson
B Room 22.This is - key.
the right (Thisis myfather'shouse, etc.).Saysentences
I'm Sally,and this is - dog, Rover.
l-8, e.g.Thisis his house.

2C
a Write sentences with lt'sor They're. b Order the words to make sentences.
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Her basis blue.
2 (expensive) I fasta car it's.
2 dogsbig they'revery.
3 (orange) 3 photo it's terriblea.
4 a Maria beautifulis very girl.
4 (slow) 5 hotel this good a very isn't.

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