Unit 3ASingular and Plural Nouns

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Nouns - 명사

Nouns can be either:

Singular

Or

Plural

Singular Nouns

Singular = ONE

Use an article (a / an) before a singular noun

an eraser

a bag

Plural Nouns

Plural = MANY

Add (s /es / ies) after a plural noun

keys

watches

dictionaries

S / ES / IES

Usually we add ‘S’ to plural nouns

BooksPhonesShirts

S / ES / IES

If the noun ends in “SH, CH, X, SS, S, Z” add “ES”

WatchesBoxesBrushes

S / ES / IES

If the noun ends in consonant + y ( 자음 + y). Delete the “Y” and add “IES”

Dictionary = Dictionaries Baby = Babies

EXCEPTIONS

If a singular item has two parts it becomes plural.

EXCEPTIONS

Pants

ONE TWO

EXCEPTIONS

Glasses

ONE TWO

EXCEPTIONS

This / That

These / Those

This / That

Use This and That for SINGULAR NOUNS

What’s this?

It’s an umbrella

What’s that?

It’s a pen

These / Those

Use These and Those for PLURAL NOUNS

What are these?

They’re cameras

What are those?

They’re newspapers

This / These

Use This and These for things:

Near youNext to youYou are touchingYou are holding

This / These

This apple

This / These

These apples

That / Those

Use That and Those for things:

Far from you

That / Those

That apple

That / Those

Those apples