1. - Escribe el plural de las siguientes palabras:
1. A stranger some strangers
1. A train
some ___________
12. A day
some ____________
2. A fish
some ___________13. A deer some_____________
3. A bus
some ___________
14. A wife
some ____________
4. A man
some ___________
15. A dictionary some_____________
5. A foot
some___________
16. A thief
some ______________
6. A potato
some___________
17. A tomato some _______________
7. A journey
some ____________ 18. A wolf
some _______________
8. A child
some _____________ 19. A tooth
some_________________
9. A woman
some_____________ 20.A sheep
some ____________
10. A mouse some ___________
21. A roof
some_____________
11. A lady
some_____________
Escribe el plural de las siguientes palabras.En los casos en que no correspomda plural coloque No
1.person ___________
11. work ________________
2. watch ___________12. wife ______________
3. life -_____________1 3.friendship ________________
4. street - __________14. crash -_________________
5. gold -____________15. key - ______________
6. imagination ____________
16. money________________
7. snow __________17. sheriff_________________8. hero ____________18. tree -__________________
9. city - _____________ 19. milk -_____________________
10. piano ____________
- 20. bridge - ______________________
Selecciona la forma verbal adecuada
My trousers..... dirty.
is
are
There .....a lot of people in the room.
is
are
His luggage .....in the car trunk.
is
are
My hair .....blonde in the summer.
is
are
Sea water .....salty.
is
are
My shoes .....new and shiny.
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No news .....good news.
is
are
Your glasses .....in your coat pocket.
is
are
The mice .....under the table.
is
are
The money .....in the drawer.
is
are

2. En inglés la mayoría de las palabras que sirven indistintamente para masculino y femenino: friend = amigo/a, writer =
escritor/a, etc. Pero aquí veremos también cómo se pueden hacer distinciones.
La mayoría de los sustantivos sirven indistintamente para masculino o femenino
friend (frénd) - amigo / amiga
writer (ráiter) - escritor / escritora
teacher (tícher) - profesor / profesora
pupil (piúpil) - alumno / alumna
lawyer (lóier) - abogado / abogada
Algunos sustantivos cambian en su forma
Masculine
Feminine
king (king) - rey
queen (kuíin) - reina
prince (prins) - príncipe
princess (prínces) - princesa
actor (áctor) - actor
actress (áctres) - actriz
waiter (wéiter) - camarero
waitress (wéitres) - camarera
host (jóust) - anfitrión
hostess (jóustes) - anfitriona
god (gód) - dios
goddess (gódes) - diosa
heir (éer) - heredero
heiress (éeres) - heredera
hero (jírou) - héroe
heroine (jérouin) - heroína
Algunas personas que cambian
Masculine
Feminine
man (man) - hombre
woman (wúman) - mujer
boy (bói) - niño
girl (guérl) – niña
father (fáder) - padre
mother (máder) - madre
husband (jásband) - marido
wife (wáif) – esposa
son (san) - hijo
daughter (dóter) - hija
brother (bróder) - hermano
sister (síster) - hermana
uncle (ánkl) - tío
aunt (ant) – tía
nephew (néfiu) - sobrino
niece (níis) – sobrina
boyfriend (bóifrend) - novio
girlfriend (guérlfrend) - novia
gentleman (yéntlman) - señor
lady (léidi) – señora
Algunos animales que cambian
Masculine
Feminine
bull (búl) - toro
cow (cáu) – vaca
cock (cók) - gallo
hen (jen) – gallina
lion (láion) - león
lioness (láiones) - leona
tiger (táiguer) - tigre
tigress (táigres) - tigresa
stallion (stálion) - semental
mare (mér) - yegua
drake (dréik) - pato
duck (dák) – pata

3. ram (rám) - carnero
ewe (iú) - oveja
Podemos hacer una distinción agregando las palabras male (méil) -para masculino- o female (fiméil) -para femenino-.
Para profesiones, podemos anteponer man o woman al sustantivo
Masculine
Feminine
A malepupil - un
alumno
A femalepupil - una alumna
A maledancer - un
bailarín
A femaledancer - una bailarina
A malecanary - un
canario
Algunos sustantivos se obtienen a partir del uso de un adjetivo
precedido por el artículo determinado "the": therich, thepoor.
the + adjective (para grupos de personas)
Podemos usar el artículo "the" con muchos adjetivos para
referirnos a grupos de personas (notar que es siempre plural)
thepoor (de póor) - los pobres
therich (de rích) - los ricos
theyoung (de iáng) - los jóvenes
theold (di óuld) - los viejos
thesick (de sík) - los enfermos
the elderly (di élderli) - los ancianos
theblind (de bláind) - los ciegos
theunemployed (di anemplóid) - los desempleados
thedead (di déd) - los muertos
the homeless (de jóumles) - los sin casa
the English - los ingleses
the French - los franceses
theSpanish - los españoles
the British - los británicos
theIrish - los irlandeses A femalecanary - una canaria
A malebaby - un
bebé
A femalebaby - una bebé;
A man doctor - un
doctor
A woman doctor - una doctora
A manlawyer - un
abogado
A womanlawyer - una abogada

4. Countable and uncountable noun exercises
Complete the conversation.Choose the correct form.
Jessica:What are you doing Andrew?
Andrew: I’m writingessay/an essay
Jessica: Oh,you’ve gotcomputer/acomputer.Do you always writeessay/essays on your computer?
Andrew: Yes, but I’m not doing very well today.I’ve been working on my plan for aboutthree hour/hours now.
Jessica: You’ve got a lot of books to help you ,though.I haven’t got as many/much books as you.That’s because
I haven’t got much money/moneys.Quite often I can’t even afford to buy food/afood.
Andrew: Really? That can’t be much/ many fun
Jessica: I’d like to get job/ a job I can do in my spare time and earn a/somemoney.I’ve got a few/a little ideas
but what do you think I should do?
Andrew: I know someone who paints picture/ pictures and sells them. Why don’t you that?
Jessica: Because I’m not good at painting.
Nombrescompuestos
Can you say in a better way? Use the two nouns together
Ex. ( I read an interesting article in a newspaper yesterday) I read an interesting newspaper article yesterday
1-( Have you got any shirts made of cotton?).......................................................................................................
2- (have you got a bag to carry shopping in it?)………………………………………………………………………………………………..
3-( Is there a shop that sells shoes near here? )………………………………………………………………………………………………..
4- ( I like a table in the corner please? )……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5- ( Do you operate computers? )…………………………………………………………………………………….
Each of these sentences has a mistake in it.Write the correct sentence.
1- Can you lend me some pen to write this cheque?.......................................................................................
2- Do you want a butter on your bread?..........................................................................................................
3- Do you have any informations about hotels?..............................................................................................
4- The police is questioning two men…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
5- The news aren’t very good, I ‘m afraid………………………………………………………………………………………………….
6- I jus want to go into this shoes-shop……………………………………………………………………………………………………..