This document provides a summary of lesson 1 of an English language beginner's course. It covers several fundamentals of English including singular and plural nouns, verb tenses using simple present, past and future, and pronouns. Examples and exercises are provided to practice these concepts. Key points covered include common rules for making nouns plural, irregular plural forms, conjugations of verbs in simple tenses, and using pronouns as subjects and objects.

1. English Language – Beginners
Lesson 1
Version 1.0
Dernière Mise à Jour : 28/12/2011

2. Lesson objectives
• Review some fundamentals about english
– Singular and plurals
– Verb tenses
– Using At, on and in
– Pronouns

3. SINGULAR AND PLURALS
English lesson 1

4. Singular and plural 1/2
• Rule No. 1 (Add –s to the end of noun)
– cup cups
– student students
• Rule No.2 consonants before “y” : change –y to i
and add –es
– city -cities party- parties lady-ladies
• Rule No.3 vowels before “y” add –s
– boy –boys key –keys day -days

5. Singular and plural 2/2
• Rule No. 4 (–f and –fe endings) : change the –f or –fe to v and –es
– life –lives wife –wives thief –thieves
• Rule No. 5 (sh, ch, x, ss endings) add –es
– bush –bushes
– match –matches
– box -boxes
– kiss -kisses
• Rule No. 6 (consonant + o) add –es (vowel +o) –s
– tomato –tomatoes
– radio radios

6. Practice Exercises
Use the plural form to fill in the blanks
• Baby
• Boy
• City
• Country
• Lady
• Party
• Tray
• Key
• Dictionary
• cowboy
• They have one girl and two ______.
• I visited many _______ last year.
• Women give birth to _______.
• She lost the _____ of the car and the house!
• _____ rides horses in Texas.
• Madrid and Paris are beautiful _______.
• We must bring ______ to the English class.
• Good evening _____ and gentleman.
• On Saturday nights, I like to go to _______.
• People carry their food on _____ at the cafeteria.

7. Pronunciation of plurals (s / es)
• Group A :
– Final –s is pronounced /z/ after voiced sounds
– (taxicabs, beds, dogs, balls, years, days, boys, trees, etc.)
• Group B :
– Final –s is pronounced /s/ after voiceless sounds
– books, cups, groups, cats, students, desks, etc.)
• Group C :
– Final –s, es is pronounced /ez/
• after “s” sounds (classes, horses, boxes, faces)
• after “z” sounds (sizes, roses, noises)
• after “sh” sounds (dishes, bushes)
• after “ch” sounds (matches, sandwiches)
• after “ge/dge” sounds (pages, ages, bridges, edges)

8. Irregular plural forms (exceptions)
• Child children
• Foot feet
• Man men
• Woman women
• Mouse mice
• Tooth teeth
• Fish fish
• _____ people (is always plural) (no s)

9. Count and noncount nouns
• Count nouns
a book books
one book two books
some books
a lot of books
many books
a few books
• Non-count nouns
money
some money
a lot of money
much money
a little money
• Common non-count nouns
advice, furniture, love, peace, homework, luck
information, food, mail, music, traffic, weather,
work, bread, cheese, coffee, rice, sand, meat,
milk, water, sugar, money, oil,
liquids materials (paper)
abstracts general
food
gases

10. Oral Practice (count vs. non-count)
Chair Traffic Music Work
Furniture Cars Coffee Water
Coin Fact Library Jewelry
Money Information Peace Rings
Letters Homework Advice Justice
mail assignment job sugar

11. VERB TENSES
English lesson 1

12. regular/ Irregular/ verb tenses
Regular verbs (d or ed endings)
/d/ sound pronunciation
/t/ sound pronunciation
/ed/ pronunciation

13. Simple present
I Work
You Work
He, she, it Works
We Work
You Work
they work

14. Simple present practice
• it / a lot / rain
• I / a car / want
• I / bread / buy
• you / the house / see
• we / her / an apple / give
• I / with you / agree
• they / their calculators / use
• we / tea / drink
• the candle / burn
• I / my point of view / defend

15. Simple past
I Worked
You Worked
He, she, it Worked
We Worked
You Worked
they worked

16. Simple past practice
• they / races / run
• we / her / an apple / give
• We / our clothes / change
• Gareth / the bin / empty
• Jamie / all the races / win
• the train / the station / leave
• they / trees / plant
• the teacher / to the board / point
• his mother / dinner / cook
• we / house / move

17. Simple futur
• Another way to express the
simple future
I am going to work tomorrow.
She is going to work next
week.
They are going to work on
Sunday.
I will work
You will work
He, she, it will work
We will work
You will work
they will work

18. Simple future practice
• Gareth / the bin / empty
• the teacher / the tenses /
explain
• they / at me / shout
• she / her best / try
• Janet / the bus / miss
• I / the question / answer
• she / a bag / carry
• Albert / squash / play
• you / the house / see
• you / your bag / pack

19. Present progressive
I am working right now.
You are working.
He, she, it is working.
We are working.
You are working.
They are working.

20. Present progressive practice
• she / at you / look
• we / in the mountains / walk
• We / our clothes / change
• the teacher / the tenses /
explain
• The children / about the joke /
laugh
• they / their calculators / use
• Benjamin / the rules / break
• the train / the station / leave
• they / trees / plant
• we / house / move

21. Past progressive (continuous)
I was working last night.
You were working yesterday.
He, she, it was working last summer.
We were working a few hours ago.
You were working last week.
They were working last Monday.

22. Past progressive practice
• John / money / collect
• Tom / with Anny / stay
• Christine / her home / decorate
• the teacher / to the board /
point
• they / their furniture / sell
• he / the mouse button / click
• Jim / his head / cover
• they / the treasure / discover
• she / her little brother / hug
• you / at the door / knock

23. Future progressive (continuous)
I will be working tomorrow.
You will be working this afternoon.
He, she, it will be working next weekend.
We will be working tonight.
You will be working next summer.
They will be working next semester.

24. Future progressive practice
• I / the question / answer
• they / a question / ask
• she / tired / be
• he / a shirt / wear
• they / a room / share
• the boss / the contract / sign
• Katy / a lot of money / spend
• he / his father / embarrass
• Jane and Michael / their
presents / swap
• they / the new student /
welcome

25. AT, ON AND IN
English lesson 1

26. Using on, at and in for time
• For a month, a year, etc : In
– Ex : He saw her in May
• For a day : on
– Ex : He saw her on tuesday
• For an hour : at
– Ex : He san her at 2PM

27. practice
• Can you come ___ Saturday?
• Can you come ___ December?
• Can you come __ six o’clock?
• I will go ___ Monday.
• He was born ___ the 20th century.
• They go to church ___ Sundays.
• We go to school ___ the morning.
• We rest ___ night.
• I go to school ___ eight.
• I come home ___ the afternoon.

28. Using on, at and in for place
• For a city, a country, etc : In
– He saw her in Seattle
• For a street : on
– He saw her on Jay Street
• For a number : at
– He saw her at 623 Jay Street

29. Practice
• He lives ___ my street.
• He lives ___ 2054 Main Street.
• Can you meet me ___ the corner?
• The apartment is ___ the fifth floor.
• The security man was ___ the gate.
• The game started after the players were ___ the field.
• The desk is ___ the front.
• When will you be ___ California?
• They visited friends ___ Rome.

30. More practice
• They go home ___ the afternoon.
• She saw him ___ school.
• Everyone is happy ___ Friday.
• The book was ___ the sidewalk.
• The date changes ___ midnight.
• What do teachers do ___ summer?
• It is nice ___ home.
• They eat lunch ___ noon every day.
• It’s cold ___ winter.
• School ends ___ 3:15.

31. PRONOUNS
Ensligh Lesson 1

32. PRONOUNS: Personal pronouns
• Pronouns can be used as subjects.
• They can also be used as direct objects.

33. Subject form
• I - You He/she/it We – You - They
• Examples:
– I am eating an apple
– They are watching television

34. Subject form practice
• Replace the nouns with a pronoun (subject form)
– (Jenny and Max) __________ will be late for school.
– I bought a new car. ____________ is French.
– My name is Tom. _______ am your English teacher.
– (James and I) _____ have already seen this movie.
– (James) ________ didn’t like it.
– I have a cat. _______ is brown.

35. Object form
• Me - You - Him, Her, It Us - You - Them
• Examples:
– He told me that he expected to be late.
– Are you going with him to the party?
– I will ask them if they like Italian food before
booking the restaurant.

36. Object form practice
• Complete for following sentences :
– I am going shopping. Would you like to come with
__________.
– My girlfriend likes music. I just bought this CD for
____________.
– I love this watch! Would you buy it for ______________?
– It’s my parents’ anniversary. I bought ____________ a
present.
– Caroline and I are also leaving tomorrow morning. Do you
want __________ to give you a ride to the airport?

37. PRACTICE EXERCISES
English lesson 1

38. Use “be going to” in :
• (I/not see) ______________ her this year.
• (cook/you) _______________ a special dinner
for your parents anniversary?
• (You/take part) ______________ to the
meeting?
• (we/eat) _______________ at the restaurant.
• (It/snow) ________________ later tonight.

39. Use “will” in
• (They/go) ______ probably ________ to the
party.
• Where (you/meet) ___________ them?
• (we/watch/not) _____ the match on TV.
• When (she/be) _____________ back?
• (They/take) ______________ their car.

40. Fill in the gaps with either “will” or “be
going to”
• Jim: Jenny told me you are taking French lessons at the Community
College.
• Kim: Yes. I ____________ to visit friends in Paris next summer. I
hope I _____________ be
• able to speak a little French by the time I get there.
• Jim: What a good idea. My wife and ______________ to Spain in
August. Do you know if the Community College offers a Spanish
class?
• Kim: I’m not sure. I _____________ call and ask them if you are
interested.
• Jim: That would be great. I ______________ ask my wife if she
wants to take lessons too.