1. LABELS AND LISTS OF THINGS
BRIGHT 1
Unit 8
LABELS AND LISTS OF THINGS

2. Do you know what is this? a carton of milk 5 kg of meat 1 kg of onion
three jars of chocolate jam
3 bunches of spinach

3. What are these?
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4. Using Article ‘A’ We use the article ‘a’ before consonant sounds.
b c d f g h j
c l m n p q r
d t v w x y z
examples:
1. a mat
2. a pack of dried beef

5. Using Article ‘An’ We use the article ‘an’ before vowel sounds.
a e i o u
Examples:
1. an onion
2. an apple

6. Plural Things three pencils three blankets two bottles clipart clipart

7. Plural Things
Most singular nouns need an addition of ‘s’ to make them into the plural.
Examples:
one teacher => two teachers
one student => two students
one bottle => two bottles

8. ALERT!!
Plural Things
For a noun ending with a consonant + y, change y into i + es.
Example:
one lady => two ladies
For a noun ending with ch, x, sh, ss or s, add es.
Example:
a match=> two matches
a box => two boxes
a brush => two brushes
a glass => two glasses
a bus => two busses
For a noun ending with the vowel o, add es.
Example:
a potato => two potatoes
a tomato => two tomatoes

9. But WAIT!!!
Plural Things
Some nouns are unique. The have irregular plural forms.
Example:
a man => two men
a woman => two women
a child => two children
a person => two people

10. Countable and Uncountable Nouns
Biscuit, cup and apple are examples of countable nouns. So we can count them: one biscuit, two biscuits. Countable nouns can be singular or plural.
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two pencils
Milk, tea and bread are examples of uncountable nouns because we cannot count them. We cannot say: a milk, two milks, two breads. Uncountable nouns are always singular.
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two milks

11. So, how do we say the plural form of uncountable nouns?
Plural Things
We can count such an uncountable noun with the following measurement.
The number of litres/kilos
two kilos of potatoes
one litre of water
2. The containers
a bottle of water
three jars of jam
3. Other measurement words
two slices of bread
a piece of chocolate
a loaf of bread
a bar of chocolate
three glasses of water

12. How do you say these things?
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two bars of chocolate
three jars of jam
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two glasses of milk