EXERCISE 8: Complete the sentences. {Jse the plural form of the words in the iists.

Use
each word only one time.

LIST A:

baby cowboy lady

boy dictionary party
city key rray
country

1. Mr. and Mrs. Parker have one daughter and two sons. They have one girl and two

bovs

2. The students in my class come from many

3. 7omen give birth to

4. My money and my are in my pocket.

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I 6. I like to go to because I like to meet and talk to people.

People carry their food on at a cafeteria.

8. 7e always use our when we write compositions.

9. Good evening, and gentlemen.

10. ride horses.

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knife W wife
leaf thef 4.)

1 1. Please put the forks, and spoons

on the table-

12. Sue and Ann are married- They are

They have husbands.

13. We all have some problems in our

t4. Police ofcers catch

15. It is fall. The are falling from the trees"

LIT C:
bush makh tax
class potato tumato
dbh sandwich zoo
glass suc

t6. Bob drinks eight of water every day.

t7. There are two male and female-

18. Please put the and the silverware on the table.

19. All citizens pay money to the government every year. They pay their

20. I can see trees and outside the window.

2t. I want to light the candles. I need some )_

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22. fhen I make a salad. I use letruce and i.

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23. Sometimes Sue has a hamburger and French-fried for dinner. il
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24. Some animals live all of their lives in

25. Mehmet is a student. He likes his

26. IX/e often eat for lunch.

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 E EXERCISE 9: Practice the pronunciation of -s/-es.*
GROLIP A: Final -s is pronounced lzl after voiced sounds.
1. taxicabs 7. years
2" beds 8. lives
3. dogs 9. trees
4. balls 10. cities
5. rooms 11. boys
6. coins 12. days

GROUP B: Final -s is pronounced /s/ after voiceless sounds.

13. books 16. groups
14. desks 17. cats
15. cups 18. students

GROUP C: Final -s/-es is pronounced lazl

. after "s" sounds: 19. classes
20. glasses
21. horses
22. places
23. sentences
24. faces
25. offices
2. pieces
27- boxes
28. sexes
. after "2" sounds: 29. sizes
30. exercises
31. roses
32. noises
. after "sh" sounds: 33. dishes
34. bushes

. after "ch" sounds: 35- matches

36. sandwiches
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. after "ge/dge" sounds: 37- pages
38. ages
39. oranges
40. bridges
41. edges

*For more information, see Chart 2-8.

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E EXERCISE I0: Pracrice the pronunciation of -sl-es. F'ind the plural Nol'\r(s) in each
sentence. Pronounce the noun(s). Then read the sentence aioud.

1. There are t\,venty desks in the room-

2. Oranges are usuallY sweet.

3. Roses are beaufu1flowers. Rose bushes are beautiful.

4. The weather is terrible. It's raining cats and dogs-

5. 7e are reading sentences aloud.

6. I like to visit new places.

7. 7e do exercises in class.

8. I need two pieces of PaPer-

9. Don wants three sandwiches for lunch-

10. At the zoo you can see tigers, monkeys,

birds, elephants, bears. and snakes.

1 1. Department stores sell many sizes of clothes.

12- The students are carrying books and bookbags.

13. The teachers have *reir offices in this buiiding.

14. Engineers build bridges.

15. People have two ears) two eyes, two arms, two hands,

two legs, and two feet.

t6. Square tatrles and rectangular tables have four edges.

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18. I like apples, bananas, strawberries,

and peaches.

19. There are three colleges in this city.

20. My apartment has cockroaches in the kitchen.

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