LEGENDS
Objective : writing - past simple
Write complete sentences with the following information. Use the simple past tense.
Agatha Christie
- Date of Birth : 15 September 1890
- Place of birth : Devon (England)
- Date of Death : 12 January 1976
- Place of death : England
- Circumstance of death :
(die) of old age
- Job : British crime writer
- Family :
(marry) Archibald Christie in
1914
(have) one daughter, Rosalind
Elvis Presley
- Date of Birth : 8th
January, 1935
- Place of birth : Mississippi
- Date of Death : 1977
- Circumstance of death :
(die) of a heart attack on 16 August
1977 in his house in Graceland
- Job : American singer
Michael Jackson
- Date of Birth : 1958
- Place of birth : Chicago
- Date of Death : 2009
- circumstance of death :
Maybe, it (be) an
overdose of painkillers but the cause of death (be – not) confirmed.
- Job : American Musician and singer
- Famous (be) the
king of Pop Music
- Family:
(get) married twice, first in 1994 with Lisa
Marie Presley (Elvis Presley’s daughter) and in 1996 with a nurse.(have)
three children
George Washington
- Date of Birth : February 22, 1732
- Date of Death : December 14, 1799 at the age of 67.
- Circumstance of death :
- Job : (be) the first president of the United States of America
- Family :
On
January 6th 1759, he (marry) Martha Dandridge Custis
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Read the biographies and write notes from them ,as in the exercises before
9th February 2022
sunny, chilly
Wednesday
LEGENDS
Objective : biuographies
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PLURAL OF NOUNS
1 To make regular nouns plural, add ‑s to the end.
cat – cats
house – houses
2 If the singular noun ends in ‑s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, or -z, add ‑es to the end to make it plural.
truss ( legatura) – trusses
bus – buses
marsh – marshes
lunch – lunches
tax – taxes
blitz – blitzes
3 If the noun ends with ‑f or ‑fe, the f is often changed to ‑ve before adding the -s to form the plural version.
wife – wives
wolf – wolves
Exceptions:
roof – roofs
belief – beliefs
chef – chefs
chief – chiefs
4 If a singular noun ends in ‑y and the letter before the -y is a consonant, change the ending to ‑ies to make the noun plural.
city – cities
puppy – puppies
5 If the singular noun ends in -y and the letter before the -y is a vowel, simply add an -s to make it plural.
ray – rays
boy – boys
6 If the singular noun ends in ‑o, add ‑es to make it plural.
potato – potatoes
tomato – tomatoes
Exceptions:
photo – photos
piano – pianos
halo – halos
Irregular
child – children
goose – geese
man – men
woman – women
tooth – teeth
foot – feet
mouse – mice
person – people
Source : https://www.grammarly.com/blog/plural-nouns/#:~:text=A%20plural%20noun%20is%20the,the%20end%20to%20become%20plural.
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ex 1
buses
brushes
boxes
leaves
tomatoes
mice
HOMEWORK
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