Unit 3 Nouns (Singular & Plural)

1. 단수/복수 명사

셀 수 있는 명사의 단수형은 관사(a/an)와 단어의 형태로 쓰고, 복수형은 규칙에 따라 달라진다.

단수명사(하나)	a car, a lion, a girl, a table
복수명사(둘 이상)	two cars, two lions, four girls, five tables

1. 복수형을 만드는 기본 규칙은 단어 뒤에 -s를 붙이는 것이다.

bananas, dogs, windows  -> There are two bananas on the table.

2. 이 외의 규칙들은 다음과 같다.

① -s, -ss, -x, -ch, -sh, -o로 끝나는 단어는 -es를 붙인다.

busses, boxes, glasses, churches, potatoes  ->there are four glasses.

② 자음+y로 끝나는 단어는 y를ｉ로 바꾸고 -es를 붙인다.

babies, cities, ladies -> There are two babies in the room.

③ 모음+y로 끝나는 단어는 그냥 -s만 붙인다.

boys, toys, monkeys  -> There are five monkeys in the zoo.

④-f, -fe로 끝나는 단어는 f, fe를 v로 바꾸고 -es를 붙인다.

leaves, knives, wives -> There are leaves under the tree.

⑤다음 명사들은 불규칙으로 변한다.

child -> children, man->men, tooth->teeth, foot->feet -> There are many children in the classroom.

⑥ 단ㆍ복수가 같은 형태

fish, dear ->There are many fish in this pond.

☞ Check it out

1.	elephant → two	2.	fox → two
3.	brush → two	4.	leaf → two

A. Read and write

1.	a dress	→	two	dresses
2.	a robot	→	two
3.	an airplane	→	two
4.	a house	→	two
5.	a boy	→	two
6.	a knife	→	two
7.	a sandwich	→	two
8.	a candy	→	two
9.	a man	→	two
10.	an orange	→	two
11.	a boy	→	two
12.	a woman	→	two
13.	a bus	→	two
14.	a lady	→	two
15.	a potato	→	two
16.	a glass	→	two
17.	a leaf	→	two
18.	a sheep	→	two
19.	a nurse	→	two
20.	a cat	→	two

B. Rewrite the correct form.

1. There are two    babies   on the bed(baby)

2. There is a             in the park.(man)

3. There are ten              in the zoo.(monkey)

4. There is a                on the table.(potato)

5. There are seven                on the playground.(child)

C. Write the words as same rule.

girl   pants   baby   tomato   man   day

wife   city   dog   toy   class   child   monkey

box   tooth   clock   bench   leaf   scissors

1	girls	dogs, clocks
2	tomatoes
3	babies
4	toys
5	wives
6	pants
7	men

D. Read and circle the correct words.

1. There are two elephants / elephant.

2. I can see a bus / buses.

3. There are five child / children.

4. I have a watch / watches.

5. There are many baby / babies in the room.

6. A monkey / monkeys is on the tree.

E. Answer the questions.

There are three pineapples.    I can see many children.

They have four boxes.   He has two knives.

They are monkeys.

1. How many pineapples are there?

→ There are three pineapples.

2. What does he have?

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3. What can you see?

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4. How many boxes do they have?

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5. What are they?

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F. Translate into English.

1.토마토가 5개 있습니다.

→ There are five tomatoes.

2.나는 가위 두 개를 가지고 있습니다.(scissors, have)

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3.장난감이 많이 있습니다.(toys)

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4.오리 3마리가 있습니다.(There)

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5.이가 깨끗합니다.(clean, teeth)

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