2A GRAMMAR singular and plural nouns

a Complete the SINGULAR column with a or an. Then complete the PLURAL column.

SINGULAR PLURAL SINGULAR PLURAL

dictionaries
1 a credit card credit cards 6 a dictionary
journals addresses
2 a magazine 7 an address
childrens men
3 a child 8 a man
airports laptops
4 an airport 9 a laptop
universities cities
5 an university 10 a city

b Look at the pictures. Write a question with it or they and complete the answers.

1 What are they? 2 What is it? 3 What are those ? 4 How is this called ?
They’re pencils. It’s a lamp. Ther are headphones It’s a Cellphone

5 What is it ? 6 What that ? 7 Where you sit ? 8 What in the picture?

These are key. They are newspapers On the chairs
There is a pizza.

9 How is this called ? 10 What is it ? 11 What’s in the picture? 12 What is it ?

I don’t know Its an umbrella. It’s a wallet Is a Sandwich

ACTIVATION
Test your memory. Cover the sentences and look at the pictures. Take turns asking and answering.

What is it? It’s a… What are they? They’re…

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