MT1 Speaking 8.1

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• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Good afternoon

Welcome

Today's Lesson

- Period 2 Explanation

- Grammar: Plurals

- Book: 8.1

- Speaking

Period 2

- Presentations

Plurals

Standard words: noun + s (cars, bikes, bells)

(some) S- sounding words: noun + es (buses, kisses, matches)

O- ending words: noun + es (heroes, potatoes, echoes)

Y- words: noun -y + ies (skies, tries, lies)

vowel Y- words: noun + s (boys, smileys, days)

Plurals

                Irregular plurals

teeth, feet, mice, children, firemen

                      the police

Words that are always plural                  Words that are never plural

   stairs, money, glasses                              cost, luggage, knowledge

What is the plural of 'man'?

1. mans
2. mannes
3. men
4. mennen

What is the plural of 'woman'?

1. womans
2. woman
3. womanies
4. women

What is the plural of 'partner'

1. partneries
2. partner
3. partneres
4. parties

What is the plural of 'place'?

1. placed
2. places
3. placeys
4. placees

What is the plural of 'event'?

What is the plural of 'disco'?

Discos is the plural when speaking of a clubtype (ex: 'we went to several discos). 

When talking about the genre of music or dance, there is no plural as you cannot use said word in a plural sentence. (ex: 'I used to listen to disco all day long.')

Speaking Activity

Pick one of the images.

Act out a conversation

with a classmate based 

on the image you chose.

Speaking Activity

Person A: You're a worker at a firm, you get called by a client

Person B: You're the client, you're unhappy with how the firm sent you a product. Complain to person A and get the matter settled.

(Person C: You're the manager, you step in and solve the problem when things get out of hand.)

Independent Work

For everyone: 8.1: 2, 3, 4 (7-16)

Early finishers: Grammar & extra grammar 39

Extra grammar: Trainers (39 Nouns)

Higher difficulty: 8.5: 1, 2, 3

Name something you did today.

End of Lesson

- Tomorrow we will focus on pronunciation.

- We will use book B for the rest of the year unless there is an exception.

- Have a nice day!