Forming plurals of nouns ending with ‘y’ by
Olpha Janduko
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Nouns ending with 'y' preceded by a vowel.
•We add 's' when forming plurals.
•Add 's' to these nouns.
1.Boy
2.Key
3.Monkey
4.Toy
5.Valley
Answers.
1.Boys
2.Keys
3.Monkeys
4.Toys
5.Valleys
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Exercise
(a)Turkey
(b) Trolley
(c) Day
(d) Essay
(e)Donkey
Nouns ending with 'y' preceded by a consonant.
•We remove 'y' and add 'ies' when forming plurals.
•What is the plurals of the following nouns.
1.Butterfly
2.Berry
3.Library
4.Puppy
5.Lorry
Answers
1.Butterflies
2.Berries
3.Libraries
4.Puppies
5.Lorries
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Exercise
(a)City
(b)Country
(c)Dictionary
(d)Lady
(e)Sky
Mixed exercise
(a)Joy
(b)Duty
(c)Secretary
(d)Pray-
(e)Enemy
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Next Lesson
Adjectives coming before nouns
Adjectives - describes a noun.
Examples
- Sunny day.
- Good man.
- Smart girl.
Choose the adjectives coming before nouns.
Is it an old vehicle?
This is a rectangular arrangement of the room.
I like a large room.
Wooden houses are good.
This is a sunny day.
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Using apostrophe
Apostrophe( ' ) can be used in two ways.
1.To show ownership.
The book of the teacher.
• The teacher's book.
The car of my father.
•My father's car.
The key of the clerk.
• The clerk's key.
The sufuria of the cook.
•The cook's sufuria.
The lorry of the lady.
• The lady’slorry.
Exercise
Where do we put the apostrophe in sentences below?
- The jembe of the farmer.
- The pen of the pupil.
- The house of the doctor.
- The dress of the girl.
- The phone of the teacher.
Answers
- The farmer's jembe.
- The pupil's pen.
- The doctor's house.
- The girl's dress.
- The teacher's phone.
To show a letter is missing in a word.
- It is ____ It's
- Did not ____ Didn't
- Have not ____ Haven't
- I would ____ I'd
- Will not ____ Won't
Exercise
Use apostrophe in the following words.
- They will ____
- I am ____
- Are not ____
- Was not ____
- She will ____
Answers
- They'll
- I'm
- Aren't
- Wasn't
- She'll
