First Unit

1. LEVEL 1

2.  Use “A/ AN “ only in front of singular nouns, it
has no plural form.
 Use A if the following word starts with a
consonant
 A pen, a bag, a dog, a hospital, a hamburger, a university, a
unit, a yoghurt
 Use AN if the following word starts with a vowel
or soundless h.
 An apple, an elephant, an umbrella, an hour, an heir

3.  Which article a or an can be put before the
following words or phrases?
hour, elephant, car, younger brother, son, order,
bike, outdoor activity, English CD, animaL
A


4.  Write the correct forms of the indefinite articles into the gaps.
Example: We read __ book.
Answer: We read a book.
1) There is…………….. new English book on the desk.
 2) She's reading………… old comic.
 3) They've got………………. idea.
 4) He is drinking …………cup of coffee.
 5) The girl is ……………pilot.
 6) Leipzig has ……………airport.
 7) This is ……………expensive bike.
 8) Look! There's ………………bird flying.
 9) My father is…………….. honest person.
 10) My friend likes to be……………. astronaut.

5. Singular form + “s”
a car……….two cars
Add “es” to sibilants (s,ch,ss,sh,x)
a box—two boxes, a wish…two wishes, a kiss.. two kisses
Nouns ending in “Y”
vowel+y…….... Add “s” boy……boys
consonant+y…Change to “ies” family..families
Nouns ending in f/fe
Roof.. Roofs thief… thieves wife……..wives
Some nouns ending in “o” form the plural adding “es”
Tomato… tomatoes
Potato….. potatoes
Hero ……. Heroes
Mosquito… mosquitos/mosquitoes

6.  Singular Plural
 a man two men
 a woman two women
 a child two children
 a mouse two mice
 a tooth two teeth
 a goose two geese
 a foot two feet
 an ox two oxen

7.  lady
 piano
 watermelon
 lower
 nose
 house
 American woman
 mouse
 garage

8.  ox
 roof
 potato
 party
 tooth
 chief
 photo
 wife
 policeman
 mosquito
 sandwich

9.  I am I’m
 You are you’re
 He is he’s
 She is she’s
 It is it’s
 We are we’re
 You are you’re
 They are they’re

10.  Negative form
 I am not I’m not
 You are not you aren’t
 He is not he isn’t
 We are not we aren’t
 You are not you aren’t
 They are not they aren’t

11.  Interrogative form
 Am I?
 Are you?
 Is he?/Is she? Is it?
 Are we?
 Are you?
 Are they?
 Question and short answer
 Is he American? No, he isn’t/ Yes, he is.
 Are they husband and wife? Yes they are./ no
they aren’t.
 Are you English? Yes, I am/ No, I’m not.

14.  SPAIN POLAND
 ITALY FRANCE
 TURKEY RUSSIA
 CHINA GREECE
 JAPAN ENGLAND
 FRANCE IRELAND
 BRITAIN SCOTLAND
 ENGLAND BRAZIL
 CATALONIA AUSTRALIA