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Helpful Tips for Using Articles and Plurals

Learn how to use articles (a, an) with singular nouns and make regular and irregular plurals. Understand the use of this, that, these, and those for different contexts. Helpful for English learners.

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Helpful Tips for Using Articles and Plurals

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  1. 2A a / an, plurals; this / that / these / those a / an, plurals It’s a bag. It’s an umbrella. They’re books. They’re watches. a / an (indefinite article) It’s a bag. pen. It’s an identity card. umbrella. • Use a / an with singular nouns. • Use an with a noun beginning with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u). • Use a with words beginning u when u = /juː/, e.g. university.

  2. 2A a / an, plurals; this / that / these / those regular plurals Singular Plural Spelling a book books add -s a key keys a watch watches add -es after ch, sh, s, x a box boxes a country countries consonant + y > ies a dictionary dictionaries • Add -s (or -es or -ies) to make plural nouns: It’s a pen. They’re pens. • Don’t use a / an with plural nouns: They’re keys.NOT They’re a keys.

  3. 2Aa / an, plurals; this / that / these / those irregular plurals Singular Plural a man /mæn/ men /men/ a woman /ˈwʊmən/ women /ˈwɪmɪn/ a child /tʃaɪld/ children /ˈtʃɪldrən/ a person /ˈpɜːsn/ people /ˈpiːpl/

  4. 2Aa / an, plurals; this / that / these / those this / that / these / those 1 What’s this? It’s a ticket. These watches are Japanese. 2 That car is Italian. What are those? They’re headphones. 1 Use this / these for things near you (here). 2 Use that / those for things which aren’t near you (there). • this / that = singular; these / those = plural. • this, that, these, and those can be adjectives (this watch) or pronouns (What’s this?).

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