This is Lesson Twelve.
In this lesson,you learned the names of a lot of different animals.
Now listen and repeat the name of each animal that you hear.
pigeon butterfly
fox deer
wolf goose
fish eagle
sheep mouse
Some of these animal names have regular plurals and some have irregular plurals.
Listen to the names of these animals again,
but don't repeat what you hear.
Instead,give the plural form of each name you hear.
For example,you hear....
One goose.And you say....
Two geese.Or you hear....
One fox. And you say...
Two foxes. Ready?Let's begin.
One goose.Two geese.
One fox.Two foxes.
One fish.Two fishi.
One eagle. Two eagles.
One butterfly.Two butterflies.
One mouse.Two mice.
One wolf.Two wolves.
One deer. Two deer.
One pigeon.Two pigeons.
One sheep.Two sheep.
Now listen and change each of the following sentences.
The nouns and verb forms are in the singular.
You change them to the plural.
For example,you hear...
A mouse is a rodent.And you say....
A mouse is a rodent.Or you hear...
A butterfly is an insect.And you say..
Butterflies are insects.OK?Let's begin.
A mouse is a rodent.Mice are rodents.
A butterfly is an insect. Butterflies are insects.
A sheep is a mammal.Sheep are mammals.
A goose is a bird.Geese are birds.
An alligator is a reptile. Alligators are reptiles.
Now listen to two or three sentences about animals.
Then combine all the sentences into one sentence,
changing the singular forms to the plural.For example,you hear....
A deer is a mammal.A sheep is a mammal.A cow is a mammal.
And you say....
Deer,sheep,and cows are mammals.
Or you hear...
A fly is an insect.A butterfly is an insect.
And you say...
Flies and butterflies are insects.
Ready?Let's begin.
A deer is a mammal.A sheep is a mammal.
A cow is a mammal.
Deer,sheep,and cows are mammals.
A fly is an insect.A butterfly is an insect.
Flies and butterflies are insects.
An alligator is reptile.A turle is a reptile.
Alligators and turles are reptiles.
A goose is a bird.A chicken is a bird.
A duck is a bird.
Geese,chickens,and ducks are birds.
A lion is a mammal.A wolf is a mammal.A fox is a mammal.
Lions,wolves,and foxes are mammals.
A whale is a mammal.An otter is a mammal.
Whales and otters are mammals.
Now listen to this man as he describes some of the birds on the pond.
Look at the two Canadian geese.
This one is beautiful.
The other one is strange-looking.
And look at those two ducks.
This one is green.The other is black.
Now listen to and repeat these sentences.
This one is beautiful.
The other one is strange-looking.
This one is green. The other is black.
Remember that you can use either the other one or the other.
And you can use either the other ones or the others.
Now listen to the cues and form two sentences.
For example,you hear.....
Book...red.Other one....blue.
And you say...
This book is red.The other one is blue.
Or you hear...
Goose...beautiful.Other...strange-looking.
And you say...
This goose is beautiful.The other is strange-looking.
All right.Let's begin.
Book...red.Other one...blue.
This book is red.The other one is blue.
Goose...beautiful.Other....strange-looking.
This goose is beautiful.The other is strange-looking.
Fish...big,Other...little.
This fish is big.The other is little.
Story...interesting.Other ones...boring.
This story is interesting.The other ones are boring.
Reprt...long.Others...short.
This report is long.The others are short.
Alligator...mean.Other one...meaner.
This alligator is mean.The other one is meaner.
This is the end of Lesson Twelve. |