Comic﹕Toothache
【明報專訊】Eason has a toothache and has gone to see a dentist. What's wrong with him?
(see the picture)
■English highway: -nouns and articles
Plural nouns
Most nouns are pluralised by adding an -s suffix, but there are many nouns with irregular plural forms, and they must be learned by heart. That said, patterns might be found in some of them. For example,
foot - feet
goose - geese
tooth - teeth
shelf - shelves
thief - thieves
wolf - wolves
■Quiz
Fill in the following blanks with the correct forms of the words provided. Each of them may be used only once. (answers on next text)
child / thief / football / leaf / book / egg / story / potato
1. I read two ________ about ________ last week.
2. The teacher told the ________ a few ________ in class.
3. A ________ stole ten ________ from the farm.
4. ________ come in many different shapes and sizes.
5. My favourite breakfast is one or two fried ________.
■Glossary
toothache (n) 牙痛
dentist (n) 牙醫
unbearable (adj) 難以忍受的
by heart (prep phr) 憑記憶
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