Friday, October 18, 2013

NUMBER CHANGE

If the sentences are singular, change them to the plural; if they are plural, change them to the singular.

My daughter is starting school this week. I will take her to a nearby school (one within walking distance of our home). I’m sure she will soon settle in and make a friend. I sometimes think that having a child start school is more traumatic for the mother than for the child.

Each student should write a slightly different answer. 

4 comments:

Kanako177 said...

My daughters are starting their schools these weeks. We will take them to the nearby schools (those within walking distances of our homes). We're sure they will soon settle in and make friends. We sometime think that having children start their schools are more traumatic for the mothers than for the children.

Kanako177 said...

I WILL shop for school supplies next week, and I will be surprised at the number of things I will need to buy. Some items will be very specific; for instance, I will not buy just any coloured pencils, they will have to be a particular brand of coloured pencils. We will not want our child to be different from the others, so we will succumb to the pressure and will buy the brand names.

Unknown said...

My daughters are starting their school this week. I will take them to the nearby schools (those within walking distance of our home). I’m sure they will soon settle in and make some friends. I sometimes think that having children start school is more traumatic for their mothers than for the children.

Michael said...

A good effort, both of you!

The phrase "starting school" is not usually countable.

We can say, for instance, "My daughters are starting school."

But when we talk about the actual place, we can pluralize it, so it is correct to say, "I will take them to nearby schools."