curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-conversation-starters-in-the-break-room/657dd74fb90e759a783f4b9a.md
Bookstores are shops that sell books, and theaters are places where you can watch live performances or movies.
When Tom asks about places for reading and watching performances, he uses the plural forms bookstores and theaters just by adding an -s at the end of the word. This is how you make most nouns plural in English.
Tom: How about BLANK or theaters?
Maria: Hmm... There isn't any BLANK around here that I know of. The bookstores I remember are all downtown.
bookstores
This word in the plural form refers to places that sell books.
theater
This word is about a place where you can watch movies.
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