ENGLISH GRAMMAR Singular and plural nouns

SINGULAR & PLURAL NOUNS

REGULAR PLURALS

We normally form plural nouns by adding -s to the singular noun.

book > books
car > cars
student > students

We add -es if the singular noun ends in -s , -sh, -ch or -x.

bus > buses
dish > dishes
church > churches
box > boxes

Some nouns ending in -o add -es to form the plural::

tomato > tomatoes
potato > potatoes
hero > heroes

Other nouns ending in -o, add -s only:

piano > pianos
radio > radios

Nouns ending in consonant + -y, change the -y into -i and add -ies:
city > cities
baby > babies
family > families
country > countries

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IRREGULAR PLURALS

Most nouns ending in -f or -fe take away the -f/-fe and add -ves.
half > halves wife > wives
finish > finished life > lives
thief > thieves knife > knives

Some nouns do not add -s or -es in the plural:

man > men
woman > women
child > children
person > people
tooth > teeth
foot > feet
mouse > mice
sheep > sheep
fish > fish

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๏ EXERCISES

1.- PLURALS.
Write the plurals of these words:

1. CHAIR ______________ 2. CUP _______________

3. GLASS _______________ 4. BOOK _______________

5. WATCH _______________ 6. FLAT _______________
7. PEN _______________ 8. BED _______________
9. DOG _______________ 10. ROOM _______________
11. KNIFE _______________ 12. DISH _______________
13. CITY _______________ 14. OFFICE _______________
15. DESK _______________ 16. BOX _______________
17. CHURCH _______________ 18. WIFE _______________
19. FOX _______________ 20. KISS _______________

2.- P A R T S O F T H E B O D Y :
Write the plural of these parts of the body:

1. EYE ______________ 2. LEG _______________

3. FOOT _______________ 4. HAND _______________
5. EAR _______________ 6. ARM _______________
7. TOOTH _______________ 8. KNEE _______________
9. FINGER _______________ 10. HEAD _______________

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3.- A N I M A L S :
Write the plural of these animals:

1. HORSE ______________ 2. ZEBRA _______________

3. MOUSE _______________ 4. LION _______________
5. CAT _______________ 6. GOLDFISH _______________
7. TURTLE _______________ 8. SHEEP _______________
9. FOX _______________ 10. WHALE _______________

4.- PLURALS.
Tick () the correct plural forms and cross out () the wrong ones.

knives  tooths matches wishes

matchs  citys cities men

countries potatoes teeth familys

dishs tomatos mouses wifes

wives potatos countrys tomatoes

mans nice knifes families

5.- PLURALS.
Complete the sentences with the plurals of the nouns in brackets.
1. I like ________________________ and _________________ .(orange/apple/peach/strawberry)

2. They have got four _______________, two ____________ and two _________ . (child / girl / boy)

3. When he fell over, he broke two of his _________________ . (tooth)

4. Do you know those _________________ over there?. (person)

5. We have got some _________________ and _________________, but we haven´t got any

_________________. (egg / tomato / potato)

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