Plural of a noun is usually: + s a flower some flowers -ES after –S, -SH, -CH, -X bus buses dish dishes church churches box boxes
Nouns ending in O : (consonant) – o +ES hero heroes tomato tomatoes potato potatoes (vowel) – o + S studio studios radio radios
ABBREVIATIONS -S: photograph photo photo photos pianoforte piano piano pianos kilogram kilo kilo kilos
-Y -IES baby babies party parties BUT (vowel) –y -S day days boy boys
-F / -FE -VES shelf shelves knife knives wife wives
Nouns that are ALWAYS plural: scissors shorts glasses pajamas trousers pants jeans trousers
IRREGULAR PLURALS: man men woman women child children person people foot feet tooth teeth mouse mice goose geese sheep sheep fish fish deer deer
1.flower7. child 2.man8. piano 3.watch9. dictionary 4.country10. leaf 5.knife11. family 6.woman12. city
1.mouse7. sheep 2.fish 8. radio 3.potato9. holiday 4.fox10. tooth 5.wife11. mouse 6.deer12. goose
Correct the following sentences: 1. I need a new jeans. 2. I have two brother and four sister. 3. She is married and she has three childs. 4. He put on his pajama and went to bed. 5. Most of my friend are student.
6. There were three persons in the car, two woman and a man. 7. There is potatos and tomatos on the table. 8. There are a sofa and two chairs in their living room. 9. My foots are cold. 10. The gooses are in the field.
Make the following sentences plural: The leaf fell from the tree. The boy has a knife. The foot of the deer crushed the flower. The woman was carrying a baby. The little child saw a sheep in the fields.
6. Our cat has just caught a mouse. 7. The man looked at the book on the shelf. 8. The man stole a watch and a radio. 9. The old man sold the cow and the goose. 10. The woman put a potato, a tomato, and a fish on the table.
11. My tooth hurts. 12. There is a person on the bus. 13. The man is wearing a pair of shorts and a pair of glasses. 14. The boy is going to a party. 15. There is a box with a mouse in it on the table.