Primary Longman Elect 2A Chapter 4 Plural nouns ― ‘-s’ / ‘-es’ / ‘-ies’

Plural nouns When there are 2 or more of an object, we call it ‘plural’. We add ‘s’ after most nouns. e.g. a banana a pear  bananas  pears

Plural nouns We add ‘es’ after nouns ending in ‘o’, ‘s’, ‘x’, ‘ch’ and ‘sh’. e.g. a mango a glass a box  mangoes  glasses  boxes

Plural nouns We add ‘es’ after nouns ending in ‘o’, ‘s’, ‘x’, ‘ch’ and ‘sh’. e.g. a peach a bush  peaches  bushes

Plural nouns We change ‘y’ to ‘ies’ when the nouns ending in a consonant (not a, e, i, o, u) and ‘y’ e.g. a cherry a strawberry  cherries  strawberries

Spelling rules Rule Examples + ‘s’ after most nouns banana  bananas pear  pears + ‘es’ for nouns ending in ‘o’, ‘s’ and ‘x’ mango  mangoes glass  glasses box  boxes + ‘es’ for nouns ending in ‘ch’ and ‘sh’ peach  peaches dish  dishes Change ‘y’ to ‘ies’ for nouns ending in a consonant + ‘y’ cherry  cherries

Practice Choose the correct answer. +s +es +ies tomato____ es

Practice Choose the correct answer. +s +es +ies cake____ s

Practice Choose the correct answer. +s +es +ies cherry____ ies

Practice Choose the correct answer. A. I like mangos. B. I like mangies. C. I like mangoes.

Practice Choose the correct answer. C. I like mangoes.

Practice Choose the correct answer. A. I like strawberrys. B. I like strawberries. C. I like strawberryes.

Practice Choose the correct answer. B. I like strawberries.

Practice Choose the correct answer. A. I like pears. B. I like pearies. C. I like peares.

Practice Choose the correct answer. A. I like pears.

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