PLURAL Tea Tamm 2005

Main topics Forming plural Count nouns Irregular plural Exercise

Usually formed by adding -S A dog – 2 dogs A rose – 2 roses A book – some books A girl – many girls A mistake – few mistakes

Add –ES when a word ends with -s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x A bus – two buses An ass – 3 asses A brush – several brushes A church – few churches A box – many boxes

The word ends with a consonant + Y = -IES A fly – flies A story – stories A baby – babies A lady – ladies

The word ends with a vowel+ Y, you add -S A key – keys A monkey – monkeys A play – plays A way – ways A day – days

Some exceptions – words ending in –O – you add -ES A potato – potatoes A tomato – tomatoes A hero – heroes USUALLY: photos, pianos, kilos

An exception: after –f/-fe F changes into V and –ES is added A leaf – leaves A half – halves A thief – thieves A knife – knives A wife – wives

IRREGULAR PLURALS Man – men Woman – women Foot – feet Tooth – teeth Mouse – mice Goose – geece Child – children

You pronounce: [s] - after f, k, p, t - roofs, cakes, tops, months [z] - after vowels and b, d, g, l, m, n, r, v - stars, tears, bees, dogs, trains, friends [iz] - after s, ch, sh, dž, x - boxes, faces, matches, pages

Don’t confuse with 3rd person singular in Present Simple tense! Watch: He has two watches. (N) He watches TV. (V) Play: Shakespeare wrote many plays. (N) He plays football. (V) Wish: He sends his best wishes. (N) He wishes me happy birthday. (V) Brush: He buys brushes. (N) He brushes his teeth twice a day. (V)

Exercise: say/write in plural Car Knife Child House Dollar Foot Baby Mouse Church Woman Bottle Lion Page Man Orange Tooth Night Tomato

Check Cars Knives Children Houses Feet Babies Mice Churches Women Bottles Cry Pages Men Oranges Teeth Tomatoes