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Most nouns form their plural by adding

S .
cameras, chairs, snakes, parrots, doctors.

Nouns ending in s , ss , sh , ch , x and o take es in the plural.

bus buses
glass glasses

brush brushes
match matches

box - boxes
potato potatoes

radio radios, piano pianos, photo photos, video - videos

Nouns ending in a consonant + Y

ies

Nouns ending in a vowel (a, e, I, o, u) + Y

ys
city cities

boy boys

Some nouns ending in f / fe

thief thieves

knife - knives

ves
roof roofs

Irregular Plurals
tooth teeth
fish fish
foot feet

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mouse mice
deer deer
goose geese

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ox oxen
sheep sheep
man - men

child - children
woman women

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Practice
A. WRITE THE WORDS IN THE PLURAL AND IN THE CORRECT COLUMN.
party banana tomato room day wife sandwich
story bus class radio fly knife lady - leaf

-s

-es

-ies

-ves

B. COMPLETE AS IN THE EXAMPLE.

e.g. A pen. Two pens
________________
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A

bus. Ten ___________________

cowboy. Two ________________
house. Three ________________
woman. Two ________________
fish. Three __________________
tooth. Five __________________
spy. Two ___________________
key. Four __________________

9. A picture. Three ___________________

10. A shirt. Two _____________________
11. A child. Six ______________________
12. A sheep. Ten ____________________
13. A class. Three ___________________
14. A disc jockey. Two _______________
15. A zebra. Seven __________________
16. A letter. Three __________________

C. CHANGE TO THE PLURAL AS IN THE EXAMPLE.

The dogs are in the garden.

e.g. The dog is in the garden. ___________________________________________
1. He is a tall man. _________________________________________________________________
2. It is a potato. ____________________________________________________________________
3. It is a beautiful dress. _____________________________________________________________
4. The glass is on the table. __________________________________________________________
5. It is a tooth.
_____________________________________________________________________
6. The baby is in the bedroom. ________________________________________________________
7. You are a nice child. ______________________________________________________________
8. She is a housewife. _______________________________________________________________
9. It is a leaf. ______________________________________________________________________
10. It is a monkey. _________________________________________________________________
D. WRITE SENTENCES USING SINGULAR OR PLURAL.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Thats your key. __________________________________________________________________

This is my friend. _________________________________________________________________
Are those your photos? ____________________________________________________________
These are the bottles. _____________________________________________________________
Is that his book? _________________________________________________________________

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6. Are these the numbers? ___________________________________________________________

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