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    This document discusses the rules for forming plural nouns in English. It explains that most nouns form their plural by adding -s. However, nouns ending in ch, x, s, or sounds adding -es. Nouns ending in f or fe change the f to v and add -es. Some nouns have irregular plural forms, like child-children. The document also notes that some nouns are their own plural, like sheep. It provides examples to illustrate each rule and concludes with practice exercises applying the rules.

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    This document discusses the rules for forming plural nouns in English. It explains that most nouns form their plural by adding -s. However, nouns ending in ch, x, s, or sounds adding -es. Nouns ending in f or fe change the f to v and add -es. Some nouns have irregular plural forms, like child-children. The document also notes that some nouns are their own plural, like sheep. It provides examples to illustrate each rule and concludes with practice exercises applying the rules.

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    This document discusses the rules for forming plural nouns in English. It explains that most nouns form their plural by adding -s. However, nouns ending in ch, x, s, or sounds adding -es. Nouns ending in f or fe change the f to v and add -es. Some nouns have irregular plural forms, like child-children. The document also notes that some nouns are their own plural, like sheep. It provides examples to illustrate each rule and concludes with practice exercises applying the rules.

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    S IN G U LA R A N D

    P LU R A L N O U N S

    SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS


    EXPRESIONS
    FORMS
    EXERCISES
    RULES

    For the plural form


    nouns,add s.
    bottle
    cup
    pencil
    desk
    sticker
    window

    of m ost

    bottles
    cups
    pencils
    desks
    stickers
    windows

    For nouns that end in ch, x, s,


    or s sounds,add es.

    box
    watch
    moss
    bus

    boxes
    watches
    mosses
    buses

    For nouns ending in f or fe,


    change fto v and add es.

    wolf wolves
    wife wives
    leaf leaves
    life lives

    Som e nouns have diff


    erent
    pluralform s.

    child children
    woman women
    man men
    mouse mice
    goose geese
    person - people

    N ouns ending in vow els like y or o do


    not have defi
    nite rules.

    baby babies
    toy toys
    kidney kidneys
    potato potatoes
    memo memos
    stereo stereos

    A few nouns have the sam e


    singular and pluralform s.

    sheep sheep
    deer deer
    series series
    species species
    fish fish
    homework -

    Exersices:
    Choose the correct form of the noun in
    each sentence.
    1) I have three (child, children).
    2) There are five (man, men) and one
    (woman, women).
    3) (Baby, Babies) play with bottles as
    toys.
    4) I put two big (potato, potatoes) in the
    lunch box.
    5) A few men wear (watch, watches).
    6) I put a (memo, memos) on the desk.
    7) I saw a (mouse, mice) running by.

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