NOUNS PLURAL FORM &

CONJUGATION FOR THIRD PERSON SINGULAR

1.- Most common nouns or verbs add only “s”:
Ex.: book - books listen - listens
table - tables help - helps

2.- Add “es” when the word or verb end in “sh”, “ch”, “s”, “x” or “z”
Ex.: church - churches wash - washes
box - boxes kiss - kisses

3.- Nouns or verbs ending in “consonant + y” change “y” for “i” before add “es”
Ex.: family - families study - studies
baby - babies try - tries

4.- Nouns or verbs ending in “vowel + y” add only “s”

Ex.: boy - boys stays - stays
days - days play - plays

5.- Nouns ending in “f” or “fe” change that for “ves”

Ex.: wife - wives thief - thieves
half - halves knife - knives

6.- Irregular plurals for nouns:

Ex.: child - children foot - feet
Man - men person - people

Practice:

Write the correct form of the plural or conjugation.

1.- child _______________________ 2.- bus _______________________

3.- exercise ____________________ 4.- cup _______________________

5.- woman _____________________ 6.- say _______________________

7.- secretary ___________________ 8.- shelf ______________________

9.- watch _____________________ 10.- person ____________________

11.- teacher ___________________ 12.- shoe _____________________

13.- life ______________________ 14.- house ____________________

15.- boss _____________________ 16.- lady ______________________