PLURAL OF NOUNS

Common nouns add just “S”: S, SS, SH, CH, X, O, Z we add “ES”: F or FE, we replace them for VES:

Car Cars Bus Buses Wolf Wolves

Ball Balls Box Boxes Calf Calves
Symbol Symbols Brush Brushes Leaf Leaves
Computer Computers Clutch Clutches Thief Thieves
Eagle Eagles Potato Potatoes Life Lives
Quiz Quizzes Knife Knives

Gabriel Sá Araújo
Consonant + Y, replace Y for IES:
City Cities Exceptions for O: Exceptions for F or FE:
Memory Memories
Cry Cries Photo Photos Proof Proofs
Video Videos Belief Beliefs
Spy Spies
Piano Pianos Cliff Cliffs
Lady Ladies
Disco Discos Roof Roofs
Gipsy Gypsies Chief Chiefs
Country Counties Chef Chefs
Story Stories Café Cafés

Always used in the plural form Irregular plurals

Same form for singular and plural Pants – Trousers – Scissors – Clothes Man Men
Glasses – Measles – Shorts - Thanks Woman Women
Fish – Sheep – Species – Means
Fowl – Deer Child Children
Tooth Teeth
From other languages Foot Feet
Mouse Mice
Thesis Theses
Louse Lice
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1 ) Complete the sentences below with the Analysis Analyses
Die Dice
correct plural form of the nouns given: Stimulus Stimuli
Goose Geese
Focus Foci
Person People
Men (Man) rose from their
a) The dead ______ Diagnosis Diagnoses
Graves
__________ (Grave) and scared the _________ Ox Oxen
Persons Criterion Criteria
(Person). Phenomenon Phenomena
b) You have to play monopoly with at least two 3rd) Change the sentences from the
________
Dies (Die).
plural form to the singular form:
photos
children (Child) are taking _________
c) These ______ 2nd) Circle the correct form:
(Photo). a) The cries of the patients could be
dogs (Dog) chase _______
d) ______ Cats (Cat) that chase In the church the priest/priests heard by the doctors.
mice (Mouse) that eat cheese that comes
_______ likes to say the prayer/prayers The cry of the patient could be
________________________________
from the _______
cows (Cow). but they sometimes don’t work heard by the doctor
__________________
e) Phillip is a non-believer he has no out, but you should not abandon b) The oceans rose and a waves
beliefs
____________ (Belief). your believes/beliefs because it washed away the cities. The ocean
Lions
f) That old man was killing _________ (Lion) is important for you to keep rose and a wave washed away the city.
________________________________
shots (Shot).
using dart-_______ your peace/peacies of c) These are the clowns that got us
g) In Scotland there are many beautiful mind/mindes and live your laughing all the night. this one are the
landscapes (Landscape) of
______________ lifes/life with no clown that got us laughing all the night
________________________________
forests
_____________ (Forest) and _________
lakes (Lake). disturbancies/disturbance and d) Every time Suzy takes a photos she
h) In Brazil especially in Rio de Janeiro there are do no evil/eviles to no one. recalls a memories from the past.
many _________
thieves (Thief) and __________
bandits Every time Suzy take a photo she
________________________________
streets
(Bandit) on the ____________ (Street). recall a memory from the past..