LEVE BASIC 1

L UNIT 4

LESSO 1 - THESE COMPUTERS

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Plural forms

Use Form

The use of plural forms varies from language to • Regular plurals — +s

language. In English we don't have plural forms for book —
adjectives, for example, but most nouns follow the
books desk
singular/plural rule.
— desks
a book / three books restaurant — restaurants
an apple / five apples computer — computers
engineer — engineers
However, there are irregular plural forms in English. It's
very important that we remember these, not only when • Special cases:
writing but also when speaking.
1. Nouns ending in -ss / -sh / -ch / -x / -o — +es
a box / two boxes glass — glasses
a wife / four wives hairbrush —
hairbrushes watch —
And remember: watches
box — boxes
1. There's no plural for adjectives:
potato —
an interesting film — interesting films
potatoes
a cool computer — cool computers
an intelligent journalist — intelligent journalists 2. Nouns ending in consonant and -y — -y +ies
country —
2. Demonstrative pronouns have singular and plural
forms: countries city —
cities
This is a bad idea. — These are good ideas.
That is an old car. — Those are new cars. 3. Nouns ending in -f or -fe — -f/-fe +ves
wife — wives
wolf — wolves

Examples

These computers are

excellent! Those watches

are interesting! These

glasses are OK.

Those wolves are dangerous.