Countable nouns have different forms for singular and plural.

1. Most nouns: + S one cat three cats

2. Final -s, –sh, -ch, -x bus – buses wish – wishes
3. Final consonant + -y. Change –y to -ies. baby- babies
4. Irregular plurals: a person – two people, a foot – feet
a mouse – mice, a child – children, a sheep - sheep
5. If nouns end in f or fe : leaf – leaves, wife – wives

1) Fill in the gaps. Use the plural of the words in

brackets.
1. There are a lot of ANIMALS (animal) in our zoo.
2. I don’t believe in FAIRYES (fairy).
3. Most BABIES (baby) cry at night.
4. Your reading GLASSES (glass) are on the table.
5. We go to school five DAYS (day) a week.
6. Most of the BUSES (bus) run at the weekends.
7. There was an island of MONKEYS (monkey).
4) Put the plurals of these words (across) into the
crossword. What’s the hidden word?
1. They are daughters of your parents. SISTERS
2. You bite with your TEETH
3. Very young children who cannot yet talk or
walk. BABIES
4. When you eat, you use forks, SNIVES and
spoons.

5. PEOPLE are men, women, and children.

2) Make these words plural.
6. They are small furry animals with long tails.
1. a life two lives CATS
2. wolf three wolves
7. Farmers keep ALIVE for their wool or meat.
3. knife four knives
4. leaf five leavies 8. CHILDREN have the qualities of the parents.
5. a wife two a wives 9. Ann bought two LOAVES of bread.
6. a thief three a thives
10. Bus drivers drive BUSES

11. We saw a flock of BIRDS in the lake.

3) Choose the correct words. Put them in plural.
12. Ladies have husbands and men have WIVES
/ goose / child / woman / tooth / person
mouse / foot / deer / sheep /

1SISTERS2TEETH3BABIES4SNIVES5PEOP
1. Our CHILDREN play a lot of football. LE6CATS7ALIVE8CHILDREN9LOAVES10
2. Cats like chasing MOUSE BUSES11BIRDS12WIVES
3. Mike and John are very nice PERSONS.
4. SHEEP live on farm. You get wool from them.
5. Some WOMAN like to wear high-heeled shoes.
6. Don't walk on that broken glass with bare
FOOT .
7. We saw a herd of twenty DEER
8. A flock of wild GOOSE flew overhead.
9. The children brush their TOOTH- after every
meal.