-S, -IES, - ES

Remember that you can add -s, -es or -ies to nouns to form the plural.
You also use this structure with verbs to form the 3rd person singular in present simple.

Ending We add … Examples of nouns Examples of Verbs

(plural) (3rd person)

General use -s car - cars stop - stops

Consonant +y y → -ies Party - Parties Try - Tries

Vowel +y -s Boy - boys Lay - Lays

-s, -ss, -ch, -sh, -x, -o -es Bus - Buses Pass - Passes
Dress - Dresses Watch - Watches
Peach - Peaches Wash - Washes
Ash - Ashes Mix - Mixes
Box - Boxes Go - Goes
Tomato - Tomatoes

Exception: Piano - Pianos

Some nouns end in -o, Video - Videos
but they don’t change
to -es:

-f, -fe f/fe → -ves Knife - Knives

Leaf - Leaves

Exception Roof - Roofs

Some Nouns en in -f Chief - Chiefs
but they don't change
to -ves:

Irregular Plural: These words plural Child - children Person - People

don’t add -s or -es to foot - feet Mouse - Mice
form the plural tooth - teeth Fish - Fish
man - men Sheep - Sheep
woman - women

1. Makes the plurals of these nouns:

Father Box Wolf

Bottle Day Monkey

Poster Body Potato

Onion Half Woman

Bus Policeman Baby

Match Stamp Class

 Mouse Child Foot

Goose Man Person

Glass Party Bag

2. Make the 3rd person singular of these verbs

Wash Fix Match

stop Believe Drive

Watch Think See

Read Do Take

Write Eat Sleep

Type Crash Wake

3. Write the verb in the 3rd person

a. He _________ (sleep) 8 hours everyday.
b. My father _________ (cook) a really tasty stew.
c. The barman ___________ (mix) the cocktail very quickly.
d. She ___________ (go) to the school by bus from Monday to Friday.
e. Bob ____________ (try) to study but he can’t.
f. Pamela ____________ (write) an email to her sister in USA everyday.
g. My mum ________________(read) the book when she has got time.
h. The man _______________ (wash) the car in the petrol station.
i. She ___________ (watch) the TV 2 hours in the afternoon.
j. Sam’s father _______________ (drive) to work every day.
k. Your friend ___________ (listen) to the CD in class.
l. She ____________ (buy) in the supermarket on Mondays.

4. Write sentences using the plural noun of the words given.

a. foot
b. mouse
c. deer
d. tooth
e. knife