‘usrot7 ‘Grammar Lessons - English Plurals (Plural Nouns) Have Fun Learning English Ea My English Pages | Learn English Grammar Online ENU Home/Grammar/ (DindebyGeeG1e) Plural Nouns) Lesson English) CGrammar Lesson) @ ED CED CEED SL) SL) Ace) | CED GEED CRED 2 oi. ET Fret @®GRAMMAR 132 18K Plurals English plural nouns In order to change a singular noun to its plural form in English, you usually add "s", For example, the plural of book is books. The plural of table is tables. These are regular plurals, But there are many nouns which don't follow this rule, For example the plural of fish is fish. The plural of tooth is teeth. ‘These are irregular plurals Regular plurals: Form: ‘Add "s" to the noun: Nowa [S hiipdhwwra-myenglshpages.comisite_php lesigrammar-tessor-purals.shp w‘82017 (Grammar Lessons - English Plurals (Plural Nouns) While many plural nouns follow this rule, the spelling sometimes differ. Examples: Fak) ras jindow jindows| oe my amy Spolng of plurals: The plural form of most nouns is created simply by adding the letter "s" ‘+ more than one snake ~ snakes ‘+ more than one girl = girls ‘+ more than one window = windows Nouns that end in -ch, x, , 2 or s-like sounds, however, will require an es for the plural ‘more than one witch = witches ‘+ more than one box = boxes ‘© more than one gas, ‘Nouns that end in a vowel +y take the letter ‘+ more than one boy = boys ‘+ more than one way = ways ‘Nouns that end in a consonant + y drop the y and take ies: ‘+ more than one baby = babies + more than one lorry = lorries A lot of nouns that end in o take es in the plural: ‘+ more than one potato = potatoes ‘+ more than one hero ~ heroes cho hoes Embargo] fmbargoes tate] potatoes jomato | fomatoes torpedo | forpedoes freto _] fetoes hiipdhwwra-myenglshpages.comisite_php lesigrammar-tessor-purals.shp‘ws2017 auto] [autos angaroq Kangaroos ilo] [kilos photo | [ photos piano | [pianos [pimento] [pimentos 70 im foto] folos foprano | fopranos fiudio —] frudios attoo | fattoos [fideo] [videos 00 | koos Other noun: nao | uffalosTbuffaloes argo __| fargosieargoes alo] ialosihaloes osquito| fnosquitos/mosquitoes fmotto —_] fnottos’mottoes 10] fosinoes jomado | formados/tormadoes ‘oleano_| foleanos/voleanoes Plurals of nouns that end in for fe usually change the sound to @ v sound and add s ot ‘more than one knife = knives more than one leaf = leaves more than one hoof = hooves more than one life = ‘more than one scl ‘more than one elf clves elves fish fheep (Grammar Lessons - English Plurals (Plural Nouns) Some nouns ending in o break the above rule and get os in the plural form: s ending in o get either os or oes i the plural forms: Irregular plurals: ‘There are several nouns that have irregular plural forms. hiipdkwwra-myenglshpages.comisite_php flesigrammar-tessor-purals.shojoose | geese shild __] fhildren| jerson__] [people more than one child ‘more than one man ‘more than one person ‘more than one goose more than one deer ga] ligae Other irregular plural forms include the followin; (Grammar Lessons - English Plurals (Plural Nouns) Plurals formed in this way are sometimes called irregular plurals or mutated (or mutating) plurals, ildren ‘more than one Woman = women people geese ‘more than one mouse = mice more than one barracks = barracks deer Some foreign nouns retain their plural. (Note that some of them adapted the s of the English plural form!) imoeba_| fmoebae imoebas fntenna | fntennae intennas fformula | formulae jcbula_] febulac ebulas fvertebra | fertebrac Nouns ending in us get a, 7 porpus_] Borpora jenus | fenera flumnus] flumni pacilus | pacill us] ea] or the s of the English plural fungus] fungi jucteus | fuclel hiipdkwwra-myenglshpages.comisite_php flesigrammar-tessor-purals.sho an‘v82017 (Grammar Lessons - English Plurals (Plural Nouns) ctopus | betopi betopuses radius] adit frimufus] imu fyltabus ] fyllabi yilabuses jerminus] fermini Nouns ending in wm get a, i or the s of the English plural: (ridendam —] feidenda pacteriam —_] pacteria curicalum | furricula | fariculams atum ata erratum] frata nedium poedia emorandum] fnemoranda pnemorandums| am wa Firaram ——] firata fympostum | fymposia__] Fympostams Nouns ending in ex or dr get ices or get the s of the English plural: [Singular] [Foreign plural] [English plural spex | bpices ppexes ippendix] fppendices | bppendixes pervix | berviees ervines findex | fndives indexes fmatrix _] fatrices matrixes ‘ortex __] rortices ‘Nouns ending in is becoming es in plural: Singular | Plural form] mnalysis | nalyses prisis brises jagnosis_| flagnoses smphasis_| fmphases iypothesis] hypotheses arenthesis] parentheses Eynopsis _] fynopses hiipdkwwra:myenglshpages.comisite_php flesigrammer-tessor-purals.oho‘usrot7 ‘Grammar Lessons - English Plurals (Plural Nouns) fhesis__| fheses ‘Nouns ending in -on becoming -a! gular plural [fiterion _] friteria htenomenon] phenomena automaton] futomata ‘Nouns that are always singular: A handful of nouns appear to be plural in form but take a singular verb: + The news is bad + Gymnastics is fun to watch. + Economies/mathematies/statistics is said to be di ull, Some nouns never take the s of the plural and are always singular: + your luggage / baggage is so heavy + Td like to buy new furniture for the house + you can find more information in our website. 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