Nouns (substantiv) Nouns are words we use to name things, people, animals and places: house, hand, cat, orange, hour, dishwasher, brother, shop. Most nouns get -s in the plural.
LANGUAGE WORK
Plural (flertall) many cats many hands many brothers
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Singular (entall) a cat a hand a brother
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Words that end with a consonant plus -y get -ies in the plural. family families fly flies city cities
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Irregular nouns
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Words that end with an s-sound get -es in the plural. bus buses box boxes sandwich sandwiches
a child – many children a woman – many women a man – many men a foot – many feet a tooth – many teeth a knife – many knives a wolf – many wolves
TASK Make up sentences with four regular and four irregular nouns.
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