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Plural of nouns Regular plurals To form the plural of most nouns we add -s to the singular noun. cat → cats book → books Pay attention to the following spelling rules: • for nouns ending in -s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, -o we add -es bus → buses dish → dishes fox → foxes glass → glasses church → churches potato → potatoes • for some foreign nouns ending in -o we add only -s photo → photos disco → discos piano → pianos
kilo → kilos
• for nouns ending in vowel + -y we add -s boy → boys key → keys • for nouns ending with a consonant + -y, we change the -y to -i and add -es city → cities family → families • for some nouns ending in -f or -fe, we change the f to v and add -es shelf → shelves knife → knives Note! Other nouns ending in -f or -fe use the regular -s ending to form the plural roof → roofs cliff → cliffs Irregular plurals Some nouns have irregular plural forms. man → men woman → women child → children mouse → mice person → people goose → geese
firewoman → firewomen tooth → teeth foot → feet
Some nouns have the same form in the singular and the plural. fish → fish sheep → sheep Note! Police has a plural verb. A The police are here.
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Write the plural form of these nouns.
1 flower 2 kiss 3 office 4 apple 5 tomato
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______________ flowers ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
6 toy 7 party 8 box 9 wife 10 sandwich
______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
6 people 7 potatoes 8 feet 9 dishes 10 days
______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
Write the singular form of these nouns.
1 buses 2 books 3 kilos 4 cities 5 wolves
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B Why? What do they want?
______________ bus ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________