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Plural

nouns

1) The plural is almost always formed by adding

+ S

dog – dog s pencil - pencil s

Window- window s house- house s

Table – table s plate - plate s

2)But nouns ending in

-s- ss- sh- ch- x- o take +ES to form the plural

brush- brush es bush - bush es

church – church es box - box es

kiss- kiss es potato - potato es

bus- bus es match - match es

Remember

Words with foreign origin

kilo- kilos

Piano- pianos

Radio – radios

Photo- photos

3) Nouns ending in – y -

1) following a consonant take 2) a vowel + s

+ IES – to form the plural Y

Baby – bab ies way - way s

Lady- lad ies toy- toy s

Library- librar ies boy- boy s

4) Nouns ending in – f- fe – take -ves - to form a plural

f\ fe - ves

Knife – kni ves BUT remember

Life - li ves belief- belief s

Thief – thie ves roof - roof s

Wife - wi ves

Wolf -wol ves

Loaf - loa ves

shelf - shel ves

Irregular plural forms

Tooth – teeth

Foot – feet

Goose- geese

mouse – mice

person – people

Child – children

Man- men

Woman- women

Ox- oxen

Sheep –sheep

Deer – deer

Fish -fish

They are always in the plural form

Arms(weapons)

Clothes Contents

Customs Goods

Police Scale

Stairs Surroundings

All nouns that consist of two parts

Glasses Jeans Pajamas Scissors Shorts

Tights Trousers

• Nouns which describe groups of people

Can be singular and plural

*Audience * crew * class* family * government * jury * Staff*

Plural – if they refer to the individual members of the group

Singular – if the group is considered as a unit

Nouns preceded by cardinal numbers and used before other nouns are always singular

*A ten – pound note

* A three- year- old boy