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Plurals

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Nouns can be either 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 or 𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥.
𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 means just one of the person, animal or thing which the noun refers to.
𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 means more than one.

Plurals Rules / Examples

Rules	Example	Exception
1. Most nouns have the ending -s.	one frog two frogs one dog two dogs
2. Nouns ending in consonant + y = -ies.	one butterfly two butterflies one strawberry two strawberries	Vowel (a, e, o, u) + y = -s. One donkey two donkeys One boy two boys
3. Nouns ending in -s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, -o = -es.	one bus two buses one glass two glasses one dish two dishes one torch – two torches one box two boxes one potato two potatoes	one radio two radios one piano two pianos
4. Nouns ending in -f, -fe = -ves.	one leaf two leaves one knife two knives	one giraffe two giraffes one roof two roofs
5. Irregular plurals.	one mouse two mice one man two men one person two people one child two children one sheep two sheep one foot two feet one tooth two teeth one woman two women one goose two geese one fish two fish one deer two deer one ox two oxen

Exercises - Plurals

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1) My mother likes those scarves scarfs .

2) He doesn't like the oxen oxes .

3) The butterflys butterflies are beautiful.

4) The roovs roofs are too old.

5) Those two oxen oxes ox are very big.

6) You have two sheep sheeps .

7) There are books on the shelfs shelves shelf .

8) Most housewifes housewives housewife are busy.

9) The childs children play in the garden.

10) They eat potatoe potatos potatoes every day.

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