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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 scarfs scarves .


  • 2) There are books on the shelfs shelves shelf .


  • 3) Those two ox oxes oxen are very big.


  • 4) The children childs play in the garden.


  • 5) Please move your feet foots foot !


  • 6) I brush my teeths teeth .


  • 7) You hate the mouses mice mouse .


  • 8) You have two sheep sheeps .


  • 9) Please brush your teeth tooths tooth every evening!


  • 10) She gives me five boxes box boxen .


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