4. GENERAL RULE:
NOUNS ADD -S
SINGULAR PLURAL
1 CAT 2 CATS
1 PENGUIN 5 PENGUINS
1 COW 8 COWS
1 SNAKE 20 SNAKES
1 DUCK 50 DUCKS
FOR NOUNS THAT END IN –CH,
-X, -SH, -S, ADD -ES
SINGULAR PLURAL
1 LYNX 6 LYNXES
1 FOX 7 FOXES
1 WALRUS 9 WALRUSES
1 OSTRICH 70 OSTRICHES
1 FISH
200 FISHES
(BABIES)
5. SOME NOUNS HAVE
DIFFERENT PLURAL NAMES
SINGULAR PLURAL
1 OX 3 OXEN
1 MOUSE 30 MICE
1 OCTOPUS 40 OCTOPI (OR
OCTOPUSES)
1 GOOSE 300 GEESE
A FEW NOUNS HAVE THE SAME
SINGULAR AND PLURAL NAMES
SINGULAR PLURAL
1 FISH 12 FISH
1 SHEEP 99 SHEEP
1 DEER 43 DEER
1 REINDEER 130 REINDEER
6. HOW MANY… ARE THERE?
THERE IS A DUCK/FOX/MOUSE
=
THERE IS ONE DUCK/HARE
THERE ARE THREE CATS
(SINGULAR)
(PLURAL)
7. HOW MANY HYENAS
ARE THERE?
THERE ARE 3 HYENAS.
THERE IS ONE
BUTTERFLY.
HOW MANY… ARE THERE?
HOW MANY BUTTERFLIES
ARE THERE?
8. HOW MANY DALMATIANS/DOGS ARE THERE?
THERE ARE 101 DALMATIANS / THERE ARE LOTS OF DOGS /
THERE ARE MANY DOGS/DALMATIANS.
9. HOW MANY… ARE THERE?
THERE IS 1…
THERE ARE …
POSITIVE
10. HOW MANY… ARE THERE?
THERE ISN’T A…/THERE IS NO…
THERE AREN’T ANY…/THERE ARE
NO…
NEGATIVE
THERE ISN’T A PENGUIN
THERE IS NO JELLYFISH
THERE AREN’T ANY GOLDFISH
THERE ARE NO WHALES
11. IS THERE A…?
INTERROGATIVE
IS THERE A SURICATE?
YES, THERE IS.
ARE THERE ANY…?
YES, THERE
IS.
NO, THERE
ISN’T.
NO, THERE
AREN’T.
YES, THERE
ARE.
IS THERE A GIRAFFE?
NO, THERE ISN’T.
ARE THERE ANY TIGERS?
NO, THERE AREN’T.
ARE THERE ANY ELEPHANTS?
YES, THERE ARE.