This document is a slide presentation about singular and plural nouns in English for students taking an English I class. It discusses regular rules for making nouns plural by adding -s, -es, or -ies depending on the ending of the singular form. It also addresses irregular plural nouns and pronunciation of plural suffixes. The purpose is to teach students how to change singular nouns to their plural forms in English.

1. Área Académica: Licenciatura en Turismo
Tema: Nouns: Singular-Plural
Materia: Inglés I
Docente: E. en D. Fernando Benitez Leal
Periodo: Julio-Diciembre 2015

2. Topic: Nouns: Singular-Plural
Abstract:
In this slides the student will learn
how to change the singular nouns to
plural nouns.
Keywords: Noun, Singular, Plural
Grammar, A1
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3. SINGULAR-PLURAL
Nouns
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4. Regular Nouns
• Most nouns take -s in the plural.
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Bag  Bags
Pen  Pens

5. Regular Nouns
• Nouns ending in -ss, -s, -ch, -sh, -x,
take -es in the plural.
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Box  Boxes
Watch  Watches

6. Regular Nouns
• Nouns ending in a consonant + y,
drop the -y and take -ies in the
plural.
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Country  Countries
Cherry  Cherries

7. Regular Nouns
• Nouns ending in a vowel + y, take -s
in the plural.
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Toy  Toys
Boy  Boys

8. Regular Nouns
• Nouns ending in -f or -fe drop the -
f or -fe and take -ves in the plural.
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BUT
Knife  Knives Cliff  Cliffs
Loaf  Loaves Roof  Roofs

9. Regular Nouns
• Nouns ending in -o take -es in the
plural.
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Tomato  Tomatoes Radio  Radios
Potato  Potatoes Photo  Photos

10. Pronunciation
The suffix of the plural is pronounced:
• /s/ when the noun ends in a /f/, /k/, /θ/, /p/,
or /t/ sound.
Books, Clocks, Cats
• /iz/ when the noun ends in a /s/, /ks/, /ʃ/, /tʃ/,
/dʒ/, /z/, or /ʒ/ sound.
Torches, Bridges, Buses
• /z/ when the noun ends in any other sound.
Tables, Sofas, Mirrors
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11. Irregular Nouns
• Some nouns have irregular plural
form. These are:
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Singular Plural Singular Plural
Man  Men Mouse  Mice
Woman  Women Goose  Geese
Tooth  Teeth Deer  Deer
Child  Children Ox  Oxen
Person  People Fish  Fish
Foot  Feet Sheep  Sheep

12. References
H.Q., M. (2009). Traveller Elementary. USA:
MM Publications.
Hobbs, M., & Keddle, J. (2010). For Real
Elementary. London: Helbling Languages.
Evans , V., & Dooley, J. (2000). Enterprise
Grammar 1. Newbury, Berkshire, United
Kingdom: Express Publishing .
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13. Para citar este trabajo utiliza:
Benitez, F. (2015). Nouns: Singular-
Plural. [Diapositivas de Power
Point]. Recuperado de:
http://es.slideshare.net/fhertown
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