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- 1. THE PLURAL in ENGLISH
- 2. The plural of most nounsis made by dog dogs adding -s house houses
- 3. If the singularends in consonant + y, the plural is normally made by changing y to i and adding –es. Singular Plural Baby babies Lady ladies Ferry ferries Party parties
- 4. If the singularends in vowel + y, the plural is made by adding –s. Singular Plural day days boy boys guy guys donkey donkeys Proper names ending in consonant + y, usually have plurals in –ys. Do you know the Kennedys?
- 5. What are theplural forms of these words? citys cities city tray trays traies valley valleys valleies family familys families trolley trolleys trolleies lorry lorrys lorries monkey monkeys monkeies
- 6. If the singularends in – ch, -sh, -s, -x or –z, the plural is made by adding –es. Singular Plural church churches crash crashes bus buses box boxes buzz buzzes Nouns ending in a single –z have plurals in –zzes. Quiz → quizzes
- 7. Some nouns endingin –o have plurals in –es. The most common: Singular Plural echo echoes hero heroes negro negroes potato potatoes tomato tomatoes
- 8. Nouns ending invowel + o have plurals in –s. Radios / zoos So do the following, and most new words ending in –o that come into the language: Singular Plural kilo kilos logo logos piano pianos photo photos
- 9. The following wordscan have plurals in –s or –es; -es is more coomon. Singular Plural buffalo buffalo(e)s mosquito moquito(e)s tornado tornado(e)s volcano volcano(e)s
- 10. Irregular and special plurals
- 11. The following nounsending in –f(e) have plurals in –ves. Singular Plural half halves knife knives leaf leaves life lives wife wives shelf shelves
- 12. Irregular plurals Singular Plural child children foot feet goose geese man men mouse mice ox oxen person people tooth teeth woman women
- 13. Some words endingin –s don’t change in the plural. Common Examples: Series Crossroads Species Sheep Deer Fish Aircraft Spacecraft Chinese (and other nationality nouns ending in –ese)
- 14. Note that somesingular uncountable nouns end in –s and they have no plural. News Billiards Measles and most words ending in –ics Mathematics Physics athletics
- 15. Summary - Consonant + -y → -ies - Vowel + -y → -ys - -sh, -ch, -s, -x & -z→ -es - -o → -oes or -os - -f(e) → -ves - Some words have irregular plurals - Some words don’t have plural form - Some words are the same in singular and plural