The plural of nouns

- Most nouns form the plural by adding s or es. E.g.: boat- boats
- Nouns that end in -s -ss -sh -ch -x add -es. E.g.: bus- buses
- A noun ending in y preceded by a consonant makes the plural with ies.
E.g.: a cry cries
- But if the noun ends in a vowel + -y the -y does not change.
- Many nouns that end in -f, in the plural change the f to v and then add
-es.
- Some nouns have the same form in the singular and the plural.
Eg: sheep sheep
Fish fish
Species- species
Aircraft- aircraft
Deer deer
- Some nouns have a plural form but take a singular verb
News
Athletics
Billiards
- And finally there are a lot of irregular nouns!
Exercise 1: write the plural of the following nouns
A stranger strangers
1. A train
2. A fish
3. A bus
4. A man
5. A foot
6. A potato
7. A journey
8. A child
9. A woman
10. A mouse
11. A lady
12. A day
13. A deer
14. A wife
15. A dictionary
16. A thief
17. A tomato
18. A wolf
19. A tooth
20. A sheep
21. A roof
22. An ox
23. A monkey
24. A goose
25. An elf
26. A life
27. A nappy
28. A gallery
29. A dwarf

Exercise 2: which is the correct form?
1) a pencil pencils penciles
2) a bicycle bicycls bicycls bicycles
3) a boy boyes boys
4) a brush brushes brushs
5) a kiss kiss kisses
6) a wish wishs wishes
7) a match matches matchs
8) a party parties partys
9) a city cities citys
10)a country

countries

countrys
11) a Sunday Sundays Sundais
12) a person persons people
13) a fireman firemans firemen
14) a policeman policemen policemans
15) a policewoman policewomen policewomans
16) a leaf leafs leaves