Islcollective Worksheets Preintermediate A2 Intermediate b1 Adult High School Business Professional Reading Wri The Plur 138694f7db38cc304c6 90069727

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1. Just add an –s 2. Words ending with s, 3. Words ending with 4.

Words ending with


ss, sh, ch, x add –es consonant + y change consonant + o add –es
e.g. rose e.g. bus – buses e.g. potato – potatoes
into –ies
roses glass – glasses tomato – tomatoes
e.g. butterfly –
brush – brushes butterflies hero – heroes
book church – churches negro - negroes
country – countries
books box - boxes

5. Irregular plurals 6. Some words ending 7. Some words are 7. Some words are
e.g. man – men in f or fe make the always used in the always used in the
woman - women plural. singular.
plural in -ves
tooth – teeth e.g. pyjamas e.g. news
e.g. life – lives
mouse – mice trousers information
thief – thieves
child – children glasses furniture
half – halves
ox – oxen scissors advice

A) Write the plural of the words.

fly bench zebra lion yourself

leaf baby radio knife torch

B) Write the sentences in the plural.

1. There is a young man sitting on a bench. _______________________________________________


2. He has got his first job. ______________________________________________________________
3. He works as a steward in the company. ____________________________________________________
4. One of these days he saw a mouse running throw the waiting room. ___________________________
5. The lady who was sitting there with her child was afraid of the little animal. ______________________
6. The child was eating a sandwich. ________________________________________________________
7. The lady was reading the newspaper. _____________________________________________________
8. She had a pencil on her hand. __________________________________________________________
9. There was a basket with a cherry on the ground. ___________________________________________
10. Next to the basket there was a wooden chair. _______________________________________________
C) Identify with S or P the underlined words as singular (S) or plural (P), and then write the word in the
opposite number as in the example.

1. There is a Romanic church in the village I was born. S ____churches______


2. Many people come to visit every year. _______________________
3. Men and women today share their domestic tasks. ________________________________________
4. The books are on the table. _________________________
5. The police caught the thief at the crime scene and sent him to prison. _____________________
6. The babies are sleeping. _______________________
7. There are many butterflies in spring. _______________________________
8. We went to the supermarket and bought two loaves of bread. ___________________________

D) Group the following words under the correct heading according to their plural formation.

wolves glasses rabbits firemen secretaries toothbrushes

dishes toys zebras flowers matches mice

teeth negroesfamilies peaches classes pencils computers

bottles shelves strawberries raspberries notebooks carnations birds

add an –s add –es consonant + y irregular plurals make the plural


change into –ies in -ves

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E) Spot ten (10) mistakes in the text. Then underline them and write the correct word on the lines.
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THE ENGLISH AND THE GARDENS ______________________
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English persons like gardenes and parks very much. On Sundays they take their ______________________
childs with them and we can see mans, womans, girls, boies and even babys in their ______________________
prams very happy breathing fresh air. Older people read newspapers, magazines or ______________________
even lifes of famous people. The green leaves of the trees protect them from the ______________________
sun. Red buses run in the streets. That little baby, smiling with his tooths, plays ______________________
with his toies. ______________________

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