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How plurals are formed

Irregular Plural Nouns


Grade 10 – Unit 8
Contents
 What are noun plurals?
 What are regular plurals?
 Regular plurals-1
 Regular plurals-2
 What are irregular plurals?
 Irregular plurals-1
 Irregular plurals-2
 Some more irregular plurals
 Irregular plurals-(Compound nouns)
 Exercise 1
 Exercise 2
 Answers
What are noun plurals?

 As we know a plural noun indicates that


there is more than one.
example: One dog (singular)
Three dogs (plural)
What are regular plurals?
 The plural of a noun is generally formed by
adding –s or –es to the singular noun

Book Books

Bag Bags
Regular Plurals
 Nouns that end with-ch,-x,-s,-ss -sh, form their
plurals by adding –es in the end.
Box –Boxes
Church- Churches
Gas-Gases
Bush-Bushes

 When most nouns end with a


CONSONANT+O also form their plurals by
adding –es

Potato-Potatoes
Hero-Heroes
Regular Plurals
 When the plural of words that ends with a
CONSONANT+-y is spelled –ies.

Factory-Factories
Baby-Babies

 Most nouns ends in –f or –fe are changed to –


ves to form plurals.
Calf-Calves
Knife-Knives
Leaf-Leaves
What are irregular plurals?
 Irregular plural noun is a noun that becomes plural
by changing its spelling in other ways.
 For instance it is made plurals by changing vowels,
changing the word ,or adding a different ending.
 Let’s see how they are formed,
 Changing their vowels:- Foot Feet
Goose Geese
Mouse Mice
Woman Women
Irregular Plurals
 Some nouns have the same singular and plural
form.
 Aircraft Aircraft
 Deer Deer
 Fish Fish
 Sheep Sheep
 Species Species
Irregular Plurals
 Many nouns taken from foreign languages like
Latin,Greek,Italian,French and Hebrew keep their
original plural form.
 From Greek
 Axis- axes , Basis-bases , Analysis-analyses, Crisis-crises.
 From Latin
 Index-indices, Formula-formulas, Memorandum-memoranda
 From Italian
 Bandit-Banditti
Some more irregular plurals
Singular Plural
Bureau Bureaux
Diagnosis Diagnoses
Octopus Octopuses/octopi
Thesis Theses
syllabus Syllabuses/syllabi
Phenomenon Phenomena
Tempo Tempi
Larva Larvae
Antenna Antennae/Antennas
Irregular Plurals
 Finally let’s have a look on plural forms of
some compound nouns.
 Spoonful Spoonfuls
 Passer-by Passers-by
 By-way By-ways
 Guest-of-honour Guests-of-
honour
Exercise 1
Convert each singular noun to its irregular plural form.
 E.g.:- Criterion –criteria
1. Man-
2. Foot-
3. Tooth-
4. Index-
5. Fungus-
6. Cactus-
7. Axis-
8. Analysis-
9. Formula-
10. Series-
11. Bacterium-
12. Crisis-
13. Datum-
14. person-

(Feet, Axes, Fungi, Cacti, Crises, Indices, data, Bacteria, Analyses, People, Series,
Formulae/Formulas, Indices, teeth, Men)
Exercise 2
 Underline the correct plural.
 Parenthesis,
I. Parentheses
II. Parenthis
III. Parenthiss
 Phenomenon,
I. Phenomenons
II. Phenomena
III. Phenomenonss
 Critierion,
I. Criteria
II. Criterian
III. Criterions
 Memorandum,
I. Memorandus
II. Memorandums
III. Memoranda
Answers
Exercise 1

1. Men
2. Feet
3. Teeth
4. Indices
5. Fungi
6. Cacti
7. Axes
8. Analyses
9. Formulae/Formulas
10. Series
11. Bacteria
12. Crises
13. Data
14. People
Answers
Exercise 2
Underline the correct plural.
 Parenthesis,
I. Parentheses
II. Parenthis
III. Parenthiss
 Phenomenon,
I. Phenomenons
II. Phenomena
III. Phenomenonss
 Critierion,
I. Criteria
II. Criterian
III. Criterions
 Memorandum,
I. Memorandus
II. Memorandums
III. Memoranda
Thank You!

Prepared by:- T. A. U. Sankalpani


Kg/Dehi Pannila Weerasinghe K.V.

Moderated by:- V.Yogeshwaran


ISA-English

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