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SINGULAR- one person,
animal, thing, place or event
PLURAL- more than one •For the plural form of most nouns, add s. bottle – bottles cup – cups pencil – pencils desk – desks sticker – stickers window – windows •For nouns that end in ch, x, s, or s sounds, add es. box – boxes watch – watches moss – mosses bus – buses •For nouns ending in f or fe, change f to v and add -es. wolf – wolves wife – wives leaf – leaves life – lives •Some nouns have different plural forms. child – children woman – women man – men mouse – mice goose – geese •A few nouns have the same singular and plural forms. sheep – sheep deer – deer series – series species – species •Nouns ending in –y and has a vowel before the -y, form their plural by simply adding –s. key - keys. toy – toys kidney – kidneys •Nouns ending in –y and has a consonant before the –y, form their plurals changing the –y to i and adding –es. lily -lilies baby – babies •Nouns that end in –o form their plural by either adding –s or adding –es. potato – potatoes memo – memos stereo – stereos piano- pianos •There are some nouns that end in –s and so look as though they are plural. However, they are really singular. mathematics, physics, ethics, politics •Some diseases also, though ending in –s, are treated as singular. measles, mumps, and rickets. Choose the correct form of the noun in each sentence. 1) I have three (child, children). 2)There are five (man, men) and one (woman, women). 3)(Baby, Babies) play with bottles as toys. 4)I put two big (potato, potatoes) in the lunch box. 5)A few men wear (watch, watches). 6)I put a (memo, memos) on the desk. 7)I saw a (mouse, mice) running by. 8)There are few (bus, buses) on the road today. Assignment: Fill in the plural forms of the nouns. photo- book- desk- pen- boy- star- thief- child- foot- kiss- shark- wolf- knife- phone- family- cow- glass- car- trolley- baby- lady- foot- fish- party- man- brush- bear- day- monkey- berry-
!Rule-pluralul substantivelor se formeaza, in general, in limba engleza adaugand -s/-es la sfarsitul substantivelor la singular. ֎ ch, -sh,-s, -ss, -x,-o,-z y es
!Rule-pluralul substantivelor se formeaza, in general, in limba engleza adaugand -s/-es la sfarsitul substantivelor la singular. ֎ ch, -sh,-s, -ss, -x,-o,-z y es