Singular means one; Plural means more than one.EXERCISES A.. WRITE THE PLURAL FOR EACH NOUN: 1.. WRITE THE PLURAL OF THE NOUNS: 1.. Manuel Gomes de Almeida DIRECđấO REGIONAL DE EDUCAđấO
Trang 1Singular means one; Plural means more than one.
EXERCISES
A WRITE THE PLURAL FOR EACH NOUN:
1 song 2 branch 3 boy 4 lady
5 house 6 Friend 7 sky 8 ruler
9 Box 10 Peach 11 Book 12 Person
13 bush 14 Valley 15 Ranch 16 Fox
17 Tomato 18 Child 19 baseball 20 Fly
21 Dish 22 Bird 23 Donkey 24 Woman
25 desk 26 Guess 27 Day 28 Room
29 Berry 30 Hour 31 coconut 32 Test
33 Negro 34 Monkey 35 Apple 36 Strawberry
37 table 38 Stewardess 39 Bus 40 Hero
B WRITE THE PLURAL OF THE NOUNS:
1 Zoo - 7 Axe Ố 13 Witch Ố
2 Puzzle Ố 8 Loss - 14 Family
Escola Secundária
Dr Manuel Gomes de Almeida
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General rule : add -s to most nouns (book s )
Nouns ending in s, sh, ch, x or z, and some nouns ending in o: add -es (watch es )
Nouns ending in consonant + y: Change the -y into i and add -es (bab ies )
Some nouns ending in f(e) : change f(e) to v(e) and add (e)s ( wol ves )
Trang 2C REWRITE IN THE SINGULAR:
1 They are very nice people -
2 Those men over there are waiting for the buses - _
3 Footballers don’t wear trousers but shorts when they play - _
4 Their wives are efficient secretaries -
_
5 The children put on their pyjamas and kissed their mothers goodnight -
6 These plants are very rare species -
_
7 We should do the exercise by ourselves -
D REWRITE IN THE PLURAL:
1 This pair of scissors isn’t very sharp -
2 The policeman is looking for the thief - _
3 Your pair of jeans is dirty and your T-shirt too -
4 This new American TV series is very interesting I like it very much -
5 A woman is often a better teacher than a man -
6 Do you know the person who lives next door? - _
7 My life has changed a lot since I was a child - _
SOME IRREGULAR PLURALS
child- children woman- women man- men shelf- shelves knife- knives ox- oxen foot- feet tooth- teeth
goose- geese mouse- mice