Escola Secundária Dr Manuel Gomes de Almeida DIRECÇÃO REGIONAL DE EDUCAÇÃO DO NORTE 401559 Singular means one; Plural means more than one General rule: add -s to most nouns (books) Nouns ending in s, sh, ch, x or z, and some nouns ending in o: add -es (watches) Nouns ending in consonant + y: Change the -y into i and add -es (babies) Some nouns ending in f(e): change f(e) to v(e) and add (e)s (wolves) EXERCISES A WRITE THE PLURAL FOR EACH NOUN: song branch boy lady house Friend sky ruler 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: Zoo - Axe – 13 Witch – Puzzle – Loss - 14 Family - Quiz – Maths - 15 Holiday - Buzz – 10 Toy - 16 Radish - Tax – 11 Boot - 17 Fish - Taxi - 12 Police - 18 Butterfly - C REWRITE IN THE SINGULAR: They are very nice people - Those men over there are waiting for the buses - _ Footballers don’t wear trousers but shorts when they play - _ Their wives are efficient secretaries _ The children put on their pyjamas and kissed their mothers goodnight These plants are very rare species _ We should the exercise by ourselves D REWRITE IN THE PLURAL: This pair of scissors isn’t very sharp The policeman is looking for the thief - _ Your pair of jeans is dirty and your T-shirt too - This new American TV series is very interesting I like it very much - A woman is often a better teacher than a man - Do you know the person who lives next door? - _ My life has changed a lot since I was a child - _ SOME IRREGULAR PLURALS child- children woman- women knife- knives ox- oxen goose- geese mouse- mice man- men foot- feet shelf- shelves tooth- teeth