©Graziella Borg 2009 SINGULAR AND PLURAL Singular = one thing/person (1) Plural = two or more things/persons (2+) To put nouns in the plural, a lot of verbs just add ‘s’ at the end For example: apple – apples car – cars house – houses toy – toys BUT there are some nouns that break the rules Here they are: Add ‘es’: Change ‘y’ with ‘ies’: Change ‘oo’ with ‘ee’: brush – brushes Change ‘f’ with ‘ves’: kiss – kisses leaf – leaves family – families goose – geese church – churches loaf – loaves story – stories foot – feet match - matches hoof – hooves fairy – fairies tooth - teeth box – boxes wife – wives baby – babies fly – flies fox – foxes Add ‘es’: piano - pianos Change ‘a’ with ‘e’: man – men woman – women policeman - policemen child - children Stay the same: fish – fish BUT Add ‘ice’: deer – deer mouse – mice sheep - sheep die – dice quiz - quizzes ox - oxen potato – potatoes tomato - tomatoes stereo – stereos