plural forms

Plural Forms A STRAWBERRY 12/04/16 12/04/16 TWO STRAWBERRIES A A WATERMELON 12/04/16 TWO WATERMELONS Regular Plural Nouns Most nouns in English are made into plural nouns by adding an s to the singular form Example: Book  Books If the noun ends with an s, ch, sh, or x, an es is added to make the noun plural Example: Watch - Watches 12/04/16 Irregular Plural Nouns Noun type Ends with -fe Ends with -f Ends with -o 12/04/16 Forming the plural Change f to v then Add -s Change f to v then Add -es Add -es Examples knife - knives life - lives wife - wives half - halves wolf - wolves loaf - loaves potato - potatoes tomato - tomatoes volcano volcanoes ends with -us Change -us to -i ends with -is Change -is to -es ends with -on Change -on to -a ALL KINDS Unchanging 12/04/16 Change the vowel or Change the word or Add a different ending Singular and plural are the same cactus - cacti nucleus - nuclei focus - foci analysis - analyses crisis - crises thesis - theses phenomenon phenomena criterion criteria man - men foot - feet child - children person - people tooth - teeth mouse - mice sheep deer fish (sometimes) Exercise Singular Plural A pencil Butterflies A brush Geese A tooth A leaf A piano Classes Mice 12/04/16 Exercise There are too many box in our attic boxes How many picture did you take on your trip? Cheryl doesn’t enjoy washing dish There are three church in our little community Our soccer team has had four wins and three loss 12/04/16 A TELEPHONE FOUR TELEPHONES 12/04/16 10 SHEEP SHEEP 12/04/16 11 WATCH WATCHES 12/04/16 12 That’s all for today See you soon! 12/04/16 13 ... es is added to make the noun plural Example: Watch - Watches 12/04/16 Irregular Plural Nouns Noun type Ends with -fe Ends with -f Ends with -o 12/04/16 Forming the plural Change f to v then Add... 12/04/16 TWO STRAWBERRIES A A WATERMELON 12/04/16 TWO WATERMELONS Regular Plural Nouns Most nouns in English are made into plural nouns by adding an s to the singular form Example: Book  Books... Unchanging 12/04/16 Change the vowel or Change the word or Add a different ending Singular and plural are the same cactus - cacti nucleus - nuclei focus - foci analysis - analyses crisis - crises