اللغة الإنجليزية — Plural Nouns: Regular and Irregular Forms — 1ثانوي — شعبة آداب — Algerian Curriculum

Plural Nouns: Regular and Irregular Forms

In English, nouns can be singular or plural. The plural form usually ends in -s or -es, but there are many irregular plurals to learn.

Regular plurals

• Add -s : book → books, cat → cats, pen → pens
• Add -es after -ch, -sh, -s, -x, -o : watch → watches, box ↂ boxes, bus ‒buses, tomato → tomatoes
• Consonant + -y → -ies : baby → babies, city → cities, story → stories
• Ending in -f or -fe → -ves : wolf → wolves, knife → knives, shelf → shelves

Irregular plurals

• man → men, woman → women, child ↂ children
• foot ↂ feet, tooth → teeth, goose ↂ geese
• mouse → mice, louse → lice
• sheep → sheep, fish ↂ fish, deer → deer (same form)
• person → people, ox → oxen

Nouns that are always plural

Some nouns are always plural : trousers, glasses, scissors, clothes, goods, thanks.

Exercises

Exercise 1: Write the plural form. (1) child → ____ (2) foot ↂ ____ (3) tomato → ____ (4) baby → ____ (5) knife ↂ ____

Exercise 2: Complete the sentences. (1) I have two ____ (brother). (2) The ____ (woman) are teachers. (3) I see three ____ (sheep) in the field.

Study also Articles: A, An, The and learn about Comparatives and Superlatives.

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