English Nouns and Plurals ~ Los nombres y plurales ingleses

singular + -s

singular	plural
a car	two cars
a cassette	two cassettes
a lamp	two lamps
a hat	two hats
a cup	two cups

Add -es after sibilants:

singular	plural
a box	two boxes
a sandwich	two sandwiches
a suitcase	two suitcases
a rose	two roses
a garage	two garages

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Substitute y after consonant with -ies:

singular	plural
a city	two cities
a lady	two ladies

Add -s after vowel + y:

singular	plural
a boy	two boys
a day	two days

There are two forms of the plural of the word penny:
pennies -> You refer to the coins.
pence -> You refer to the price (how much sth. is).

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Nouns on -f or -fe:

add -s		substitute with -ves
singular	plural	singular	plural
a roof	two roofs	a thief	two thieves
a cliff	two cliffs	a wife	two wives
a sheriff	two sheriffs	a shelf	two shelves

There are two forms possible:

scarf - scarfs/scarves
hoof - hoofs/hooves

Add -s for words ending in -ff.

Always use a dictionary if you are not sure.

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Nouns on -o form the plural by adding -s or -es.

add -s		substitute with -ves
singular	plural	singular	plural
a disco	two discos	a tomato	two tomatoes
a piano	two pianos	a potato	two potatoes
a photo	two photos	a hero	two heroes

Some nouns can have two plural forms:

buffalo - buffalos/buffaloes
mosquito - mosquitos/mosquitoes
tornado - tornados/tornadoes

There is no rule when to use -s or -es. We often add -s with technical words.

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Irregular plural forms:

singular	plural
a man	two men
a woman	two women
a child	two children
a mouse	two mice
a tooth	two teeth
a goose	two geese
a foot	two feet
an ox	two oxen

 

 

 

What is the correct plural of the word?

1. How many (person) study English as a second language?
2. Five (woman) opened a computer service company.
3. Even (child) enjoy learning on the Internet.
4. Most basketball players are 6 (foot) tall or more.
5. Which breed of (sheep) produces the finest wool?
6. My (tooth) are sensitive to the cold.
7. At daylight savings time, we have to change our (watch) .
8. The boys went fishing and caught 10 (fish) .
9. There are 10 (man) in the Maintenance Department.
10. The (wife) keep their (knife) on the (shelf) .
11. (Goose) are water birds.
12. (Piano) are difficult to move .
13. There are some (policeman) in my house!
14. I've lost my (luggage) .

Write down the correct form of the plural:

1. city - .
2. house - .
3. boy - .
4. family - .
5. life - .
6. photo - .
7. phone - .
8. sandwich - .
9. nurse - .
10. elf - .
11. phenomenon - .
12. criterion - .
13. village - .
14. toy - .

Warning

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• Punctuation and capitalization
• Spelling
• Spaces (don't add any unnecessary spaces)

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