PLURAL OF NOUNS flower flowers bus buses man

PLURAL OF NOUNS flower - flowers / bus – buses / man - men

NOUN + S Singular = 1 (one) Plural = 2 + (two or more) a flower flower. S a week week. S a nice place nice place S this hat these hat S a flower S

Examples: a car. S a husband S a table. S a cap a house S a pen S

Write these nouns in the plural. a car a flat a village a balloon a chair a duck a pencil a goat a mother a bag a ball a stamp a river a town a nose a belt an apple a leg

Spelling -s/-sh/-ch/-x -es -o -y -es -ies ! -ay/-ey/-oy -ys -f/ -fe bus – buses, dish – dishes, church – churches, box - boxes potato - potatoes baby – babies, dictionary – dictionaries, party – parties day – days, monkey – monkeys, boy - boys shelf – shelves, leaf

Examples: a tomato. E a church S a baby bab. IES a fox church. E fox. ES S a wolf wol. VE S a bus. E S a fly fl. IES a scarf scar. VE

NOUNS OF FOREIGN ORIGIN ending in – O just add - S a radio. S a piano. S an avocado ZOOS a video S a ZOO avocado S

studio. S a kangaroo S a studio an expo. S a photo. S kilo a solo S a kilo solo. S a banjo. S

singular nouns ending in VOWEL + -Y just add - S donkey S a boy. S a donkey a key. S a toy. S a turkey. S a play. S

some singular nouns ending in – F nouns ending in or – FE just add - S giraffe roof. S a roof S a giraffe a sheriff cuff. S a cuff sheriff a cliff S cliff. S a safe. S

Write these nouns in the plural. a tomato a lady a city a leaf a gulf a hero a day a valley a half a wife a dress a boss a country a hippo a brush a box a class a potato

Irregular plural forms a man – men a woman – women a child – children an ox – oxen a mouse – mice a louse – lice a foot – feet a tooth – teeth a goose – geese + a person people one sheep – two sheep a deer – two deer a fish – two fish a dozen – two dozen means – means series – two series species – different species headquarters – headquarters crossroads – crossroads

Examples: a foot a sheep a tooth sh. EEp f. EEt t. EEth mice a child a woman wom. En childre n a mouse an ox m. E n a goose g. EEse a man oxen

Write these nouns in the plural. a man a mouse a foot a person an ox an aircraft a fish a child a dozen a deer a sheep crossroads a goose a woman a louse a tooth

Make plurals: flower boat woman city umbrella address knife sandwich family foot potato holiday flowers boats women cities umbrellas addresses knives sandwiches families feet potatoes holidays

Some nouns are always plural trousers shorts jeans pants tights pyjamas glasses scissors You can use A PAIR OF with these nouns.

Some nouns are usually plural shoes sandals boots slippers chopsticks gloves socks mittens flip-flops trainers

Change the sentences into the plural form. The baby sleeps. __________________________ This animal is an ox. __________________________ His foot is very big. __________________________ That woman is beautiful. _______________________ The child has got a white tooth. ____________________ This country has many inhabitants. __________________ This toy is educational. ________________________ There is a bench in the park. _____________________ That man eats a berry. ________________________ A calf is eating a leaf. ____________________ A wife cooks a lunch. ____________________ There is a scarf on the shelf. _________________