Rule #1Nouns ending in s, z, x, sh, o and ch form the plural by adding - es.

watch  watches

Tomato tomatoes box  boxes dish   dishes

 

Exercise:  Write the plural of each of these nouns

 Dress ..........................  Brush .......................... Wish ..........................  class..........................

Rule #2Nouns ending in - y preceded by a consonant is formed into a plural by changing - y to - ies.  Examples:  lady, ladies; city, cities; army, armies

Exercise:  Write the plural of the following words

 fly..........................  baby ..........................  

 lady.......................... cherry .......................... city..........................  sky ..........................

Rule #3Nouns ending in y before there is a vowel form their plurals by adding - s.  Example:  boy, boys; day, days

Exercise:  Write the plural of the following words

 Day ..........................  toy..........................

 volley..........................  joy..........................  

 Rule #4The plural of nouns is usually formed by adding - s to a singular noun.

 lamp  lamps cat  cats fork  forks flower  flowers pen  pens

 

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Rule #5Some nouns ending in f or fe are made plural by changing f or fe to - ves.  Example:  beef, beeves; wife, wives

Exercise:  Write the plural of the following words   

 shelf..........................   leaf..........................  wolf..........................  knife.......................... half..........................  thief..........................  wife..........................  life..........................   

 

 

IRREGULAR PLURALS

 man, men  foot, feet  

 woman, women  tooth, teeth  

 child, children  mouse, mice  goose, geese

Change into plural

1. flower

2.

boat

3.

woman

4.

city

5.

umbrella

6.

address

7.

knife

1. man

3.

life

5.

leaf

7.

child

10.

mouse

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f low ers flow er *

boats boat *

w omen w oman *

cities city *

umbrellas umbrella *

addresses address *

men man *

knives knife *

lives life *

calves calf *

leaves leaf *

w omen w oman *

children child *

families family *

8.

sandwich

9.

family

10.

foot

11.

tooth

12.

wife

13.

shelf

14.

wolf

11. holiday

12.

potato

"How much or how many” ?1) …………………………………………… languages does your teacher speak ?

2) …………………………………………… money do you have with you ?

3) …………………………………………… milk do you usually drink a day ?

4) …………………………………………… people are there in your English class ?

5) …………………………………………… does your pen cost ?

6) …………………………………………… exercises have you done in this book ?

7) …………………………………………… rings are you wearing at the moment ?

8) …………………………………………… rain is there in your country in September ?

9) …………………………………………… money do you want?

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knives knife *

sandw iches sandw ich *

families family *

feet foot *

mice mouse *

teeth tooth *

w ives w ife *

shelves shelf *

holidays holiday *

w olves w olf *

loaves loaf *

potatoes potato *

babies

10) …………………………………………… steaks do you have?

11) …………………………………………… children do you have?

12) …………………………………………… bottles do you want?

13) …………………………………………… times do you see him?

Complete the conversation with: much, many, a lot, or a lot of.

1. I eat _______________healthy food, like fruit.

2. I drink______________coffee today.

3. How _______________fruit do you usually eat?

4. Do you eat___________cookies or ice cream?

5. I don’t eat ___________cookies.

6. I eat ____________ice cream.

7. I eat __________ vegetables.

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