Plural

 How to form plural?

1) a singular noun +s => plural

a pen = pens

a play = plays

2) consonant + y => IES

a cherry => cherries

a baby => babies

PS! vowel + y => YS

a toy => toys 

3) -sh, -ch, -tch, -s, -ss, -x => ES

a brush => brushes

a church => churches

a box => boxes

a dress => dresses

4) -f, -fe => VES 

a shelf => shelves

a wife => wives

PS! Kui f-tähega lõppeva sõna mitmust hääldad ka "f"-tähega, nagu näiteks roofs, siis järgi reeglit nr 1. 

5) -o => ES

     -o => S

a tomato => tomatoes

a zero => zeros

6) Irregular nouns - No plural

a sheep => sheep

a deer => deer

a fish => fish

7) Irregular nouns - different plural forms

A => E

a man => men

a woman => women

OO => EE

a goose => geese

a tooth => teeth

a foot => feet

a child => children

an ox => oxen

a person => people

a mouse => mice

Exercise at school: check your answers and write which rule did you use?

1) men
2) heroes
3) oxen
4) foxes
5) knives
6) tables
7) horses
8) dishes
9) days
10) children
11) tomatoes
12) people
13) computers
14) mice
15) wives
16) babies
17) doors
18) sandwiches
19) briefcases
20) women
21) cacti / cactuses
22) dictionaries
23) books
24) feet
25) classes

TEST

Write the plural forms

1) dress -
2) box -
3) foot -
4) shelf -
5) sheep -
6) child -
7) berry -
8) person -
9) key -
10) touch -

Now check your deskmate's test

1) DRESSES
2) BOXES
3) FEET
4) SHELVES
5) SHEEP
6) CHILDREN
7) BERRIES
8) PEOPLE
9) KEYS
10) TOUCHES

9-10p "5"
7-8p "4"
5-6p "3"
<4p "2"