11-02 : Plural

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Grammar : Plural

Plurals (meervouden)

Most plurals have a regular plural form. You make these words plural by adding an -s.

NEVER use -'s for plural forms!

• gift - gifts
• dog - dogs
• message - messages
• car - cars

Plurals - Nouns with /sh/-sound

Nouns that end with -s, -ss, -x, -z or ch get -es

• bus - buses
• match - matches
• glass - glasses
• box - boxes
• buzz - buzzes

Plurals - Nouns that end in -o

Nouns that end with consonant + o usually get - es

But there are exceptions, these are usually borrowed from other languages. These words get -s in plural form

• hero - heroes / tomato - tomatoes / echo - echoes
• exceptions: photo - photos / solo - solos / radio - radios

Plurals - Nouns with (e)f

Nouns that end with -f or -ef get -ves

• shelf - shelves
• wolf - wolves
• knife - knives
• dwarf - dwarves
• leaf - leaves

Plurals - nouns that end in -y

1) nouns that end in consonant + y get -ies

2) nouns that end in vowel + y get -s          (vowels: a, e, i, o, u)

1. party - parties / baby - babies  / hobby  - hobbies 
2. key - keys  / boy - boys / eye - eyes

Plurals - irregular forms

1) some nouns have irregular plural forms

2) some nouns stay the same in plural form

1. mouse - mice / woman - women / man - men / foot - feet / tooth - teeth 
2. one fish - twenty fish / sheep - sheep / moose - moose

I can see two __________ (fish) in the fish tank

1. Fish
2. Fishes

How many _____________ (child) are there in the school yard?

1. child
2. children

We still need three more forks and _________ (knife) for our dinner guests.

1. knifes
2. knives

Sharks can grown thousand of ________ (tooth) in a lifetime.

1. tooths
2. teeth

I really want to sit down, my _________ (foot) are killing me.

1. foot
2. feet

Cats like to catch ____________ (mouse).

1. mouses
2. mice

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Ex.  : Plurals 

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Ex. Irregular plurals