Businesswomen earn lots of money Wr i There are ants in the kitchen t e There is a very small house leaves t eggs h e addresses _ s parties Mark has got a brown dog e boxes s ways _ e box n lions Lucas has got a fast motorbike t ball beaches e brush n balls _ lion Ma c tomatoes A red rose means love W te egg brushes r cs tomato i h _ i t address e tn The duck is in the lake party h Some nouns have got an irregular plural form t t e way h h _ Examples: beach e se Twelve singular nouns ending s i leaf Remember: in –f or –fe change the –f or – s two e n Adjectves not hap take – fe to –ves i g s in the plural (calf, half, n knife, leaf, life, loaf, u py self, sheaf, lg thief, wife, wolf) girls u a Examples: rl calf → calves a knife →knives r n o u n w i t h t h General e rule: Singular noun + s = Plural Noun p l Examples: u r table a→ tables car →l cars foot → feet goose → geese tooth → teeth louse → lice mouse → mice ox → oxen child → children man → men woman → women s e n t e n c e s p l u r a l • words of foreign origin ending in –o just add –s Examples: piano → pianos kilo → kilos i n Singular nouns ending in a t consonant + -y change the –y to –I h + -es = Plural noun e Singular nouns ending in –s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, -o + –es = Plural nouns Examples: watch → watches brush → brushes tomato → tomatoes fox →foxes a hap py girl Example: baby →babies • Nouns ending in –y following a vowel just add –s Example: day →days f o r m Milkmen deliver milk General rule: Singular noun + s = Plural Noun Twelve singular nouns ending in –f or –fe Examples: (calf, half, knife, leaf, life, loaf, self, sheaf, thief, table → tables car → cars change the –f or –fe to –ves wife, wolf) Examples: calf → calves knife →knives Singular nouns ending in –s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, -o + –es = Plural nouns Examples: watch → watches Some nouns have got an irregular plural form brush → brushes tomato → tomatoes Examples: fox →foxes foot → feet • words of foreign origin ending in –o just add –s goose → geese Examples: tooth → teeth piano → pianos louse → lice kilo → kilos mouse → mice ox → oxen child → children Singular nouns ending in a consonant + -y change the –y to –I + -es = Plural noun man → men woman → women Example: baby →babies • Nouns ending in –y following a vowel just add –s Example: day →days Remember: Adjectves not take –s in the plural a happy girl two happy girls Match the singular noun with the plural form Write these sentences in the singular box leaves Milkmen deliver milk ball eggs brush addresses lion parties egg boxes tomato ways address lions party beaches way balls beach tomatoes leaf brushes Businesswomen earn lots of money There are ants in the kitchen Write these sentences in the plural There is a very small house _ Mark has got a brown dog _ Lucas has got a fast motorbike _ A red rose means love _ The duck is in the lake _