Singular Plural -S – X - CH -S - SS - SH  BOY - BOYS BOX – BOXES CHURCH – CHURCHES BUS – BUSES CLASS – CLASSES DISH – DISHES - ES – Y - AY -EY - OY -UY –F /FE Examples - - IES  COUNTRY – COUNTRIES - S     DAY – DAYS MONKEY – MONKEYS BOY – BOYS GUY - GUYS • WIFE – WIVES VES EXCEPTIONS: BELIEFS / CLIFFS / DWARFS / GULFS/ PROOFS / ROOFS etc…… – o - ♣ POTATOE - POTATOES ES Exceptions: discos / chiefs / dwarfs / gulfs / proofs / roots DIFFERENT PLURAL AND DIFFERENT SPELLING      CHILD – CHILDREN FOOT – FEET LOUSE – LICE MAN – MEN MOUSE – MICE  WOMAN – WOMEN  OX – OXEN  TOOTH – TEETH NOTE: MILKMAN – MILKMEN, POLICEWOMAN – POLICEWOMEN, ETC WITH TWO PLURALS  BROTHER – BROTHERS (BRETHREN)  CLOTH – CLOTHES (CLOTHS)  GENIUS – GENIUSE (GENIL) Ex: Kids nowadays demand brand cloths 8.THE SAME IN PLURAL        DEER FISH MEANS SERIES SHEEP SPECIES SWINE Ex: these are rare species ONLY PLURAL        GLASSES JEANS PYJAMAS SCISSORS SHORTS TIGHTS TROUSERS, ETC……       CLOTHES CONTENTS CUSTOMS GREETINGS OUTSKIRTS STAIRS, ETC……           LUGGAGE MILK MONEY MUSIC NEWS RAIN SALT SUGAR TENNIS WATER ETC… Ex: These trousers are very expensive 10 ONLY SINGULAR (UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS)         AIR DAMAGE FURNITURE HAIR HOMEWORK INFORMATION KNOWLEDGE ADVICE Ex: The furniture is completely destroyed 11 COLLECTIVE NOUNS (PUT THE VERB IN THE PLURAL) PEOPLE POLICE CATTLE THE PORTUGUESE THE BRITISH EX: PEOPLE LIKE FOOTBALL 12 SEEM LIKE PLURAL BUT THEY ARE SINGULAR         ATHLETICS AUDIENCE DARTS ECONOMICS GYMANASTICS MEASLES MATHEMATHICS NEWS, ETC… Ex: Mathematics is a difficult subject for most students 13 COLLECTIVE NOUNS (PUT THE VERB IN THE SINGULAR OR PLURAL)         ARMY AUDIENCE CLASS COMMITTEE FAMILY GANG GOVERNMENT TEAM Ex: the army is deploying a number of soldiers in Kosovo The government have approved new economic laws 14 FROM LATIN TO GREEK     CRITERION – CRITERIA CURRICULUM – CURRICULA MEDIUM – MEDIA PHENOMENON PHENOMENA