Plural

Some rules for forming the plural:

1- When the noun ends in S, SH, CH, X or Z*, we add -ES to the noun.

kiss - kisses

2- When the noun ends in a VOWEL + Y, we add -S to the noun.

holiday - holidays

3- When the noun ends in a CONSONANT + Y, we remove Y and add -IES to the noun.

party - parties

4- If the noun ends in F or FE, we remove the F/FE and add -VES to the noun.

life - lives

5. If the noun ends in a CONSONANT + O, we normally add -ES to the noun.

Tomato-Tomatoes

6-There are a number of nouns that don't follow these rules. They are irregular and you need to learn them individually because they don't normally have an S on the end.

man men

7- There are some nouns in English that are the same in the singular and the plural.

fish - fish / sheep - sheep

8- If the noun ends in US, we change it to I. Words that end in US usually have a Latin root.

cactus - cacti

8- If the noun ends in IS, we change it to ES. Words that end in IS usually have a Greek root.

analysis - analyses

Sequência vocálica – oo no meio da palavra deve ser substituída pela sequência vocálica – ee

Em todas as regras existem exceções.

Change these words or sentences to the plural

1- box_________  2- tomato___________ 3- accident______________  4-bus________   5-apple__________  6-class________  7 book____________ 8- church_________ 9- supply_________  10- wolf________ 11- crisis ______ 12-cactus ___________ 

13- oasis _________ 14-  fox__________  15- criterion __________16-hero_________  17- wish_________ 18- fly_________   19-potato___________  20- photo_______ 21 baby______________22-  life__________ 23- tooth______ 24- woman_________  25- man________ 26- glasses__________  27-sheep_________28  fish________29- Child__________ 30Goose______ 31-City__________  32-Person___________ 33-Epoch_______ 34-Quiz________35-Kiss_________ 36-Brush______ 37-Pro______  38-Auto_____  39- Bamboo_____ 40-Zoo______ 41-Ally______42 Day_____ 43-Thief________.44- He is a student.__________________ 45-She is a nurse_________________. 46 Do you like pizza?_____________________. 47There is a dog in my house____________________ 48-That car is new____________________  49 His foot is big _______________________.   50-The mouse is black  ____________________