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Plurals and Possessives

This document provides guidelines for forming plurals and possessives in English. It explains that regular plurals are formed by adding -s, irregular plurals have varying forms, and possessives are formed with 's except for names already ending in s. Edge cases like plural nouns ending in s taking a possessive apostrophe only are also covered. The document offers clear rules and examples for these common grammatical constructs.

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Plurals and Possessives

This document provides guidelines for forming plurals and possessives in English. It explains that regular plurals are formed by adding -s, irregular plurals have varying forms, and possessives are formed with 's except for names already ending in s. Edge cases like plural nouns ending in s taking a possessive apostrophe only are also covered. The document offers clear rules and examples for these common grammatical constructs.

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Plural

s A, an | -s
A/an

▪ Use
a/an
with
singular
nouns

▪ Use an with a noun beginning with a vowel: a, e, i,


o, u.
▪ Use a with nouns beginning with consonants

Regular
plurals

▪ Add -s to
make
plural
nouns
It’s a pen = They’re pens
▪ Don’t use a/an with plural nouns
They’re keys = They’re a keys

Regular
plurals
Singular Spelling Plural A book

A key Add -sBooks


Keys
A watch

A boxAdd -es after ch, sh, s, xWatches


Boxes
A country

A dictionaryConsonant + y = -ies Countries Dictionaries

Irregular plurals
Singular Plurals

A man woman
A A child
A Childre
person n
Foot People
Men Feet
Women
Possessive

s Possessive ‘s
‘s

▪ Use possessive ‘s to show possession after the


name of people, animals, organizations: –
Where are the dog’s toys?
– What do you think of the government’s plans for
education program?
– That’s mark’s jacket
– This is a picture of my dream’s house

‘s
▪ If a name ends with -s, we make the
possessive with ‘ or ‘s.

▪ I asked Chris’ advice


▪ I asked Chris’s advice
‘s

▪ Possessives are different for regular and


irregular plurals:
–After a plural noun ending in -s, we make the
possessive with a final ‘ (but not extra s)

▪ This is a photo of my parents’ house

–After an irregular plural not ending in -s, we


make the possessive with ‘s
▪ That’s the children’s bedroom
‘s

▪ We can use name/person + ‘s to mean that

person’s house or flat

–We spent the weekend at Paul’s

–I went to my grandmother’s yesterday

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