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Regular Plurals

The document provides rules for forming regular and irregular plurals in English, detailing various endings and their corresponding pluralization methods. It includes examples for nouns ending in -s, -sh, -ch, -x, -o, -y, -f, and -fe, as well as a list of irregular plural forms. Additionally, the document contains exercises for practicing pluralization.

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Regular Plurals

The document provides rules for forming regular and irregular plurals in English, detailing various endings and their corresponding pluralization methods. It includes examples for nouns ending in -s, -sh, -ch, -x, -o, -y, -f, and -fe, as well as a list of irregular plural forms. Additionally, the document contains exercises for practicing pluralization.

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REGULAR PLURALS:
Generally, we add -s to the noun to form their plural form:
a plant - plants
a shop-shops
a cat-cats
a dog-dogs

We add -es if the singular noun ends in -s ,-ss, -sh, -ch or -x.
a bus - buses
a dish- dishes
a fox-foxes
a boss-bosses
a branch - branches

There are some nouns that end in -o . We add -es to form their plural:
a tomato - tomatoes
a potato - potatoes
a hero - heroes
a volcano - volcanoes

To other nouns ending in -o, we add -s


a piano - pianos
a radio - radios
a photo - photos

To the nouns ending in the consonant -y, we add -ies and get rid of -y 
a baby - babies
a family - families
a strawberry- strawberries

The nouns that end in either -f or -fe form their plural by adding -ves:
one life - lives
a thief - thieves
a knife - knives
a loaf - loaves

PLURAL IRREGULAR

a man - men a goose - geese


a woman - women a mouse - mice
a child - children a sheep- sheep
a person - people a fish - fish
a tooth - teeth an ox -oxen
a foot - feet a louse - lice
a die -dice a salmon - salmoN

EXERCISE 1. Write the plurals of these words: (only -> -es, -s, -ies)

1. a chair ______________ 5. a watch _______________


2. a cup _______________ 6. an orange _______________
3. a glass _______________ 7. a pen _______________
4. a notebook _______________ 8. a bag _______________
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9. a zebra _______________ 15. a desk _______________


10. a room _______________ 16. a box _______________
11. a knight _______________ 17. a church _______________
12. a dish _______________ 18. a bush _______________
13. a butterfly _______________ 19. a fox _______________
14. a fly _______________ 20. a kiss _______________

EXERCISE 2. Write the plural form:

1. an eye ______________ 9. a finger _______________


2. an elbow ______________ 10. a head _______________
3. a foot _______________ 11. an eyelash ______________
4. a thumb _______________ 12. an eyebrow ______________
5. an ear _______________ 13. a fingernail ______________
6. an arm _______________ 14. a cheek ______________
7. a tooth _______________ 15. an ankle ______________
8. a knee _______________

EXERCISE 3. Write the plural form of the nouns:

1. a pig ______________
2. a zebra _______________
3. a mouse _______________
4. a lion _______________
5. a tiger _______________
6. a kitten _______________
7. a goldfish _______________
8. a turtle _______________
9. an elephant _______________
10. a wolf _______________
11. an owl _______________
12. a raccoon _______________
13. a sheep _______________
14. a fox _______________
15. a whale ______

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