How to form plural?
1) a singular noun +s => plural
a pen = pens
a play = plays
2) consonant + y => IES
a cherry => cherries
a baby => babies
PS! vowel + y => YS
a toy => toys
3) -sh, -ch, -tch, -s, -ss, -x => ES
a brush => brushes
a church => churches
a box => boxes
a dress => dresses
4) -f, -fe => VES
a shelf => shelves
a wife => wives
PS! Kui f-tähega lõppeva sõna mitmust hääldad ka "f"-tähega, nagu näiteks roofs, siis järgi reeglit nr 1.
5) -o => ES
-o => S
a tomato => tomatoes
a zero => zeros
6) Irregular nouns - No plural
a sheep => sheep
a deer => deer
a fish => fish
7) Irregular nouns - different plural forms
A => E
a man => men
a woman => women
OO => EE
a goose => geese
a tooth => teeth
a foot => feet
a child => children
an ox => oxen
a person => people
a mouse => mice
Exercise
1) man
2) hero
3) ox
4) fox
5) knife
6) table
7) horse
8) dish
9) day
10) child
11) tomato
12) person
13) computer
14) mouse
15) wife
16) baby
17) door
18) sandwich
19) briefcase
20) woman
21) cactus
22) dictionary
23) book
24) foot
25) class
Exercise at school: check your answers and write which rule did you use?
2) heroes
3) oxen
4) foxes
5) knives
6) tables
7) horses
8) dishes
9) days
10) children
11) tomatoes
12) people
13) computers
14) mice
15) wives
16) babies
17) doors
18) sandwiches
19) briefcases
20) women
21) cactuses / cacti
22) dictionaries
23) books
24) feet
25) classes
TEST
Write the plural forms
1) dress -
2) box -
3) foot -
4) shelf -
5) sheep -
6) child -
7) berry -
8) person -
9) key -
10) touch -
Now check your deskmate's test
1) DRESSES
2) BOXES
3) FEET
4) SHELVES
5) SHEEP
6) CHILDREN
7) BERRIES
8) PEOPLE
9) KEYS
10) TOUCHES
9-10p "5"
7-8p "4"
5-6p "3"
<4p "2"
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