2. Two or more

 

PLURALS IN ENGLISH

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Write the plural nouns:

1 plane 2

1 bird2

1 building5

1 cookie3

1 egg4

1 eye2

1 treemany

1 zebra2

1 finger5

1 friend3

1 sandwich2

1 sock2

1 toothmany

1 computermany

 

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In your notebook, write the plural of the following sentences:

REMEMBER:

  • "A" (or "an") means "one" so you don't use "a" in front of a plural noun
  • Adjectives in English have no plural
  1. It's a nice watch.
  2. I'm an English teacher.
  3. You're an Italian student.
  4. That isn't a problem.
  5. This is a beautiful dress.
  6. Monday is a busy day.
  7. He's a good friend.
  8. Close your book.
  9. A child is a little man or woman.
  10. She's a very important person.
 

THE PRONUNCIATION OF THE PLURAL IN ENGLISH

In the presentation above, you learnt that :

  • words ending in an f sound, change the f to v and add -es to make the plural
  • words ending in consonant + y, change the y to i and add -es to make the plural
  • many words ending in -o, add -ed to make the plural
  • nouns ending in -sh,-ch,-s, -x y -z add -es to make the plural

The pronunciation of the plural -es in these words is:

 

Listen and repeat:

  • actresses
  • addresses
  • boxes
  • countries
  • dictionaries
  • housewives
  • nationalities
  • sandwiches
  • watches