Plurals

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Slide 1 - Slide

Regular plurals
Just add -s to the end

Example: table - tables

Slide 2 - Slide

What is the plural of:
cat
A
cat
B
cats
C
cates
D
cattes

Slide 3 - Quiz

Ending in s-sound
If you want to make a word plural that ends in an s-sound, you have to add - es

Example: dish - dishes

Slide 4 - Slide

What is the plural of:
house
A
house
B
housses
C
houses
D
hice

Slide 5 - Quiz

What is the plural of:
bus
A
bus
B
buses
C
busses
D
bussess

Slide 6 - Quiz

What is the plural of:
lunch
A
lunches
B
lunchs
C
lunch
D
lunchess

Slide 7 - Quiz

Ending in -f or -fe
If you want to make a word plural that ends in -f or -fe, you have to change the -f to a -v and then add -s or -es

Example: wife - wives

Slide 8 - Slide

What is the plural of:
thief
A
thief
B
thiefs
C
thiefes
D
thieves

Slide 9 - Quiz

What is the plural of:
wolf
A
wolf
B
wolfs
C
wolves
D
wolfes

Slide 10 - Quiz

Ending in -y (after a consonant)
If you want to make a word plural that ends in a consonant + -y, you have to change the -y to -i and then add -es

Example: baby - babies

Slide 11 - Slide

What is the plural of:
city
A
cities
B
citys
C
city's
D
citis

Slide 12 - Quiz

What is the plural of:
puppy
A
puppy's
B
puppys
C
puppis
D
puppies

Slide 13 - Quiz

Watch out!
This is different in Dutch!
's is NOT allowed for plurals in English

Slide 14 - Slide

Ending in -y (after a vowel)
If you want to make a word plural that ends in a vowel + y, you can just add -s to the end

Example: day - days

Slide 15 - Slide

What is the plural of:
ray
A
raies
B
rays
C
rais
D
rayes

Slide 16 - Quiz

What is the plural of:
boy
A
boys
B
bois
C
boies
D
boyes

Slide 17 - Quiz

Ending in -o
If you want to make a word plural that ends in -o, you have to add -es

Example: tomato - tomatoes

Slide 18 - Slide

What is the plural of:
potato
A
potatos
B
potatoes
C
potato's
D
potato

Slide 19 - Quiz

What is the plural of:
hero
A
heros
B
hero's
C
heroes
D
heroos

Slide 20 - Quiz

Ending in -o (exceptions!)
There are many exceptions that end in -o, but have a regular plural with -s. These are in most cases borrowed words from other languages.

Example: studio - studios

Slide 21 - Slide

What is the plural of:
photo
A
photo's
B
photos
C
photoes
D
photi

Slide 22 - Quiz

Irregular plurals
There are many plurals that can't be explained. 

Slide 23 - Slide

What is the plural of:
foot

Slide 24 - Open question

What is the plural of:
sheep

Slide 25 - Open question

What is the plural of:
man

Slide 26 - Open question

What is the plural of:
series

Slide 27 - Open question

What is the plural of:
mouse

Slide 28 - Open question

What is the plural of:
woman

Slide 29 - Open question

What is the plural of:
child

Slide 30 - Open question