Plurals

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Plurals 

one cat, two cats

one dog, two dogs

Plural 

Singular

duck

candles

bottles

chairs

pencil

time

puppy

cars

Today you will learn

How to make plural forms of nouns 

Rule

For most nouns, add -s

Dog > Dogs

Plate > Plates

Rule

For nouns which end in -s, -ch, -sh, -x, add -es

Dress > Dresses

Box > boxes

Beach > beaches

Rule

For nouns which end in consonant + -y, change the -y to -ies

Berry > berries

Baby > babies

but:

Highway > highways

Rule 

For some nouns which end in -f or -fe, change -f to -v and add 

-es

half>halves

knife>knives

wife>wives

Some nouns are irregular

foot > feet

man > men

child > children

person>people

Did you find the _______? (berry)

A

berry

B

berryes

C

berries

D

berrys

What is the plural of:

A

puppies

B

puppy's

C

puppys

D

puppen

How many _______ do you have today? (class)

A

class

B

classes

C

classies

D

class's

What is the plural of: wolf

A

wolfs

B

wolves

C

wolfes

D

wolf'es

What is the plural of man?

A

mens

B

mans

C

man's

D

men

There were so many _______ at the zoo! (animal)

A

animal

B

animales

C

animalies

D

animals

My grandpa has a lot of different _______ in his pond

A

fish

B

fishes

C

fishies

D

fish's

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Website

https://agendaweb.org/grammar/plural-exercises.html