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Escola Secundária
Dr. Manuel Gomes de Almeida

DIRECÇÃO REGIONAL DE EDUCAÇÃO DO NORTE

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Singular means one; Plural means more than one.
General rule: add -s to most nouns (books)
Nouns ending in s, sh, ch, x or z, and some nouns ending in o: add -es (watches)
Nouns ending in consonant + y: Change the -y into i and add -es (babies)
Some nouns ending in f(e): change f(e) to v(e) and add (e)s (wolves)
EXERCISES
A. WRITE THE PLURAL FOR EACH NOUN:
1. song

2. branch

3. boy

4. lady

5. house

6. Friend

7. sky

8. ruler

9. Box

10. Peach

11. Book

12. Person

13. bush

14. Valley

15. Ranch

16. Fox

17. Tomato

18. Child

19. baseball

20. Fly

21. Dish

22. Bird

23. Donkey

24. Woman

25. desk

26. Guess

27. Day

28. Room

29. Berry

30. Hour

31. coconut

32. Test

33. Negro

34. Monkey

35. Apple

36. Strawberry

37. table

38. Stewardess

39. Bus

40. Hero

B. WRITE THE PLURAL OF THE NOUNS:
1.

Zoo -

7. Axe –

13. Witch –

2. Puzzle –

8. Loss -

14. Family -

3. Quiz –

9. Maths -

15. Holiday -

4. Buzz –

10. Toy -

16. Radish -

5. Tax –

11. Boot -

17. Fish -

6. Taxi -

12. Police -

18. Butterfly -


C. REWRITE IN THE SINGULAR:
1.

They are very nice people. - ____________________________________________

2. Those men over there are waiting for the buses. - _________________________________
3. Footballers don’t wear trousers but shorts when they play. - _________________________
4. Their wives are efficient secretaries. _________________________________________
5. The children put on their pyjamas and kissed their mothers goodnight. __________________________________________________________
6.

These plants are very rare species. _______________________________________________
7. We should do the exercise by ourselves. ________________________________________________

D. REWRITE IN THE PLURAL:
1.

This pair of scissors isn’t very sharp. __________________________________________

2. The policeman is looking for the thief. - _________________________________________
3. Your pair of jeans is dirty and your T-shirt too. - __________________________________
4. This new American TV series is very interesting. I like it very much. - __________________
5. A woman is often a better teacher than a man. - __________________________________
6. Do you know the person who lives next door? - ___________________________________
7. My life has changed a lot since I was a child. - ___________________________________

SOME IRREGULAR PLURALS

child- children

woman- women

knife- knives

ox- oxen

goose- geese

mouse- mice

man- men
foot- feet

shelf- shelves
tooth- teeth