Ch 7
Plural Nouns
cats · boxes · cities · children
Most English nouns become plural by adding -s to the end.
Singular
student → students
Most nouns follow this simple rule — just add an "s" sound.
-s
bus → buses · kiss → kisses
-sh
dish → dishes · brush → brushes
-ch
watch → watches · church → churches
-x
box → boxes · fox → foxes
-o
tomato → tomatoes · potato → potatoes (but photo → photos, piano → pianos)
Exception: roof → roofs, chief → chiefs (no change)
fish, sheep
→ same form (no change)
Three childs ran past.
→
Three children ran past.
Irregular: child → children
Two deers were there.
→
Two deer were there.
No change: deer → deer
The informations is wrong.
→
The information is wrong.
"Information" is uncountable
He bought three breads.
→
He bought three loaves of bread.
"Bread" is uncountable
Answer with plural nouns — watch the spelling and the irregulars.
1
How many people live in your home? How many children?
2
What things are in your kitchen? (knives, glasses, boxes…)
3
Count things you can see: two… three… five…
4
Say three irregular plurals in sentences (men, feet, teeth…).
Recap
-s, -sh, -ch, -x, -o
+ es
box → boxes
consonant + y
y → ies
city → cities
-f / -fe
→ ves
leaf → leaves
Irregular
memorise
man → men · child → children