Regular And Irregular Plural Nouns

REGULAR AND I RREGULAR PLURAL NOUNS By: Dr. Shadia Y. Banjar

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(Add –s to the end of noun) The plural of most nouns is formed by adding final –s. cup cups student students song songs

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Plural (nouns) (Add –s to the end of noun) table

girl

tables s

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girls s

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Add –esto a singular noun that ends with s, z , x, ch, or sh.

glasses

glass

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Plural (nouns) foxes

fox

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Plural (nouns) lunches

lunch

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Plural (nouns) dish

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dishes

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If a noun ends in a consonant + -y, change the y to an i and add –es. babies ies

baby y

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Plural (nouns) Some nouns end in -o need –es to form the plural. tomato o

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potato potat o

tomatoes es

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potatoes es

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Plural (nouns) Some nouns end in -o need only –s to form the plural. photo phot o

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photoes es

kangaroo kangaro o

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kangaroos s

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Plural (nouns) Some nouns end in –f/ -fe are changed to –ves to form the plural. knife kni fe

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knives es

thieff thie

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thieves s

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Plural (nouns) Some nouns end in -f simply need only –s to form the plural. roofs s

rooff roo

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Pronunciation of plurals(s plurals (s / es es)) A. Final –sis pronounced / z/ after voiced sounds (taxicabs, beds, dogs, balls, years, days, boys, trees, etc.) B. Final –s is pronounced / s/ after voiceless sounds (books, cups, groups, cats, students, desks, etc.) C. Final –s, es is pronounced / ez/ after “s” sounds (classes, horses, boxes, faces) after “z” sounds (sizes, roses, noises) after “sh” sounds (dishes, bushes) after “ch” sounds (matches, sandwiches) after “ge/ dge” sounds (pages, ages, bridges, edges) 1/ 3/ 2009

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Some nouns have irregular plural forms that do not end in -s. oxen

child children ox

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Man men Woman women Child children Ox Oxen Foot feet Mouse mice Tooth teeth Fish fish _____ people (is always plural) (no s)

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Some nouns have the same singular and plural forms. Two fish One fish

One sheep Two sheep

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Some nouns that English has borrowed from other languages have foreign plurals.

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