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Plural Rules
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Plural Rule 1
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Most words add ‘s’ to make the plural.
one apple
desk →
two apples
desks
book → books
month → months
train →
trains
pen →
pens
name → names
shop →
shops
friend → friends
chair →
chairs
teacher →teachers
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pencil →
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window →
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door →
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road →
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cake →
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flower →
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banana →
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girl →
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shoe →
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plant →
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Plural Rule 2
Add ‘es’ to words ending in ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘s’, ‘ss’, ‘x’ or ‘z’ to make the plural.
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one box
many boxes
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wish →wishes
beach → beaches
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cross → crosses brush → brushes
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bus → buses
church → churches
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dish → dishes
glass →
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box → boxes
watch →
glasses
watches
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watch →
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glass →
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pitch →
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dress →
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wax →
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bush →
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class →
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hutch →
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gas →
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quiz →quizzes
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Plural Rule 3
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When the letter before a ‘y’ is a consonant, change the ‘y’ to an ‘i’ before adding an
‘es’.
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one baby
two babies
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city → cities
berry →
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pony → ponies
family → families
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reply → replies
lady →
berries
ladies
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daisy →
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diary →
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ferry →
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cherry →
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army →
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belly →
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party →
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jelly →
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fly →
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filly →
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Plural Rule 4
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When words end in ‘ay’, ‘ey’, ‘iy’, ’oy’, and ‘uy’ add an ‘s’ to make the plural
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one donkey
two donkeys
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day → days
boy →
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key → keys
delay →
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play → plays
guy →
boys
delays
guys
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quay →
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monkey →
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valley →
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trolley →
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tray →
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buoy →
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pulley →
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relay →
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toy →
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holiday →
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Plural Rule 5
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When words end in ‘f’ or ‘fe’ change the ‘f’ or ‘fe’ to a ‘ves’.
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one knife
two knives
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leaf → leaves
life →
lives
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half → halves
loaf →
loaves
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wife → wives
thief →
thieves
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wolf →
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elf →
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loaf →
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self →
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calf →
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shelf →
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Exceptions → cliffs, chiefs, roofs, dwarfs and handkerchiefs.
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Plural Rule 6
When a word ends in an ‘o’ and comes after a consonant, add ‘es’ to make the plural.
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one tomato
two tomatoes
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cargo →
cargoes
mango → mangoes
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echo →
echoes
hero →
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volcano →volcanoes
heroes
torpedo→ torpedoes
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potato →
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avocado →
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mosquito →
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domino →
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buffalo →
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dingo →
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Exceptions → pianos, banjos, solos, radios and Eskimos.
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Plural Rules 7
Irregulars
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one child
two children
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person →people
goose → geese
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man →men
woman → women
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tooth- teeth
foot-feet
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mouse-mice
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Plural Rule 8
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Sometimes a word may stay the same in both its singular and plural form.
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one fish
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tuna →
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deer →deer
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sheep →sheep
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series →series
many fish
tuna
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Plural Rule 9
Uncountable Nouns
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Air
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Electricity
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Chocolate
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Bread
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Hair
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water/tea/coffee
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Cheese
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Gold
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Blood
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Ice
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Butter
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Meat
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Jam
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Oil
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salt/sugar
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oxygen
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Exercises
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Singular
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tree
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mouse
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smile
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factory
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half
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postman
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toy
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table
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boy
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kiss
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Plural
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This-that-these-those
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this (bu), that (şu), these (bunlar), those (şunlar)
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This (singular-tekil) and these (plural-çoğul) nesne veya insanın konuşmacıya yakın
olduğunu bildirir.
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That (singular-tekil) and those (plural-çoğul) nesne veya insanın konuşmacıya uzak
olduğunu bildirir.
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This-that-these-those
Examples
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This car is very expensive.
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This is my umbrella.
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This is my friend, John.
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What is this?
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These houses are very old.
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These are tables.
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What are these
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This-that-these-those
Examples
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That woman is very beautiful.
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That is my car.
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What is that?
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Those students are very hardworking.
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Those are my books.
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What are those?
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Exercises
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Exercises
Circle the correct words
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This/These band is fantastic.
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That/Those singers are awful.
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This/These jeans are new.
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That/Those CD isn’t very expensive.
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This/These album is my father’s.
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Don’t open that/those window, please.
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Listen to this/these song.
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Exercises
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References
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Puchta, H . &Stranks, J.(2012). Mind your English. Cambridge University Press.
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http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/englishA3.htm
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