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Plural nouns
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Make nouns plural with -s, -es and -ies, and learn common irregular plurals.
Choose the correct plural
Choose the correct plural form.
- I have three ___ in my bag.
- There are a lot of ___ in the park today.
- We need two ___ for the soup.
- Mina visits many ___ every year.
- Please put the ___ in the cupboard.
- My little brother is one year old, and he has four ___ now.
- The farmer has twenty ___ on his land.
- In autumn, the ___ fall from the trees.
Write the plural
Type the plural form of the word in brackets.
- There are two ___ (bus) outside the school.
- Kofi and Jamal are my best ___ (friend).
- How many ___ (person) live in your house?
- The ___ (key) are on the kitchen table.
- My ___ (foot) are cold.
- Sofia reads ___ (story) to her little sister every night.
- We have three ___ (box) of old toys.
- There are two ___ (woman) at the door.
Answer key
Choose the correct plural
- c) booksMost nouns just add -s: book becomes books.
- b) childrenChild has an irregular plural: children. We never add -s to children.
- a) potatoesPotato is one of the nouns in -o that add -es: potatoes.
- b) citiesCity ends in a consonant + y, so y changes to -ies.
- c) dishesDish ends in -sh, so we add -es.
- b) teethTooth has an irregular plural: teeth.
- a) sheepSheep has the same form in the singular and the plural.
- c) leavesLeaf ends in -f, and its plural is leaves.
Write the plural
- busesBus ends in -s, so we add -es.
- friendsFriend is a regular noun, so we add -s.
- peopleThe usual plural of person is people.
- keysKey ends in a vowel + y, so we just add -s.
- feetFoot has an irregular plural: feet.
- storiesStory ends in a consonant + y, so y changes to -ies.
- boxesBox ends in -x, so we add -es.
- womenWoman has an irregular plural: women.