1. Primary Longman Elect 2A Chapter 4 Plural nouns ―
‘-s’ / ‘-es’ / ‘-ies’

2. Plural nouns
When there are 2 or more of an object, we call it ‘plural’.
We add ‘s’ after most nouns.
e.g.
a banana
a pear
 bananas
 pears

3. Plural nouns
We add ‘es’ after nouns ending in ‘o’, ‘s’, ‘x’, ‘ch’ and ‘sh’.
e.g.
a mango
a glass
a box
 mangoes
 glasses
 boxes

4. Plural nouns
We add ‘es’ after nouns ending in ‘o’, ‘s’, ‘x’, ‘ch’ and ‘sh’.
e.g.
a peach
a bush
 peaches
 bushes

5. Plural nouns
We change ‘y’ to ‘ies’ when the nouns ending in a consonant (not a, e, i, o, u) and ‘y’
e.g.
a cherry
a strawberry
 cherries
 strawberries

6. Spelling rules Rule Examples + ‘s’ after most nouns banana  bananas
pear  pears
+ ‘es’ for nouns ending in ‘o’, ‘s’ and ‘x’
mango  mangoes
glass  glasses
box  boxes
+ ‘es’ for nouns ending in ‘ch’ and ‘sh’
peach  peaches
dish  dishes
Change ‘y’ to ‘ies’ for nouns ending in a consonant + ‘y’
cherry  cherries

7. Practice
Choose the correct answer. +s
+es
+ies
tomato____ es

8. Practice
Choose the correct answer. +s
+es
+ies
cake____ s

9. Practice
Choose the correct answer. +s
+es
+ies
cherry____
ies

10. Practice Choose the correct answer. A. I like mangos.
B. I like mangies.
C. I like mangoes.

11. Practice
Choose the correct answer.
C. I like mangoes.

12. Practice Choose the correct answer. A. I like strawberrys.
B. I like strawberries.
C. I like strawberryes.

13. Practice
Choose the correct answer.
B. I like strawberries.

14. Practice Choose the correct answer. A. I like pears.
B. I like pearies.
C. I like peares.

15. Practice
Choose the correct answer.
A. I like pears.

16. The End