1. PLURAL OF NOUNS flower - flowers / bus – buses / man - men

2. NOUN + Singular = 1 (one) Plural = 2 + (two or more)  a flower flower  a week week  a nice place nice place  this hat these hat a flowerflowerS

3. Examples: a husband pen S table S a table car S a car a cap husband S a house cap S a pen house S

4. Spelling  -s/-sh/-ch/-x  -o  -y  -ay/-ey/-oy  -f/ -fe  bus – buses, dish – dishes, church – churches, box - boxes  potato - potatoes  baby – babies, dictionary – dictionaries, party – parties  day – days, monkey – monkeys, boy - boys  shelf – shelves, leaf – leaves, wife - wives

5. Examples: fl IES church ES a church bab IES a baby tomato ES a tomato a fly fox ES a fox a wolf wol VES bus ES a bus a scarf scar VES

6. piano S a piano radio S a radio video S a video ZOO S a ZOO avocado S an avocado

7. a photo kangaroo S a kangaroo kilo S studio S a studio expo S an expo a kilo photo S solo S a solo banjo S a banjo

8. donkey S a donkey boy S a boy toy S a toy key S a play play S a key a turkey turkey S

9. giraffe S a giraffe roof S a roof cliff S a cliff cuff S a safe sheriff S a sheriff a cuff safe S

10. Irregular plural forms a man – men a woman – women a child – children an ox – oxen a mouse – mice a louse – lice a foot – feet a tooth – teeth a goose – geese one sheep – two sheep a deer – two deer a fish – two fish a dozen – two dozen means – means series – two series species – different species headquarters – headquarters crossroads – crossroads a person - people

11. Examples: tEEth a tooth a sheep a child a foot fEEt shEEp childrenchildren womEn micemice a goose a woman mEnmEnmEnmEn mEnmEnmEnmEn gEEse a man oxenoxen an ox a mouse

12. Make plurals:  flower  boat  woman  city  umbrella  address  knife  sandwich  family  foot  potato  holiday  flowers  boats  women  cities  umbrellas  addresses  knives  sandwiches  families  feet  potatoes  holidays

13. Some nouns are always plural  trousers  shorts  jeans  pants  tights  pyjamas  glasses  scissors You can use A PAIR OF with these nouns.

14. Some nouns are usually plural  shoes  sandals  boots  slippers  chopsticks  gloves  socks  mittens  flip-flops  trainers

15. Change the sentences into the plural form. The baby sleeps. ____________________________________________________ This animal is an ox. ___________________________________________________ His foot is very big. ____________________________________________________ That woman is beautiful. _____________________________________________ The child has got a white tooth. _______________________________________ This country has many inhabitants. ___________________________________ This toy is educational. ________________________________________________ There is a bench in the park. __________________________________________ That man eats a berry. ________________________________________________ A calf is eating a leaf. ________________________________________ A wife cooks a lunch. ________________________________________ There is a scarf on the shelf. __________________________________

16. PLURALS 1 REGULAR

17. Apple Apples

18. BooksBook

19. Cameras Camera

20. DesksDesk

21. EaglesEagle

22. FlowersFlower

23. GiftsGift

24. HatsHat

25. IslandsIsland

26. JarsJar

27. KitesKite

28. LampsLamp

29. MushroomsMushroom

30. NestsNest

31. PLURALS IRREGULAR

32. Man Men

33. WomenWoman

34. Fish

35. GeeseGoose

36. MiceMouse

37. Sheep

38. TeethTooth

39. LeavesLeaf

40. BookshelvesBookshelf

41. ChildrenChild

42. KnivesKnife

43. Deer

44. HousewivesHousewife