Singular and Plural

1. Regular

General rule:

singular + S:

girl - girls
boy - boys

Nouns ending in -S, -SS, -SH, -CH, -X get -ES:

box - boxes
bus - buses
Some nouns ending in -O behind a consonant get -ES:

potato - potatoes
tomato - tomatoes

Nouns ending in -Y behind a consonant change -Y into -IES:

lady - ladies
baby – babies

Nouns ending in -Y behind a vowel not change -Y:

Boy – boys
Toy – toys

Key - keysSome nouns ending in -F or -FE change -F(E) into -VES:

knife - knives
wife - wives

2. Irregular: learn them by heart!

man- men
foot- feet
woman- women
tooth- teeth
goose - geese
mouse - mice
child - children
penny- pence

Write the plurar of these words.

table_________________
baby_________________
monkey_______________
toy__________________
book_________________
bus__________________
home_________________
car__________________
child_________________
mother_______________
house________________
horse________________
room________________
tomato_______________
umbrella______________
wife_________________
scarf________________
party________________
key_________________
secretary_____________
goose________________
radio________________
pencil_______________
hero________________
woman______________
sheep_______________

Write these sentences in plural (also verbs, personal pronouns,...)


I am a girl.________________________________________

He is a nice guy.____________________________________

The book is on the table.______________________________

His tooth is black.___________________________________

The potato is on the shelf._____________________________

He has a mouse.____________________________________

I take a picture.____________________________________

I have a pony._____________________________________