Singular of nouns in English – Exercise

roses → rose
boys → boy
families → family
potatoes → potato
wives → wife
photos → photo
children → child
sandwiches → sandwich
fish → fish
feet → foot

lamps → lamp
cities → city
sheep → sheep
cliffs → cliff
roofs → roof
thieves → thief
pence → penny
pianos → piano
teeth → tooth
bases → base
boxes → box
ladies → lady
men → man
days → day
sheriffs → sheriff
shelves → shelf
heroes → hero
oxen → ox
diagnoses → diagnosis
criteria → criterion

Special plural forms in English – Exercise

tomato → tomatoes
tooth → teeth
aircraft → aircraft
logo → logos
mouse → mice
crisis → crises
passer-by → passers-by
radius → radii
grown-up → grown-ups
crossroads → crossroads

The plural of the nouns in English – Exercise

desk → desks
pencil → pencils
bike → bikes
cat → cats
invitation → invitations
watch → watches
game → games
cage → cages
cake → cakes
box → boxes

The plural of nouns – Spelling – Exercise

life → lives
family → families
boy → boys
house → houses
city → cities
man → men
child → children
sandwich → sandwiches
nurse → nurses
shelf → shelves

The plural of nouns – irregular forms – Exercise

half → halves
kilo → kilos
woman → women
mouth → mouths
foot → feet
sheep → sheep
penny → pence
bus → buses
day → days
fish → fish

The plural of nouns – special forms – Exercise

ox → oxen
roof → roofs
potato → potatoes
party → parties
deer → deer
chief → chiefs
photo → photos
series → series
wife → wives
brother-in-law → brothers-in-law

Uncountable nouns in English –  Exercise

a piece of advice
a packet of rice
a bar of chocolate
a glass of milk
a cup of tea
a bottle of lemonade
a slice of meat
a barrel of oil
a game of tennis
a jar of jam

Singular Plural

tomato tomatoes

hat hats

highway highways

life lives

cross crosses

fish fish

knife knives

light lights

mountain mountains

piano pianos
Singular Plural

zoo zoos

ox oxen

truck trucks

business businesses

mountain mountains

child children

chief chiefs

lamp lamps

thief thieves

son-in- sons-in-
law law

Singular Plural

cuff cuffs

dollar dollars

crisis crises

farm farms

bush bushes
 Singular Plural

appendix appendices

lion lions

knife knives

adult adults

coin coins

's Exercise

our teacher's tablet = 1 teacher and 1 tablet

the dogs' hut = more dogs and 1 hut

the men's sandwiches = more men and more sandwiches

the woman's budgies = 1 woman and more budgies

our baby's toys = 1 baby and more toys

the mice's cage = more mice and 1 cage

my friend's car = 1 friend and 1 car

my friend's cars = 1 friend and more cars

my friends' car = more friends and 1 car

my friends' cars = more friends and more cars

This is Peter's book. 

Let's go to the Smiths'. 

The children's room is upstairs. 

John's sister is twelve years old. 

Susan and Steve's school is old. 

Men's shoes are on the second floor. 

My parents' car was not expensive. 

Charles's CD player is new. 

This is the boy's bike. 

These are the boys' pencils. 

Sarah is Emily's aunt. 

These are our friends' cats. 

Let's meet at Giovanni's for lunch. 

Where is the ladies' shower? 

This is our boss's car. 

My cousin's dad is my uncle. 

Did you read yesterday's newspaper? 

Jack's and Joe's bags are black. 

Our grandparents live in an old people's home. 

That sandwich would not be to everyone's taste.

s or of-phrase – Exercise

(a glass) milk → a glass of milk

(my friend) bike → my friend's bike
(the window) room → the window of the room
(Mr Smith) car → Mr Smith's car

(ten minutes) walk → ten minutes' walk

(the headteacher) office → the headteacher's office
(the number) house → the number of the house
(two days) work → two days' work
(the waiter) shoes → the waiter's shoes
(Britain) economy → the economy of Britain