There are different spelling rules for putting nouns in the plural form. Plural Forms of Nouns | 1. Most nouns. Add—s sister - sisters son - sons 2. Final -5, 55, -sh, ch, -2 or “x Add ~ es Diane pial fin of merous bus-buses, watch-watches, dish-dishes, fox-foxes ‘given below in the correct column. 3. Final ~o. Add —$, or sometimes ~es. Photo-photos, video- maien)/ tomate (oy faeart/ gia videos. BUT: potato-potatoes, tomato-tomatoes radio / family / shelf / toy / baby / dish/ 4. Final consonant + -y. Change ~y to -ies. baby- babies photo / box / uncle / wolf / dress / wife ial ~ f or — fs Change to —ves. life - lives si ins wit their irregular plural forms. 1. tooth a. people 2.man b. sheep 3. woman! c.deer 4. child, d. feet 5. goose e.men 6. mouse f mice z.person \ g.oxen 8. foot ‘h, geese 9. deer i, teeth 10. sheep i. woman 1 .ox K children 2) Complete the sentences with plural forms of the nouns. 1. There are five (person) in our family. 2. My aunt has got three (child). 3. Those. (baby) haven't got any (tooth). 4, My mother always puts a lot of, (potato) in her soup. Ss (cat) ike to hunt (mouse) and d). 6. Four (woman) and four: (man) are in the team. 7. On the table were (fork), and (vegetable). 8, The wolf! (sheep) in their flock last month. 9, Ted, please, put all the (can) and (box) on those (helt). 10. Sally was a small child, unlike her sister who was large and had big.Key Ex.1) -5: radios, toys, photos, uncles, girls, ~ €s : matches, tomatoes, boxes, dishes, dresses - ies : families, flies, babies = ves : scarves, wives, shelves, wolves Ex. 2) 2e 3j 4k Sh 6f 7a 8d %¢ 10b ig Ex. 3) 1. fifteen babies 2. three wolves 3. five boys 4.twomen 5. four geese 6. seven tomatoes Ex. 4) 1 people 2 children 3 babies / teeth 4 potatoes 5 Cats / mice / birds 6 women / men. 7 plates / knives / forks / dishes / vegetables 8 sheep 9 cans / boxes / shelves 10 feet