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Escuela Nacional Preparatoria 5 “José Vasconcelos

English IV

Singular and Plural Nouns

Activity A. Instructions:

 Before revising any answer on the web, according to your own knowledge,
complete the chart with the plural or singular form of each word.

Singular Plural

0. House 0. houses

1.dictionary dictionaries

2.knive knives
knife
3.box boxes

4.key keys

5.dress dresses

6.woman women

7.watch watches

8.child children

9.foot feet

10.kiss kisses

11.desk desks

12. I don´t know mice

Mouse

13.potato potatoes

14.series series

15.child children

16.sheep sheep

17.hero heroes

18.donkey donkeys

Material done by Claudia Leticia Montes de Oca Iglesias

Resources: https://www.grammarly.com/blog/plural-nouns/
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/
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19.country countries

20.video videos

21. drees dresses

22. lady ladies

23.phenomenon Phenomenoes
Phenomena
24.volcano volcanoes

25.cactus cacti

 Now, on the web, check your answers and in case you made mistakes, with a
different color write down the corrections.

Plural Nouns Rules

Activity B. Instructions:

 From each category, complete the charts with the correct nouns.
 In each category include, at least, 3-5 nouns.
 Include your reference/s.

To write regular plural nouns, add -s to the end.

Nouns:
Pencil-Pencils, chocolate-chocolates, door-doors, window-windows, book-books.

If the singular noun ends in -s, -ss, - If the noun ends with -f or -fe, the f is
sh, -ch, -x, or -z, add -es to the end to often changed to -ve before adding the
make it plural. -s to form the plural version.

Nouns: Nouns: Life-lives, wife-wives, calf-calves,

Fox-Foxes, address-addresses, bus- leaf-leaves.
buses, lunch-lunches.
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/irregular-
plural-nouns/

Material done by Claudia Leticia Montes de Oca Iglesias

Resources: https://www.grammarly.com/blog/plural-nouns/
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/
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If a singular noun ends in -y and the If the singular noun ends in -y and the
letter before the -y is a consonant letter before the -y is a vowel sound,
sound, change the ending to -ies to simply add an -s to make it plural.
make the noun plural.

Nouns:
Activity-activities, enemy-enemies, fly-
flies, spy-spies.
https://www.spanishdict.com/answers/
237265/forming-plural-nouns-in-english-
part-4a-words-ending-in-y-
Nouns:
Day-days, boy-boys, birthday-birthdays,
monkey-monkeys.
https://www.spanishdict.com/answers/
237265/forming-plural-nouns-in-english-
part-4a-words-ending-in-y-

If the singular noun ends in -o the plural ending is Exceptions.

-es. However, in the next column include the
exceptions.

Nouns: Nouns: Cameo-cameos,

Banjo-banjoes, tomato-tomatoes, domino-dominoes. folio-folios, studio -studios,
kangaroo-kangaroos.
https://www.spanishdict.com/answers/236886/ And all musical terms
forming-plural-nouns-in-english-part-1a-sibilant- ending in an "o" form
sounds-and-words-ending-in-o plurals by adding only an
"s".

If the singular noun ends in -us, the If the singular noun ends in -is, the
plural ending is frequently -i. plural ending is -es.

Nouns: Nouns:
Nucleus-nuclei, fungus-fungi, octopus- Crisis-crises, analysis-analyses,
octopi. synopsis-synopses

Material done by Claudia Leticia Montes de Oca Iglesias

Resources: https://www.grammarly.com/blog/plural-nouns/
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/
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If the singular noun ends in -on, the

plural ending is -a.
Nouns:
Phenomenon- phenomena
criterion-criteria
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/irregular-
plural-nouns/
Some nouns don’t change at all when
they’re pluralized.
Nouns: fish, sheep, moose

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/irregular-
plural-nouns/

Irregular Nouns
There are no rules for them, they in plural the word changes, so just
memorize them.
Write down, at least, 10 nouns.

Singular Plural

Flower Flower
Shirt Shirts
Fridge Fridges
Blender Blenders
Spoon spoons
Bed beds
Table tables
Bottle Bottles
Carpet Carpets
Mirror Mirrors

Material done by Claudia Leticia Montes de Oca Iglesias

Resources: https://www.grammarly.com/blog/plural-nouns/
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/