PLURAL, COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE,

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NOUNS

PLURALS
SOSTANTIVI REGOLARI -s Book → books
shop → shops
umbrella → umbrellas
CH, S, SS, SH, X, Z -es Church → churches
bus → busses
class → classes
dish → dishes
box → boxes
buzz → buzzes
O (in alcuni casi) - oes Tomato → tomatoes
Potato → potatoes
hero → heroes
Y preceduta da -ies baby → babies
consonante city → cities
party → parties
lady → ladies
family → families
Y preceduta da vocale
-s Key → keys
day → days
boy → boys
F, FE, IF -ves Knife → knives
leaf → leaves
wife → wives
wolf → wolves
shelf → shelves

Eccezioni: roof → roofs, chef → chefs, cliff → cliffs

SOSTANTIVI IRREGOLARI
CAMBIANO VOCALE man → men
woman → women
child → children
person → people
foot → feet
Mouse → mice
tooth → teeth
mouse → mice
goose → geese
NON CAMBIANO fish → fish
sheep → sheep
means → means
species → species
series → series
IN APPARENZA PLURALI Physics is not her favourite subject
SONO IN REALTÀ
News
SINGOLARI pyjamas
(NOMI DI ORIGINE jeans
GRECA) trousers
scissors
clothes
customs
IN APPARENZA Government, family, staff, team, police
SINGOLARI SONO IN The police are looking for the murderer
REALTÀ PLURALI Palermo play Juventus tonight (Stasera il Palermo gioca con la Juventus)

COGNOMI INDICANTI IL The Smiths are our neighbours

NUCLEO FAMILIARE The Joneses are very nice
ACRONIMI CDs’ are very expensive in this shop
Ben and Dave are radio DJs