WELCOME TO THE PLURAL ZOO!

• Penguins, horses, wolves and hares,

• Foxes, fish and polar bears,
• Monkeys, dolphins, flies and snails,
• Ants and snakes and killer whales.

• Walruses, geese, ducks and bats,

• Antelopes and pussy cats,
• Mice and deer, and sheep and gnu.
• Do you like the plural ZOO?

walrus [‘wa:lr∂s] jūrų vėplys;

bat [bæœt] šikšnosparnis.
 PLURALS
ARTIKLES a,an
Use “a” for words that begin with
consonants:
a cow
a tree
a dog
a ruler
Use “an” for words that begin with vowels:
an elephant
an orange
an exercise book
an MP3 player
We don’t use the indefinite
article a/an in front of plural
nouns!
 -s
MOST NOUNS ADD –S
IN THE PLURAL:
noun
a book books
a car cars
a book books
an apple apple_
a phone ________
a boy ________
NOUNS ENDING IN -S, -SS, -SH, -CH AND -X,
ADD -ES IN THE PLURAL:

a bus buses
a class classes
a dish dishes
a watch watches
a fox foxes
 Remember!
• There are some irregular nouns.