General rule:

Singular noun + s = Plural Noun

 

Examples:

 

table → tables

car → cars

Singular nouns ending in -s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, -o + -es = Plural nouns

Examples:

watch → watches

brush → brushes

tomato → tomatoes

fox →foxes

 

 words of foreign origin ending in -o just add -s

Examples:

piano → pianos

kilo → kilos

Singular nouns ending in a consonant + -y change the -y to -I + -es = Plural noun.

 

Example:

baby →babies

 

 Nouns ending in -y following a vowel just add -s

Example:

day →days

Twelve singular nouns ending in -f or -fe change the -f or -fe to -ves.

(calf, half, knife, leaf, life, loaf, self, sheaf, thief, wife, wolf)

 

Examples:

calf → calves

knife →knives

Some nouns have got an irregular plural form.

 

Examples:

 

foot → feet

goose → geese

tooth → teeth

louse → lice

mouse → mice

ox → oxen

child → children

man → men

woman → women

Remember:

Adjectives do not take -s in the plural.

a happy girl

two happy girls

Match the singular noun with the plural form.

box

ball

brush

lion

egg

tomato

address

party

way

beach

leaf

leaves

eggs

addresses

parties

boxes

ways

lions

beaches

balls

tomatoes

brushes

Write these sentences in the singular.

Milkmen deliver milk.

____________________________

 

Businesswomen earn lots of money.

____________________________

 

There are ants in the kitchen.

____________________________

 

 

Write these sentences in the plural

There is a very small house.

_____________________________________________________________

Mark has got a brown dog.

_____________________________________________________________

Lucas has got a fast motorbike.

_____________________________________________________________

A red rose means love.

_____________________________________________________________

The duck is in the lake.

_____________________________________________________________

 

General rule:

Singular noun + s = Plural Noun

 

Examples:

 

table → tables

car → cars

Singular nouns ending in -s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, -o + -es = Plural nouns

Examples:

watch → watches

brush → brushes

tomato → tomatoes

fox →foxes

 

 words of foreign origin ending in -o just add -s

Examples:

piano → pianos

kilo → kilos

Singular nouns ending in a consonant + -y change the -y to -I + -es = Plural noun.

 

Example:

baby →babies

 

 Nouns ending in -y following a vowel just add -s

Example:

day →days

Twelve singular nouns ending in -f or -fe change the -f or -fe to -ves.

(calf, half, knife, leaf, life, loaf, self, sheaf, thief, wife, wolf)

 

Examples:

calf → calves

knife →knives

Some nouns have got an irregular plural form.

 

Examples:

 

foot → feet

goose → geese

tooth → teeth

louse → lice

mouse → mice

ox → oxen

child → children

man → men

woman → women

Remember:

Adjectives do not take -s in the plural.

a happy girl

two happy girls

Match the singular noun with the plural form.

box

ball

brush

lion

egg

tomato

address

party

way

beach

leaf

leaves

eggs

addresses

parties

boxes

ways

lions

beaches

balls

tomatoes

brushes

Write these sentences in the singular.

Milkmen deliver milk.

____________________________

 

Businesswomen earn lots of money.

____________________________

 

There are ants in the kitchen.

____________________________

 

 

Write these sentences in the plural

There is a very small house.

_____________________________________________________________

Mark has got a brown dog.

_____________________________________________________________

Lucas has got a fast motorbike.

_____________________________________________________________

A red rose means love.

_____________________________________________________________

The duck is in the lake.

_____________________________________________________________