Pluralizing Nouns in English: Rules and Examples
Learn how to form plurals of nouns in English with regular and irregular forms. Understand the different types of plurization and apply rules to change nouns from singular to plural. Practice with examples like country/countries, house/houses, wolf/wolves, person/people, stereo/stereos, and child/children.
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HOW TO MAKE PLURAL HOW TO MAKE PLURAL NOUNS IN ENGLISH NOUNS IN ENGLISH By: Asst.Prof. Muayad R. Habib / Dept. of English / English Grammar / All First Year Students / College of Basic Education / Tue. 24 Mar. 2020
TYPES OF PLURIZATION TYPES OF PLURIZATION REGULAR FORMS IRREGULAR FORMS 1. mid vowel / man , men foot, feet , /// mouse , mice 2. change the word / person, people , child, children 4. No change : sheep , sheep ; series , series ; species ,.. 1. add (-s) : pen , pens .. 2. add (-es) .. ( s, ch, sh, x, z ) : bus, buses/ dish, dishes,.. 3. remove f/ fe --- add ( -ves ) : leaf, leaves / life , lives .. (( roof , roofs ; cliff, cliffs )) 4. end in vowel (y) : day , days end in consonant (y) : city , cities ,.. 5. end in vowel (o) : zoo. Zoos end in consonant (o) ..add (es) : echo, echoes ((( piano , pianos ; photo , photos
Question for Discussion Question for Discussion Change into either singular or plural: 1. country, .. 2. houses , . 3. wolves, . 4. people , .. 5. stereo, . 6. children , .
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