2.11 Nouns
This table shows how to change Singular nouns into Plural
nouns.
Type of Noun
|
Plural form
|
Examples
|
Most nouns
|
By adding -s to the
word
|
hen - hens, tree -
trees, bag - bags
|
Nouns ending in a
consonaut and -y
|
By replacing -y with
-i and adding -es to the word
|
butterfly -
butterflies, army - armies, baby
- babies
|
Nouns ending in a
vowel and -y
|
By adding -s to the
word
|
monkey - monkeys, day
- days, toy - toys
|
Nouns ending in -o
|
By adding -s or -es
|
video - videos, potato
- potatoes, mosquito - mosquitoes
|
Nouns ending in -sh,
-ch, -x, -s, -ss
|
By adding -es
|
box -boxes, brush -
brushes, stitch - stitches, glass - glasses
|
Nouns ending -f or -fe
|
By changing the -f or
-fe to -v and adding -es
|
calf - calves, wolf -
wolves, hoof - hooves
|
Compound nouns
|
By adding -s to the
main word
|
brother-in-law -
brothers-in-law
|
Irregular nouns
|
No particular rule to
change into plural
|
goose - geese, child -
children, mouse - mice, man -men
|
Same form for singular
and plural
|
No change to the word
|
deer - deer, bison -
bison
|
Answer Page 102-105
A. Complete
these sentences by
using the plural
form of the word
given in the brackets .
1. The dogs (dog) fought
over a bone .
2. This
book is full
of amazing stories (story).
3. Get me a
couple of books
from those shelves (shelf) .
4. The
farmer bought a
pair of oxen (ox)
from the neighbouring
town .
5. None
of the switches (switch)
in this room
is working .
6. How
many countries (country)
participated in the
Worlp Cup Tournament ?
7. Please
clear the dishes (dish)
from the table .
8. What
are your hobbies (hobby)?
9. The
ground is covered
with dry leaves (leaf) .
10.
The shepherd was
worried that he
had lost ten sheep (sheep).
Complete these sentences using the
possessive form the
word given in
brackets .
1. My
father got a
phone call from
my aunt’s
(aunt) house .
2. Anna’s (Anna)
parents are away
on vacation .
3. Tom’s (Tom)
pets are very
cute.
4. Please
buy some vegetables
from the greengrocer’s (greengrocer)
store .
5. It
is dangerous to
enter a lion’s (lion)
den .
6. Enid Blyton’s (Enid
Blyton) stories are
delightful to read.
7. A nightingale’s (nightingale)
call is very
melodious .
8. The soldier’s
(soldier) guns were
neatly arranged in a row.
9 Excuse
me , could you
help me find
a store that
sells men’s (men)
shoes?
10.
My sisters’ (sister)
names are Amy
and Bella .
Write the plural
forms of these
compound nouns .
1. passer-by passers by
2.
blackboard blackboards
3. watering
can watering cans
4. great-uncle great-uncles
5. lighthouse lighthouses
6. household households
7. shopkeeper shopkeepers
8. handout handouts
9. knockout knockouts
10.
son-in-law sons-in-law
A. Complete these
sentences with appropriate
appositives.
1. My
cousin ,
Aop , bought me
chocolate .
2. My
friend , Boss , has
two dogs and
a cat .
3. Master Nopphakhun
, our English
teacher has asked
us to write an
essay .
4. My
cat ,
Kitty, loves to
sleep in the
armchair .
5. Greece
, the
beautiful country , attracts
many tourists .
B. Underline the
appositive phrases in
these sentences .
1. Mr.
Jones ,
our neighbor , bought
a new car.
2. Beethoven
,a
famous musican , was
completely deaf .
3. Venus , the closest
planet to Earth , is
also the hottest
planet in the
Solar system.
4. Coffee
, a drink
prepared from roasted
coffee beans , is very
popular all
over the world .
5. Tibet , a country in the Himalayas ,
is the highest
region on Earth.
6. Papaya
, a
fruit that grows
only in tropical
countries , is very
rich in iron .
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