The Rules of Regular and Irregular Plurals

For most nouns, just add -s Singular Hand Rabbit Key Clock Football Door Plural hands rabbits keys clocks footballs doors For nouns ending in s, x, z, ch or sh, add -es Singular box pitch wish boss buzz glass Plural boxes pitches wishes bosses buzzes glasses

For some words ending in o, add -es Singular Potato Tomato Hero Echo Banjo Plural potatoes tomatoes heroes echoes banjoes

However, for some words ending in o, just add -s Singular cello disco hairdo logo patio photo piano radio Plural cellos discos hairdos logos patios photos pianos radios

The plural of many words ending in o can be spelt with -s or -es.

For some words ending in f, change the f to a v and add -es Singular Half Loaf Elf Leaf Self Shelf Thief Wolf Plural halves loaves elves leaves selves shelves thieves wolves

However, for some words ending in f, just add -s Singular chef cliff ref roof Plural chefs cliffs refs roofs

The plural of some nouns ending in f can be spelt using either variation.

For some nouns ending in ife, change

For common nouns that end with

the f to a v and then add -s Singular Wife Life Knife Plural wives lives knives

consonant + y, change the y to an i and then add es Singular poppy fly penny spy nappy sty Plural poppies flies pennies spies nappies sties

Some nouns are the same in both singular and plural from Singular Fish Sheep Deer Tuna Salmon Trout Plural fish sheep deer tuna salmon trout

For some nouns, change other letters or just change the word completely! Singular person child ox foot tooth goose mouse louse man Plural people children oxen feet teeth geese mice lice men

GRAMMAR

REGULAR AND IRREGULAR PLURALS LECTURER: MAYUZAR RAHMAN, S.Ag, M.Ag

NAME

: HUSNUL FATIYAH (TE. 090 345) : KURNIAWAN PRAMANTO (TE. 090 353) : NOVITA WULANDARI (TE. 090 379) :ZULHA (TE. 090 435)

CLASS

: BI IV D

STUDENT OF TARBIYAH FACULTY INSTITUT AGAMA ISLAM NEGERI SULTAN THAHA SYAIFUDDIN JAMBI 2011

QUESTION!!

CHECK THIS WORD, TRUE OR FALSE: T (True) or F (False)

a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j. k. l. m. n. o. p. q. r. s. t. u. v. w. x. y. z.

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