Unit 12 - Plural Nouns
Plural Nouns
Unit 12 - Plural Nouns
1.
What's on your shopping list?
4 tomatoes, some carrots, 2 kilos of potatoes, 6 oranges, some cherries, 2 bottles of grape juice, a box of strawberries, 6 bottles of water, and some chicken. What about you?
Er, 5 pizzas and some soda.
Let's go to the supermarket
together. You need help!
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2.
I need some new clothes.
Me too, I need some trousers and shirts.
I need shoes, a couple of scarves for winter, and two dresses.
So let's go shopping this afternoon.
Good idea!
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3.
What do we need for tonight?
We need french fries, burgers, and some soda.
How about some fruit and potato chips?
OK, sounds great.
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Key Vocabulary
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shopping |
supermarket |
Unit 12 Grammar
-s ending
- Plurals are generally made by adding -s to
the noun. For example:
Cat - cats, tree - trees, building - buildings.
There are a number
of exceptions to this rule, here are some of
the most common ones.
-es ending: Nouns ending with -o, -s,
-x, -z, -ch, and -sh usually add -es to the
noun. For example:
tomatoes, dresses, foxes, quizzes, watches,
stashes.
- ies ending: Nouns ending with a consonant
+ -y usually replace the -y with -ies. For example:
country - countries, party - parties.
- ves ending: Some nouns ending in -f
replace the -f with -ves. For example:
wife - wives, knife - knives, elf - elves.
As always, memorizing these rules is probably less helpful and much less interesting than exposing yourself to real English usage and learning them at the same time.
Grammar Exercises
Exercise 1
Write the plural form of these nouns.
Example: tree - trees
1. bird
2. girl
3. house
4. tomato
5. fox
6. dress
7. child
8. woman
9. country
10. building
Answers
1. = "birds";2. = "girls";
3. = "houses";
4. = "tomatoes";
5. = "foxes";
6. = "dresses";
7. = "children";
8. = "women";
9. = "countries";
10. = "buildings";
Exercise 2
Write the plural form of the nouns in brackets.
Example: I have some oranges. (orange)
1. Do you like ? (cherry)
2. Where are my ? (key)
3. Tara goes to at the weekend. (party)
4. Don't play with . (knife)
5. Jim has three at home. (dog)
6. He needs new . (shoe)
7. One fish, two . (fish)
8. Italy has beautiful . (city)
9. I like , they're really fun. (quiz)
10. The are finished. (question)
Answers
1. = "cherries";2. = "keys";
3. = "parties";
4. = "knives";
5. = "dogs";
6. = "shoes";
7. = "fish";
8. = "cities";
9. = "quizzes";
10. = "questions";