P L U R A L S

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P L U R A L S

• Autor Mgr. Regina Jalovcová

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General rule singular s
a girl
two girls
two boys
a boy
a book
a car
two cars
three books
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Nouns ending in -ss, -sh, -ch, -x get -es
two watches
a box
a watch
three boxes
a glass
two glasses
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Nouns ending in y preceded by a consonant
change y into -ies
a cherry
cherries
strawberries
a strawberry
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Nouns ending in -se
a house
two houses
two oranges
an orange
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Some nouns ending in f or fe change -f(e) ito
-ves
three knives
a knife
two wolves
a wolf
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Some plurals are irregular!

• a man men
• a woman - women
• a foot - feet
• a tooth - teeth
• a goose - geese

• a mouse - mice
• a child - children
• a sheep - sheep
• a fish - fish

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Some nouns are always plural

• Clothes
• Jeans
• Trousers
• People
• Shorts

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Put into the plural

• a tree
• a box
• a horse
• a watch
• a glass
• a child
• an apple
• a tooth
• a foot

• trees
• boxes
• horses
• watches
• glasses
• children
• apples
• teeth
• feet

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Write words to the pictures
flowers
cats
children
a man
mice
men
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Thank you for your attention

• GOODBYE

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Použitá literatúra

• J. P.Steevens Basic Grammar And Usage
• Elizabeth Gray Virginia Stevens Welcome 2
  (Pupils book)
• www.beruska8.cz
• www.animfactory.com
• www.google.sk