Page 21 - Grammar Class 06

G We add -es to the nouns ending in , ,-o -s -sh -x , or -ch .
Read the following examples:

1. tomato - tomatoes 2. box - boxes

G We change into -y -ies when the nouns end in consonant + y .
Read the following examples:

1. city - cities 2. country - countries

G We add when the nouns end in -s vowel + y .

Read the following examples:
1. valley - valleys 2. joy - joys

G We change or -f -fe into -ves when the nouns end in or -f -fe .

Read the following examples:

1. wolf - wolves 2. loaf - loaves

G A few nouns form their plural by changing the inside vowel or vowels of the
singular.
Read the following examples:

1. woman - women 2. louse - lice

G Nouns consisting of several words form their plural by adding -s to the main word.

Read the following examples:
1. father-in-law – fathers-in-law

2. maid-servant – maid-servants

G Some nouns have the same form in the singular and plural forms.
Read the following examples:

aircraft, sheep, deer, dozen, thousand, hundred, etc.

G Some nouns are always used in plural form.

Read the following examples:
spectacles, jeans, trousers, tongs, shorts, scissors, drawers, news, physics,

mathematics, etc.

G Some nouns are always used in the singular form.
Read the following examples:

information, scenery, furniture, advice, etc.

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