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dream community – book – bus – knife – boy – baby – computer – box – leaf – essay – duty – cage – buzz
– loaf – fan - monkey – berry – race – tomato – thief – tray – lady – graph – dress – shelf – turkey – lorry
Fox – wash – mirror – mouth – cheese – life – potato – fox – dwarf – day – city – car – wish – elf – key –
Most verbs, just add S bed - beds trout oxen swine feet Exceptions Cli* – Cli*s Belief – Beliefs Chief - Chiefs Glasses
– hat – branch – wolf – array – nappy – bear – half – glass – calf – play – theory – map – dish – sheaf –

Nouns ending in vowel+y, add S toy - toys sheep people women lice Trousers (Br.) Pants (Am.) Knickers (Br.) Panties (Am)

PLURAL NOUNS

delay – spy – page – boss – donkey - sky

Nouns ending in consonant+y; omit y and add IES country - countries B. Complete the table with the irregular nouns below. geese mice deer children C. Nouns that are always plurals. No singular form. Shorts

A. Classify the nouns according to their rules.

Nouns ending in: f/fe changed to VES Life - Lives men %sh moose teeth Scissors Clothes

Nouns ending in: Ch, sh, s, x, z, o, ss add Es Watch - Watches IRREGULAR NOUNS 1. a child _________ 2. a goose _________ 3. a man _________ 4. a mouse _________ 5. a woman _________ 6. a louse _________ 7. a person _________ 8. a %sh _________ 9. a foot _________ 10. a deer _________ 11. a tooth _________ 12. a moose _________ 13. an ox _________ 14. a sheep _________ 15. a swine __________ 16. a trout __________

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How many students are there?

4
1

2

6
5. How many cats and dogs are there in picture 7?
1. How many men/women are there in picture 2?

2. How many cars are there in the picture 5?
3. How many apples are there in picture 3?
4. How many deer are there in picture 4?
GRAMMAR IN USE How many cars are there? "ere are 3 cars. (plural) "ere is one car. (singular) 7

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