Plural of Nouns

Only common nouns have plural forms.

In English, nouns can have regular or irregular plural.

Most nouns get -s in plural: 

This is a table. - These are tables.

Nouns ending in -ss, -sh, -ch, -o or -x get the -es ending:

I have a dress. - I have some dresses.

There are some plural nouns with the change in spelling:

There is a factory in my town. - There are factories in my town. (consonant + Y = ies)

There is a knife on the table. - There are knives on the table. (f = ves)

Common nouns with irregular plural change their form:

There is a child in the park. - There are some children in the park.

Some nouns have the same singular and plural forms (fish, sheep, deer, species), others have only the singular (information, advice, news) or the plural form (trousers, scissors, means). 

There is a sheep in the field. - There are some sheep in the field.

In compounds, the plural ending is added to the main noun (passers-by, theatre-goers).

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Samo zajedničke imenice imaju množinu.

E engleskom jeziku imenice mogu da imaju pravilnu ili nepravilnu množinu.

Većina imenica dobija nastavak -s u množini: 

This is a table. - These are tables.

Imenice koje se završavaju na -ss, -sh, -ch, -o or -x dobijaju nastavak -es:

I have a dress. - I have some dresses.

Ima nekih imenica koje u množini trpe promene u pisanju:

There is a factory in my town. - There are factories in my town. (suglasnik + Y = ies)

There is a knife on the table. - There are knives on the table. (f = ves)

Zajedničke imenice sa nepravilnom množinom menjaju svoj oblik:

There is a child in the park. - There are some children in the park.

Neke imenice imaju isti oblik u jednini i množini (fish, sheep, deer, species), neke imenice imaju samo jedninu (information, advice, news) ili samo množinu (trousers, scissors, means). 

There is a sheep in the field. - There are some sheep in the field.

U složenicama, nastavak za množinu se dodaje glavnoj reči (passers-by, theatre-goers).

Complete the table with the plural forms of the given nouns:
1 a wolf - two _____
2 an address - two _____
3 a forest - two _____
4 a lion - two _____
5 a watch - two _____
6 a fox - two _____
7 a class - two _____
8 a bus - two _____
9 a child - two _____
10 an insect - two _____
11 an ox - two _____
12 a story - two _____
13 a leaf - two _____
14 a brush - two _____
15 a shelf - two _____
16 a potato - two _____ 

Supply IS or ARE:
1 Maths _____ his favourite subject.
2 My trousers _____ blue.
3 No news _____ good news.
4 Scissors _____ used for cutting paper or cloth.
5 His clothes _____ dirty.

Put these sentences into the plural:
1 This is a man.
2 That is a watch.
3 This is a tooth.
4 That is a woman.
5 This foot is small.
6 A boy is sitting on the bench.
7 There is a knife on the table.
8 There is a factory in a town.
9 A goose is white.
10 A cat likes a mouse.
11 The child always makes a snowman in winter.
12 A fly is an insect.

this/that, these/those

The words like 'this', 'that', 'these' or 'those' tell us if something is near or far from us. They are also called demonstratives.

We use 'this' and 'these' for things near us. We use 'this' for singular and 'these' for plural nouns.
This is Ann.
These are my friends.

We use 'that' and 'those' for things far from us. We use 'that' for singular and 'those' for plural nouns.
That is your pencil.
Those are their shoes.

These words can function both as adjectives (in front of nouns) and pronouns (in front of verbs).
This is our school. (pronoun)
That building is our school. (adjective)

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Reči kao što su "ovaj, ova", "onaj, ona", "ovi, ove" ili "oni, one" govore nam da li je nešto blizu ili daleko od nas. Još se zovu pokazne reči.

Koristimo reči "ovaj, ova" i "ovi, ove" za sve što je blizu nas, i to "ova, ova" za jedninu, a "ovi, ove" za imenice u množini.
Ovo je Ana.
Ovo su moji drugari.

Koristimo "onaj, ona" i "oni, one" za sve što je daleko od nas, i to "onaj, ona" za jedninu, a "oni, one" za imenice u množini.
Ono je tvoja olovka.
Ono su njihove cipele.

Ove reči mogu imati funkciju prideva (ispred imenica) i zamenice (ispred glagola).
Ovo je naša škola. (zamenica)
Ona zgrada je naša škola. (pridev)

Ask a friend to identify some classroom objects:
A: What's this?
B: It's a crayon.
A: What's that?
B: It's a wastepaper-basket.

Turn into plural:

1 This is a chair.

2 That is an eraser.

3 This is a desk.

4 That is a picture.

5 This is  a pencil.

6 That is a window.
7 That desk is white.
8 This boy is eleven.
9 This basket is on the floor.
10 That window is big.