The Plural of Nouns

The spelling of some nouns changes in the plural:

a country - countries,

a baby - babies,

a leaf - leaves,

a knife - knives

Write the plurals:

enemy - _____,

thief - _____,

life - _____,
party - _____,
fly - _____,
city - _____,

wolf - _____.

Fill in the blanks with the correct plural form:

1 Their _____ (wife) are very good _____ (secretary).
2 Billy has a room full of _____ (toy).
3 There are several _____ (knife) on the table.

4 Their _____ (daughter) are lovely _____ (lady).

5 Jane keeps on losing her car _____ (key).

Fill in the blanks with the correct plural form of the bolded nouns:
1 Tommy's hobby is  collecting stamps. His friends have different _____.

2 This leaf is brown and the _____ on that tree are yellow.

3 Mr White has a new key made every month. He is always losing his _____.

4 Mary has a canary. Ann has two _____.
5 Jimmy buys a new toy every month. His room is full of _____.

6 There is only one knife on that table. I can's find any more _____.

The Plural of Nouns

Most nouns get the -s ending in the plural form:

a pen - pens,

a book - books

The others, ending in -s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -o or -x get the -es ending:

a bus - buses,

a class - classes,

a brush - brushes,

a watch - watches,

a tomato - tomatoes,

a box - boxes.

There are also nouns with the irregular plural:

a man - men,

a woman - women,

a child - children,

a foot - feet,

a tooth - teeth,

a goose - geese,

a mouse - mice. 

Write the plurals:

church - _____,

volcano - _____,

sheep - _____,

tooth - _____,

spoon - _____,

postman - _____,

child - _____,
ox - _____.

Fill in the blanks with the correct plural form:
1 A dog has four _____ (foot).

2 Are the _____ (tomato) ripe?
3 There are twelve _____ (month) in a year.
4 A man has thirty-two _____ (tooth).

5 Are the _____ (potato) cooked?


Fill in the blanks with the correct plural form of the bolded nouns:

1 I have five toes on one foot. I have ten toes on my two _____.

2 This fox is fine, but the other _____ don't look well.

3 Katie's granny has a goose. Her aunt has a lot of _____.
4 We have one box of chocolates here. We need a few more _____.

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.