Noun Plural

EL PLURAL DE LOS NOMBRES
NOMBRES REGULARES
La mayoría de los nombres forman el plural añadiendo -s al final.
EJEMPLOS
Singular
Plural
boat
boats
house
houses
cat
cats
river
rivers
Los nombres terminados en s, x, z, ch, sh forman el plural añadiendo -es al final.
EJEMPLOS
Singular
Plural
bus
buses
wish
wishes
pitch
pitches
box
boxes
Los nombres terminados en consonante + y forman el plural sustituyendo la y por -ies.
EJEMPLOS
Singular
penny
spy
baby
city
daisy
Plural
pennies
spies
babies
cities
daisies
NOMBRES IRREGULARES
El plural de algunos nombres es irregular. Los plurales irregulares más comunes figuran en la
siguiente lista.
EJEMPLOS
Singular
Woman
man
child
tooth
foot
person
leaf
mouse
goose
half
knife
Plural
women
men
children
teeth
feet
people
leaves
mice
geese
halves
knives
wife
life
elf
loaf
potato
tomato
cactus
focus
fungus
nucleus
wives
lives
elves
loaves
potatoes
tomatoes
cacti
foci
fungi
nuclei
syllabus
syllabi/syllabuses
analysis
analyses
diagnosis
diagnoses
oasis
oases
thesis
theses
crisis
crises
phenomenon
phenomena
criterion
criteria
datum
data
Algunos nombres mantienen la misma forma en singular y plural.
EJEMPLOS
Singular
Sheep
fish
deer
species
aircraft
Plural
sheep
fish
deer
species
aircraft
Write the correct plural of the Word in parenthesses.
1. These (person) ________________are protesting against the president.
2. The (woman)_____________ over there want to meet the manager.
3. My (child)__________________ hate eating pasta.
4. I am ill. My (foot) ____________________ hurt.
5. Muslims kill (sheep) ____________in a religious celebration.
6. I clean my (tooth) _____________three times a day.
7. The (student ) ________________are doing the exercise right now.
8. The (fish)_____________ I bought is in the fridge.
9. They are sending some (man)______________to fix the roof.
10. Most (houswife) ____________________work more than ten hours a day at home.
11. Where did you put the (knife) __________________?
On the (shelf) __________________.
12. (Goose) _________________like water.
13. (Piano) ________________are expensive
14. Some (policeman) ____________________ came to arrest him.
15. Where is my (luggage) ______________________?
In the car!
Write down the correct form of the plural:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
city __________.
house ________.
boy -__________.
family_________.
life___________.
6. Photo_________.
7. phone ________.
8. sandwich_______
______.
9. nurse _________.
10. elf _________.
11. phenomenon __.
12. criterion ______.
13. village _______.
14. toy _________.