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Plural Forms in English: Rules & Examples

This document is a lecture on the plural forms of nouns in English, detailing various rules for converting singular nouns to their plural counterparts. It outlines general rules, such as adding 's' or 'es' based on the ending of the noun, and includes exceptions and specific cases. The lecture emphasizes the importance of understanding the singular form to apply the correct pluralization rule.

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Plural Forms in English: Rules & Examples

This document is a lecture on the plural forms of nouns in English, detailing various rules for converting singular nouns to their plural counterparts. It outlines general rules, such as adding 's' or 'es' based on the ending of the noun, and includes exceptions and specific cases. The lecture emphasizes the importance of understanding the singular form to apply the correct pluralization rule.

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Part one

English Lecture

Teacher: IAICHOUCHEN SAIDA

Lesson 02: Plural form

Plural form: refers to a noon that includes more than one of a particular noun

Example: a table ___ tables

Here, a table means one table but tables means two or more, so table is singular and tables
with an “S” at the end is plural

In order to get the plural of a noun, the general rule is just to add an “S” at the end of a noun,
but there are some nouns take some change in a plural form.

1- For most nouns we add “s” at the end of the word

Singular form Plural form

Ball Balls

Tree Trees

Hand Hands
2- For nouns that end with “s, x, z, ch, sh” add an “es” at the end of the word

Singular form Plural form

Box Boxes

Boss Bosses

Dish Dishes

3- For nouns end with “o” , need “es” at the end.

Singular form Plural form

Potato Potatoes

Echo Echoes
Hero Heroes

4- Some words end with “f, ife” we need to replace the letter “f” by “v” then we add “es”
at the end.

Singular form Plural form

Loaf Loaves

Half Halves
Wife Wives

Knife Knives

5- But words end with “f”, need “s” at the end.

Singular form Plural form

Reef Reefs
Chef Chefs

Roof Roofs
6- For common nouns ending with a consonant followed by “y” replace it by “i” than add “es”
at the end.

Singular form Plural form

Nappy Nappies

Fly Flies
City Cities

7- Some nouns are the same in the both forms.

Singular form Plural form

Fish Fish

Sheep Sheep

Tuna Tuna

8- For other words, some letters must be replaced, or added, and sometimes changing the
word completely.

Singular form Plural form

Child Children

Ox Oxen

Man Men

To conclude the lecture, in order to get the plural of a singular word, you should pay
attention to the singular word before then you get the necessary rule you have above.

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