Nouns

Plurals.Study the following plurals.

1.Nouns ending in-s, -sh, -ch, -x:

bus: buses
dish: dishes
box: boxes
glass: glasses
sandwich: sandwiches

2 Nouns ending in consonant + -y:

Country: countries
Baby: babies
BUT: key: keys

3 Nouns ending in -f or fe:

Leaf: leaves
Knife: knives
Thief: thieves
Wife: wives
BUT: roof: roofs

4 Nouns ending in o:
Disco: discos
Photo: photos
Radio: radios
Kilo: kilos
Video: videos
Piano: pianos
BUT: potato: potatoes
Tomato:tomatoes

Irregular Plurals

Man: men
Child: children
Foot: feet
Mouse: mice
Woman:women
Tooth: teeth
Goose: geese
Ox: oxen
Nouns with the same singular and plural
Fish: fish, sheep; sheep, deer: deer

Uncountable Nouns
The nouns below cannot be counted and do not have a plural form.
eg: butter,bread, cheese,ham,fruit,honey,wine,water,coffee etc.
NOTE: a loaf of bread, a piece of cheese, a glass of water, a jar of honey, a cup of coffee

ALSO:This/That {information,advice,luggage,}
{furniture,jewellery ] is

a piece of [ information, advice,luggage,] is

two pieces of [ furniture, jewellery ] are

Nouns in the plural only

These/Those [ jeans,shorts, pyjamas,scissors,tights,trousers] are

a pair of [ jeans, shorts, pyjamas } is

two pairs of { scissors, tights,trousers } are

NOTE: people/police: are, news/money/hair: is

A)Choose the correct answer.

1)The jewellery in this shop is/are very expensive.

2)Im afraid the news is/are bad.
3)Her hair looks/look terrible today.
4) The police is/are coming soon.
5)The information you gave her was/were all wrong.
6)Money isnt/arent important to me.
7)Where is/are the scissors,Mum?
8)The jeans you are wearing is/are very nice.
9)Fruit is/are good for your health.
10)Our luggage isnt/arent very heavy.
11)Your advice is/are always useful.
12)Is/Are there many people waiting outside?

B)Write the plural of the words or U if the word is uncountable.

1)roof:
2)day:
3)photo:
4)woman:
5)leaf:
6)fish:
7)advice:
8)sheep:
9)match:
10)fruit:
11)city:
12)coffee:
13)furniture:
14)tomato:
15)foot:
16) cheese: