Transcript Plurals of Countable and Uncountable Nouns.

Plurals of
Countable and Uncountable
Nouns.
Plurals of countable nouns:
• Nouns + S:
Bananas, cats, dogs, books, pupils etc.
• Nouns ending in –s, -ss, sh, ch, x:
Bus-buses, dress – dresses, hairbrush – hairbrushes,
watch – watches, box –boxes
• Nouns ending in –O:
Potato – potatoes, tomato – tomatoes
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Radio – radios, piano – pianos, photo – photos, video –
videos, disco – discos
Nouns ending in -Y
“y”меняется на “i”
• Согласные + y =ies
Baby – babies, a lady – ladies, a cherry –
cherries
• (гласные:a,e,o,u)+y =ys
Play – plays, key - keys
Nouns ending in – f / fe
• f / fe меняются на ves
Leaf – leaves, scarf – scarves, wife – wives,
Knife – knives, thief – thieves
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Chief – chiefs, handkerchief –handkerchiefs,
Roof – roofs, proof – proofs, safe - safes
Шефы стояли у окна, комкали в руках носовые
платки, смотрели на крыши и искали
доказательства, а они были в сейфах
Irregular Plurals
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Child – children
Man – men
Woman – women
Person - people
Foot – feet
Tooth – teeth
Goose – geese
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Fish – fish
Sheep – sheep
Deer – deer
Aircraft - aircraft
Mouse – mice
Louse - lice
Ox – oxen
S in both: the singular and plural
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Crossroads – crossroads
Means – means
Series – series
Species - species
Some singular nouns ending in “S”
take only a singular verb
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Athletics is…..,
gymnastics is……,
maths is……,
News is……. ,
Physics is……
Maths is my best subject.
Some nouns are always plural
take only a plural verb
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Clothes are….
Belongings are….
Goods are……
Surroundings are…..
Her clothes are always fashionable.
Things made of two similar parts
take only a plural verb
• Glasses, jeans, scissors, shorts, tights,
trousers
These trousers are a bit tight.
• To refer to a single item, use “a pair of…”
A pair of jeans is…..
A group of people
either plural or singular verb
• Army, audience, class, family, government
group, public, staff, team
My family live in Moscow.
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My family lives in Moscow.
Singular or plural?
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Advice is...(совет/советы)
Information is….
Knowledge is…(знания)
Progress is …
Money is …(деньги)
Hair is …(волосы)
Fruit is …(фрукты)
• Clothes are… (одежда)
• Trousers are…(брюки)
• Scissors
are…(ножницы)
• Glasses are…(очки)
Nouns
Countable
A child – children
A cat - cats
A mouse - mice
A bus - buses
a sandwich – sandwiches
a dog - dogs
a house - houses
a radio - radios
Uncountable
Food:Butter – some butter
Bread – some bread,
Meat, cheese,water,tea,milk
Lemonade, chocolate, salt
Material:paper, wood, silver
Abstract Nouns: peace,
anger, love, war
Many others: money, snow,
Soap, furniture, petrol, oil,
Information, news etc.
We can count some uncountable nouns by
using a countable noun + of:
• A bottle of milk, a glass of water, a jug of milk, a cup of
tea, a packet of tea, a jar of honey, a loaf of bread, a
slice of bread, a carton of milk, a can of Coke, a bottle of
Coke, a bowl of sugar, a kilo of meat, a lump of sugar,
• a bar of soap, a bar of chocolate,
• a piece of cheese, a piece of furniture, a piece of
chocolate etc.
A piece of………
• Advice, information, luggage, music, news, paper….