Transcript Document

Kayseri-2010
In English, we add –s to regular nouns
while we want to plural them.But for
irregular nouns we can’t add only –
s.Sometimes they must be
change.Now,we will look at this irregular
nouns…
When we want to plural nouns which
ends –f or –fe,there are three possible
alternatives…
FOR SOME NOUNS WE ADD ONLY –s…
Roof
 Cliff
 Sniff
 Belief
 Chief

Roofs
Cliffs
Sniffs
Beliefs
Chiefs
WE CAN CHANGE –f TO –v AND ADD –es…
Singular
● Life
● Wife
● Knife
● Half
● Shelf
Plural
Lives
Wives
Knives
Halves
Shelves
Wolf
 Thief
 Loaf
 Leaf

Wolves
Thieves
Loaves
Leaves
For some nouns we can use both forms…
Scarf
 Hoof

Singular
Plural
Scarfs/Scarves
Hoofs/Hooves
When we want to plural nouns which
ends with –y we change –y to –ies…
Singular
 City
 Lady
 Family
 Party
Plural
Cities
Ladies
Families
Parties
We can separate nouns which ends –o
three groups…
We can add –s…
Singular
 Disco
 Piano
 Photo
 Auto
 Zoo
 Video
Plural
Discos
Pianos
Photos
Autos
Zoos
Videos
Kilo
 Radio

Kilos
Radios
We can add –es…
Singular
 Patato
 Tomato
 Hero
 Negro
Plural
Patatoes
Tomatoes
Heroes
Negroes
We can add both of them…-s or –es…
Singular
 Buffalo
 Mosquito
 Tornado
 Volcano
 Zero
Plural
Buffalos/Buffaloes
Mosquitos/Mosquitoes
Tornados/Tornadoes
Volcanos/Volcanoes
Zeros/Zeroes
When we want to plural child and
ox we add –en this words…
Singular
 Child
 Ox
Plural
Children
Oxen
While we are forming some nouns plural
form,the vowel of word changes…
Singular
 Man
 Woman
 Child
 Mouse
 Tooth
 Foot
 Person
Plural
Men
Women
Children
Mice
Teeth
Feet
People
Goose
 This
 That

Geese
These
Those