Слайд 2Plural Nouns
Regular Plurals
end with s or es.
Слайд 3Add -es to make nouns plural that end with:
s
x
ch
sh
Слайд 4Add -ies to make nouns plural that end with a consonant and
Слайд 5Most nouns that end in -f or -fe change to -ves when
made plural:
Calf
Knife
Leaf
Wolf
Wife
Слайд 6BUT:
Chief
Handkerchief
Roof
Safe
Слайд 7Nouns that end in -o add -es when made plural.
Tomato
Potato
Hero
Слайд 10Some nouns do not change at all when made plural:
Sheep
Deer
Moose
Trout
Слайд 11Some nouns become a new word when made plural:
Man
Woman
Foot
Goose
Tooth
Mouse
Louse
Слайд 13A few nouns have only plural forms:
Слайд 14A few nouns have only plural forms:
Слайд 15Nouns that have only singular forms:
Слайд 16Compound Nouns: the main word has plural form
Слайд 17Possessive Case
SINGULAR:
man – ….., child - ……
PLURAL:
chairs – ……, rooms
– ……,
men - ……, women – ……
Слайд 18Possessive Case of Compounds and Phrases – ‘s is added to the
whole phrase
Mother-in-law – ……
Maid of honor – …….
Attorney-at-law - …….
Слайд 21People in a certain occupation or activity:
er (-or):
eer:
Слайд 22Denoting people in a certain activity:
ster
ee
ant
Слайд 23Denoting females/ instruments:
ess
ina, ine
Слайд 25State/ activity:
ing
tion/-sion
ment
al