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Grammar Exercises Plural Number

Most nouns form their plural by adding -s

Singular

Plural

one book

two books

Nouns ending in:

Consonant + yies but vowel (a, e, i, o) + ys

Singular

Plural

BUT

Singular

Plural

baby

babies

boy

boys

s, ss, sh, ch, x, o → es

Singular

Plural

bus

glass

bush

church

box

tomato

buses

glasses

bushes

churches

boxes

tomatoes

BUT: radio – radios; piano – pianos; photo – photos

f / fe ves

Singular

Plural

leaf

housewife

leaves

housewives

Irregular Plurals

tooth

teeth

man

foot

woman

child

fish

men

feet

women

children

fish

I. Change to the plural as in the example:

1. book – books

2. cat

3. bird

4. glass

5. baby

6. star

7. photo

8. bush

9. chair

10. tree

11. radio

12. dress

13. piano

14. potato

15. leaf

16. knife

17. foot

18. child

19. brush

20. man

21. woman

22. girl

23. flower

24. policeman

25. boy

26. bus

27. orange

28. student

II. Fill in “a”, “an” or “---”

  1. an aeroplane

  2. …….car

  3. …….chairs

  4. …….glass

  5. …….bus

  6. …….animal

  7. …….men

  8. …….armchair

  9. …….birds

  10. …….tree

  1. …….flower

  2. …….umbrella

  3. …….shoes

  4. …….hand

  5. …….foot

  6. …….apple

  7. …….eye

  8. …….books

  9. …….star

  10. …….lady

  1. …….knife

  2. …….girls

  3. …….eagle

  4. …….schools

  5. …….teacher

  6. …….boy

  7. …….house

  8. …….gardens

  9. …….pen

  10. …….brothers

III. Fill in “I”, “you”, “he”, “she”, “it”, “we”, or “they”

1. Greg – he

2. you and I

3. cat

4. man

5. Steve and I

6. policeman

7. car

8. Eva and I

9. John

10. John and Charlie

11. Farther and I

12. skirt

13. dog

14. hat

15. David

16. Joanna

17. books

18. tooth

19. girls

20. houses

21. Ben

22. woman

23. Tom and Sally

24. men

25. Tom and I

26. boy

27. policemen

28. she and I

29. flowers

30. orange

The verb “to be”

Affirmative

Negative

Interrogative

Long form

Short form

Long form

Short form

I am

You are

He is

She is

It is

We are

You are

They are

I`m

You`re

He`s

She`s

It`s

We`re

You`re

They`re

I am not

You are not

He is not

She is not

It is not

We are not

You are not

They are not

I`m not

You aren`t

He isn`t

She isn`t

It isn`t

We aren`t

You aren`t

They aren`t

Am I?

Are you?

Is he?

Is she?

Is it?

Are we?

Are you?

Are they?

Short answers:

Am I / Are you tall?

Is he / she / it in the garden?

Yes, I am.

Yes, he / she / it is.

No, I`m not.

No, he / she / it isn`t.

Are we / you/ they students?

Yes, we / you / they are.

No, we / you / they aren`t.