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IRRAGULAR NOUNS WITH PLURAL FORMS

IRRAGULAR NOUNS WITH PLURAL FORMS. NAİLE TİĞEL/188. 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…. NOUNS…ENDS WITH –f OR -fe.

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IRRAGULAR NOUNS WITH PLURAL FORMS

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  1. IRRAGULAR NOUNS WITH PLURAL FORMS NAİLE TİĞEL/188 Kayseri-2010

  2. 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…

  3. NOUNS…ENDS WITH –f OR -fe When we want to plural nouns which ends –f or –fe,there are three possible alternatives…

  4. FOR SOME NOUNS WE ADD ONLY –s…

  5. Some nouns ending with –f,don’t change -f only add –s… • Roof Roofs • Cliff Cliffs • Sniff Sniffs • Belief Beliefs • Chief Chiefs

  6. WE CAN CHANGE –f TO –v AND ADD –es…

  7. Change –f to –v and add –es for plural form Singular Plural • Life Lives • Wife Wives • Knife Knives • Half Halves • Shelf Shelves

  8. Wolf Wolves • Thief Thieves • Loaf Loaves • Leaf Leaves

  9. For some nouns we can use both forms…

  10. THERE ARE TWO FORMS POSSİBLE Singular Plural • Scarf Scarfs/Scarves • Hoof Hoofs/Hooves

  11. NOUNS…ENDS WITH -y When we want to plural nouns which ends with –y we change –y to –ies…

  12. Change –y to –ies for plural form Singular Plural • City Cities • Lady Ladies • Family Families • Party Parties

  13. NOUNS….ENDS WITH -o We can separate nouns which ends –o three groups…

  14. We can add –s…

  15. Only -s Singular Plural • Disco Discos • Piano Pianos • Photo Photos • Auto Autos • Zoo Zoos • Video Videos

  16. Kilo Kilos • Radio Radios

  17. We can add –es…

  18. Only -es Singular Plural • Patato Patatoes • Tomato Tomatoes • Hero Heroes • Negro Negroes

  19. We can add both of them…-s or –es…

  20. THERE ARE TWO FORMS POSSIBLE Singular Plural • Buffalo Buffalos/Buffaloes • Mosquito Mosquitos/Mosquitoes • Tornado Tornados/Tornadoes • Volcano Volcanos/Volcanoes • Zero Zeros/Zeroes

  21. When we want to plural child and ox we add –en this words…

  22. Singular Plural • Child Children • Ox Oxen

  23. While we are forming some nouns plural form,the vowel of word changes…

  24. The Other Irregular Plural Forms Singular Plural • Man Men • Woman Women • Child Children • Mouse Mice • Tooth Teeth • Foot Feet • Person People

  25. Goose Geese • This These • That Those

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