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Singular and plural
Make plurals with -s / -es / -ies and know the common irregular ones.
1Learn
Goal: Make plurals with -s / -es / -ies and know the common irregular ones.
Singular = one. Plural = more than one. Most nouns add -s (book → books). Nouns ending in s, x, ch, sh add -es (bus → buses, watch → watches). Consonant + y changes to -ies (baby → babies). Some are irregular: man → men, woman → women, child → children, foot → feet, tooth → teeth, mouse → mice, person → people.
2Examples
one cat → two cats
one bus → three buses-es
one city → many cities-ies
one child → four childrenIrregular
one man → two menIrregular
There are many people here.Not ‘peoples’
3Common mistakes
two childs
two children
many peoples
many people
three boxs
three boxes — after x add -es
4Practice quiz
Question 1 of 5Multiple choice
Plural of ‘watch’:
5Speaking challenge
Speaking challenge
Look around and count: “two chairs, three books, one window…”. Say 8 plurals.
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Say it out loud. Nobody is listening — that’s the point. Mistakes are allowed.
Finish this lesson
Do the practice quiz above, then mark it complete.