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    Group 2 Nouns Ending in - y Before A Consonat +: What's The Rule? Group 1 Noun +

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    The document provides instruction on pluralizing nouns in English. It divides nouns into 5 groups based on their spelling and describes the rules for making them plural. Examples are given for each group. The document also provides examples for using "there is/are" and questions to check understanding of plural nouns and quantifiers.

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    Handout for students

    PL URAL OF NOUN S
    R EAD AND STUD Y . What’ s th e
    Group 1 ru l e?
    noun +
    a book eleven books
    a girl thirteen girls
    a hand two hands
    an apple sixteen apples
    an orange five oranges
    an umbrella eighteen umbrellas
    a cow thirty cows
    a boy fourteen boys
    a monkey twenty monkeys
    a toy fifteen toys
    a donkey four donkeys
    Group 2
    nouns ending in -y before a consonat +
    a baby six babies
    a lady seven ladies
    a teddy nineteen teddies
    a country forty countries
    a family three families
    a lorry ten lorries
    Group 3 nouns ending in – o +
    a tomato six tomatoes
    a potato two potatoes
    a hero many heroes
    Group 4
    nouns ending in – sh, -ch, -s / ss, -x +
    a bush four bushes
    a toothbrush three toothbrushes
    a watch seven watches
    a dress two dresses
    a glass nine glasses
    a box five boxes
    Group 5 nouns ending in – f / -fe +
    a leaf four leaves
    a shelf three shelves
    a wolf eighteen wolves
    *a knife three knives
    *a wife two wives
    *my life their lives
    Irregular plural
    a man two men
    a woman two women
    a postman seven postmen
    a policeman fourteen policemen
    a doorman nine doormen
    a tooth ten teeth
    a foot two feet
    a person fifty people
    a child eight children

    18
    COMPLETE THE SENTENCES. USE THE NOUNS IN BRACKETS IN
    PLURAL FORMS:

    1 There are seven_______ (child) in the park.

    2 How many ________ (peach) are there in the basket?

    3 The _______ (book) are on the _______(shelf).

    4 What colour are the _______ (leaf) in autumn?

    5 There are some big _______ (box) under the tree.

    6 His _______ (tooth) are white.

    7 I’ve got two _______ (foot) to run with.

    8 Where are the _______(knife) ?

    9 She is washing the _______(dish).

    10 _______ (orange) are orange.

    11There are two _______ (boy) in front of the _______(monkey).

    12 Look at those _______ (baby)! They’re so cute.

    13 There are three _______ (lady) and four _______(gentleman) in the street.

    14 How many _______ (person) are there in the park?

    READ AND STUDY THESE EXAMPLES.

    There is a / one... / There are many / five...

    1 There’s (There is) a book on the chair.


    2 A: Is there a book on the chair?
    B: Yes, there is. / No, there isn’t.
    3 There isn’t a book on the chair.

    1 There are four children in the room.


    2 A: Are there four children in the room?
    B: Yes there are. / No, there aren’t.
    3 There aren’t four children in the room.

    Remember:
    1 What is there on the table?
    2 How many potatoes are there on the table?

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