2019 3.

4 Mengidentifikasi fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan unsur kebahasaan teks interaksi

Lembar
transaksional lisan dan tulis yang melibatkan tindakan memberi dan
meminta informasi terkait nama dan jumlah binatang, benda, dan bangunan

Kerja publik yang dekat dengan kehidupan peserta didik sehari-hari, sesuai dengan
konteks penggunaannya. (Perhatikan unsur kebahasaan dan kosa kata terkait

Peserta article a dan the, plural dan singular)

Didik
4.4 Menyusun teks interaksi transaksional lisan dan tulis sangat pendek dan
sederhana yang melibatkan tindakan memberi dan meminta informasi terkait
nama dan jumlah binatang, benda dan bangunan publik yang dekat dengan
kehidupan siswa sehari-hari,dengan memperhatikan fungsi sosial, struktur
teks, dan unsur kebahasaan yang benar dan sesuai konteks

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Table of Contents
Quick and Handy Grammar Review: Singular and Plural Nouns 2

Exercise 1:
Write the plural of the following nouns. 3

Exercise 2:
Write the plural of the following nouns. 3

Exercise 3:
Write and say the plural of each noun. Check the correct pronunciation box. 4

Exercise 4:
Write and say the plural of each noun. Check the correct pronunciation box. 4

Exercise 5:
Form the plural of the following nouns. 5

Exercise 6:
Form the plural of the following nouns. 5

Exercise 7:
Form the plural of the following nouns. 6

Exercise 8:
Fill in the blanks. Use the plural form of the nouns in the list. 6

Answer Key 7

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Quick and Handy Grammar Review: Singular and Plural Nouns

Spelling Rules for Plural Nouns
1. For most nouns, add –s to the singular noun.
desk/desks toy/toys car/cars book/books voice/voices cat/cats
2. For nouns ending in –s, –z, –sh, or –ch, add –es to the singular noun.
class/classes quiz/quizzes wish/wishes watch/watches bus/buses mass/masses
3. For nouns ending in –f, change –f to –v and add –es.
wife/wives leaf/leaves scarf/scarves knife/knives loaf/loaves
(Note: There are several exceptions to this rule: beliefs, roofs, cliffs, cuffs, chiefs)
4. For nouns ending in a consonant + y, change the –y to –i and add –es.
story/stories fry/fries bully/bullies pony/ponies spy/spies
5. For nouns ending in a vowel + y, just add –s.
delay/delays day/days toy/toys survey/surveys play/plays
6. Some nouns ending in –o form their plural by adding –es. Others just add –s.
tomato/tomatoes hero/heroes potato/potatoes zoo/zoos zero/zeros

Irregular Plural Nouns

1. Several nouns have irregular plural forms:
child/children foot/feet goose/geese louse/lice man/men
woman/women mouse/mice ox/oxen person/people tooth/teeth
2. A few nouns, mostly of Latin origin, have irregular plural forms:
us / i sis / ses parenthesis/parentheses um,on / a
alumnus/alumni analysis/analyses thesis/theses bacterium/bacteria
cactus/cacti axis/axes criterion/criteria
focus/foci crisis/crises ix / ices datum/data
nucleus/nuclei diagnosis/diagnoses appendix/appendices memorandum/memoranda
stimulus/stimuli oasis/oases index/indices phenomenon/phenomena
3. Several nouns do not change in the plural.
deer/deer fish/fish offspring/offspring sheep/sheep species/species

Pronunciation of Final –s and –es for Plural Nouns

Noun Ending Sound Plural Pronunciation Examples
voiceless: /f/, /k/, /p/, /t/, /θ/ /s/ cuffs, books, cups, boats, months
voiced: /b/ /d/, /g/, /l/, /m/, /n/, cabs, beds, dogs, jewels, combs, pens,
/z/
/ŋ/, /r/, /ð/, /v/, all vowel sounds things, years, paths, knives, agendas
faces, sizes, pages, garages, dishes,
/s/, /z/, /ʤ/,/ʒ/, /ʃ/, /ʧ/ /ɪz/
watches

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Exercise 1:
Write the plural of the following nouns.

1. colony 2. dictionary

3. fairy 4. donkey

5. berry 6. artery

7. Monday 8. similarity

9. holiday 10. essay

Exercise 2:
Write the plural of the following nouns.

1. army 2. quarry

3. navy 4. query

5. raspberry 6. party

7. Friday 8. city

9. decoy 10. monkey

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Exercise 3:
Write the plural of each noun. Then say the plural noun aloud. Check the correct pronunciation box for each one.

Singular Plural /s/ /z/ /ɪz/

1. cup

2. shoe
3. page
4. disk

5. teacher
6. film
7. month

8. Monday
9. class
10. minute

Exercise 4:
Write the plural of each noun. Then say the plural noun aloud. Check the correct pronunciation box for each one.

Singular Plural /s/ /z/ /ɪz/

1. mass
2. biscuit
3. gas
4. knife
5. coat
6. dog
7. dash
8. delay
9. bridge
10. song

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Exercise 5:
Form the plural of the following nouns.

1. one volcano, two 2. one zoo, two

3. one city, two 4. one species, two

5. one sheep, two 6. one louse, two

7. one wolf, two 8. one thief, two

9. one child, two 10. one witch, two

11. one mouse, two 12. one foot, two

13. one man, two 14. one cactus, two

15. one bacterium, two

Exercise 6:
Form the plural of the following nouns.

1. one woman, two 2. one roof, two

3. one offspring, two 4. one smile, two

5. one fish, two 6. one stitch, two

7. one key, two 8. one parent, two

9. one ox, two 10. one baby, two

11. one library, two 12. one half, two

13. one alumnus, two 14. one criterion, two

15. one deer, two

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Exercise 7:
Form the plural of the following nouns.

1. one hero, two 2. one survey, two

3. one shelf, two 4. one cliff, two

5. one oasis, two 6. one swatch, two

7. one tomato, two 8. one belief, two

9. one stimulus, two 10. one monkey, two

11. one play, two 12. one calf, two

13. one memorandum, two 14. one delay, two

15. one focus, two

Exercise 8:
Fill in the blanks. Use the plural form of the nouns in the list. Use each word only once.

calf deer baby child man

fish diagnosis sheep radio knife

1. Baby cows are called .

2. It is dangerous to play with very sharp .

3. Mrs. Ng has three boys and three girls, all in all six .

4. Mr. Winchester is a collector of old . He loves to listen to them.

5. I saw three trying to cross the highway. They should be in the woods.

6. are animals that produce wool. They also give milk.

7. The doctor made two after analyzing the patient for two hours.

8. Rob says that he needs three strong to help him carry the refrigerator upstairs.

9. Rosa is a very talented outdoors person. Yesterday, she caught six in the river.

10. Fourteen were born yesterday at Pascack Hospital.

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Answer Key
Exercise 1:
1. colonies 2. dictionaries 3. fairies 4. donkeys 5. berries
6. arteries 7. Mondays 8. similarities 9. holidays 10. essays
Exercise 2:
1. armies 2. quarries 3. navies 4. queries 5. raspberries
6. parties 7. Fridays 8. cities 9. decoys 10. monkeys
Exercise 3: Exercise 4:
Singular Plural /s/ /z/ /ɪz/ Singular Plural /s/ /z/ /ɪz/
1. cup cups X 1. mass masses X
2. shoe shoes X 2. biscuit biscuits X
3. page pages X 3. gas gases X
4. disk disks X 4. knife knives X
5. teacher teachers X 5. coat coats X
6. film films X 6. dog dogs X
7. month months X 7. dash dashes X
8. Monday Mondays X 8. delay delays X
9. class classes X 9. bridge bridges X
10. minute minutes X 10. song songs X

Exercise 5:
1. volcanoes 2. zoos 3. cities 4. species 5. sheep 6. lice 7. wolves 8. thieves
9. children 10. witches 11. mice 12. feet 13. men 14. cacti 15. bacteria
Exercise 6:
1. women 2. roofs 3. offspring 4. smiles 5. fish 6. stitches 7. keys 8. parents
9. oxen 10. babies 11. libraries 12. halves 13. alumni 14. criteria 15. deer
Exercise 7:
1. heroes 2. surveys 3. shelves 4. cliffs 5. oases 6. swatches 7. tomatoes 8. beliefs
9. stimuli 10. monkeys 11.plays 12. calves 13. memoranda 14. delays 15. foci

Exercise 8:
1. calves 2. knives
3. children 4. radios
5. deer 6. Sheep
7. diagnoses 8. men
9. fish 10. babies

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