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    The document provides information about forming regular and irregular plural nouns in English. It discusses the basic rules for adding -s, -es, or -ies to make nouns plural depending on whether they end in a consonant, vowel, y, or other letter. It also lists some common irregular plural nouns that do not follow the typical patterns. The objective is for students to recognize and properly use regular and irregular plural forms in English.

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    Unit 4

    "Plurals"

    Miss Catalina Ortiz


    May 4th, 2023

    OBJECTIVE

    Recognize and use

    regular and

    irregular plural.
    Plural Nouns
    Regular -s plurals
    In general the plural of a noun is formed by adding -S to the noun.
    (En general, el plural de un sustantivo se forma agregando -S al sustantivo).

    Singular Plural

    car cars
    (auto) (autos)

    house houses
    (casa) ( casas)

    book books
    (libro) (libros)
    bird
    birds
    (pajaro) (pajaros)

    pencil
    pencils
    (lapiz) (lapices)
    1. If the noun ends in a CONSONANT + O, we normally add -ES to the noun.
    (Si el sustantivo termina en CONSONANTE + O, normalmente agregamos -ES al sustantivo.)

    Singular Plural NOTE: Volcano has two


    tomato tomatoes correct forms of
    (tomate) ( tomates)

    plural. Both volcanos


    potato potatoes and volcanoes are
    (papa) ( papas)

    accepted.
    echo echoes
    (eco) (ecos)

    hero heroes
    (heroe) (heroes)

    Some exceptions:
    phone-phones, piano - pianos, halo - halos, photo - photos
    Activity: Write the words inthe correct column
    Activity: Write the words inthe correct column

    Check

    Guitar computers
    Jacket pens
    Phone pencils
    television rulers
    Activity n°2: Write the plurals and translate de words.
    Example
    Activity n°2: Write the plurals and translate de words.
    Example

    guitars. (guitarras)
    bags. (bolsos)
    phones (telefonos)
    carrots (zanahorias)
    Check
    photos (fotos)
    umbrellas (paraguas)
    queens (reinas)
    snakes (serpientes)
    tomatoes (tomates)
    jackets ( chaquetas)
    2. When the noun ends in S, SH, CH, X or Z*, we add -ES to the noun.
    (Cuando el sustantivo termina en S, SH, CH, X o Z*, le agregamos -ES al sustantivo.)

    Singular Plural
    kiss kisses
    (beso) ( besos)

    wish wishes
    (deseo) ( deseos)

    match
    matches
    (partido) (partidos) Example:
    fox
    foxes I have a box in my bedroom.
    (zorro) (zorros )
    I have three boxes in my bedroom.
    3. When the noun ends in a VOWEL + Y, we add -S to the noun.
    (Cuando el sustantivo termina en VOCAL + Y, le agregamos -S al sustantivo.)

    Singular Plural
    boy boys
    (niño) ( niñoss)

    holiday holidays
    (día festivo ) ( días festivos)

    key keys
    (llave) (llaves)

    guy guys
    (chico) (chicos)
    4. When the noun ends in a CONSONANT + Y, we remove Y and add -IES to the noun.
    (Cuando el sustantivo termina en CONSONANTE + Y, quitamos Y y agregamos -ies al sustantivo.)

    Singular Plural
    party (fiesta )
    parties ( fiestas)

    lady (dama)
    ladies ( damas)

    story stories
    (historia) (historias)

    nanny nannies
    (niñera) (niñeras)

    city

    cities
    (ciudad). (ciudades)
    5. If the noun ends in F or FE, we remove the F/FE and add -VES to the noun.
    (Si el sustantivo termina en F o FE, quitamos F/FE y agregamos -VES al sustantivo.)

    Singular Plural
    life lives
    (vida) ( vidas)

    leaf leaves
    (hoja) ( hojas)

    thief thieves
    (ladrón) (ladrones)

    wife (esposa)
    wives (esposas)

    Some exceptions: roof - roofs, cliff - cliffs, chief - chiefs, belief - beliefs, chef - chefs
    Irregular plurals
    See you
    next
    time!
    Q&A TIME

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