Слайд 1PLURALS
Подготовила преподаватель английского языка
ГУО «Пинковичская средняя школа имени Якуба Коласа»
Пинского района, Брестской области,
Лящук Елена Геннадьевна
Слайд 3+ES(if nouns ending in –s,-ss,
-ch,-x,-o)
a tomato-tomatoes
Слайд 4BUT:
radio-radios
piano-pianos
photo-photos
rhino-rhinos
hippo-hippos
video-videos
Слайд 5Nouns ending in a vowel+Y take –s in the plural
a
toy-toys
Слайд 6Nouns ending in consonant+y, drop the –y and take –ies
in the plural
a strawberry-strawberries
y-i+es
Слайд 7Nouns ending in –f or –fe, drop the f or
fe and take –ves in the plural
a leaf-leaves
-f/-fe-v+es
Слайд 8BUT:
chiefs
roofs
safes
cliffs
beliefs
scarf(ves)
wharfs(ves)
dwarfs(ves)
hoofs(ves)
Слайд 9IRREGULAR PLURALS:
a man-men
a woman-women
a child-children
a foot-feet
a tooth-teeth
a goose-geese
a mouse-mice
a louse-lice
an
ox-oxen
Слайд 10SOME NOUNS HAVE THE SAME singular and plural forms:
a fish-fish
a
deer-deer
a sheep-sheep
a trout-trout
a swine-swine
an aircraft-aircraft
a means-means
Слайд 11Some words which come from foreign languages have special plurals:
Analysis-analyses
Appendix-appendices/appendixes
Bacterium-bacteria
Basis-bases
Cactus-cacti/cactuses
Crisis-crises
Criterion-criteria
Diagnosis-diagnoses
Formula-formulae/formulas
Fungus-fungi/funguses
Hypothesis-hypotheses
Medium-media/mediums
Phenomenon-phenomena
Слайд 12Noun+preposition+noun, we add –s to the first noun
a mother-in-law- mothers-in-law
Слайд 13If the first word is man or woman
a woman-doctor- women-doctors
Слайд 14Noun+adverb, we add –s to the first word
passer-by-passers-by
Слайд 15If there is no noun-stem in the compound –s is
added to the last element
Forget-me-not-forget-me-nots
Слайд 16Uncountable nouns(are used in singular):
Слайд 17Always plural:
people
arms
cattle ashes
trousers barracks
jeans clothes
shorts congratulations
shoes outskirts
gloves police
pajamas riches
tights stairs
earrings surroundings
scissors wages
pliers goods
Слайд 18A group of english nouns that can be used as
countable or uncountable with a difference in meaning:
Слайд 19Collective nouns that can be both singular and plural:
Army
Audience
Class
Committee
Company
Crew
Crowd
Government
Group
Faculty
Family
Слайд 20TEam
Is singular when it is regarded as one unit:
Our team
is winning.
Is plural when we mean each member of this
unit individually:
The team are going back to their homes.
Слайд 21Russian nouns that are always plural in russian but are
singular and plural in English.