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

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

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

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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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