Plurals & Countable Nouns / Uncountable Nouns Worksheet
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COUNTABLE NOUNS / UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
Plural nouns
are usually formed by adding
“–s”
to the singular noun. Most nouns form
their plural by “–s” (a book - books, a toy - two toys)
1. Nouns ending in “–s”,”-ss”,”-sh”,”-ch”,”-x”,”-“o take
”–es”
in the plural. (boxes,
buses, dishes, watches)
2. Nouns that end in –y preceded by a consonant take
“–ies”
( baby-babies, story-
stories)
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key - keys / ray - rays / city - cities / country – countries
3. There are some irregular plurals:
a)
Nouns that end in “–f”, “-fe” takes “-ves”:
Ex; half-halves, knife-knives, wife-wives, loaf-loaves
b)The most common irregular plurals:
Singular
Plural
Singular
Plural
child
children
man
men
foot
feet
goose
geese
person
people
mouse
mice
!
c)
Certain names of animals: fish - fish (fishes is also possible), sheep - sheep
Countable nouns
are nouns which can be counted (e.g. one desk - two desks, an orange –
three oranges)
Uncountable nouns
are nouns which can not be counted and they have no plural forms.
(e.g. salt, water, silver) We can categorize them:
Category
Examples
Food
honey, chocolate, bread, jam, butter
Liquids
petrol, tea, oil, milk
Materials
wood, paper, gold
Abstract Nouns
sadness, love
Others
information, weather, hair
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