PLURALS-P.1

PLURALS

Changing     y         to         ies

Lorry                       lorries

fly         ________________

Baby            ______________

city          ________________

Puppy         ______________

country   ________________

Family      _______________

lady        ________________

Society   ________________

Complete the sentences by filling in the plurals of the words in the bracket.

A dog had two ______________________. (puppy)

My aunt has four _____________________. (lorry)

There are many ______________________in the toilet. (fly)

Those ___________________________are very smart. (lady)

The woman is carrying __________________. (baby)

Change the underlined nouns to the plural form

It is a big family. _____________________

I like my country. _____________________

she is a smart lady. _____________________

Kampala is a big city. _____________________

Tom is driving a lorry. _____________________

PLURALS

Changing              f               to             v             before adding       es

Leaf     –  leaves                                                    half         –               halves

Calf     –  calves                                                    shelf       –               shelves

Knife   –  knives                                                    hoof        –               hooves

Thief   –  thieves                                                   loaf         –               loaves

Wife    –  wives

Complete these

One leaf                                 three       ____________

One knife                              four         _____________

One thief                               two          _____________

One loaf                                 five          _____________

One shelf                               six         _____________

One wife                                 seven     _____________

Plurals of nouns which change

Examples

Man        –              men

ox            –               oxen

woman   –              women

child       –              children

tooth       –              teeth

louse      –               lice

goose     –              geese

mouse    –               mice

foot         –               feet

Exercise

Give the plurals of the underlined word

My tooth is broken. _________________________

The child is running in the field. __________________

The cat caught a mouse. _____________________

Mukasa is a man. ____________________________

The woman is carrying a baby. ___________________