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Plural in English
Singular and plural
Consonante + -s
singular | plural |
car | cars |
cassette | cassettes |
lamp | lamps |
hat | hats |
day | days |
Se agrega -es después de sonidos sibilantes:
singular | plural |
a box | two boxes |
sandwich | sandwiches |
wish | wishes |
pass | passes |

Substituye y después de  consonante  por –ies :
singular |plural |
city | cities |
lady | ladies |
Agrega -s después de y consonante:
singular | plural |
boy | boys |
toy | toys |
La palabra penny tiene 2 formas de plural:
pennies -> You refer to the coins.
pence -> You refer to the price (how much sth. is).
EL USO DEL VERBO TO BE ES EL SIGUIENTE:
SingularPlural
IS ARE

Sustantivos terminados en -f or -fe:
agrega -s | substituye con -ves |
singular | plural | singular | plural |
roof | roofs | thief | thieves |
cliff | cliffs | wife | wives |
sheriff | sheriffs | shelf | shelves |
Hay 2 formas posibles para:
scarf - scarfs/scarves
hoof -hoofs/hooves
Sustantivos terminados en -o forman el plural agregando -s o -es.
add -s | substitute with -ves |
singular | plural | singular | plural |
disco | discos | tomato | tomatoes |
piano | pianos | potato | potatoes |
photo | photos | hero | heroes |
Algunos sustantivos pueden tener 2 formas de plural:
buffalo - buffalos/buffaloes
mosquito - mosquitos/mosquitoestornado - tornados/tornadoes
Plurales Irregulares:
singular | plural |
man |  men |
woman |  women |
child |  children |
mouse |  mice |
tooth |  teeth |
person |  people |
foot |  feet |
ox |  oxen |
goose | geese |

EXERCISES
EX 1.- Put in the correct form of the plural.
Example: school - ______schools
1) life - ________________ 2)family - ________________
3) boy - ________________ 4) penny - ________________
5) city - ________________ 6) sunday - ________________
7) child - ________________ 8) sandwich - ________________
9) nurse - ________________ 10) shelf - ________________
11) desk -________________ 12) pencil - ________________
13) bike - ________________ 14) cat - ________________
15) invitation - ________________ 16) watch - ________________
17) tomato - ________________ 18) fireman - ________________
19) half -________________ 20) box -________________
EX 2.-.Completa las Oraciones con el Plural que corresponde AL Singular que está en paréntesis
Example: Thereare two ___________ on the table. (BOOK) BOOKES - BOOKS
1) The cats have seven . ___________ (LIFE) LIVES - LIFES
2) There are five ___________ on my desk .(PENCIL) PENCILS - PENCILES
3) I have two ___________.(WATCH) WATCHS - WATCHES
4) They are riding their ___________ . (BIKE) BIKES - BIKS
5) We have many ___________ .(CHILD) CHILDREN -CHILDS
EX 3.- Escriba IS o ARE de acuerdo al sustantivo (singular o plural).
1) Ladies and gentlemen. Here __________ the news.
2) Where __________ my jeans.
3) Further information __________ available in the office.
4) The stairs __________ over there, Sir.
5) The furniture in our classroom __________ uncomfortable.

6) The USA __________ a very nice country.
7) Yoursunglasses __________ on the table.
8) Homework __________ boring.
9) The scissors __________ on the table mine.
10) Physics __________ not easy.
EX 4.- Escoge el plural o singular correcto
The glass / glasses is full. The pencil / pencils is short .
He is a child /children. The men / man is in the park.
His tooth / teeth are yellow. The women /woman are in the shop....