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    This document discusses how to make nouns plural and verbs third-person singular in English. It provides rules for making nouns plural by adding -s, -es, or -ies depending on whether the noun ends in a consonant, vowel, or y. It also discusses irregular plurals. For verbs, it explains adding -s or -es in the third person singular present tense. Examples are given for both nouns and verbs.

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    This document discusses how to make nouns plural and verbs third-person singular in English. It provides rules for making nouns plural by adding -s, -es, or -ies depending on whether the noun ends in a consonant, vowel, or y. It also discusses irregular plurals. For verbs, it explains adding -s or -es in the third person singular present tense. Examples are given for both nouns and verbs.

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    -S, -IES, - ES

    Remember that you can add -s, -es or -ies to nouns to form the plural.
    You also use this structure with verbs to form the 3rd person singular in present simple.

    Ending We add … Examples of nouns Examples of Verbs


    (plural) (3rd person)

    General use -s car - cars stop - stops

    Consonant +y y → -ies Party - Parties Try - Tries

    Vowel +y -s Boy - boys Lay - Lays

    -s, -ss, -ch, -sh, -x, -o -es Bus - Buses Pass - Passes
    Dress - Dresses Watch - Watches
    Peach - Peaches Wash - Washes
    Ash - Ashes Mix - Mixes
    Box - Boxes Go - Goes
    Tomato - Tomatoes

    Exception: Piano - Pianos


    Some nouns end in -o, Video - Videos
    but they don’t change
    to -es:

    -f, -fe f/fe → -ves Knife - Knives


    Leaf - Leaves

    Exception Roof - Roofs


    Some Nouns en in -f Chief - Chiefs
    but they don't change
    to -ves:

    Irregular Plural: These words plural Child - children Person - People


    don’t add -s or -es to foot - feet Mouse - Mice
    form the plural tooth - teeth Fish - Fish
    man - men Sheep - Sheep
    woman - women

    1. Makes the plurals of these nouns:

    Father Box Wolf

    Bottle Day Monkey

    Poster Body Potato

    Onion Half Woman

    Bus Policeman Baby

    Match Stamp Class


    Mouse Child Foot

    Goose Man Person

    Glass Party Bag

    2. Make the 3rd person singular of these verbs

    Wash Fix Match

    stop Believe Drive

    Watch Think See

    Read Do Take

    Write Eat Sleep

    Type Crash Wake

    3. Write the verb in the 3rd person


    a. He _________ (sleep) 8 hours everyday.
    b. My father _________ (cook) a really tasty stew.
    c. The barman ___________ (mix) the cocktail very quickly.
    d. She ___________ (go) to the school by bus from Monday to Friday.
    e. Bob ____________ (try) to study but he can’t.
    f. Pamela ____________ (write) an email to her sister in USA everyday.
    g. My mum ________________(read) the book when she has got time.
    h. The man _______________ (wash) the car in the petrol station.
    i. She ___________ (watch) the TV 2 hours in the afternoon.
    j. Sam’s father _______________ (drive) to work every day.
    k. Your friend ___________ (listen) to the CD in class.
    l. She ____________ (buy) in the supermarket on Mondays.

    4. Write sentences using the plural noun of the words given.

    a. foot
    b. mouse
    c. deer
    d. tooth
    e. knife

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