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Primary Longman Elect
2A Chapter 4
Plural nouns ―
‘-s’ / ‘-es’ / ‘-ies’
Plural nouns
When there are 2 or more of an object, we call it ‘plural’.
We add ‘s’ after most nouns.
e.g.
a banana
a pear
bananas
pears
Plural nouns
We add ‘es’ after nouns ending in ‘o’, ‘s’, ‘x’, ‘ch’ and ‘sh’.
e.g.
a mango
a glass
a box
mangoes
glasses
boxes
Plural nouns
We add ‘es’ after nouns ending in ‘o’, ‘s’, ‘x’, ‘ch’ and ‘sh’.
e.g.
a peach
a bush
peaches
bushes
Plural nouns
We change ‘y’ to ‘ies’ when the nouns ending in a consonant (not a, e, i, o, u) and ‘y’
e.g.
a cherry
a strawberry
cherries
strawberries
Spelling rules
Rule Examples
+ ‘s’ after most nouns banana bananas
pear pears
+ ‘es’ for nouns ending in ‘o’, ‘s’ and ‘x’ mango mangoes
glass glasses
box boxes
+ ‘es’ for nouns ending in ‘ch’ and ‘sh’ peach peaches
dish dishes
Change ‘y’ to ‘ies’ for nouns ending in a consonant + ‘y’ cherry cherries
Practice
Choose the correct answer.
+s
+es
+ies
tomato____
es
Practice
Choose the correct answer.
+s
+es
+ies
cake____
s
Practice
Choose the correct answer.
+s
+es
+ies
cherry____
ies
Practice
Choose the correct answer.
A. I like mangos.
B. I like mangies.
C. I like mangoes.
Practice
Choose the correct answer.
C. I like mangoes.
Practice
Choose the correct answer.
A. I like strawberrys.
B. I like strawberries.
C. I like strawberryes.
Practice
Choose the correct answer.
B. I like strawberries.
Practice
Choose the correct answer.
A. I like pears.
B. I like pearies.
C. I like peares.
Practice
Choose the correct answer.
A. I like pears.
The End