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Unit 1
Plural nouns
One child or two children?
One bus or two buses?
One baby or two babies?
One box or two boxes?
Plural nouns
The regular plural ending is -s: book - books, pen - pens, banana - bananas, phone - phones.
Add -es after -o, -s, -ss, -ch, -sh, -x: tomato - tomatoes, bus - buses, glass - glasses, peach - peaches,
dish - dishes, box - boxes.
NOT BY THE RULE: piano - pianos, photo - photos, kangaroo - kangaroos, radio - radios
Add -s after vowel + y: day - days, toy - toys.
Change -f and -fe to -ves: thief - thieves, knife - knives.
After consonant + y, change y to -ies: lady - ladies, family - families.
NOT BY THE RULE: roof - roofs, giraffe - giraffes
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