Exercise 12. Look at the examples and answer the questions

PLURAL OF NOUNS

Gender of the nouns

Types of the nouns

GRAMMAR

NOUN: types and gender

abstract	common	collective	proper	concrete
love beauty art belief	woman dog chair table	group crowd team family	Harry London Spain Jack	painter believer girl stadium

Существительные могут быть мужского (masculine), женского (feminine) или среднего (neuter) рода, большинство из них имеет форму вне зависимости от того, мужской это род или женский (doctor):

Однако некоторые существительные отличаются в зависимости:

Masculine	Feminine
actor barman boy bridegroom brother duke emperor father gentleman grandfather hero husband king landlord lord monk nephew policeman prince son steward uncle waiter widower	actress barmaid girl bride sister duchess empress mother lady grandmother heroine wife queen landlady lady nun niece policewoman princess daughter stewardess aunt waitress widow

Babies books boys buses buzzes cars chairs cities dishes echoes Eskimos foxes gases heroes holidays kilos ladies lorries matches monkeys photos pianos potatoes quizzes radios shops tables taxes times tomatoes watches ways wishes zoos

1. What is the most common way of making the plurals of nouns?

2. How do we make the plurals of words ending in consonant + y?

3. How do we make the plurals of words ending in vowel + y?

4. After which letters and groups of letters do we add es to the singular?

5. Four common words ending in o have plurals in es. Can you close your eyes and remember which they are?

Note:

После –s, -x, -sh, -ch, -tch + es:

a box boxes

После –o + es:

a hero heroes

Исключения: a piano pianos

После согласно + y i + es: a f ly fl ies

После гласной + y + s: a monke y - monke ys

После –f v + es: a lea f -lea ves

Исключения: a roo f – roo fs, a chie f – chie fs

После –fe ve + s: a kni fe – kni ves

Исключения:a sa fe - sa fes

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