1. Существительные в большинстве случаев при образовании множественного числа получают окончание -s.
Примеры:
apple – apples,
table – tables,
machine – machines
2. Если существительное заканчивается на -s, -ss, -sh,-ch, -x, -o – то во множественном числе оно получает окончание -еs.
Примеры:
box – boxes
bus – buses
dush – bushes
tomato – tomatoes
baby – babies
Но! Photo – photos / video – videos
3. Существительные, заканчивающиеся на согласную + y, вместо -y получают -ies во множественном числе.
Примеры:
try – tries
fly – flies
Но!
4. Существительные, заканчивающиеся на гласную (-a/e/o/u) + y, получают окончание -s.
Примеры:
toy – toys
boy – boys
5. Существительные, заканчивающиеся на -f/-fe, во множественном числе получают окончание -ves.
Примеры:
thief – thieves
wife – wives
knife – knives
Ho! roof – roofs
proof – proofs
chief – chiefs
6. Следующие исключения необходимо запомнить:
man – men, woman – women, policeman – policemen, fireman – firemen,
child – children, ox – oxen;
tooth – teeth, goose – geese, foot – feet, mouse – mice;
sheep – sheep, fish – fish, deer – deer
1.1. Образуйте множественное число данных существительных:
an ox, a dog, a fly, a wife, a knife, a man, a top, a shelf, a radio, a policeman, a toy, a crash, a locker, a flower, a blow, a drop, a proof, a clap, a guy, a church, a fox, a potato, a army, a party, a teacher, a month, a coat, a bridge, a volcano, a party, a banana, a room, a day, a fly, a knife, a sandwich, a university, a shelf, a play, a key, a taxi, a way, a tragedy, a language, a comedy, a parrot, a dog, a watch, a puppy, a flamingo, a glass, a box, a lady, a piano, a tomato, a city, a computer, a lion, a subway, a butterfly, a theatre, a girlfriend, a hero, a cargo, a wolf
1.2. Напишите данные предложения во множественном числе:
1.3. Заполните пропущенные слова. Одно слово лишнее.
oxen/geese/thieves/bushes/children/men/sheep/fish
1. The Browns’ have four ______. They all go to the kindergarten.
2. After sneaking out of the house ______ were hiding in the ______.
3. The Browns’ had a lot of animals on their farm: ______, _____, ______.
4. They say there is a lot of ______ in the pond.
1.4. Образуйте множественное число существительных:
1.5. Найди ошибки в словах:
Photoes – photos, dodoes, zeroes, tomatoes, potatos, kiloes, buffaloes, videos, pianoes, mosquitoes, stereoes, radios, studios, echos, heroes, gooses, foots, citys, wolfes, mens, womans.
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1.6. Раскройте скобки, употребляя имена существительные во множественном числе:
I have two little brothers (a brother). They are (1)_____ (a twin). They have a lot of (2) ______ (a pencil) and ______ (an album). They like to draw (3) _____,_______,_______,______,______ and ________. (a house, a tree, a dogs, a duck, a star and a doll). My elder sisters cannot draw (4) ______, _____,______ and ______. (a car, a bus, an animal and an apple). I help them.
My (5) ______ and ______ (a grandmother, a grandfather,) live in a big village. They have a nice farm. There are a lot of (6)_____, ______, _______, _______ and _______ (a cow, a calf, a horse, a pig and a piglet) there. I like to play with (7) ______ (a rabbit). They are very funny.
My best friend has three elder (8) ______ (a brother). They are (9) ______ (a student). They have a lot of (10) _______ (an interest). They like to play computer (11) ______ (a game), to watch horror _____ (a film), and to collect ______ (a stamp) and toy _____ (a bus). I think their (12) _______ (a hobby) are very interesting.