Plural Nouns (Plural dos Substantivos)
I. For each sentence, choose the best word or phrase to complete the gap from the choices below.(Para cada frase, escolha a melhor palavra ou frase para preencher a lacuna das opções abaixo.)
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I love reading. I've got hundreds of _____.
A book( ) B bookes( ) C books( )
Today is a busy day at school. I have five _______.
A clases( ) B classes( ) C class( )
I normally have two long ________ a year.
A holiday( ) B holidays( ) C holidaies( )
They have four ________, all girls.
A children( ) B childes( ) C childens( )
You must remember to brush your _____ after eating.
A tooths( ) B toothes( ) C teeth ( )
_____ are cheaper than taxis normally.
A Bus( ) B Buses( ) C Buss( )
My ____ hurt! We walked for hours today!
A feet ( ) B foots ( ) C footes ( )
There were a lot of ______ shopping this morning.
A persons( ) B person ( ) C people( )
I have visited more than ten different _________.
A countrys( ) B countries( ) C countris( )
In England, a lot of _____ like playing football.
A woman( ) B womans ( ) C women( )
I stayed in Hong Kong for seven ______.
A months( ) B monthes ( ) C month(
Soluções para a tarefa
Resposta:
⇒⇒ English Plurals →→
1. I love reading. I've got hundreds of books.
A book( ) B bookes( ) C books( X )
2. Today is a busy day at school. I have five classes.
A clases( ) B classes( X ) C class( )
3. I normally have two long holidays a year.
A holiday( ) B holidays ( X ) C holidaies( )
4. They have four children , all girls.
A children ( X ) B childes( ) C childens( )
5. You must remember to brush your teeth after eating.
A tooths( ) B toothes( ) C teeth ( X )
6. Buses are cheaper than taxis normally.
A Bus( ) B Buses ( X ) C Buss( )
7. My feet hurt! We walked for hours today!
A feet ( X ) B foots ( ) C footes ( )
8. There were a lot of people shopping this morning.
A persons( ) B person ( ) C people ( X )
9. I have visited more than ten different countries .
A countrys( ) B countries ( X ) C countris( )
10. In England, a lot of women like playing football.
A woman( ) B womans ( ) C women ( X )
11. I stayed in Hong Kong for seven months.
A months ( X ) B monthes ( ) C month( )
Explicação:
⇒⇒ Regras para o plural de substantivos
a. Substantivos regulares >>>> plural em ''s''
notebook - notebooks
girl - girls
car - cars
house - houses
b. Substantivos irregulares
• Se o substantivo terminar em ''o'' - acrescenta ''es''
tomato - tomatoes
potato - potatoes
• Se o substantivo terminar em ''y'' precedido de consoante, retira o ''y'' e acrescenta ''ies''
baby - babies
sky - skies
• Se o substantivo terminar em ''s'' - ''se'' - ''ss - ''sh'' - ''ge'' - ''ch'' faz o plural acrescentando ''es'' ou ''s''
box - boxes
watch - watches - relógio de pulso
judge - judges - juiz
• Se o substantivo terminar em ''f'' ou ''fe'' faz o plural em ''ves''
wife - wives - esposa
shelf - shelves - prateleira
• Se o substantivo tiver ''oo'' , faz plural em ''ee (apenas 3 substantivos)
goose - geese - ganso
foot - feet - pé
tooth - teeth - dente
Exceções
child - children
man - men
woman - women
ox - oxen - boi
louse - lice - piolho
mouse - mice - rato
dwarf - dwarves / dwarfs - anão
hoof - hooves / hoofs - casco de animal
wharf - wharfs / wharves - cais
