Question

PLURAL OF NOUNS

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RULES:
1 - + S ( apenas acrescentar S )

Exemplos:
book - books
orange - oranges
pen - pens

2 - + ES ( palavras terminadas em : S, SH, CH, X, Z, O )

Exemplos:

box - boxes
glass - glasses
church - churches
wish - wishes
topaz - topazes
hero - heroes

EXCEÇÕES desta regra:

ox - oxen ( boi - bois )

CH com som de K = só leva + S
Exemplos:

stomach - stomachs
monarch - monarchs
patriarch - patriarchs

palavras de origem estrangeira terminadas em O = só leva + S
Exemplos:

piano - pianos
avocado - avocados
photo - photos
cassino - cassinos
hippo - hippos

3 - Palavras terminadas em Y
y depois de vogal = só leva + S
Exemplos:

boy - boys
day - days

y depois de consoante = sai o Y e acrescenta-se IES
Exemplos:

city - cities
fly - flies
entity - entities

4 - Palavras terminadas em F/ FE
fazem o plural com VES
Exemplo:

wolf - wolves
knife - knives
wife - wives

EXCEÇÕES desta regra:
Não mudam para VES. Só levam S
Exemplos:

chief - chiefs - chefes
roof - roofs - telhados
cliff - cliffs - penhascos
grief - griefs - pesares ( dores )
reef - reefs - recifes
proof - proofs - provas
safe - safes - cofres
strife - strifes - lutas

5 - PLURAL IRREGULAR
Exemplos

man - men - homens
woman - women - mulheres
child - children - crianças
foot - feet - pés
tooth - teeth - dentes
goose - geese - gansos
mouse - mice - camundongos
ox - oxen - bois
person - people - pessoas
peoples ( só para nações )

6 - Só existem no plural

Mathematics
Optics
Physics
Politics

7 - Só existe no singular

information - informações

EXERCÍCIO
I - Use o plural e depois traduza

1 - Mickey is a mouse. Mickey and Minnie are ________________________.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2 - Maguila and Mike Tyson are strong ________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

3 - That dentist has thirty-two ______________________________ but this baby has only one tooth.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4 - Those ______________________________ have new toys, but this child has an old toy.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5 - My mother and my sister are nice ____________________________________
___________________________________________________________________

6 - You and I aren’t things. We are _____________________________________
____________________________________________________________________

7 - We have two ________________________ but Saci Pererê has only one foot.
__________________________________________________________________

8 - There is a black ox beside two brown _______________________________
____________________________________________________________________

9 - There is only one goose on that farm but there are many ____________________ my farm.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

II - DÊ O PLURAL E TRADUZA

1 - loaf - ____________________________________________________
2 - thief - ___________________________________________________
3 - negro - _________________________________________________
4 - tomato - _________________________________________________
5 - echo - _________________________________________________
6 - veto - ______________________________________________________
7 - shelf - _____________________________________________________
8 - calf - _____________________________________________________
9 - peach - ___________________________________________________
10 - gas - _____________________________________________________
11- beach - __________________________________________________
12 - cherry _____________________________________________________
13 - tray - _____________________________________________________
14 - lady - ____________________________________________________
15 - century - __________________________________________________
16 - monkey - __________________________________________________
17 - ray - ______________________________________________________
18 - way - ___________________________________________________
19 - brush - __________________________________________________
20 - dish - ____________________________________________________
21 - bus - _______________________________________________________



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Answer 1

1 - Mickey is a mouse. Mickey and Minnie are mice.

2 - Maguila and Mike Tyson are strong.

3 - That dentist has thirty-two teeth but this baby has only one tooth.

4 - Those children have new toys, but this child has an old toy.

5 - My mother and my sister are nice.

6 - You and I aren’t things. We are people.

7 - We have two feet but Saci Pererê has only one foot.

8 - There is a black ox beside two brown oxen.

9 - There is only one goose on that farm but there are many geese on my farm.

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1 - loaf - slices (fatias)

2 - thief - thieves (ladrões)

3 - negro - black (no caso de referindo a uma pessoa negra no plural seria "black people", se for à cor aí é só black mesmo)

4 - tomato - tomatoes (tomates)

5 - echo - echoes (ecos)

6 - veto - vetoes (vetos)

7 - shelf - shelves (prateleiras)

8 - calf - calves (panturrilhas)

9 - peach - peaches (pêssegos)

10 - gas - gases (gases)

11- beach - beaches (praias)

12 - cherry cherries (cerejas)

13 - tray - trays (bandeijas)

14 - lady - ladies (senhoras/senhoritas/damas)

15 - century - centuries (séculos)

16 - monkey - monkeys (macacos)

17 - ray - rays (raios)

18 - way - ways (caminhos/direções)

19 - brush - brushes (escovas)

20 - dish - dishes (pratos)

21 - bus - buses (ônibus)