Singular and Plural
Singular means one thing. Plural means more than one thing.
1. Mrs. Jones has two naughty...............
(child)
2. A flock of wild................
just flew noisily overhead. (goose)
3. Three tiny.....................
scurried quickly through the kitchen. (mouse)
4. Mother cut the cheese sandwich into two.............
__. (half)
5. The dental hygienist cleaned my.....................
(tooth)
6. The old...........................
at the bus stop had striped umbrellas. (woman)
7. Grandpa carefully sharpened the....................
in the kitchen. (knife)
8. Those.......................
were shouting angrily at the players. (person)
9.Mandla bought two...............
of seed bread. (loaf)
10. The busy........................
were fixing the large hole in the street. (man)
11. Theard a pack of...............
howling loudly in the forest. (wolf)
12. The farmer's......................
walked slowly into the field. (sheep)
13. The young..............
peel the.................
(lady, potato )
14. The caterpillars suddenly turned into stunning..............
(butterfly)
15. There were high..............
and beautiful..................
(cliff, valley)
16. The..........
have fourpt..........
(buffalo, foot)
17. The rotten...........
stole the bright red
(thief, cherry)
18. Those.............
had to do many................
(boy, quiz)
19. The................
played happily among the.............
(fox, cactus )
20. The ............. Jae Fun at the spring............... ( elf, party )
Soluções para a tarefa
Resposta:
⇒⇒ Plurals
1. Mrs. Jones has two naughty children.(child)
2. A flock of wild geese just flew noisily overhead. (goose)
3. Three tiny mice scurried quickly through the kitchen. (mouse)
4. Mother cut the cheese sandwich into two halves. (half)
5. The dental hygienist cleaned my teeth. (tooth)
6. The old women at the bus stop had striped umbrellas. (woman)
7. Grandpa carefully sharpened the knives in the kitchen. (knife)
8. Those people were shouting angrily at the players. (person)
9. Mandla bought two loaves of seed bread. (loaf)
10. The busy men were fixing the large hole in the street. (man)
11. I heard a pack of wolves howling loudly in the forest. (wolf)
12. The farmer's sheep walked slowly into the field. (sheep)
13. The young ladies peel the potatoes. (lady, potato )
14. The caterpillars suddenly turned into stunning butterflies.(butterfly)
15. There were high cliffs and beautiful valleys . (cliff, valley)
16. The buffalos have four feet. (buffalo, foot)
1 7. The rotten thieves stole the bright red cherries. (thief, cherry)
18. Those boys had to do many quizzes (boy, quiz)
19. The foxes played happily among the cactuses (fox, cactus )
20. The elves Jae Fun at the Spring parties. ( elf, party )
Explicação:
→→ Regras para o plural de substantivos em inglês
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 consoantes, 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
*Observação: No dia a dia e em situações comuns, ''people'' é o plural de ''person''. Mas se quisermos falar de coisas mais específicas como povos ou nações, ''peoples'' é o correto.
Exemplos:
There is one person in front of my house.
There are two people waiting for the bus.
Peoples of some African countries are having a hard time.
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