Ingliz tili. 1-qism. Rustamov M.A. Darslik. – Toshkent, 2012.

Some plurals do not end in -s:a man – mena woman – womena child – childrena foot – feeta tooth – teetha sheep – sheepa fish – fisha kind man – three tall menan old woman – some young womena good child – four nice childrenone foot – two feetone tooth – all his teetha fat sheep – ten sheepa little fish – a lot of fisha person – two people / some people / a lot of people• She is a nice person. but They are nice people (not “nicepersons”).People is plural (=they):• A lot of people speak English. (not “speaks”)• I like the people here. They are very friendly.Police is plural:• The police are at the crime scene.This – these / that – thosethis – these:this boy – these boys (the object is close to the speaker).that – those:that man – those men (the object is not close to the speaker).• This is a map and that is a notebook.• This is a judge and that is a criminal.• This is a teacher and those are students.• These are children and that is a man.• Those are women and these are men.• That is an investigator and this is a witness.• This is Mike, those are his friends.- 35 -