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The plural o f a noun is usually -s:
sin g u la r (= o ne) —> p lu ra l (= t w o or m ore)
a flower —> som e flowers
a train —» two trains
one week —> a few w eeks
a nice place —» som e nice places
this student —> these students
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a flo w er
som e flowers
Spellin g ( —> Ap p en d ix 5):
-s / -sh / -ch / -x -> -es
also
bus —> buses dish —> dishes
church —> churches box boxes
potato —> potatoes tomato —> tomatoes
-y
b u t -ay / -ey / -oy
-> -ies
-ys
baby —» babies dictionary —> dictionaries party —> parties
d a y —> days monkey —> monkeys boy —> boys
- f / -fe —> -ves shelf —> shelves knife -> knives wife —> wives
These things are plural
scissors glasses trousers jeans shorts tights pyjam as
O Do you wear glasses?
O W here are the scissors? I need them .
You can also say a pair of scissors / a pair of trousers / a pair of pyjam as e t c.:
O I need a new pair of jeans, o r I need som e new jeans, (n o t a new jeans)
Som e plurals do n o t end in -s:
this man —> these men
a w om an —> som e w om en
a child —> m any children
one foot —> tw o feet
a tooth —> all m y teeth
a m ouse som e m ice
that sheep —> those sheep
a fish —» a lo t offish
also a person tw o people / som e people / a lot of people e t c.:
O She's a nice person.
b u t O They are nice people, (n o t nice persons)
People is plural (= they), so we say people are / people have e t c.:
O A lot of people speak English, (n o t speaks)
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I like the people here. They are very friendly.
Police is plural:
O The police w ant to talk to anybody w ho saw the accident, (n o t The police w ants)