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                                        14PluralsUNIT 2PLURALS%u2022%u0009 We mostly add - s to make a noun plural.a book %u2013 two books one car %u2013 five cars a leg %u2013 two legs %u2022%u0009 We add %u2013 es to words that end in %u2013s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x.a watch %u2013 three watches a bus- six buses one peach %u2013 ten peaches%u2022%u0009 If a word ends in a consonant and %u2013y, we take off the %u2013y and add %u2013ies.a body - two bodies one story - two stories a baby %u2013 four babies %u2022%u0009 If a word ends in a vowel and %u2013y, we just add %u2013s.one toy - five toys a day - two days%u2022%u0009 We add %u2013s to words that end in a vowel and %u2013o. a radio - two radios a studio - five studios a photo - photos %u2022%u0009 We sometimes add %u2013es to words that end in a consonant and %u2013o.a tomato %u2013 three tomatoes a potato %u2013 five potatoes%u2022%u0009 We add %u2013s nouns ending with %u2013o which are abbreviations.a kilo %u2013 two kilos a photo %u2013 nine photos%u2022%u0009 Nouns ending %u2013f or %u2013fe normally end %u2013ves in the plural.a knife %u2013 two knives a half- three halves a scarf %u2013 four scarvesAttention: roof %u2013 roofs%u2022%u0009 There are also irregular plurals.man- men woman-women child-children mouse-micefoot-feet tooth-teeth person-people sheep-sheepfish-fish deer-deer goose-geese ox -oxen1 Write the plurals.1. loaf __loaves__ 8. cherry __________2. violin __________ 9. fox __________3. lorry __________ 10. deer __________4. mouse __________ 11. watch __________5. foot __________ 12. house __________6. guitar __________ 13. man __________ 7. orange __________ 14. girl __________

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