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    Pluralization of Irregular Nouns

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    The document discusses several rules for forming plurals of irregular nouns in English: 1. Nouns ending in "f" or "fe" typically form their plural by changing the ending to "ves" and adding "es", such as "loaf" becoming "loaves". 2. Some nouns ending in "f" or "fe" form their plural by just adding "s", like "chief" becoming "chiefs". 3. Some irregular nouns change their vowels to form the plural, like "child" becoming "children" and "man" becoming "men".

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    The document discusses several rules for forming plurals of irregular nouns in English: 1. Nouns ending in "f" or "fe" typically form their plural by changing the ending to "ves" and adding "es", such as "loaf" becoming "loaves". 2. Some nouns ending in "f" or "fe" form their plural by just adding "s", like "chief" becoming "chiefs". 3. Some irregular nouns change their vowels to form the plural, like "child" becoming "children" and "man" becoming "men".

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    The document discusses several rules for forming plurals of irregular nouns in English: 1. Nouns ending in "f" or "fe" typically form their plural by changing the ending to "ves" and adding "es", such as "loaf" becoming "loaves". 2. Some nouns ending in "f" or "fe" form their plural by just adding "s", like "chief" becoming "chiefs". 3. Some irregular nouns change their vowels to form the plural, like "child" becoming "children" and "man" becoming "men".

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    Pluralization of Irregular Nouns

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    The document discusses several rules for forming plurals of irregular nouns in English: 1. Nouns ending in "f" or "fe" typically form their plural by changing the ending to "ves" and adding "es", such as "loaf" becoming "loaves". 2. Some nouns ending in "f" or "fe" form their plural by just adding "s", like "chief" becoming "chiefs". 3. Some irregular nouns change their vowels to form the plural, like "child" becoming "children" and "man" becoming "men".

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    PLURALIZATION OF

    IRREGULAR NOUNS
    Most nouns ending in f or fe form their plural
    by changing f or fe to v and adding es.

    Example: loaf - loaves knife - knives

    Write the plural form.

    1. life 2 thief 3. wife 4. elf

    5. wolf 6. leaf

    7 shelf 8. self

    9. loaf 10. wharf


    Some nouns ending in f or fe form their plural by adding
    s only to their plural form

    Example: chief - chiefs


    brief - briefs
    roof - roofs
    handkerchief -
    handkerchiefs
    Some nouns form their plural in different ways.
    They form their plural by changing the vowel or
    vowels within the word
    Study these words.

    Singular Plural

    child children
    man men

    woman women

    mouse mice

    tooth teeth
    1. There are (man, men) working in the factory.

    2. There are three (policeman, policemen) in the police station.

    3. I bought two (loaf, loaves) of bread this morning.

    4. All the (daisy, daisies) in the vase are lovely.

    5. I brush my (teeth, tooth) three times a day.

    6. My baby brother has many (toy, toys).

    7. There are four (knife, knives) on the table.

    8. Are (elf, elves) small people?

    9. Ana hurt both her (foot, feet).

    10. Are the (goose, geese) swimming in the pool?

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