EL PLURAL DE LOS NOMBRES NOMBRES REGULARES La mayoría de los nombres forman el plural añadiendo -s al final. EJEMPLOS Singular Plural boat boats house houses cat cats river rivers Los nombres terminados en s, x, z, ch, sh forman el plural añadiendo -es al final. EJEMPLOS Singular Plural bus buses wish wishes pitch pitches box boxes Los nombres terminados en consonante + y forman el plural sustituyendo la y por -ies. EJEMPLOS Singular penny spy baby city daisy Plural pennies spies babies cities daisies NOMBRES IRREGULARES El plural de algunos nombres es irregular. Los plurales irregulares más comunes figuran en la siguiente lista. EJEMPLOS Singular Woman man child tooth foot person leaf mouse goose half knife Plural women men children teeth feet people leaves mice geese halves knives wife life elf loaf potato tomato cactus focus fungus nucleus wives lives elves loaves potatoes tomatoes cacti foci fungi nuclei syllabus syllabi/syllabuses analysis analyses diagnosis diagnoses oasis oases thesis theses crisis crises phenomenon phenomena criterion criteria datum data Algunos nombres mantienen la misma forma en singular y plural. EJEMPLOS Singular Sheep fish deer species aircraft Plural sheep fish deer species aircraft Write the correct plural of the Word in parenthesses. 1. These (person) ________________are protesting against the president. 2. The (woman)_____________ over there want to meet the manager. 3. My (child)__________________ hate eating pasta. 4. I am ill. My (foot) ____________________ hurt. 5. Muslims kill (sheep) ____________in a religious celebration. 6. I clean my (tooth) _____________three times a day. 7. The (student ) ________________are doing the exercise right now. 8. The (fish)_____________ I bought is in the fridge. 9. They are sending some (man)______________to fix the roof. 10. Most (houswife) ____________________work more than ten hours a day at home. 11. Where did you put the (knife) __________________? On the (shelf) __________________. 12. (Goose) _________________like water. 13. (Piano) ________________are expensive 14. Some (policeman) ____________________ came to arrest him. 15. Where is my (luggage) ______________________? In the car! Write down the correct form of the plural: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. city __________. house ________. boy -__________. family_________. life___________. 6. Photo_________. 7. phone ________. 8. sandwich_______ ______. 9. nurse _________. 10. elf _________. 11. phenomenon __. 12. criterion ______. 13. village _______. 14. toy _________.