PLURAL GAMES - BASIC 1

Practise singular and plural using games. Games are useful for language learning because they provide a fun way to learn. (practica el singular y plural usando juegos. los juegos son útiles para aprender idiomas porque dan un enfoque divertido al aprendizaje)

/https://www.eslgamesplus.com/singular-plural-possessive-game/


Now here are some interactive activities you can do to practise plural and singular forms.

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=723

IRREGULAR PLURALS - BASIC 1

PLURALS - BASIC 2

You will probably know how to form plurals in English but, in case you have forgotten how to do it, I have posted these two links for you to play and learn how to do:

Game 1
Game 2

SINGULAR AND PLURAL - BASIC LEVEL

Grammar



Singular and plural with parts of the body

PLURALS - BASIC LEVEL

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Spelling for Adults - learn to love it.

Plural Spelling Rules

boys     countries   radios    heroes    boxes    rulers   women   children    dogs washes   lorries

Do you know why and when we add -ies, -ves, -s and -es to plural nouns?

We're going to look at these important plural spelling rules then there's a spelling test so read carefully. 

If you want more information and watch a video about the individual rules click on the links below.

1. Add -s to regular plurals.  Adding an s is all you need to do to form a regular plural:
file/files, centre/centres, girl/girls, book/books, pen/pens, computer/computers.

2. Adding -es 

Words ending in -ch, -s, -sh, -x, -z  add -es to form a plural
wash/washes, box/boxes, match/matches, glass/glasses

There's one exception to this rule. If the -ch ending is pronounced with a 'k' then add -s (stomach/stomachs)

3. Changing -f or -fe to -ves or -s  

Words ending in -f or -fe change to -ves or -sknife/knives,  life/lives, wife/wives, shelf/shelves

*exceptions add -s - roof/roofs, proof/proofs, chief/chiefs.*These words could be either -ves or -s - scarf/scarves or scarfs,dwarf/dwarves or dwarfs

4. Change -y to -ies or -s 

a. If the word ends in a vowel-a,e,i,o,u, + y then just add -s.
boy/boys, journey/journeys, key/keys, tray/trays.

b. If the word ends in a consonant + y then it changes to -ies country/countries, baby/babies, body/bodies, memory/memories

5. Adding -s  or -es to  words ending in O 

You can either add an -s or -es to words ending in -O or sometimes they're spelled either way.

a.If a word ends in a vowel-a,e,i,o,u + -O then we sometimes add -s.radio/radios, stereo/stereos, video/videos

b. If a words ends in consonant + -O then we sometimes add -s or -es.No rules for this - you just have to learn them or use a dictionary.

kilo/kilos, zero/zeros, piano/pianos, photo/photos
but hero/heroes, potato/potatoes, volcano/volcanoes, tomato/tomatoes.

6. Irregular plurals

a woman/some women, a man/5 men, child/children, person/people, tooth/teeth, foot/feet, mouse/mice, penny/pence

7. No change between plural and singular.
There are some words that are the same in the plural as in the singular:
sheep, series, fish, cod, salmon, aircraft, cattle, scissors, deer, trousers

Spelling test

Change the words to plurals

1. man 

2. fox 

3. family

 4. mobile phone 

5. baby 

6. person 

7. radio 

8. dictionary 

9. teacher 

10. watch 

11. bus 

12. scarf 

13. photo 

14. tomato 

15. woman 

16. wife

 17. body 

18. fly 

19. colour 

20. mother-in-law 

Check your answers below.

Thanks to Oxford Dictionaries online

Answers
1. men
2. foxes
3. families
4. mobile phones
5. babies
6. people
7. radios
8. dictionaries
9. teachers
10. watches
11. buses
12. scarfs or scarves
13. photos
14. tomatoes
15. women
16. wives
17. bodies
18. flies
19. colours
20. mothers-in-law

IRREGULAR PLURALS - BASIC LEVEL

THERE IS /ARE - SOME/ANY - BASIC LEVEL

This is an episode of the famous cartoon Tom and Jerry called "Buddies Thicker Than Water"
You are going to watch the cartoon and practise there is / are, a / some / any, adjectives, to be, plural nouns and present simple

Buddies thicker than water

PURALS - BASIC LEVEL

I thought you could enjoy these activities on plural. Some of them are games online whereas others are more traditional grammar exercises. I hope you enjoy doing them:

Matching pairs
Speedword
Change into plural form
Irregular plural of nouns
Plural forms of nouns
Write sentences in plural
Crossword
What is the plural?

PLURAL GAMES AND GRAMMAR - BASIC LEVEL

I know that the rules for plurals can be difficult for you so I thought you could enjoy doing these games and learn the plurals at the same time.

These are the rules of plural nouns.


When you finish a game, you can click on the restart button and continue playing with different plurals.

Memory game 1
Memory game 2

IRREGULAR PLURALS - BASIC LEVEL

This is a video with some plurals and their pronunciation. Repeat after the words



Games to remember how to form the irregular plurals.

Irregular Plurals 1 Find the singular and plural form and you make a pair.

Irregular Plurals 2 Move the words on the right to their singular form on the left.

Irregular Plural 3 Similar to exercise 2.

Irregular Plurals 4 Click on the letters and form the plural. You must be quick because you don't have much time to answer.

PLURALS - BASIC LEVEL 1

I promised to post more online activities to practise plurals. Here they are.

Plural Online Exercise, by Victoria-Ladybug

Plural and Singular Nouns, by zuz"s

Plural of nouns, by elisasilva

PLURALS, by begosantao

Irregular plurals, by cchat