Plural Nouns and Collective Nouns

​Plural forms of nouns

• exeptions​​

• ​uncountable nouns

• spelling rules​

• and other particular cases ​

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​Nouns that can be used only in singular form

• Materials and substances

​air – воздух

butter – масло

coal – уголь

cream – сливки

ink – чернила

iron – железо

snow – снег

steel – сталь

water – вода

Multiple Choice

Different countries have different weather / weathers.

• weather

• weathers

Nouns that don’t have a plural form

​advice – совет, советы

news – новость, новости

knowledge – знание, знания

progress – успех, успехи

​information – сведения

linen – белье​

furniture – мебель​

money - деньги​

nature - природа​

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Multiple Choice

Which one of the nouns doesn’t have a plural form?

• tree

• mountain

• nature

• animal

​Nouns that can be used only in plural form

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glasses – очки

jeans – джинсы

pyjamas – пижама

scissors – ножницы

shorts – шорты

tights – колготки

trousers – брюки

​trousers – брюки

goods - товары

riches - богатство

savings – сбережения

stairs- лестница

surroundings – окружение

troops – войска

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Multiple Choice

I like your new trousers. Where did you buy _ ?

• it

• them

• them both

• them all

​Nouns that don’t change in plural form

• ​deer – deer

• fish – fish

• sheep – sheep​

• police- police

Multiple Choice

How many fish/ fishes did you catch yesterday?

• fish

• fishes

​Spelling rules

• ​If the word ends with a "у" and has a consosnat before it , we change "y" to the "ie" in plural form

baby – babies,

army – armies,

lady – ladies,

fly – flies​

• ​But if the word ends with a "y", but has a vowel before it, we don​’t need to change anything

​boy – boys

day – days

toy – toys

key – keys

Spelling rules

​"Fe" at the end of a noun has to be changed to "ves" in plural form

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• wife – wives

• knife – knives

• life – lives

• leaf ( leaves)​

• wolf - wolves

• ​elf - elves

Exeption : safe – safes

Multiple Choice

He bought two safes / saves for storing money and jewelry

• saves

• safes

Commonly used exeptions

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• child – children​ ( ребенок, дети)

• man-men (человек/мужчина, люди/мужчины)

• woman​, women ( женщина, женщины)

• person – people ( человек, люди)

• ​tooth – teeth ( зуб, зубы)

• foot – feet ( нога, ноги)

• ​mouse – mice ( мышь, мыши)

• ox- oxen​ ( бык, быки)

• ​goose- geese ( гусь, гуси)

Multiple Choice

He was familiar with a lot of _

• women

• woman

That’s all! Well done!