Plural of Nouns - Brasil Escola

Summary

In this video lesson, English teacher Simone explains the rules for forming plurals in English. She covers the basic rule of adding 's' to most nouns, with exceptions for words ending in 's', 'ss', 'sh', 'x', 'ch', or 'z', where 'es' is added. She also discusses irregular plural forms, such as 'man' to 'men' and 'child' to 'children'. Special cases for nouns ending in 'y' or 'f' are addressed, along with words that stay the same in both singular and plural forms like 'fish' and 'sheep'. The lesson concludes with a call to action for viewers to engage with the content.

Takeaways

• 😀 In English, most nouns form the plural by adding 's', similar to Portuguese, but there are some exceptions.
• 😀 Nouns ending in 's', 'ss', 'sh', 'x', 'ch', and 'z' require 'es' instead of just 's' to form the plural.
• 😀 Examples of nouns that add 'es' include 'kiss' (kisses) and 'box' (boxes).
• 😀 Some nouns have irregular plural forms, like 'photo' (photos) and 'avocado' (avocados).
• 😀 When a noun ends in 'y' preceded by a consonant, the 'y' is replaced by 'ies' for the plural, e.g., 'strawberry' (strawberries).
• 😀 Nouns ending in 'f' or 'fe' often change the 'f' to 'v' and add 'es', as in 'leaf' (leaves) and 'wife' (wives).
• 😀 Irregular plural forms for some words include 'child' (children) and 'man' (men), where the spelling and pronunciation change.
• 😀 Certain nouns retain the same form for both singular and plural, like 'fish' (fish) and 'sheep' (sheep).
• 😀 Some plural forms come from borrowed words in other languages, like 'bacterium' (bacteria) and 'crisis' (crises).
• 😀 The word 'people' is used for the plural of 'person', but 'peoples' refers to distinct groups of people, such as ancient civilizations.

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