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Unit 11 Dialogues - Plural Nouns
1.
What's on your shopping list?
4 tomatoes, some carrots, 2 kilos of potatoes, 6 oranges, some cherries, 2 bottles of grape juice, a box of strawberries, 6 bottles of water, and some chicken. What about you?
Er, 5 pizzas and some soda.
Let's go to the supermarket together. You need help!
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2.
I need some new clothes.
Me too, I need some trousers and shirts.
I need shoes, a couple of scarves for winter, and two dresses.
So let's go shopping this afternoon.
Good idea!
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3.
What do we need for tonight?
We need french fries, burgers, and some soda.
How about some fruit and potato chips?
OK, sounds great.
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Key Vocabulary
shopping |
supermarket |
Grammar
1. Plural Nouns
-s ending - Plurals are generally made by adding -s to the noun. For example:
Cat - cats, tree - trees, building - buildings.
There are a number of exceptions to this rule, here are some of the most common ones.
-es ending: Nouns ending with -o, -s, -x, -z, -ch, and -sh usually add -es to the noun. For example:
tomatoes, dresses, foxes, quizzes, watches, stashes.
- ies ending: Nouns ending with a consonant + -y usually replace the -y with -ies. For example:
country - countries, party - parties.
- ves ending: Some nouns ending in -f replace the -f with -ves. For example:
wife - wives, knife - knives, elf - elves.
As always, memorizing these rules is probably less helpful and much less interesting than exposing yourself to real English usage and learning them at the same time. Time for some more exercises!