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In English, we change the form of nouns to make them plural.
🔹 Règle générale — ajouter -S :
• book → books
• pen → pens
• student → students
• cat → cats
🔹 Nouns ending in -s, -ss, -x, -ch, -sh → add -ES :
• bus → buses
• class → classes
• box → boxes
• match → matches
• dish → dishes
🔹 Nouns ending in consonant + Y → change Y to IES :
• city → cities
• country → countries
• family → families
🔹 Nouns ending in -F or -FE → change to -VES :
• leaf → leaves
• wife → wives
• knife → knives
🔹 Irregular plurals (pluriels irréguliers) :
• man → men
• woman → women
• child → children
• tooth → teeth
• foot → feet
• mouse → mice
• sheep → sheep (ne change pas)
• fish → fish (ne change pas)
📝 Exemples :
• I have three books in my bag. (des livres)
• The children are playing outside. (les enfants)
• There are many countries in Africa. (des pays)
• He has two boxes of pencils. (des boîtes)
• The women are teachers. (les femmes)
💡 Test rapide :
• 1 man → 2 men ✓
• 1 child → 3 children ✓
• 1 city → 5 cities ✓
• 1 sheep → 10 sheep ✓ (pas 'sheeps' !)
Write the plural: book, class, city, man, child, fish
Correction
books, classes, cities, men, children, fish
Correct the error: There are three womans in the room.
Correction
There are three women in the room.
Make plural: I have one box → I have three ___
Correction
I have three boxes.
Translate: Les enfants jouent avec leurs amis dans la cour.
Correction
The children play with their friends in the yard.
Why doesn't 'sheep' change in the plural?
Correction
'Sheep' is an irregular noun. Its singular and plural forms are the same: one sheep, two sheep.