Plurals
2 lessons about plurals in English, explained in Spanish. Practice with exercises and download worksheets.
- A1Grammar 13 min
Irregular plurals
The most common irregular plurals: men, women, children, people, feet, teeth, mice, knives, and the ones that never change. How they sound, plus exercises.
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Regular plurals
How to form plurals in English: -s, -es, or -ies, a vowel + y (boys), and how -es sounds. With a table, examples, and exercises.
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What is Plurals?
Most English nouns form the plural by adding -s (book, books). Others add -es (box, boxes), change y to -ies (city, cities) or have irregular plurals (man, men; child, children; foot, feet). Uncountable nouns have no plural: water, advice, information.
When to use it
You use them whenever you talk about more than one. The plural also affects the verb ("The books are here") and determiners ("these", "many").
Common mistakes and tips for Spanish speakers
- Uncountable nouns take neither -s nor "a": "some advice", not "an advice" or "advices". The same goes for news, furniture and information.
- Some plurals change form: leaf, leaves; knife, knives; person, people.
- Nouns ending in -s, -sh, -ch, -x or -z add -es: glass, glasses; watch, watches.
Examples
I have two brothers and three cousins.
Tengo dos hermanos y tres primos.
The children are playing outside.
Los niños están jugando afuera.
She bought new glasses.
Ella compró lentes nuevos.
We need some information.
Necesitamos información.