Do You Know The Plural Forms Of These Words English Lesson Transcript. we use this that these those to explain what we are talking about. we sometimes use them with nouns and we sometimes use them on their own. we use this (singular) and these (plural) to talk about things close to us, and that (singular) and those (plural) to talk about things at some distance away from us. Fri, 08 22 2014 07:24 — chris mccarthy. grammar. this, that, these and those are called demonstratives. we use a demonstrative when we want to talk about whether something is near or far from us and if the subject is singular or plural. this car is nice (singular, near).
Practice Singular And Plural Nouns Plural rule #1: s and es suffixes. the first rule is the simplest one and follows the same pattern as the piano – pianos example we listed above. for many nouns, to form the plural, just add the suffix ‘ s’ to the noun. for example: or, if the word ends with –ss, x, ch, or –sh, add the suffix ‘ es’. for example:. The plural ones are "these" and "those." this is worth knowing because "these" and "those" must be paired with a plural word. in others, you cannot say: these kind of things. you must say: these kinds of things. forming the plurals of foreign words words "stolen" from other languages form their plurals in a variety of ways. examples:. For most regular english nouns, you simply add the letter s to the noun. it’s easy, but remember that another form looks very similar, and that’s the possessive form: “a dog’s bowl,” which means the bowl belongs to the dog. so watch out for that. here are a few common examples: singular form. plural form. dog. dogs. Regular plurals. the plural form of most nouns is created simply by adding the letter 's' to the end of the word . for example: . bag bags. dog dogs. horse horses. minute minutes. but there are some exceptions: . nouns that end in ch, x, s, sh add ' es ' to the end of the word.
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