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Plurales irregulares en Inglés

14/22
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Generally nouns (nouns) have "s" added to them to transform them into plural, for example:

Book -Books
Paper -Papers
Apple - Apples
Key -Keys

However, sometimes there are different rules.

Plural of nouns ending with the letter y

When nouns end with the letter "y" and it is preceded by a consonant, the letter "y" is replaced by "ies". For example:

  • Story -Stories.
  • Strawberry - Strawberries.
  • Candy - Candies

Plural of nouns ending in the letters ch, x, s, sh, o

When nouns culminate with the letters "ch", "x", "s", "sh", "o", "es" is added; for example:

  • Beach - Beaches
  • Class -Classes
  • Box - Boxes
  • Brush - Brushes
  • Tomato - Tomatoes

Plural of nouns ending with the letters f, fe, lf

When words end with the letters "f", "fe", "lf", these are replaced by "ves"; for example:

  • Knife - Knives
  • Life - Lives
  • Wolf - Wolves

Plural of irregular nouns

There are nouns in which their plural is totally different from the previous forms(Irregular plural nouns), for example:

Man - Men
Mouse - Mice
Louse - Lice
Bison - Bison
Woman - Women
Policeman - Policemen
Child - Children
Person - People
Fish - Fish
Tooth - Teeth
Goose - Geese
Sheep - Sheep
Moose - Moose
Foot - Feet
Ox - Oxen
Deer - Deer
Offspring - Offspring

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i ALWAYS FORGET THE MAN VS MEN.

Irregular plural nouns

These are nouns that make their plural form in an irregular way. That means that you don’t use the letter “S” to form the plural, but instead it’s actually a different word or a different spelling.

Man - Men

Woman - Women

Life - Lives

Child - Children

Tooth - Teeth

Foot - Feet

Sheep - Sheep

Mouse - Mice

Goose - Geese

Ox - Oxen

Fish - Fish

Deer - Deer

Cactus - Cacti

They are some plural words that are irregular, so, they dont have a “S” at the final of the verb, like the most. In some cases, just adds another letter besides a “S”. Like:
Hero -> Heroes
In other cases, the letters changes completly, and sound diferrent, like:
Foot -> Feet
Tooth -> Teeth
Mouse -> Mice

Fish is an special case, or i would say, these words that describes a determined number of animals of the same kind, the plural word doesnt change. Example:
1 fish -> 10 fish. ( If they are the same Species)

If they are different, you could say:
“I have ten differente types of fishes on my Aquarium.”

14. Irregular plural nouns

Here I share an image related to this lesson 🖼️:

Goose-Geese. (ganso-gansos).

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  • knife knives

  • life lives

  • wife wives

  • calf calves

  • leaf leaves

Singular Plural (vowel change)

  • foot feet

  • tooth teeth

  • goose geese

  • man men

Singular Plural

  • mouse mice

  • die dice

  • ox oxen

  • child children

  • person people*

  • penny pence (in British usage)

Hello everyone, In this video you can see, learn and practice this topic
https://youtu.be/nQC3iTcVy6g
I wait help them

Irregular plural nouns

Book : Books
Apple: Apples
Man: Men
Life: Lives

Plural words
Irregular nouns
Foot: feet
Hero: Heroes
Child: Children
Fish: Fish
Knife: Knives

**AMIGOS AQUI LES COMPARTO VOCABULARIO MAS COMUN USADO EN EL TRABAJO Y EL COLEGIO.** **Relacionado al Trabajo:** 1. Man - Men (Hombre - Hombres) 2. Woman - Women (Mujer - Mujeres) 3. Child - Children (Niño/Niña - Niños/Niñas) 4. Tooth - Teeth (Diente - Dientes) 5. Person - People (Persona - Personas) 6. Mouse - Mice (Ratón - Ratones) 7. Goose - Geese (Ganso - Gansos) 8. Ox - Oxen (Buey - Bueyes) 9. Cactus - Cacti (Cactus - Cactos) 10. Focus - Foci (Enfoque - Enfoques) 11. Thesis - Theses (Tesis - Tesis) 12. Crisis - Crises (Crisis - Crisis) 13. Radius - Radii (Radio - Radios) 14. Datum - Data (Dato - Datos) 15. Alumni - Alumnae (Graduado - Graduadas, masculino y femenino) 16. Index - Indices (Índice - Índices) 17. Criterion - Criteria (Criterio - Criterios) 18. Bacterium - Bacteria (Bacteria - Bacterias) 19. Curriculum - Curricula (Currículum - Currículos) 20. Syllabus - Syllabi (Programa de estudios - Programas de estudios) **Relacionado al Colegio:** 1. Book - Books (Libro - Libros) 2. Desk - Desks (Escritorio - Escritorios) 3. Notebook - Notebooks (Cuaderno - Cuadernos) 4. Pencil - Pencils (Lápiz - Lápices) 5. Class - Classes (Clase - Clases) 6. Teacher - Teachers (Profesor - Profesores) 7. Student - Students (Estudiante - Estudiantes) 8. Test - Tests (Examen - Exámenes) 9. Quiz - Quizzes (Prueba - Pruebas) 10. Grade - Grades (Calificación - Calificaciones) 11. Subject - Subjects (Asignatura - Asignaturas) 12. Lesson - Lessons (Lección - Lecciones) 13. Rule - Rules (Regla - Reglas) 14. Uniform - Uniforms (Uniforme - Uniformes) 15. Board - Boards (Pizarra - Pizarras) 16. Project - Projects (Proyecto - Proyectos) 17. Experiment - Experiments (Experimento - Experimentos) 18. Assignment - Assignments (Asignación - Asignaciones) 19. Equation - Equations (Ecuación - Ecuaciones) 20. Formula - Formulas (Fórmula - Fórmulas)

Irregular plural nouns
Foot - Feet
Hero - Heroes
Child - Children
Fish - Fish
Knife - Knives

I learn a lot of english with Jhon. He is a good teacher.

Irregular plural nouns

Book : Books
Apple: Apples
Man: Men
Life: Lives

Plural words
Irregular nouns
Foot: feet
Hero: Heroes
Child: Children
Fish: Fish
Knife: Knives

Book ▶️ books
Apple ▶️ apples

Man ▶️ mans❌
MEN✅

LIVE ▶️ lifes❌
LIVES✅

Foot - Feet
Hero - Heroes
Child - Children
Fish - Fish
Knife - Knives

![](https://static.platzi.com/media/user_upload/image-ed9ab094-8203-4f6b-810c-0970c0c6f3d6.jpg)
excelent Jairo, thank you
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women

Time to practice Foot-Feet Hero-Heroes Child-Children Fish-Fish Knife-Knives

Foot - Feet
Hero - Heroes (es)
Child - Children
Fish - Fish
Knife - Knives

Foot - Feet
Hero - Heroes
Child - Children
Fish - Fish
Knife - Knives

TIME TO PRACTICE

  1. Foot: Feet
  2. Hero: Heroes
  3. Child: Children
  4. Fish: Fish
  5. Knife: knives
  • In this site you can see more examples about irregular plural nouns 😃
    Never Stop Learning!!!

Wife - Wives
Calf - Calves
Leaf - Leaves
Potato - Potatoes
Tomato - Tomatoes
Hero - Heroes
Torpedo- Torpedoes
Veto - Vetoes
Watch Watches
Pass Passes

Book : Books
Apple: Apples
Man: Men
Life: Lives

Plural words
Irregular nouns
Foot: feet
Hero: Heroes
Child: Children

Singular (-o) Plural (-oes)

potato potatoes
tomato tomatoes
hero heroes
torpedo torpedoes
veto vetoes

Singular (-f, -fe) Plural (-ves)

knife knives
life lives
wife wives
calf calves
leaf leaves

Mans X
Men ✓

hahaha

plural of:
foot. feet
hero. heroes
child. children.
fish. fish
knife. knives.

Irregular plural nouns
These are nouns that make their plural form in an irregular way. That means that you don’t use the letter “S” to form the plural, but instead it’s actually a different word or a different spelling.

Man - Men

Woman - Women

Life - Lives

Child - Children

Tooth - Teeth

Foot - Feet

Sheep - Sheep

Mouse - Mice

Goose - Geese

Ox - Oxen

Fish - Fish

Deer - Deer

Cactus - Cactis

i like this topic

Man - Men
Life - Lives
Foot - Feet
Hero - Heroes
Child - Children
Fish - Fish
Knife - Knives ❤️

Singular Plural (vowel change)

foot feet
tooth teeth
goose geese
man men
woman women

Plural nouns
Man / men
Life / lives
Foot / feet
Fish/ fish
Child / children

Very interesting thanks for the additional examples. I’ll pay more attention to these details.

I love the word “wolf”, in plural is “wolves”

I always have had mistakes with irregulars forms

Foot = Feet
Hero = Herores
Child = Children
Fish = Fish
Knife = Knives

I’d like to add more instances like “Life -> lives”:

  • Knife -> Knives
  • Wife -> Wives
  • Thief -> Thieves
  • Shelf -> Shelves
  • Wolf -> Wolves

That is Awesome

Singular Plural

mouse mice
die dice
ox oxen
child children
person people*

* juguete - juguetes * Carro - carros * Lapiz - lapizes * niña - niñas toy - toys Car - cars Pencil - pencils girl - girls
TIME TO PRACTICE Foot \_\_\_\_\_\_feet Hero \_\_\_\_\_heroes Child \_\_\_\_children Fish \_\_\_\_\_fish Knife \_\_\_Knives
* Become - became * Draw - Drew * Eat - Ate * Find - Found * Hurt - Hurt * Leave - Left
Good Night 🎆 TIME TO PRACTICE! Foot - Feet - Plural 🦶 🦶 Héro - Héroes - Plural 👮👮 Child - Children- Plural 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Fish - Children -plural. 🐟🐟 Knife - Knives - Plural 🔪🔪
Foot -> Feet Hero -> Heroes Child -> Children Fish -> Fish Knife -> Knives
wow thanks
**Sustantivos regulares:** * **Singular:** termina en -s para formar el plural. * book - books (libro - libros) * car - cars (coche - coches) * cat - cats (gato - gatos) * dog - dogs (perro - perros) * house - houses (casa - casas) * pencil - pencils (lápiz - lápices) **Sustantivos irregulares:** * **No siguen una regla específica para formar el plural:** * man - men (hombre - hombres) * woman - women (mujer - mujeres) * child - children (niño/niña - niños/niñas) * tooth - teeth (diente - dientes) * foot - feet (pie - pies) * mouse - mice (ratón - ratones) * goose - geese (ganso - gansos) * ox - oxen (buey - bueyes) **Otros ejemplos de sustantivos irregulares:** * **Terminan en -f o -fe, y cambian a -ves en plural:** * knife - knives (cuchillo - cuchillos) * leaf - leaves (hoja - hojas) * calf - calves (ternero - terneros) * shelf - shelves (estante - estantes) * **Terminan en -y precedida de consonante, y cambian la -y por -ies:** * city - cities (ciudad - ciudades) * country - countries (país - países) * baby - babies (bebé - bebés) * factory - factories (fábrica - fábricas)
Time to practice: Foot - Feet Hero - Heroes Child - Children Fish - Fish Knife - Knives
TIME TO PRACTICE Foot - Feet Hero - Heroes Child - Children Fish - Fish Knife - Knives
PLURALES IRREGULARES EN INGLÉS Sustantivos con plural irregular Son sustantivos que su forma plural es irregular. Eso significa que no se usa la letra "S" para formar el plural. Es una palabra diferente o con una ortografía diferente Ejemplos: Book - Books Apple - Apples Man - Men Life - Lives Generalmente a los sustantivos se le agrega "S" para transformarlos en plural pero en algunas ocasiones existen reglas diferentes PLURAL DE SUSTANTIVOS TERMINADOS EN LA LETRA Y: Cuando los sustantivos culminan con la letra "Y" y esta es precedida por una consonante, la letra Y es sustituida por "IES" Story - Stories Strawberry - Strawberries Candy - Candies PLURAL DE SUSTANTIVOS TERMINADOS EN LAS LETRAS CH, X, S, SH, O Cuando terminan en estas letras se le agrega "es" Beach - Beaches Class - Classes Box - Boxes Brush - Brushes Tomato - Tomatoes PLURAL DE SUSTANTIVOS TERMINADOS EN LAS LETRAS F, FE, LF Se sustituyen por "ves" Knife - Knives Life - Lives Wolf - Wolves
Amazing

Foot - Feet
Hero - Heroes (es)
Child - Children
Fish - Fish
Knife - Knives

Cuando los sustantivos culminan con la letra “y” y esta es precedida por una consonante:

  • Baby - Babies

  • Bunny - Bunnies

  • Toy - Toies

  • Lady - Ladies

  • City - Cities
    .
    Cuando los sustantivos culminan con las letras “ch”, “x”, “s”, “sh”, “o”, se agrega “es”

  • Box - Boxes

  • Bus - Buses

  • Dish - Dishes

  • Church - Churches

  • Potato _ Potatoes
    .
    Cuando las palabras culminan con las letras “f”, “fe”, “lf”, estas se sustituyen por “ves”

  • Wife - Wives

  • Half - Halves

  • Loaf - Loaves
    .

Man => Men Woman => Women Child => Children Person => People Life => Lives Knife => Knives Foot => Feet Tooth => Teeth Fish => Finish Data => Data
Plural de sustantivos irregulares Existen sustantivos en los cuales su plural es totalmente diferente a las formas anteriores (Irregular plural nouns), por ejemplo: Man – Men Mouse – Mice Louse – Lice Bison – Bison Woman – Women Policeman - Policemen Child – Children Person – People Fish – Fish Tooth – Teeth Goose – Geese Sheep – Sheep Moose – Moose Foot – Feet Ox – Oxen Deer – Deer Offspring – Offspring
## Plural de sustantivos irregulares Existen sustantivos en los cuales su plural es totalmente diferente a las formas anteriores (**Irregular plural nouns**), por ejemplo: Man – Men Mouse – Mice Louse – Lice Bison – Bison Woman – Women Policeman - Policemen Child – Children Person – People Fish – Fish Tooth – Teeth Goose – Geese Sheep – Sheep Moose – Moose Foot – Feet Ox – Oxen Deer – Deer Offspring – Offspring
1\. My brother has (have) 2 guitars. 2\. I don’t live (live) in Colombia. 3\. Do you have (have) a car or a dog? 4\. Excuse me, where is (be) the bank? 5\. They don't have (Negative, have) much free time. 6\. Suzzie doesn't drinks (Negative, drink) milk with her meals. 7\. We cook (cook) sushi on Mondays. 8\. Does Charles speaks (Interrogative, speak) French? 9\. Tom and Matt work (work) in a big company. 10\. He has (have) a new computer.

Clase 14 - Plurales irregulares en inglés


Summary Class


¿De qué forma normalmente volvemos a los sustantivos (nouns) en plural?

  • Lo que normalmente se hace es agregar un “S” al final de cada sustantivo, por ejemplo:
    • Book -> Books.
    • Paper -> Papers.
    • Apple -> Apples.
    • Key -> Keys.
  • Pero esto no siempre es así ya que tenemos algunas excepciones a esta regla.

¿Cómo convertimos en plural los sustantivos que terminan en la letra “y”?

  • Lo que debemos de hacer es sustituir la letra “y” por “ies”. Por ejemplo:
    • Story -> Stories.
    • Strawberry -> Strawberries.
    • Candy -> Candies.

¿Cómo convertimos en plural los sustantivos que terminan en las letras “ch” “x”, “s”, “sh” u “o”?

  • Lo que debemos hacer es agregar“es” al sustantivo. Por ejemplo:
    • Beach -> Beaches.
    • Class -> Classes.
    • Box -> Boxes.
    • Brush -> Brushes.
    • Tomato -> Tomatoes.

¿Cómo convertimos en plural los sustantivos que terminan en las letras “f”, “fe” o “if”?

  • Lo que debemos de hacer es sustituir estas letras por “ves”. Por ejemplo:
    • Knife -> Knives
    • Life -> Lives
    • Wolf -> Wolves

¿Qué son los sustantivos irregulares?

  • Son aquellos sustantivos que para volverlos plurales se hace de una manera totalmente diferente a las anteriores. Por ejemplo:
    • Man -> Men (Hombre - Hombres).
    • Mouse -> Mice (Ratón - Ratones).
    • Louse -> Lice (Piojo - Piojos).
    • Bison -> Bison (Bisonte - Bisontes).
    • Woman -> Women (Mujer - Mujeres).
    • Policeman -> Policeman (Policia - Policias).
    • Child -> Children (Niño - Niños).
    • Person -> People (Persona - Personas).
    • Fish -> Fish (Pescado - Pescados).
    • Tooth -> Teeth (Diente - Dientes).
    • Goose -> Geese (Ganzo - Ganzos).
    • Sheep -> Sheep (Oveja - Ovejas).
    • Moose -> Moose (Alce - Alces).
    • Foot -> Feet (Pie - Pies).
    • Ox -> Oxen (Buey -> Bueyes)
    • Deer -> Deer (Ciervo - Ciervos).
    • Offspring -> Offspring (Descendiente -> Descendientes).
It's not a joke, but I found difficult to hear the difference between man and men. Or are the same? For example, in policeman and policemen I don't hear any difference.
* In this [site](https://www.grammarly.com/blog/irregular-plural-nouns/) you can see more examples about irregular plural nouns :) **Never Stop Learning!!!**

foot— feet
Hero ---- heroes
child — children
fish ---- fish
knife — knives

hello!
name of class: irregular plural nouns man -> men life -> lives foot -> feet hero -> heroes child -> children fish -> fish knife -> knives
[`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQC3iTcVy6g`](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQC3iTcVy6g) ```js les recomiendo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQC3iTcVy6g ```

I love irregular nouns!

Time to practice
Foot >> feet
Hero >> heroes
child >> children
fish >> fish
knife >> knives

This class made me laugh so hard because my “internal dictionary” and the actual irregular verbs were completely different. “No le pegué a ni una” how do we say in spanish, lol

Alguien preguntó que estratégia usan para memorizar o recordar.
Aquí les comento mi caso:
Escribir “a puño y letra en papeles” 5 oraciones sobre mi día a día incluyendo esa “esa palabra especial”.

Espero que me corrijan lo que escriba:
Write “using your hand” on sheets five statements about my real live including that “special word”

Espero su feedback sobre esta escritura que se me ocurre puede funcionar 😃

El ejemplo del plural de la palabra Child > Children, es muy llamativo, porque no solo no se le agrega la ‘S’, ni tampoco una sola ‘N’, sino que son 3 letras adicionales: ‘REN’, muy curioso!
*Otro que también me sorprendió es la igualdad de ‘Fish’.

Foot Feet
Hero Heroes
child Children
Fish Fish
Knife Knives

Irregular plural nouns Book=Books Apple= Apples Man= Men Life=Lives Foot=feet Hero=Heroes Child=Children Fish=Fish Knife=Knives

1.- FOOT - FEET
2.- HERO -HEROES.
3.- CHILD - CHILDREN.
4.- FISH -FISH
5.- KNIFE - KNIVES.

Catus - cacti was unexpected

foot - feet
Hero - heroes
child - children
fish - 5 fish
knife - knives

how confusing lol xd

me encanto esta clase hay mucho que aprender.

ACTUALLY

Hello, I finished this course and completed a project on the topic of this video (plural nouns). You can find it by clicking here. I hope you like it. Thank you for your support.

hola, termine este curso y realice un proyecto sobre el tema de este video (plural nouns), pueden encontrarlo dando clic AQUI espero que les guste gracias por el apoyo.

My brother have 2 guitars.
I don’t live in Colombia.
Do you have a cat or a Dog;
Excuse me, where is the bank?
They have’t much free time
Suzzie does’t drink milk with her meals
We cook sushi on mondays.
Does Charles speak french?
Tom and Matt work in a big company.
he has a new computer.

Man – Men
Mouse – Mice
Louse – Lice
Bison – Bison
Woman – Women
Policeman - Policemen
Child – Children
Person – People
Fish – Fish
Tooth – Teeth
Goose – Geese
Sheep – Sheep
Moose – Moose
Foot – Feet
Ox – Oxen
Deer – Deer
Offspring – Offspring

  • Foot : feet

  • Hero : Heroes

  • Child : Children

  • Fish : Fish

  • Knife : Knives

  • Foot - Feet.
  • Hero - Heroes
  • Child - Children
  • Fish - Fish
  • Knife - Knives

mouse - mice

.

His name is Jess, he is a photographer, He is in Sidney but lives in Canada. He is Rabee, He is a vet and he is in NY, lives there.

Man - Men.
Life - Lives.
Foot - Feet.
Hero - Heroes.
Child - Children.
Fish - Fish.
Knife - Knives.

rregular plural nouns
These are nouns that make their plural form in an irregular way. That means that you don’t use the letter “S” to form the plural, but instead it’s actually a different word or a different spelling.

Man - Men

Woman - Women

Life - Lives

Child - Children

Tooth - Teeth

Foot - Feet

Sheep - Sheep

Mouse - Mice

Goose - Geese

Ox - Oxen

Fish - Fish

Deer - Deer

Cactus - Cacti

Food - Feet. Hero - Heroes. Child - Children. Fish - Fish

Foot - feet
Hero - heroes
Child. - children
Fish - Fish
Knife - knives

Foot - Feet
Hero -Heroes
Child- Children
Fish -FIsh
Knifes- Knives
Nice

Foot - Feet
Hero -Heroes
Child- Children
Fish -FIsh
Knifes- Knives

mouse mice ox oxen wife wives shelf shelves wolf wolves knife knives tooth teeth