ally - allies Exceptions to the rule: –o Photos photos – Piano pianos – Plurals of nouns ending in and -fe –f Most nouns ending in take the plural: chief-chiefs; dwarf-dwarfs or –f –fe “s” for The following 13 words are the exceptions to this rule (Please study!) Singular Plural Singular Plural calf calves self selves elf elves sheaf sheaves half halves shelf shelves knife knives thief thieves leaf leaves wife wives life lives wolf wolves loaf loaves The Apostrophe apostrophe is NOT used to form the plural of a noun. SECTION C: SOLUTIONS AND HINTS TO SECTION A: TOPIC 1 QUESTION 1: PLURALS WORD PLURAL FORM WORD PLURAL FORM 1.1 country countries 1.12 lady Ladies [y ies] – 1.2 family Families [y ies] 1.13 man Men [new word] – 1.3 beauty beauties 1.14 my life our lives [pronoun and noun in plural] 1.4 bully bullies 1.15 my wife our wives [f ves] – 1.5 caddy caddies 1.16 a leaf many leaves 1.6 woman women [new word] 1.17 a roof many roofs [f fs, – exception to rule] 1.7 canary canaries 1.18 life lives 1.8 canopy canopies 1.19 myself ourselves 1.9 celebrity celebrities 1.20 yourself yourselves 1.10 ceremony ceremonies 1.21 my belief our beliefs [f fs: – exception to rule] 1.11baby babies Total = [20] QUESTION 2: APOSTROPHES
ally - allies Exceptions to the –o rule: Photos – photos Piano – pianos Plurals of nouns ending in –f and -fe Most nouns ending in –f or –fe take “s” for the plural: chief-chiefs; dwarf-dwarfs The following 13 words are the exceptions to this rule (Please study!) Singular Plural Singular Plural calf calves self selves elf elves sheaf sheaves half halves shelf shelves knife knives thief thieves leaf leaves wife wives life lives wolf wolves loaf loaves The Apostrophe apostrophe is NOT used to form the plural of a noun. SECTION C: SOLUTIONS AND HINTS TO SECTION A: TOPIC 1 QUESTION 1: PLURALS WORD PLURAL FORM WORD PLURAL FORM 1.1 country countries 1.12 lady Ladies [y – ies] 1.2 family Families [y – ies] 1.13 man Men [new word] 1.3 beauty beauties 1.14 my life our lives [pronoun and noun in plural] 1.4 bully bullies 1.15 my wife our wives [f – ves] 1.5 caddy caddies 1.16 a leaf many leaves 1.6 woman women [new word] 1.17 a roof many roofs [f – fs, exception to rule] 1.7 canary canaries 1.18 life lives 1.8 canopy canopies 1.19 myself ourselves 1.9 celebrity celebrities 1.20 yourself yourselves 1.10 ceremony ceremonies 1.21 my belief our beliefs [f – fs: exception to rule] 1.11baby babies Total = [20] QUESTION 2: APOSTROPHES
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